Pubdate: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2011 Postmedia Network Inc. Contact: http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html Website: http://www.theprovince.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: Frank Luba, The Province APOLOGY ISSUED FOR INCORRECT INSPECTIONS Fifteen residents who had their properties incorrectly inspected under the District of Mission's controversial bylaw to control marijuana grow operations have received apologies and won't have to pay the onerous inspection 'fee'. The 'fee', which critics call a fine, can be as high as $10,000. Details of the situation are contained in a review of the Public Safety Inspection Team done by Mission's deputy chief administrative officer Paul Gipps that was presented to council Monday. The review concentrated on 70 files that were "open" because the fines had not been paid. "It was determined that 15 did not have sufficient documented information to meet the evidentiary test to support the classification of a 'Controlled Substance Property', and these files have had the fees reversed and outstanding remediation orders removed," wrote Gipps. When asked if the district made a serious error, Coun. Jenny Stevens said Monday, "no comment." But Stevens wants apologies to go to more than 200 other property owners who were inspected and have to deal with the fallout from neighbours who assumed they had grow-ops. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.