BYLAW - Levy Interim Property Taxes 2020 - 20191210 - 622719The Corporation of the Town of Aurora
By-law Number 6227-19
Being a By-law to levy Interim Property Taxes
for the 2020 taxation year.
Whereas subsection 31 7(1 ) of the Municipal Act, 2007, s.o. 2001, c. 25, as amended
(the "Act"), provides that a local municipality, before the adoption of estimates for the
year under section 290 of the Act, may pass a by-law levying amounts on the
assessment of property in the local municipality rateable for local municipality purposes;
And whereas subsection 31 7(2) of the Act provides that a by-law under subsection
31 7(1 ) shall be passed in the year that the amounts are to be levied or may be passed
in November or December of the previous year if it provides that it does not come into
force until a specified day in the following year;
And whereas since The Corporation of the Town of Aurora (the "Town"), The Regional
Municipality of York, and the Province of Ontario have not all adopted estimates and
established tax rates for the year 2020, the Town wishes to pass a by-law levying
amounts on the assessment of property in the Town in accordance with subsection
31 7(1 ) of the Act (the "Interim Property Tax");
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora hereby enacts
as follows:
1.The Town shall levy an Interim Property Tax in 2020.
2.The Interim Property Tax may be levied under this by-law on a property that is
rateable for local municipality purposes for the current tax year, but which was
not rateable for local municipality purposes for the prior tax year, including
assessment of property that is added to the assessment roll after thios by-law is
passed.
3.The Interim Property Tax rate will be an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of
the total amount of taxes for municipal and school purposes levied on the
rateable property for the previous year.
4.The Treasurer of the Town or his designate shall send to each person so taxed,
a printed bill specifying the amounts and due dates of amounts payable by the
taxpayer.
5.The Treasurer of the Town or his/her designate shall send the property tax bill to
the taxpayer's residence or place of business unless the taxpayer directs the
Treasurer, in writing, to send the bill to an alternate address, in which case it
shall be sent to the requested alternate address, until revoked by the taxpayer in
writing.
6.The Interim Property Tax levied by this by-law shall be due and payable to the
Treasurer in installments on February 25, 2020, and April 21, 2020, and shall be
paid at the Town of Aurora Municipal Office located at 100 John West Way,
Aurora, Ontario or to a financial institution to the credit of the Treasurer, Town of
Aurora. Properties registered for the Pre-authorized Tax Payment Plan program
will have Interim Property Tax levied by this by-law due and payable in automatic
installments on the last business day of each calendar month, commencing on
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January 31, 2020, and such Pre-authorized Tax Payment Plan installments shall
be subject to adjustment as set out in paragraph 10 of this by-law.
7.If the Interim Property Tax levied on any class of property or any installments
thereof which are due and payable in accordance with this by-law, remain unpaid
on the due date, interest of one and one quarter percent (1.25%) (being fmeen
percent (1 5%) per annum) or the unpaid Interim Property Tax shall be imposed
on the first day of the default, or within five (5) business days of the default.
8.On the first day of the next calendar month Following the due date and every
month thereafter for so long as there is Interim Property Tax remaining unpaid,
interest in the amount of one and one quarter percent (1.25%) (being fiffeen
percent (1 5%) per annum) shall be imposed on the Interim Property Tax
remaining unpaid. Interest shall not be charged in respect of any installment
which was due in the prior month, but for which interest has been imposed in the
current month.
9.All payments, including partial payments, shall be applied to accounts on a
consistent basis.
10. The Treasurer of the Town or his/her designate is hereby delegated the power
and authority to adjust the amount of the Interim Property Tax levied on a
property to the extent that the Treasurer considers appropriate, where the
Treasurer is of the opinion that the Interim Property Tax levied on a property is
too high or too low in relation to the estimate of the total taxes that will be levied
on the property for the year 201 9; and more particularly, the Treasurer may do so
for all properties described in paragraph 2 above and those properties registered
for the Pre-authorized Tax Payment Plan program.
11. This By-law shall come into full force and effect on January 4, 2020.
Enacted by Town of Aurora Council this I@th day of December, 2019.
Mayor
Michael de Rond, Town Clerk