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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING BY-LAW NUMBER 4639/95 Being a By-law to provide for the regulation of Canada Post Boxes and Newspaper Boxes on Highways under the jurisdiction of the Town of Pickering. WHEREAS Section 232.5 of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.45, authorizes a Municipality to license, regulate and govern persons selling newspapers and magazines upon a highway; AND WHEREAS Section 308.3 of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.45, authorizes a Municipality to regulate the placement and use of objects an any highway, as well as charge a fee for such use; NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. For the purpose of this by-law, the term, (a) "Town" means the Corporation of the Town of Pickering; (b) "Director" means the Director of Public Works for the Corporation of the Town of Pickering, or his/her designate; (c) "Canada Post Box" means any receptacle, excluding existing and proposed Supermailboxes, which is owned by Canada Post Corporation and is used for the purposes of collecting mail or relaying of same to postal carriers; (d) "Newspaper Box" means any type of vending box or other receptacle used for the purpose of displaying or distributing any newspapers, magazines or other publications; (f) "Highway" means the entire right-of-way of a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, viaduct or trestle, designated and intended for, or used by, the general public for the passage of vehicles; (g) "Permit" means a document as issued and authorized by the Director, for the placement of one or more Canada Post Boxes or Newspaper Boxes upon a Highway under the jurisdiction of the Town. (h) "Permittee" means an applicant who has received permission from the Director to place a Canada Post Box or Newspaper Box on Town Highways in accordance with the provisions of this By-law. 2. An applicant seeking a permit to place a Canada Post Box or Newspaper Box shall apply to the Director by completing a standard application form provided for that purpose by the Town. 3. At the time of application, the applicant must pay in full, a one-time inspection and processing fee for each Canada Post Box or Newspaper Box location requested. Upon approval of the submitted application, the Permittee must pay in full the cost of standard installation plus an annual administration and maintenance fee for each approved Canada Post Box or Newspaper Box location. The annual administration and maintenance fee, which covers the period from January 1 st, to December 31 st, may be set by the Council of the Town of Pickering from time to time for each permit year thereafter, and must be paid in full by January 31 st, of each permit year. New permits issued after January 31 st, will be subject to a monthly pro-ration of the annual administration and maintenance fees.