Building Safety and Property Standards By-law No. 1717-2016 (Consolidated)
Thompson, Manitoba
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CITY OF THOMPSON
BUSINESS LICENSING BY-LAW NO. 1717-2006
[AM B/L 1745-2007]
[AM B/L 1789-2009]
BEING A BY-LAW of the City of Thompson to provide for the issuance of licenses
and for the regulating and governing of businesses and of persons so licensed to
be known as the "Business Licensing By-law"
WHEREAS the municipality is empowered under Sections 231 and 232 of the
Municipal Act, S.M. 1996, c.5S Cap M225, to license and regulate any business
carried on within the municipality.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The City of Thompson in a regular session duly
assembled enacts as follows:
PART I
INTERPRETATION, APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS
1.
Interpretation and Application
(a)
All persons who conduct or in future will conduct business in the
City of Thompson shall in all respects conform to the provisions of
this By-law save and except where provisions of this By-law are
inconsistent with provisions of relevant Provincial or Federal
Statutes in which case the provisions of such statutes shall override
the provisions of this by-law.
2.
Definitions
In this By-law:
(a)
"AMUSEMENT DEVICE" means any machine, table, musical
instrument, or any other device, operated by the insertion of a coin,
slug, token, plate or disc, or for which the use of is charged and
paid in another manner, and which may be operated by the public
generally for uses as a game, entertainment or amusement, and
shall, without restricting the generality thereof, include such devices
as shooting galleries, photo studios, automatic devices, ball, dart or
disc throwing games, strength testing machines, marble machines,
pin ball machines, electronic video games, skill ball, mechanical
grab machines, snooker and pool tables, collector card machines,
mechanical rides (excluding children's rides), and all games,
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operations or transactions similar thereto under whatever name
they may be indicated, but does not include vending machines.
(b)
"AMUSEMENT PARLOR" means any store, shop, room, building or
place where five or more amusement devices are kept or operated
and to which the public is admitted either with or without payment of
a fee and to which conditional use approval has been received
under the City of Thompson Zoning By-law as a "Place of
Entertainment".
(c)
"BUSINESS" includes any trade, occupation or calling through
which a product or service is offered whether or not it is carried on
continuously or on an intermittent or one-time basis and whether or
not the person carrying on the business has an established place of
business within the City and whether or not payment for such
product or service is made by cash, credit or barter, and includes a
professional practice.
(d)
"BUYER OF PRECIOUS METALS" means any person carrying on
the business of purchasing precious stones, precious metals, plates
or coins from any person other than a dealer.
(e)
"CITY" means the City of Thompson.
(f)
"CITY COUNCIL" means the duly elected Council of the City of
Thompson.
(g)
"CONTRACTOR" means any person who is involved in any
building trade, particularly but not limited to electricians, plumbers,
carpenters, masons, painters, floor covering and drywall installers
and includes a person who operates a janitorial service business.
(h)
"CORPORATE SELLER" means a person licensed under this By-
law for the purpose of employing agents or employees who are
residents of the City of Thompson to carry out the sale of goods,
wares, merchandise, etc., at a reduced licensing fee.
(i)
"DIRECT SELLER" means the person who makes any offer,
solicitation, proposal or approach which is intended to result in a
sale of goods or merchandise.
(j)
"DISPATCH OFFICE" means an office area dedicated to the
dispatch of taxicabs via a two-way radio system with a dedicated
phone line and no more than three taxicabs.
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(k)
"ESCORT" means any person who acts as a date for any customer
or client of an escort service.
(l)
"ESCORT SERVICE" means any business, which offers to provide
an introduction between two persons for a period of companionship
of short duration for which service a fee is charged, levied or
otherwise imposed for each occasion the escort service is provided
for each occasion the introduction is made, and includes a dating
service.
(m)
"FIXED SEASONAL UNIT" means a canteen or other similar
business from which food or other items are dispensed, being
operated seasonally from a building or a structure at a fixed
location.
(n)
"FOOD VENDOR" means a business or organization that
dispenses perishable food or drink for a fee.
(o)
"HOME BASED BUSINESS" means any business carried on for
gain by a resident at and as an accessory use to his dwelling,
including a mobile home or accessory building, and includes an on-
site or off site home based business defined as follows:
i.
"ON SITE HOME BASED BUSINESS," means a home-
based business where the main portion of the business is
conducted by the resident at his dwelling.
ii.
"OFF SITE HOME BASED BUSINESS" means a home
based business where the major portion of the business is
conducted by the resident away from his dwelling and only
a minor portion of the business, such as a business office
or minor storage, is carried on at his dwelling.
