HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 1793/84THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER 1793/84
Being a by-law to authorize the execution
of an agreement between the Corporations
of the Towns of Ajax, Pickering and Whitby
and the Ontario Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals to provide for joint
animal control services.
WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of section 193 and para-
graph 208.5 of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 302, the
Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering enacted
By-law 1436/82 on February 15th, 1982 to provide, inter
alia, for the establishment of the Pickering/Ajax/Whitby
Animal Control Service and the engagement of an outside
contractor to carry out the operation of the service;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Town of
Pickering HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
The Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute
an agreement in the form attached hereto as Schedule
"A" between the Corporations of the Towns of Ajax,
Picketing and Whitby and the Ontario Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals respecting the
provision by the latter of pound-keeping and animal
control services to the municipalities.
BY-LAW READ a first, second and third time and finally PASSED
this 20th day of February, 1984.
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ClerkPro Temple
Schedule "A" to By-law Number 1793/84
THIS AGREEMENT made this day of
, 1984.
BETWEEN :
THE ONTARIO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION
OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
a corporation in accordance with the provisions
of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Act, R.S.O. 1980, c.356,
hereinafter called the "Society"
OF THE FIRST PART,
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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AJAX
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
and
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY
hereinafter individually called "Town"
and collectively called the "Towns"
OF THE SECOND PART.
WHEREAS the Society has for some time provided the services of pound-keeper and
animal control officer for the Towns; and
WHEREAS the Towns have agreed that the Society should continue to provide such
services subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH THAT, in consideration of the
premises and the mutual and other covenants hereinafter set forth, the Towns and
the Society covenant and agree each with the other as follows:
POUND-KEEPER
The Society shall be the pound-keeper for the Towns and shall conduct itself in
this regard in accordance with the relevant provisions of each Town's animal
control by-laws, as set out in Schedule B hereto, including any amendments to
those by-laws or any by-laws enacted in lieu thereof.
(i)
The Society shall receive, impound and hold for claiming by the owner,
any animal delivered to the Shelter by any animal control officer or other
person.
(z)
The Society shall ensure that all pound and maintenance fees payable in
respect of an impounded animal are paid prior to releasing the animal to
its owner.
(D
The Society shall dispose of all animals impounded and which become the
property of a Town in accordance with the applicable by-law of that
Town.
Where such disposal requires the killing of the animal, the Society shall
employ a humane method to effect the animal's death.
The Society shall dispose of all carcasses of animals in accordance with
the by-laws of the Town in which the animal was seized and in accordance
with all laws regulating such disposition.
ANIMAL CONTROL AND LICENSING
The Society shall be an animal control officer for the Towns charged with the
duty to enforce each Town's animal control by-laws, as set out in Schedule B
hereto, including any amendments to those by-laws or any by-laws enacted in
lieu thereof.
(i)
(z)
(3)
The Society shall render courteous and prompt service to all complaints
and enquiries regarding animal control and impounding.
The Sodety shall investigate any complaint from a resident of a Town, or
from any employee of a Town, regarding animals running at large in a
Town, and if the complaint is justified in accordance with the by-laws
relating thereto, the Society shall use its best efforts to impound the
animal.
The Society shall assist in the prosecution of the Towns' animal control
by-laws including providing relevant information respecting offences and
having its employees attend at trial to give evidence where necessary.
(1)
(z)
The Society shall endeavour to ensure that any animal that it has occasion
to investigate is licensed, where the by-laws of the Town in which the
owner of the animal resides require the animal to he licensed.
The Society shall ensure that any impounded animal claimed by its owner
is licensed before releasing the animal, where the by-laws of the Town in
which the owner resides requires the animal to be licensed.
Each Town shall supply to the Society animal licences and application/receipt
forms in order that the Society may comply with the provisions of section 6.
Animal licence fees collected by the Society pursuant to this Agreement shall be
remitted to the respective Towns monthly.
(i)
(3)
ANIMAL SHELTER
The Corporation of the Town of Whitby hereby grants to the Society, for
the term of this Agreement, the right in the nature of a licence to use
the lands and premises more particularly described in Schedule A hereto
(herein referred to as the "Animal Shelter") for the purposes of carrying
out its obligations hereunder.
Such right shall be a licence only and shall not under any circumstances
constitute a partnership, employment, lease, joint venture or other rela-
tionship between that Town and the Society.
