Are there By-Laws in place where you live?

[Anonymous]

A recent story about a Creston man getting hassled for letting his disabled daughter live in an RV on his acreage has led me to question this once again...



Link here:  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/trailer-creston-woman-family-fifth-wheel-andrea-1.5446349">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.5446349">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/trailer-creston-woman-family-fifth-wheel-andrea-1.5446349



I live in the Regional District of Central Kootenay also, but where I live there are no By-Laws.  None.



I wanted to move away from the Strata control of my condo, and as such did my homework in this regard...  There are very few places left in BC without By-Laws.  



I live in one of them.  And can do as I want, provided I don't break criminal code law.



While this house is driving my nuts, and depleting my funds, I can state with authority that I can do whatever the fuck I want to do with this property...

[Anonymous]

I live pretty rural now, but even a few miles North of me, and a few miles South of me, have By-Laws also.  I don't...  Not here.



I have a commercial vehicle which I park in my yard, which is why I checked before I bought this dump...



Still, this is a great neighbourhood!  One neighbour loves my old Kenworth, and the other maybe not so much!  

[caskur]

I live in the Regional District of Central Kootenay also, but where I live there are no By-Laws. None.

You say that as if that's never going to change....



WRONG.

[Anonymous]

I live in the Regional District of Central Kootenay also, but where I live there are no By-Laws. None.

You say that as if that's never going to change....



WRONG.

It will definitely change.

[Anonymous]

I live in the Regional District of Central Kootenay also, but where I live there are no By-Laws. None.

You say that as if that's never going to change....



WRONG.

It will definitely change.

You got that right.

[Anonymous]

I'm not saying that it can't, or won't, change here...  Might be difficult to implement that though, since this area is unincorporated.



I think things work OK here, the way they are.  Truly problematic people would most likely get run outta town here, to be honest...

[caskur]

I'm not saying that it can't, or won't, change here...  Might be difficult to implement that though, since this area is unincorporated.



I think things work OK here, the way they are.  Truly problematic people would most likely get run outta town here, to be honest...

Is unincorporated the same as "Crown Land"

[Anonymous]

Is unincorporated the same as "Crown Land"

No.  In Canada, Crown Land is 'generally' publicly accessible land owned by the Gov...



An unincorporated town, like where I live, means that there are no local, or even regional, bodies governing it, even though private land ownership works the same way as it does across the entire country.

[Anonymous]

Oz being so vast, you must have a similar equivalent for those living out of city limits...

[caskur]

Oz being so vast, you must have a similar equivalent for those living out of city limits...

I don't think so... we just have crown land as far as I know and squatters camps occupy some of it. I don't know everything about our laws though.

[Anonymous]

Oz being so vast, you must have a similar equivalent for those living out of city limits...

I don't think so... we just have crown land as far as I know and squatters camps occupy some of it. I don't know everything about our laws though.

Australia has unincorporated areas, but they are in remote locations.

[Anonymous]

Herman is right, they do exist in OZ, but not very common...



It does seem like unincorporated areas are much more common in the US/Canada though, than in other countries...  Many Euro nations don't even really have such a concept, but they generally all have a higher population density also.

[Anonymous]

Herman is right, they do exist in OZ, but not very common...



It does seem like unincorporated areas are much more common in the US/Canada though, than in other countries...  Many Euro nations don't even really have such a concept, but they generally all have a higher population density also.

I haven't heard of it in East Asia.

[Anonymous]

I haven't heard of it in East Asia.

I don't believe a similar concept exists there...

[Anonymous]

I haven't heard of it in East Asia.

I don't believe a similar concept exists there...

Probably not.