No drug lords, landlords, people growing pot, or cooking crystal meth attended a Colwood council public hearing to protest the city's controlled substance bylaw.
The tough bylaw, when it passes at council's next meeting, establishes penalties that could reach as high as a mortgage when the illegal operations are uncovered.
The primary aim of the bylaw is to warn landlords and property owners about the penalties faced if they don't keep tabs on tenant activities, or if they decide to get involved in producing illegal drugs.
Most municipalities in the regional district have passed, or are about to pass, similar laws that are formally known as nuisance ( controlled substance ) bylaws.
