THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF RIDEAU LAKES
BY-LAW NUMBER
2007-46
BEING a By-Law to
Prohibit the Throwing, Placing or Depositing of Refuse or Debris on Lands
within the Township of Rideau Lakes.
WHEREAS the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that a local
Municipality may prohibit the depositing of refuse or debris on land without
the consent of the owner or occupant of the land;
AND WHEREAS the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that a
Municipality may pass By-Laws for the purposes of prohibiting the deposit of
refuse or debris on property within the Municipality;
AND WHEREAS it is deemed desirable and expedient to
prohibit the throwing, placing or depositing of refuse or debris on property
within the Municipality;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the
Township of Rideau Lakes enacts as follows:
1.
Definition – In this By-Law, “Refuse” shall mean all
matter thrown away as worthless or unwanted and shall include but not be
limited to the common definitions of litter, rubbish, trash, garbage and waste.
2.
No person shall throw, place or deposit refuse or
debris on any property within the Municipality, other than those areas
designated by the Municipality.
3.
Every person who contravenes any provision of this
By-Law is guilty of an offence and on conviction of his or her first offence is
liable under this By-Law to pay the set fine as provided for in Section I of
the Provincial Offences Act.
4.
In addition to any fine payable pursuant to Section 3
above, every person who is convicted of an offence under this By-Law shall be
responsible for any and all charges, fees or costs associated with the clean up
of any refuse, which resulted from the original offence. The levying and payment of any fines shall
not relieve a person from the necessity of paying any fees, charges or costs
from which they are liable under the provision of this By-Law.
5.
The Municipality may recover the costs incurred during
the Cleanup resulting from any act of throwing, placing or depositing refuse or
debris on lands within the Municipality, from the person responsible for the
act, by action or by adding the costs to the tax roll and collecting them in
the same manner as taxes.
6.
This By-Law may be cited as the “Littering By-Law” for
the Corporation of the Township of Rideau Lakes.
7.
This By-Law shall come into force and take effect upon
receipt of the approved set fines by the Chief Judge of Ontario as set out in
Schedule “A” attached hereto.
Read a first and second time the short way this 18th
day of June 2007.
Ronald E. Holman Dianna
G. Bresee
Mayor Clerk
Read a third time and finally passed this 18th
day of June 2007.
Ronald E. Holman Dianna
G. Bresee
Mayor Clerk
