Electoral Area H Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service Establishment Assent Vote

Area H DAAD Bylaw No. 3066, 2025 (PDF VERSION)

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Area H DAAD Bylaw No. 3066, 2025 (WORD VERSION)

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An assent vote has been scheduled to seek elector approval for the establishment of a Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service in Electoral Area H. Polls will be open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm on the following dates and locations.

ADVANCED VOTE: WEDNESDAY – MAY 20, 2026

• Knox Hall: 521 6th Avenue New Denver, BC
• Winlaw Hall: 5897 Highway 6 Winlaw, BC

ADVANCED VOTE: WEDNESDAY – MAY 27, 2026

• Hills Community Hall: 4480 Highway 6 Hills, BC

GENERAL VOTE: WEDNESDAY – MAY 30, 2026

• Crescent Valley Hall: 1385 Highway 6 Crescent Valley, BC
• Knox Hall: 521 6th Avenue New Denver, BC
• Winlaw Hall: 5897 Highway 6 Winlaw, BC
   

QUESTION ON THE BALLOT

Electoral Area H Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service Establishment Bylaw No. 3066, 2025 will allow the Regional District to establish a service for the regulation of Dangerous and Aggressive Dogs in Electoral Area H and to establish a maximum annual allowable requisition not to exceed the greater of $ 109,741 or the amount resulting from a rate of $0.077/$1,000 applied to the actual net taxable value of land and improvements in the service area.

Are you in favour of the Regional District adopting Electoral Area H Dangerous and Aggressive Dog Control Service Establishment Bylaw No. 3066, 2025? Yes OR No

MAIL-IN VOTE

Electors wishing to vote by mail ballot must apply to the RDCK before May 27th, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Ballots must be returned to the RDCK at Box 590, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC V1L 5R4 by 8:00 p.m., Saturday, May 30, 2026. In the event that ballots cannot be returned by mail they may be hand delivered to 202 Lakeside Drive in Nelson, BC by 8:00 p.m., Saturday, May 30, 2026.

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATION:

Advance registration closes at 4:00 p.m. on April 7th, 2026. After this time, elector registrations must be completed on voting days. The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) uses the Provincial Voters List as its List of Electors. If you are not on the voters and would like to vote please go to https://elections.bc.ca.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS:

You must be a resident or non-resident property owner within Electoral Area H.

Resident electors must be:

• 18 years of age or older on general voting day;
• a Canadian citizen; 
• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration;
• a resident of the proposed service area; and
• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law.

Non-resident property electors must be:

• 18 years of age or older on general voting day;
• a Canadian citizen; 
• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration;
• a registered owner of real property in the proposed service area for at least 30 days before the day of registration; and
• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law.

If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector. Only persons who are registered owners of the property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are eligible. Persons holding property in trust for a corporation or trust are ineligible to participate as non-resident property electors.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS:

Beginning April 14th until the close of assent voting on May 30th, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection, at the RDCK office in Nelson, from 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

Prior to inspection a person is required to acknowledge, by signed agreement, that making copies of the list is not allowed; and further that the information on the electors list may only be used in accordance with purposes established in the Local Government Act.  

REQUEST TO OMIT OR OBSCURE PERSONAL INFORMATION:

An elector may request their address or other personal information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors. The elector must contact the Chief Election Officer or the Deputy Chief Election Officer to make this request.

OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR:

An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 p.m. on April 24, 2026. An objection must be in writing and an objection may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of an electoral area of the RDCK and only on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or is not qualified to register as an elector of an electoral area of the RDCK.

REGISTRATION AT THE POLLS

Electors may register at polling locations on polling days. Electors will be required to produce proof of identity and residency or property ownership where applicable. A list of acceptable documentation provided by Elections BC can be viewed at HERE.

**If you would like to fill out the forms in advance to save time on the advanced and general voting days click on the forms below. You must bring the required proof of identity with you, as indicated above.

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESIDENT ELECTOR (Fill out this form if you are not on the Provincial Voters List but a resident of Electoral Area H)

NON-RESIDENT ELECTOR REGISTRATION (Form 7-2) (Fill out this form if you are a non-resident elector and own property in Electoral Area H)

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTOR CONSENT (Form 7-3) (Fill out this form if there are multiple owner as written consent of the majority for the owner filling out Form 7-2)

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