HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 977/79THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NO. 977/79
Being a by-law to amend By-Law 733/77,
licensing, regulating and governing taxi-
cab and limousine drivers, owners and
brokers.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 of
section 377 of The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1970, c.284, the
Town of Pickering enacted By-Law 733/77 on December 19th,
1977 to provide for the licensing, regulating and governing
of taxicab and limousine drivers, owners and brokers, and
for establishing the rates and fares to be charged by the
owners or drivers of such vehicles for the conveyance of
goods or passengers, either wholly within the municipality
or to any point not more than three miles beyond its limits,
and providing for collection of such rates or fares and for
revoking any such licences; and
WHEREAS, section 377 of the said Act has been amended,
by the addition thereto of paragraph lb, by section 6 of
The Municipal Amendment Act, 1978, S.O. 1978, c.101, such
that a by-law enacted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
1 of the said section 377 may be made to apply to the owners
and drivers of taxicabs and limousines engaged in the convey-
ance of goods or passengers from any point within the muni-
cipality to any point outside the municipality, subject to
certain exceptions; and
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient, as a result of the above-
mentioned amendment and for other reasons, to amend the said
by-law;
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the Town
of Pickering HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Clause (g) of section 1 of By-Law 733/77 is hereby
repealed and the following substituted therefor:
(g) "Officer" shall mean a Municipal Law
Enforcement Officer or Assistant
Municipal Law Enforcement Officer
appointed by the Council;
2. The said By-Law is hereby amended by adding thereto
the following section:
la. This By-Law applies to,
TOWN OF
PICKERING
APPROVED
S.iTO FORM
(a) the owners and drivers of taxicabs
engaged in the conveyance of goods
or passengers from any point within
the municipality to,
(i) any other point within the
municipality, or
(ii) any point outside the muni-
cipality,
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to an airport owned and operated
by the Crown in right of Canada
situate outside the municipality
by a taxicab bearing a valid and
subsisting plate issued in respect
of such airport under The Govern-
ment Airport Concession Operations
Regulations made under the Depart-
ment of Transport Act (Canada),
(b) the owners and drivers of limousines
engaged in the conveyance of goods
or passengers from any point within
the municipality to,
(i) any other point within the
municipality, or
(ii) any point not more than
three miles beyond the
limits of the municipality,
and,
(c) all taxicab and limousine brokers
accepting bookings for any taxicabs
or limousines, as the case may be,
to whose owners and drivers this
By-Law applies.
3. Section 14 of the said By-Law is hereby repealed.
4. Section 20 of the said By-Law is hereby repealed and the
following substituted therefor:
20. Every driver shall charge, for any trip,
the fare shown on the taximeter together
with any applicable additional charges
authorized by Schedule "B" hereof.
5. Subsection 1 of section 37 of the said By-Law is hereby
repealed and the following substituted therefor:
(1) Every taxicab or limousine broker shall,
(a) maintain an office in the Town;
(b) carry on the business of accepting
calls for, directing calls to, and
dispatching taxicabs or limousines,
as the case may be, at all times
that the broker's licence is not
under suspension.
6. This By-Law shall be effective from and after 12 o'clock
midnight, April 30th, 1979.
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BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed
this 2nd day of April , 1979.
NO P,4 -7
Mayor