HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 6169/03THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NO. 6169/03
Being a by-law to require the owner or
occupant of land to clean and clear the land.
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 127 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, as
amended, a local municipality may require the owner or occupant of land to clean and
clear the land, not including buildings, or to clear refuse or debris from the land, not
including buildings;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF
PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. In this By-law:
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"City" means the Corporation of the City of Pickering;
"Expense" means the cost of carrying out the work to be done by the
notice pursuant to Section 3(a) and a 25% administrative charge;
"Litter" includes any material left or abandoned in a place other than a
receptacle or place intended or approved for receiving such material;
"Occupant" means any person who is in control of any grounds, yard or
vacant lot;
"Officer" means a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer appointed by the
Council of the City of Pickering;
"Owner" includes any person registered as the owner of any grounds, yard
or vacant lot and the person or persons able to exercise the rights of
ownership with respect to any grounds, yard or vacant lot;
"Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, association or
partnership;
"Premises" means any grounds, yard or vacant lot;
"Refuse" includes debds, rubbish, or material of any kind and without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes a vehicle that appears by
reason of its appearance, mechanical condition or lack of current licence
plates to be inoperative, inoperative mechanical equipment, automotive
and mechanical parts, disused furniture, garden refuse, earth or rock fill,
old or decayed lumber, or materials from construction or demolition
projects.
Every owner or occupant shall keep his or her premises clean or cleared
and shall comply with any notice given by a Municipal Law Enforcement
Officer pursuant to Section 3(a) of this By-law.
For the purposes of Section 2(a), "clean or cleared" includes the trimming
or cutting of weeds or grass more than fifteen centimeters in height.
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An Officer may, by notice, sent by registered mail to the owner or
occupant of the premises, or by posting the notice in a conspicuous place
on the premises, or by delivering the notice personally to the owner or
occupant, require the owner or occupant within the time specified within
the notice to clean or clear or remove from the premises any refuse, litter,
weeds or grass.
A notice mailed to an owner shall be mailed to the address of the owner
as shown on the last revised assessment roll or to the last known address
of the owner.
^ notice mailed to an occupant shall be mailed to the premises or to the
last known address of the occupant.
Where the owner or occupant fails to comply with a notice pursuant to this
By-law, an Officer may cause the work to be done by the notice and the
City may recover the expense in so doing in a like manner as municipal
taxes.
Any person who contravenes any provision of this By-law is guilty of an
offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine or penalty for each offence,
exclusive of costs, as prescribed by the Provincial Offences Act.
BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 28th day of July,
2003.
Wayne Arthurs, Mayor
/~ruce Taylor, Clerk