Surrey bylaw enforcement needs to be fair — for everyone
Across Surrey's neighbourhoods, a troubling pattern has emerged. Residents living in good standing with their community have found themselves subject to repeated bylaw complaints filed by a single neighbour — often rooted in personal disputes rather than genuine bylaw concerns, leaving targeted residents exposed.
Fair bylaw enforcement matters
The City of Surrey's bylaw department acknowledges that no protocol exists to prevent a single owner or resident from initiating repeated, targeted, or retaliatory bylaw complaint(s) against a neighbour creating risk of inequitable enforcement, diversion of officer resources from legitimate complaints, and putting the city in the role of an unwitting instrument of interpersonal harassment.
Reform recommendations are consistent with existing precedent, and meaningfully improves fairness and administrative efficiency for our community.
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