HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 7773/20The Corporation of the City of Pickering
By-law No, 7773/20
Being a by-law to prohibit and regulate public nuisances
within the City of Pickering.
Whereas section 128 of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that a local municipality may
prohibit and regulate with respect to public nuisances, including matters that, in the
opinion of Council, are or could become public nuisances; and
Whereas, in the opinion of Council, the act of urinating, defecating, spitting or vomiting
in a public place is a public nuisance; and
Whereas, in the opinion of Council, the act of knocking over or damaging mailboxes,
relay boxes, newspaper boxes, recycling. boxes, garbage containers, permitted signs or
other public fixtures is a public nuisance; and
Whereas, in the opinion of Council, the act of throwing, placing or depositing refuse on
property without permission from the owner or occupant of such property is a public
nuisance; and
Whereas, in the opinion of Council, the act of depositing certain liquids or materials into
municipal storm sewers is a public nuisance.
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
Part I - Interpretation
Definitions
1. In this by-law,
"City" means The Corporation of the City of Pickering or the geographical area of the
City of Pickering, as the context requires;
"Council" means the Council of the City;
"fixture" means any structure that the City permits to be located within a boulevard
including a utility box, newspaper vending box, bench, transit shelter, telephone box,
telephone booth, transformer box or vault, telephone pole, hydro pole, streetlight,
stoplight pole, recycling waste module, mailbox, street sign, a Canada Post relay
mailbox, permitted signs, or a blue box, green bin or other garbage container;
"highway" has the same meaning as in subsection 1 (1) of the Highway Traffic Act' and
includes unopened and unassumedroad allowances;
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"officer" means a municipal law enforcement officer employed by the City, or a police
officer pursuant to subsection 42(1)(h) of the Police Services Act;
"owner" includes the person or persons registered as the owner of a subject propertyin
the most recent municipal tax records and/or on the deed in accordance with the
records of the land registry office;
"person". includes an individual, association, firm, partnership, corporation, trust,
organization, trustee, or agent, and also includes the heirs, executors or legal
representatives of .the person;
"public place" includes a highway and any other place to which the public has access as
of right or by invitation, expressed or implied, and any private property that is exposed
to public view, but does not include a washroom facility;
"refuse" includes garbage or debris of any kind and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, includes.a vehicle that appears by reason of its appearance, mechanical
condition or lack of current licence plates to be inoperative, inoperative mechanical
equipment, automotive and mechanical parts, appliances, furnaces, heater or fuel
tanks, disused furniture, table waste, paper, cartons, crockery, glassware, cans, garden
refuse, earth or rock fill, old or decayed lumber, material from construction or demolition
projects, and old clothing; and
"storm sewer" means a pipe, conduit, drain, open channel or ditch for the collection and
transmission of storm water, drainage from land, or from awatercourse, or any
combination thereof.
References
2. In this by-law, references to any Act, regulation or by-law is a reference to that
Act, regulation or by-law as it is amended or re-enacted from time to time
Word Usage
3 This by-law shall be read with all changes in gender or number as the context
may require.
4 A grammatical variation of a word or expression defined has a corresponding
meaning.
Conflicts
5, If a provision of this by-law conflicts with a provision of any applicable Act,
regulation or by-law,the provision that establishes the higher or more restrictive
standard to protect the health, safety and welfare of the general public shall
prevail.
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Severability
6. Each section of this by-law is an independent section, and the holding of any
section or part of any section of this by-law to be void or ineffective for any
reason shall not be deemed to affect the validity of any other section or parts of
sections of this by-law.
Part II - Regulations
General Prohibitions
7.: No, person shall urinate, defecate or spit in a public place.
8 ;: No person shall vomit by reason of being intoxicated in ,a public place.
Fixtures
9 No person shall knock over, attempt to knock over or otherwise attempt to
damage a fixture.
10. �, No person shall alter or deface a fixture.
Swimming Pools
11. No owner; shall permit or allow the discharging of any water, from swimming
pools, hot tubs, wading pools or ornamental ponds to drain or migrate onto . .
adjacent property, other than a municipal storm sewer..
12. No owner shall permit or allow any sump pump to be discharged directly onto
any neighbouring property.
Storm Sewers
13. No person shall deposit or cause or, permit to be deposited any liquids (other
than storm water) or materials into a municipal storm, sewer.
Exceptions
14. . Sections 11, 12 and 13 shall not apply to a person who drains water from a
swimming pool, hot tub, ornamental pond, downspout, eaves trough or sump
pump directly into a'municipal storm sewer.
Littering & Illegal Dumping
15. No person shall throw, place or deposit or cause or permit to be thrown, placed
or deposited any refuse on any property without permission from the owner or
occupant of such property.
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Part III - Enforcement
Enforcement
1,6. This by-law may be enforced by any officer.
17. An officer may, at any reasonable time, enter upon any property for the purpose.
of determining whether or not the provisions of thisby-law have been complied
with.
18. No person shall prevent, hinder or interfere or attempt to prevent, hinder or
interfere with ah officer.
Where an officer has reasonable grounds to believe that an offence has been
committed by a person, the officer may require the name, address, and proof of
identity of that person, and no person shall fail to provide the requested.
information:
Offences and Penalties
20. Every person who contravenesany provision of this by-law, and every director or
officer of a corporation who concurs in such contravention by the corporation, is
guilty of an offence and, subject to subsection (2), upon conviction is liable to a
fine not exceeding $25,000.
21 Where a corporation is convicted of an offence under subsection (1), the
maximum penalty that may be imposed on the corporation is $100,000.
Part IV — General
Short Title
22. This by-law may be cited as the "Nuisance By-law".
,Repeal
23. By -Law No. 5330/98 is hereby repealed.,
Effective Date
24; This by-law shall come into force and effecton the day it is passed..
By-law passed this 27th day of July, 2020.
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Ashe, Deputy Mayor
Susa Cassel, City Clerk