(p)
"MASSAGE CLINIC" means any room or place in which the trade
of massaging is carried on, and may include a spa or other such
health related facility.
(q)
"MASSAGE THERAPIST OR PHYSIOTHERAPIST" means a
person who is an operator or employee of a massage therapy clinic
and who is a registered member of a recognized Canadian
Massage Therapy Association.
(r)
"MASSAGIST" means any person carrying on the business or
occupation of massaging, whether as operator of a massage clinic
or as an employee or assistant therein or otherwise, but does not
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include a registered physiotherapist or a massage therapist, or an
employee thereof.
(s)
"MINOR" means any person under the age of 18 years.
(t)
"MOBILE FOOD CART" means a pushcart which is designed to be
readily movable but is not self-propelled by motor and from which
food items are dispensed.
(u)
"MOTORIZED FOOD UNIT" means a self-contained unit, which is
propelled by motor power and from which food items are
dispensed.
(v)
"NUISANCE" means an activity which interferes with the
reasonable use of public or private property by any individual
entitled to use such property.
(w)
"OFF STREET PARKING AREA" means a parking area other than
on a City street.
(x)
"OFFICER" means a Peace Officer of the Province of Manitoba, a
member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a City Licensing
Inspector and any other person appointed as a By-law Enforcement
Officer of the City of Thompson.
(y)
"OPERATOR" when used in reference to a seasonal food unit,
means any person occupying, in possession of, or in charge of any
seasonal food unit.
(z)
"OWNER" when used in reference to a seasonal food unit, means
any person who owns a seasonal food unit.
(aa)
"PAWNBROKER" means any person who exercises the trade of
receiving or taking, by way of pawn or pledge, any goods for the
repayment of money lent thereon, and includes a pawn broking
business.
(ab)
"PEDESTRIAN" means a person on foot, or a person in a
wheelchair or a child's carriage or a physically handicapped person
operating a motorized mobility aid.
(ac)
"PERSON"
means
any
individual
and
includes
business,
corporation, firm, partnership, association, company or group of
persons.
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(ad)
"PERSONS IN CHARGE" when used in reference to a seasonal
food unit, means the operator or the individual present at a
seasonal food unit who is the apparent supervisor of the seasonal
food unit, and if no individual is the apparent supervisor then any
employee present shall be conclusively deemed to be the person in
charge.
(ae)
"PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR" means a Public Health Inspector
appointed as such pursuant to the provisions of "The Public Health
Act" of Manitoba.
(af)
"RESIDENT" means a person who resides continuously in a fixed
permanent home or lodging place within the City of Thompson to
which, whenever he is absent he has the intention of returning for
other than temporary purposes only.
(ag)
"RESIDENT DIRECT SELLER FOR CORPORATE SELLER" shall
mean a person who is licensed under this by-law for the purpose of
selling goods, wares, or merchandise, under the supervision of a
Corporate Seller who is duly licensed under this By-law.
(ah)
"SEASONAL FOOD UNIT" includes fixed seasonal unit, mobile
food cart, motorized food unit and trailer food unit unless otherwise
expressly provided.
(ai)
"SEASONAL FOOD UNIT VENDOR" means the owner, operator,
or any person in charge of a seasonal food unit.
(aj)
"SEASONAL LICENSE" means a temporary license issued for a
specified period of time within the current year.
(ak)
"SECOND HAND BROKER" means any person who engages in
brokering the sale of second-hand items between owners and
potential buyers, whether such buyers purchase items for resale or
for their own use.
(al)
"SECOND-HAND DEALER" means a keeper of a second-hand
store.
(am)
"SECOND-HAND STORE" means a store, shop, yard or place
where second-hand goods are stored, purchased, sold or
exchanged for good and valuable consideration.
(an)
"SPECIAL EVENT' means an event sponsored by any firm,
association, club or individual having its base of operations
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permanently established in Thompson and for which an application
for Special Event Status has been granted by Council.
(ao)
"TRAILER FOOD UNIT" means a fifth wheel or other trailer unit
which is not self-propelled and from which food items are
dispensed.
(ap)
"TRANSIENT TRADER" means any person or firm, which at the
time of conducting business within the Corporate Boundaries of the
City of Thompson is not a resident, property owner, or a ratepayer
of the City of Thompson
(aq)
"UNSANITARY CONDITION" means a condition or circumstance:
i.
that is offensive, or
ii.
that is or may be injurious to health, or
iii.
that may contaminate food with dirt, or
iv.
that contaminates or pollutes or may contaminate or pollute
food, air or water, or
v.
that may render food, air, or water injurious to the health of
any person, and includes a nuisance, or
vi.
that is or may be a substantial or imminent danger or
hazard to public health.
