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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
BY-lAW NO. 6865/08
Being a By-law to adopt the estimates of all sums required to be
raised by taxation for the year 2008 and to establish the Tax Rates
necessary to raise such sums and establish the final due dates for
the residential, pipeline, farm and managed forest realty tax
classes.
WHEREAS it is necessary for the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering,
pursuant to the Municipal Act, 2001, S. O. 2001, c25, as amended, to pass a By-law to
levy a separate tax rate on the assessment in each property class; and,
WHEREAS the property classes have been prescribed by the Minister of Finance under
the Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, ch.A.31 , as amended and its Regulations; and,
WHEREAS it is necessary for the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering,
pursuant to the Municipal Act, to levy on the whole rateable property according to the
last revised assessment roll for The Corporation of the City of Pickering the sums set
forth for various purposes in Schedule "A", for the current year; and,
WHEREAS the Regional Municipality of Durham has passed By-law No. 13-2008 to
establish tax ratios and By-law 12-2008 to adopt estimates of all sums required by The
Regional Municipality of Durham for the Durham Region Transit Commission and By-
law 11-2008 to set and levy rates of taxation for Regional Solid Waste Management and
By-law No. 10-2008 to set and levy rates of taxation for Regional General Purposes and
set tax rates on Area Municipalities; and,
WHEREAS the Province of Ontario has provided the 2008 education tax rates for the
realty classes; and,
WHEREAS sub section 342(2) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c25, as amended,
permits the issuance of separate tax bills for separate classes of real property for 2008;
and,
WHEREAS an interim levy was made by the Council of The Corporation of the City of
Pickering (pursuant to By-law No. 6821/07) before the adoption of the estimates for the
current year.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCil OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF
PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOllOWS:
1. For the year 2008, The Corporation of the City of Pickering (the "City") on April
21, 2008, approved Council Report CS 14-08 and corresponding schedules and
attachments as presented including Council Resolution #78/08 resulting in a
taxation levy of $40,512,858.
By-law No. 6865/08 (Continued)
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2. For the year 2008, the City shall levy upon the Property Classes set out in
Schedule "A", the rates of taxation as set out in Schedule "A", for the City of
Pickering, the Region of Durham and for Education purposes on the current
value assessment as also set out in Schedule "A". Where applicable, taxes shall
be adjusted in accordance with Bill 140, as amended and its Regulations.
3. The levy provided for in Schedule "A" shall be reduced by the amount of the
interim levy for 2008.
4. The Tax Levy due dates for the Final Billing be July 9, 2008 and September 26,
2008 for all classes excluding the non-residential tax classes (commercial,
industrial and multi-residential).
5. If any section or portion of this By-law or of Schedule "A" is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, it is the intent of Council for The Corporation
of the City of Pickering that all remaining sections and portions of this By-law and
of Schedules "A" continue in force and effect.
6. This By-law comes into force on the date of its final passing.
BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 20th day of May 2008.
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Debi A. Wilcox I City Clerk 1