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BAD BOYZ: Fighting In Vancouver Streets Will Cost You $1000
- December 18, 2019
VANCOUVER – Bad boys be aware as if you are busted for fighting in Vancouver, you will have to pay a hefty fine of $1,000.
Vancouver councillors swiftly approved increasing the penalty for fighting in the city to a hefty grand at a meeting on Tuesday.
The amendment of Section 69.A of the Street and Traffic Bylaw was in response to increased violence in the Granville Entertainment District, and is meant to deter street fighting and disorder.
“It’s actually a city-wide bylaw,” said Coun. Sarah Kirby-Yung. “But a 2017 staff report identified that this is a real issue in the Granville Entertainment District”.
Vancouver police call it “another tool” in their tool box.
“I think it’s a good change,” said VPD Chief Const. Adam Palmer. “People realizing they will be held accountable with issues like tha, is a good thing for public safety.”
The new penalty is double the original $500 fine.
But to encourage people to pay up, the new $1,000 ticket will be reduced by 50 per cent if paid within 30 days.
Councillors said a similar incentive worked for parking tickets, and figure fewer unpaid fines will be sent to a collection agent.
“Sometimes we’ve made bad choices in the past and it’s shame if it impacts people’s credit ratings,” said Kirby-Yung.
City staff found the province was hesitant to allow fine payments to be a condition of insurance or driver’s licence renewal.