(ar)
"VENDING MACHINE" means any coin operated machine from
which such items as newspapers, magazines, liquid refreshments,
food, snacks, candy or tobacco products are dispensed, including
children's coin operated rides.
PART II LICENSING
DIVISION I
AMUSEMENT DEVICES
2.
No person shall keep amusement devices for operation by the public or
members thereof within the City unless such person is the licensee named
in a valid and subsisting amusement device license issued under this By-
law.
3.
An applicant for an Amusement Device License under this By-law to permit
the operation of an amusement parlor shall submit a plan or sketch of the
proposed parlor with the application for license.
4.
(1)
Amusement device licenses issued pursuant to this By-law:
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(a)
shall designate the type of amusement devices permitted
under
the
license
by
make
and
model
number.
(b)
shall specify the number of amusement devices permitted
under the license.
(c)
shall identify the licensee and the place of business within
the City where the amusement devices may be operated
by the licensee.
(d)
where less than five amusement devices are designated in
the license, specify the primary business of the licensee.
5.
(1)
An amusement device license shall not be issued under this By-law
to permit the operation by a licensee of fewer than three
amusement devices unless the licensee operates a primary
business.
(2)
In this Division, "primary business" means a business other than
the operation of amusement devices, carried on by an applicant for
an amusement device license at the same place of business as that
proposed by the applicant for the operation of amusement devices.
6.
The license named in an amusement device license:
(1)
Shall operate only those amusement devices specified in the
license and only at the location specified in the license.
(2)
Shall provide a minimum floor area of three-square meters for the
operation of each amusement device specified in the said license.
7.
Where the amusement device license does not permit the operation of an
amusement parlor by the licensee, the licensee shall:
(1)
Operate the amusement devices only during the normal business
hours of the primary business;
(2)
Notify the City Inspector, of any material change in the primary
business.
8.
Where the amusement device license permits the operation of an
amusement parlor, the licensee:
(1)
Shall not operate amusement devices designated under the license
between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.
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(2)
Shall at all times during the business hours of the amusement
parlor:
(a) Supervise and keep the operation and activity of the
amusement parlor under control either personally or by an
agent, employee or servant who shall not be a minor.
(b) Comply with the provisions of all City By-laws and Provincial
and
Federal
Legislation,
including
regulations
enacted
thereunder respecting public health and sanitation.
(c) Notify the City Inspector of any material change to the
premises designated under the amusement device license.
(3)
Shall not permit any person under 16 years of age to play or
operate any amusement device unless such person has the written
consent of his parent or guardian in a form as set out in Schedule
"C" to this By-law and:
(a) it shall be the responsibility of the licensee to confirm that such
consent has been signed by the parent or guardian of such
minor, and;
(b) any such consent obtained by the licensee shall be retained by
him and shall be produced to an officer on demand.
(4)
Shall at all times maintain on the premises or property on which
such amusement parlor is located, a sufficient and adequate area
as determined by the City Licensing Inspector whose decision shall
be final and binding upon the licensee, for the off street parking of
vehicles belonging to or used by patrons and all other occupants or
users of such amusement parlor, and on failure to so provide or
keep up such parking area, the license shall be subject to
revocation by the City Licensing Inspector.
DIVISION II
AUCTIONEERS
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9.
No person shall engage in the trade or the business of auctioneer within the
City unless such person is the licensee or the partner or employee of the
licensee named in a valid and subsisting auctioneer license issued under
this By-law.
10.
(1)
Auctioneer licenses issued pursuant to the By-law shall:
(a) Identify the licensee by firm and business name;
(b) Specify the names of all auctioneers engaged in the business of
the licensee as partners or employees.
(c) Designate the principal place of the business within the City.
(2)
An Auctioneer license shall not be issued to a pawnbroker.
11.
The licensee named in an auctioneer license shall exhibit the license in a
conspicuous place and manner in the principal place of business designated
in the license.
12.
An auctioneer shall not conduct an auction in any public park or on any
public street or thoroughfare in the City without first obtaining written
permission from the City License Inspector.
DIVISION III
CIRCUS, MENAGERIE, SIDE SHOW, CARNIVAL EVENT
13.
