HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 3831/70THE CORPORATION OV THE TOWNSHIP OF PICKERI14G
BY-LAW NUMBER J93 V/0
Being a By-law to regulate the setting out of fires
within the limits of the Township of Pickering and to
prohibit the making of fires on any of the public
highways in the said Township.
WHEREAS The Corporation of the Township of Pickering
has persuant to The Municipal Act, Section 379 (1), paragraphs 28 and
43, authority to enact this by-law; and
WHEREAS the practice of some week-end visiting motorists
of picnicing on quiet, little travelled sidelines and making fires
thereon for one purpose and another has in more than one instance
resulted in the destruction of considerable adjacent crops, fences
and trees; and
WHEREAS the burning of dead grass on lands in proximity to
buildings and the lighting of bonfires in villages and other places
are found to be dangerous, with resultant loss and inconvenience and
it is expedient to regulate such fires;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Township of Pickering
hereby enacts as follows;
1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to make
or start a fire on any of the public highways, streets or
roads within the limits of the Township of Pickering;
2. THAT no person shall set out or light any bonfire or fire
for the burning of rubbish, grass, brush, leaves, or for any
other like purpose except in an incinerator or a receptacle
used as such, without first informing the local Fire Chief
or Deputy Fire Chief within the limits of the Township of
Pickering.
3. Any person who lights a fire for the burning of rubbish, grass,
brush, leaves, or for any other lawful purpose shall, before
doing so, take all necessary precautions to prevent the spread
thereof, and shall, before the fire is lighted, and during the
whole of the time the fire is burning, keep a sufficient number
of persons immediately available for the purpose of controlling
and preventing such fire from spreading, have sufficient water
available to control the fire, and not light such fire if a
dangerous wind is blowing.
4. No such fire shall be set, lighted or permitted to burn within
twenty feet of any frame or wooden or partly wooden building,
nor within fifteen feet of any brick, stucco, or concrete
building.
5. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this By-law
shall be liable, upon conviction thereof, before a Magistrate
having jurisdiction, to a fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00) together with the costs of prosecution, to be recoverable
under the provisions of the Ontario Summary Convictions Act; and on
default of payment thereof, to imprisonment in the common jail of
the County of Ontario for a period not exceeding ten days, unless
such fine and costs be sooner paid.
6. THAT By-law Number 2397 of the Corporation of the Township of
Pickering be and the same is hereby repealed.
BY-LAW read a First, Second and Third time and PASSED this C
day of k4 1970.
Reeve
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