What is the test for an injunction to restrain a breach of a municipal bylaw?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kent (District) v Abram, 2017 BCSC 2391 (CanLII):
Section 274 provides that if there is a breach of a municipal bylaw, an injunction will generally be granted to restrain the continued breach and the court has a diminished discretion to deny relief sought by the public authority: Fraser Valley Regional District v. Petrie, 2005 BCSC 1385 at para. 16.
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