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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 2356/87THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING BY-LAW NUMBER 2356/87 Being a by-law to establish a penalty for non-payment of current taxes. WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Municipal Interest and Discount Rates Act, 1982, a municipality may, by by-law, impose a percentage charge as a penalty for non-payment of taxes not exceeding one-twelfth of the prime rate percentage on the day the by-law is passed or any day within the 14 day period prior to the date the by-law is passed, plus one-eighth of one percent, subject to certain conditions; and WHEREAS the prime rate of interest of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, on the day this by-law is passed or any day within the 14 day period prior to the date the by-law is passed was 9.75 percent; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering HEREBY ENACTS as follows: As a penalty for the non-payment of taxes, a percentage charpe of 0.9375 percent shall be imposed on the first day of default and on the first day of each calendar month thereafter in which default continues, but not after the end of the .Year in which the taxes are levied. 2. The Town Treasurer shall give notice of this by-law in accordance with section 386(6) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 302. (2) For the purposes of subsection {1), the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized to mail the notice or cause it to be mailed to the address of the residence or place of business of each person taxed. The penalty charge imposed by this by-law for the year 1987 shall take effect on the 1st day of March, 1987. Section 2210.3 of the Town of Picketing Municipal Code is hereby repealed and replaced by the provisions of this by-law. BY-LAW READ a first, second and third time and finally PASSED this 19th day of January, 1987.