When is one more bylaw one bylaw too many?
THERE USED TO BE a bylaw in Vancouver that prohibited selling stoves on Wednesdays. An old bylaw in Kelowna made it illegal to sunbathe in the nude in Okanagan Lake between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
In Esquimalt, throwing snowballs within city limits was against the law.
I also recall there used to be a bylaw in Kamloops that restricted when you could ride your horse down Victoria Street. Maybe I don’t have the details on that quite right, but I do know it’s no longer in force.
Bylaws come and go. When we think we need them, we legislate them and enforce them. When their usefulness is passed, we rescind them.