HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 2616/87THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKER~NG
BY-LAW NUMBER 2616 /87
Being a by-law to provide for termite control
Whereas pursuant to subsections 173 and 174 of the Municipal Act, R.S.O.
1980, c. 302, as amended, by-laws may be passed by the councils of local
municipalities to provide for termite control;
Now Therefore the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering
hereby enacts as follows:
1. In this by-law
a) "residential building" means
(i) a building used solely for human habitation including
any attached accessory use, or
(ii) any building not exceeding three stories in height
containing at least one dwelling unit;
"dwelling unit" means a suite of two or more rooms intended
for domestic use and so used by one or more individuals and
containing cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities;
c)
"inspector" means a person designated by the Council of the
Corporation of the Town of Pickering to enforce the
provisions of this by-law;
d) "Town" means the Corporation of the Town of Pickering.
The person from time to time holding the office of Chief Building
Inspector is hereby designated as an inspector to enforce the
provisions of this by-law.
An inspector may give to an owner of any building or structure
heretofore or hereafter erected notice in writing requiring that
the building or structure be made resistant to termites or other
wood destroying insects by treatment of the soil adjacent thereto
by a licensed pest or termite exterminator in such manner and by
such means as is specified in the notice, or requiring that the
building or structure be made resistant to termites or other
wood-destroying insects by any other means specified in the notice,
and upon receipt of such notice the owner shall forthwith carry out
the requirement thereof.
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No person shall erect a building in which wood structural members
are used, unless the soil below the foundations and the lowest
floor of the building and the soil adjacent to the foundation walls
and supporting piers is first impregnated with a chemical toxic to
termits in such a manner that there is no subgrade access to the
building structure except through such chemically treated soil.
Where any soil, debris, wooden pole, tree, stump or other wooden or
cellulose material not being part of a building has become infested
with termites or other wood-destroying insects an inspector may
give to the owner of such soil, debris, wooden pole, tree, stump or
other material, notice in writing certifying that such infestation
exists and requiring that the said soil debris, wooden pole, tree,
stump or other material be removed and destroyed, and upon receipt
of such notice the owner shall forthwith carry out the requirements
thereof.
The Town may, upon application made to it for that purpose, pay to
or on behalf of the owner of a residential building a portion of
the cost incurred hereafter by such owner in repairing damage done
to such residential building by termites or of rendering any
residential building heretofore erected resistant to termites, such
portion being an amount fixed by the Town, not exceeding 50% of the
said cost.
The Town may, upon application made to it for that purpose, loan to
an owner of a residential building for purposes of being applied to
the cost incurred hereafter by such owner in repairing damage done
to such residential building by termites or other wood-destroying
insects or rendering any residential building heretofore erected
resistant to termites or other wood-destroying insects such portion
being an amount fixed by the Town not exceeding the actual cost of
such work less any amount paid by the Town in respect thereof under
Section 6.
When an owner intends to make an application pursuant to Sections 6
and 7 or either of them he shall do so by delivering the same to
the Clerk and before the carrying out of the work of repairing
damage to the residential building by termites or other
wood-destroying insects or of rendering the same resistant thereto,
the Clerk shall report thereon, with his recommendation to Council,
and the Council may in its discretion grant or refuse any such
application or may grant the same subject to such terms and
conditions as the Council may prescribe.
Every person who contravenes any provision of this by-law is guilty
of an offence and upon conviction thereof is liable to a fine of
not more than $2,000.00, exclusive of costs.
By-law passed a first, second and third time and finally passed this 16th
day of November, 1987
M'a~or -
Clerk