HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 322/75THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER 3.2-al-7;
Being a By-law to provide for the clearing
away and removal of snow and ice at the expense of the
the municipality.
WHEREAS the Corporation of the Town of Pickering has pursuant
to the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1970, chapter 284, section 354 (1),
paragraph 57a, authority to enact this By-law;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
PICKERING ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
INTERPRETATION
1. In this By-law, - eND MiN??AN ?N?
(a) "building" means the private residence of ',an
eligible person, and does not includen?boarding
house, rooming house, apartment building, inn,
hotel, motel or residential institution of any kind;
(b) "eligible class of persons" means a class of persons
each of whom is resident in the Town in a building
in which no other person capable of clearing away
and removing ice and snow resides, and
(i) who is sixty-five years of age or older or
(ii) who is in the opinion of the Administrator
or his designate, physically unable to clear
away and remove snow and ice, and
who makes application for and is approved for services
provided herein;
(c) "eligible person" means a member of an eligible
class of persons;
(d) "highway" means a common and public highway, and
includes a street and a bridge forming part of a
highway.or on, over or across which a highway passes;
(e) "sidewalk" means a common and public paved walkway.
2. Subject to sections 3 and 4, the Town of Pickering shall
clear away and remove snow and ice, at its expense, from
the sidewalks on the highways infront of, alongside or
at the rear of buildings owned or occupied by an eligible
class of persons, and from those portions of walkways
between the highways or the public sidewalks on highways,
as the case may be, and the lowest step of the principal
place of entrance of such buildings.
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Application for the services proAded herein shall be
made in a form satisfactory to the Administrator, or
his designate, and shall include, as the Administrator
or his designate may in his sole discretion require,
proof of age or a medical certificate of physical
inability signed by a duly qualified medical practitioner.
Prior to the commencement of any services provided
herein, and in consideration of the future provision
of those services the eligible person shall enter into
an agreement with the Town of Pickering in which the
eligible person shall agree to release and indemnify
the Town of Pickering, its agents, servants, employees
and representatives and to release and indemnify the
supplier of the services, from any claim or demand
occasioned by or resulting from the malfeasance,
nonfeasance or other negligent action or omission of
the Town, its agents servants, employees and representatives,
or of the supplier of the services, in the provision
of the services.
The Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute
the Indemnification Agreements required in section 4
hereof, on behalf of the Town of Pickering.
By-law read a first, second and third time and PASSED
this r day of ,,,fiALjiUv , 1975.
Mayor ` Administrator-Clerk
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