Such licence shall continue during the term of this Agreement and shall
terminate and be of no further force and effect upon the expiry or earlier
termination of this Agreement.
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(4)
(6)
(7)
(8)
The Society may carry out any other of its responsibilities it may have
under the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act,
R.S.O. 1980, chapter 356, or otherwise, at the Animal Shelter.
The Society shall be solely responsible for normal caretaking requirements
at the Animal Shelter, including any buildings thereon and equipment
associated therewith, and for snow clearance and grass cutting.
The Corporation of the Town of Whitby shall be responsible for the
maintenance and general repair of the buildings at the Animal Shelter.
The Society shall maintain adequate telephone lines at the Animal Shelter
so that residents of each Town may make telephone contact with the
Society without incurring a long distance charge.
Upon reasonable notice, the Society shall provide "open house" days and
guided tours at the Animal Shelter, for school groups and other organiza-
tions, to promote better understanding of animal control problems and
responsibilities.
10.
(1)
(2)
(3)
STAFFING & HOURS OF OPERATION
The Society shall employ and supervise such animal control wardens and
other staff sufficient to implement the provisions of this Agreement, but
no less than those set out in Schedule C hereto.
The Society shall carry out its obligations hereunder during the full term
of this Agreement and shall be readily available for receiving impounded
animals, releasing impounded animals and animal control by-law enforce-
ment during the hours of operation set out in Schedule C hereto.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9(4), above, the Society shall
not transfer any staff required by this Agreement out of the Towns, or
use any such staff outside the Towns on a temporary basis or otherwise.
11.
The Society shall maintain at all times three suitable vehicles in proper working
order for the use of the staff referred to in section 10(1), above, and shall
pay all operating and other costs associated with those vehicles.
12.
(i)
(2)
REPORTS
The Society shall deliver quarterly to each Town a monthly report in the
form attached as Schedule D hereto, together with a list of all its employ-
ees and the dates and hours worked by them during the month.
Monthly reports shall be submitted on or before the 15th day of the
month following the month which is the subject of the report, together
with any animal licence fees to be remitted pursuant to section 8, above.
13.
The Society shall provide written or oral reports, when required, on the status
of the Society's finances and duties under this Agreement to the regular quar-
terly meetings or' other special meetings of the Joint Animal Control Committee
of the Pickering/Ajax/g/hitby Animal Control Service.
14.
LIABILITY & INDEMNIFICATION
The Society shall indemnify and save harmless the Towns, and each one of
them, against all manner of claims, damages, loss, costs and charges what-
soever, whether for injuries to persons or animals or loss of human or animal
life or damage to property or otherwise, suffered by the Towns or any of them
or their or its property either directly or indirectly in respect of any matter or
thing arising from the Society's occupancy or use of the Animal Shelter, or out
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of the implementation of this Agreement by the Society or any operation in
connection therewith.
15.
(i)
(2)
(3)
The Society shall maintain personal injury and property damage insurance
on each vehicle operated by it or any of its employees in connection with
the provision of services required by this Agreement in amounts that are
satisfactory to the Towns.
The Society shall keep itself, its officers, employees and agents, and the
Towns as named insureds, properly insured with respect to non-auto
public liability and property damage, including claims with respect to
injury to and loss or death of any animal, in the following amounts per
occurrence:
(a) public liability
$1,000,000.00
(b) property damage
$ 50,000.00
Under no circumstances shall a Town be required to pay any deductible
amount under any insurance policy required to be maintained under this
section.
16.
CONSIDERATION
On consideration of the Society faithfully performing its obligations hereunder,
the Towns shall pay to the Society the sum of,
(a) $146,800.00 for the calendar year ]983, and
(b) $]56,063.00 for the calendar year 1984,
in equal monthly instalments on the 15th of each month during the term hereof.
17.
The Society shall retain all pound and maintenance fees paid to it pursuant to
section 2(2), above.
18.
Each Town shall pay to the Society the sum of $7.50 for each day during which
the Society is required by the Medical Officer of Health to retain an animal
found in that Town and suspected of having rabies.
19.
TERM
The term of this Agreement shall be for two years, commencing
1983 and expiring December 31st, 1984, unless earlier terminated.
January 1st
20.
(1)
(2)
This Agreement may be terminated by the Society or the Towns prior to
its expiry upon 90 days written notice to the other party.
