BYLAW - Establish Ward Boundaries for Town - 2020714 - 627120The Corporation ofthe Town ofAurora
By-law Number 6271-20
Being a By-law to establish ward boundaries forthe Town ofAurora.
Whereas Section 222 of the Municipal Act, 2001, s.o. 2001, c. 25, as amended,
provides that a municipality is authorized to divide or re-divide the municipality into
wards or to dissolve the existing wards;
And whereas at its Council Meeting held on June 23, 2020, the Municipal Council of
The Corporation of the Town of Aurora passed a motion to establish a six (6) ward
electoral system;
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora hereby enacts
as follows:
1.The number of wards in the Town of Aurora is set at six (6) and shall be divided
as described in Schedule "A" which is attached and forms part of this by-law.
2.Effective for the 2022 municipal election, each ward shall be represented by one
(1 ) Municipal Councillor elected within the ward boundary as described in
Schedule "A", and the one (1 ) Municipal Councillor shall be the one (1 ) Councillor
candidate with the highest number of votes within each ward boundary.
3.The Office of Mayor shall be elected by general vote.
Enacted by Town of Aurora Council this 14th day of July, 2020.
fom Mrakas, Mayor
Mic ael de R6 d. Town Clerk
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Schedule “A” – Description and Maps of Wards
Ward One (1) Description
Beginning in the northwest corner of the Town of Aurora; Thence easterly along the
northerly limit of the Town of Aurora to the centre line of Bayview Avenue; Thence
southerly along the centre line of Bayview Avenue to the centre line of St. John’s
Sideroad; Thence westerly along the centre line of St. John’s Sideroad to the centre line
of the railway tracks; Thence southerly along the centre line of the railway tracks to the
intersection of the railway tracks and the centre line of Yonge Street; Thence northerly
along the centre line of Yonge Street to the centre line of Orchard Heights Boulevard;
Thence westerly along the centre line of Orchard Heights Boulevard to the westerly limit
of the Town of Aurora; Thence northerly on the Town of Aurora westerly limit to the
point of beginning.
Ward One (1) Map
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Ward Two (2) Description
Beginning at the intersection of the Town of Aurora westerly limit and the centre line of
Orchard Heights Boulevard; Thence easterly along the centre line of Orchard Heights
Boulevard to the centre line of Yonge Street; Thence southerly along the centre line of
Yonge Street to the centre line of Kennedy Street West; Thence westerly along the
centre line of Kennedy Street West to the westerly limit of the Town of Aurora; Thence
northerly along the westerly limit of the Town of Aurora to the point of beginning.
Ward Two (2) Map
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Ward Three (3) Description
Beginning at the intersection of the Town of Aurora westerly limit and the centre line of
Kennedy Street West; Thence easterly along the centre line of Kennedy Street West to
the centre line of Yonge Street; Thence southerly along the centre line of Yonge Street
to the centre line of the intersection of the railway tracks and Yonge Street; Thence
southwesterly along the centre line of the railway tracks to the westerly limit of the Town
of Aurora; Thence northerly along the westerly limit of the Town of Aurora to the point of
beginning.
Ward Three (3) Map
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Ward Four (4) Description
Beginning in the southwest corner of the Town of Aurora; Thence northerly along the
westerly limit of the Town of Aurora to the centre line of the railway tracks; Thence
northeasterly along the centre line of the railway tracks to the intersection of the railway
tracks and the centre line of Wellington Street; Thence easterly along the centre line of
Wellington Street East to the easterly limit of the Town of Aurora; Thence southerly
along the easterly limit of the Town of Aurora to the southerly limit of the Town of
Aurora; Thence westerly along the southerly limit of the Town of Aurora to the point of
beginning.
Ward Four (4) Map
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Ward Five (5) Description
Beginning at the intersection of the centre line of the railway tracks and the centre line
of St. John’s Sideroad; Thence easterly along the centre line of St. John’s Sideroad to
the centre line of Mavrinac Boulevard; Thence southerly along the centre line of
Mavrinac Boulevard to the centre line of Wellington Street East; Thence westerly along
the centre line of Wellington Street East to the centre line of the railway tracks; Thence
northerly along the centre line of the railway tracks to the point of beginning.
Ward Five (5) Map
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Ward Six (6) Description
Beginning in the northeast corner of the Town of Aurora; Thence southerly along the
easterly limit of the Town of Aurora to the centre line of Wellington Street East; Thence
westerly along the centre line of Wellington Street East to the centre line of Mavrinac
Boulevard; Thence northerly along the centre line of Mavrinac Boulevard to the centre
line of St. John’s Sideroad; Thence westerly along the centre line of St. John’s Sideroad
to the centre line of Bayview Avenue; Thence northerly along the centre line of Bayview
Avenue to the northerly limit of the Town of Aurora; Thence easterly along the northerly
limit of the Town of Aurora to the point of beginning.
Ward Six (6) Map