REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: March 13, 2017 Report No. ADM-17-007
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Anja Nurvo, Director of Corporate Services
SUBJECT:
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Repeal of Bylaw No. 1274 and No. 1522 re Local ImprovementsEnd
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council gives first, second and third readings to the Bylaw to Repeal Bylaw Nos. 1274 and 1522, 2017, No. 2894.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Community Charter Part 7, Division 5
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Ongoing review and updating of Bylaws and Policies to ensure processes for business and development are clear and consistent
BACKGROUND:
During staff's ongoing review of the Township's current bylaws, staff researched the history of the General Local Improvement Bylaw, 1969, No. 1274 and Amendment Bylaw (No. 1), 1976, Bylaw No. 1522. Both of these Bylaws were passed under the previous Municipal Act, which provided that a Council could not undertake any class of work as a local improvement unless it had passed a general bylaw, a copy of which was deposited with the Inspector of Municipalities.
The Municipal Act is no longer in force and funding for local area services is now addressed by Part 7 Division 5 of the Community Charter. Leaving these Bylaws in force may potentially cause problems since they set out the precise proportion of the cost of the work to be charged against the benefitting parcels, even though those charges may not be in accordance with the actual costs of the service or what the Township considers to be a reasonable cost that ought to charged. The Community Charter now provides for an entire system for determining cost recovery, and by repealing the previous Bylaws, the Township can clearly take advantage of the new system to determine on a case by case basis what proportion of costs of any service should be charged to benefitting parcels.
ISSUES:
1. Rationale for Selected Option
The Community Charter now provides a system for dealing with local a...
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