Notice to the Society shall be addressed to:
The Executive Vice-President
Ontario Humane Society
620 Yonge Street
Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 4V8
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(3) Notice to the Towns shall be in triplicate and shall be addressed to:
(a)
(b)
(c)
The Town Clerk
The Corporation of the Town of Ajax
65 Harwood Avenue South
Ajax, Ontario LiS 2H9
(4)
The Town Clerk
The Corporation of the Town of Picketing
1710 Kingston Road
Picketing, Ontario L1V 1C7
The Town Clerk
The Corporation of the Town of Whitby
575 Rossland Road East
Whitby, Ontario L1N 2M8
Notices
served upon the addressee,
(a) on the day of delivery if delivered personally, or
(b) on the fifth day after the day of mailing if mailed
registered mail,
addressed in accordance with this section shall be deemed to be
by prepaid
and the 90 day notice period shall commence on the day of service.
21.
INTERPRETATION
This Agreement is binding upon and shall enure to the benefit of the Towns
and the Society and their respective successors and assigns, but no assignment
shall be valid without the written consent of each Town and the Society.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Towns and the Society have hereunto affixed their corpo-
rate seals attested to by the hands of their proper officers duly authorized in that
behalf.
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED
THE ONTARIO SOCIETY FOR THE
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN
OF AJAX
Mayor
Clerk
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN
OF PICKERING
TIlE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN
OF WHITBY
Mayor Mayor
Clerk Clerk
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SCHEDULE A
Animal Shelter
ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying
and being in the Town of Whitby, in the Regional Municipality of Durham (formerly in
the Township of Whitby, County of Ontario) and being composed of part of Lot
Concession 4, Town of Whitby being more particularly described as follows:-
PREMISING that the bearings as shown on Deposited Plan 693 Highway govern all
bearings mentioned hereafter;
COMMENCING at a point in the West limit of Regional Road No. 26 as widened by
Deposited Plan No. 693, distant 17.00 feet measured South 73 degrees 17 minutes West
from a point in the East limit of said Lot distant 2,745.36 feet measured South 18
degrees 06 minutes East therein from the North-east angle of said Lot 21;
THENCE South 73 degrees 20 minutes 20 seconds West a distance of 1,244.39 feet to a
point in the East Limit of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission land;
THENCE North 16 degrees 04 minutes 30 seconds West along said East limit a distance
of 203.40 feet to a point;
THENCE North 17 degrees 56 minutes 20 seconds West continuing along said East limit
a distance of 312.00 feet to a point;
THENCE North 88 degrees 54 minutes East a distance of 986.12 feet to a point;
THENCE North 73 degrees 20 minutes 20 seconds East a distance of 293.00 feet to a
point in the West limit of said Regional Road No. 26;
THENCE south 18 degrees 06 minutes East along said West limit a distance of 250.83
feet to the point of commencement, subject to a right-of-way in favour of the
Trans-Northern Pipe Line as described by Instrument No. 93037.
The above described parcel of land contains by admeasurement an area of 10,01 acres
more or less;
Being shown coloured red on a Plan of Survey prepared by Donevan and Fleischman,
Ontario Land Surveyors attached to Instrument No. 146517 as registered in the Regis-
try Office for the Registry Division of Durham (No. 40) (formerly County of
Ontario).
SCHEDULE B
Animal Control By-laws
Ajax
Pickering
Whitby
By-law No. 100-82
By-law No. 1560/82
By-law No. 1446-83
SCHEDULE C
Staffing & Hours of Operation
From and including January 1st in each year to and
preceding the last Sunday in April in that year; and
last Sunday in October in each year to and including
year:
including the Saturday
from and including the
December 31st in that
Monday through Friday, except holidays*-
(a) Animal Shelter open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(b)
warden
warden
warden
warden (part-time)
7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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Saturday,
(a)
(b)
Sunday and holidays*-
Animal Shelter open from
Saturdays only
1 warden (part-time)
1 warden (part-time)
9:00 a,m, to 5:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
From and including the last Sunday in April in each year to and including the
Saturday preceding the last Sunday in October in that year:
Monday through Friday, except holidays*-
(a)
(b)
Animal Shelter open from -
9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
i warden - 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
1 warden - 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
1 warden - 12 noon to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday and holidays*-
(a) Animal Shelter open from - 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturdays only
(b) 1 warden (part-time) 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
1 warden (part-time) - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
* "Holidays
means New Year's Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day,
Holiday (August), Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Day, Boxing Day.
Canada Day, Civic
Remembrance Day,