BYLAW - Amend Clean Yards Bylaw - 20030527 - 442903PTHE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
AURORA
By-law Number 4429-03.P
BEING A BY-LAW to
amend By-law 4370-02.P
Being a By-law Requiring
Properties to be Maintained
in a Safe Condition and
Kept Clear of Waste.
WHEREAS Pursuant to Section 130 of the Municipal Act 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, a
municipality may regulate matters not specifically provided for in the Municipal Act
2001 ,or any other act for purposes related to the health, safety and well being of the
inhabitants of the municipality;
AND WHEREAS Section 427 of the Municipal Act 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, enables a
municipality by by-law to require that a matter or a thing be done and in default, the
work be done by the municipality at the person's expense and the costs be affixed to
the tax rolls and collecting them in the same manner as taxes;
AND WHEREAS the corporation of the Town of Aurora deems it to be necessary and
expedient to amend by-law number 4370-02.P;
NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWN AURORA ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. That Section 1 of By-law 4370-02.P be amended and the following be added:
(h) Depression or Excavation shall mean a man made condition on
property that is capable of holding water for more than five (5)
consecutive days but does not include a storm water management
facility or a natural body of water.
(i) Medical Officer of Health means the Medical Officer of Health for the
Region of York;
(j) Natural Body of Water refers to a creek, stream, bog, marsh, river,
pond or lake crated by the forces of nature and which contains water on
a regular basis.
(k) Owner means the person(s) that appears on the assessment rolls
of the Town of Aurora;
(I) Person includes a natural individual, corporation, partnership or
association;
(m) Standing Water means any water, other than a natural body of water,
that is found either on the ground or in refuse or debris as defined in
this by-law and contains or is likely to contain mosquito laNae.
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That Section 1 (d) be amended by inserting " ... containers of any kind and un-
maintained garden fixtures" after "inoperable."
2. That Section 2 of By-law 4370.02.P be amended to add Section 2.1.
2.1 No person shall keep a property unless it is free of:
(a) depressions or excavations on the property capable of holding
standing water for more than five days;
(b) refuse or debris of any kind capable of holding standing water;
3. That Section 4 of By-law 4370-02.P be amended by adding Section 4.1.
4.1 No person shall keep a swimming pool, hot tub, wading pool, garden
fountain or artificial pond unless it is maintained in good repair and
working condition.
READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME THIS 27'h DAY OF MAY, 2003.
TOWN CLERK