No person shall hold or operate a traveling circus, sideshow, fair or other
like traveling exhibition or any carnival within the City unless such person is
the licensee named in a valid and subsisting show license issued under the
By-law.
14.
Show license issued under this By-law:
(1)
Shall designate the date and place within the City of the show
event.
(2)
Shall name the licensee and address of the licensee.
(3)
Shall specify the type of show permitted under the license.
15.
The licensee named in a show license:
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(1)
Shall hold or operate only that show specified in the license and
only on the date or dates and at the place specified in the license.
(2)
Shall for the duration of the show specified in the license maintain
liability insurance covering the show in a minimum amount of
$2,000,000.00 per claim.
(3)
Shall submit a copy of the insurance policy referred to in section 15
(2) hereof to the City License Inspector.
DIVISION IV
DIRECT SELLERS
16.
In this Division:
"Resident Direct Seller" has the same meaning as that ascribed to "Direct
Seller" under the "Consumer Protection Act" of Manitoba.
17.
No person shall engage in the trade or business of Resident Direct Seller
within the City of Thompson, unless such person is the licensee named in a
valid and subsisting Resident Direct Seller License issued under this By-
law.
18.
No person shall engage in the trade or business of Corporate Seller within
the City of Thompson unless that person is the licensee named in Corporate
Seller License, issued under this By-law.
19.
A Resident Direct Seller License issued to this By-law;
(1)
Shall only be granted to individuals who:
(a) Hold a valid and subsisting Direct Seller License issued under
the Corporate Protection Act of Manitoba;
(b) Are engaged by a Corporate Seller who holds a valid and
subsisting Corporate Seller License under this By-law.
(2)
Shall name the license and the principal place of business of the
licensee.
(3)
Shall specify the Corporate Seller on behalf of whom the licensee is
engaged and the principal place of business of the Corporate
Seller.
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20.
A Corporate Seller License:
(1)
Shall specify the names of the Resident Direct Sellers engaged by
the licensee within the City of Thompson.
(2)
Shall name the licensee and the principal place of business of the
licensee.
21.
No Resident Direct Seller or Direct Seller shall carry on his trade by means
of door-to-door sales within the City:
(1)
On a Sunday, or
(2)
Before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. on any other day of the week.
DIVISION V
ESCORT SERVICES AND ESCORTS
SUBDIVISION I ESCORT SERVICE
22.
No person shall engage in or operate the business of an escort service
within the City of Thompson unless such person is the licensee named in a
valid and subsisting escort service license issued under this By-law.
23.
Each applicant for an escort service license shall provide the following to the
City Licensing Inspector at the time of application or as soon thereafter as is
reasonable:
(1)
The full name of the applicant and the anticipated date of
commencement of business;
(2)
In the case of an individual, birth date and place, place of
residence, height, weight, hair color, eye color, telephone number,
social insurance number, three prints of a recent photograph (7.6
cm x 7.6 cm) of the applicant with a written statement on the
reverse thereof, over the signature of the applicant, that such prints
are a true likeness of the applicant.
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(3)
In the case of an unincorporated firm, a statement, signed by the
applicant, listing the persons who own the firm, their residence and
date of birth, proof of registration under The Business Names
Registration Act of the Province of Manitoba and the names of any
persons or corporations associated with the applicant in the
proposed business.
(4)
In the case of corporations, a statement signed by the applicant,
listing the persons who are shareholders of the applicant, their
residence and date of birth and a similar listing the officers and
directors of the corporation, their residence and date of birth, proof
of incorporation of the company and a certificate of status showing
the corporation to be in good standing.
(5)
In the case of unincorporated firms and corporation, the information
referred to in section 23(2) hereof with respect to each manager or
managing partner of the firm or corporation.
(6)
A certificate signed by the (Officer Commanding the Thompson
Detachment RCMP) attesting to the good character of the applicant
and each manager or managing partner thereof.
24.
An Escort Service license issued under this By-law shall name the licensee
and the principal place of business of the licensee within the City of
Thompson.
25.
The licensee named in an escort service license:
(1)
Shall carry on its business from an office being the principal place
of business designated in the license.
(2)
Shall maintain all records required to be kept under this By-law at
the principal place of business designated in the license.
(3)
Shall keep a current list of all escorts and other employees of the
licensee which list shall include:
(a) the name (including any alias and nick names)
(b) age
(c) date of birth
(d) height
(e) weight
(f) hair color
(g) eye color
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(h) residential address
(i) telephone number
(j) social insurance number and
(k) date of employment of each escort and employee of the
licensee.
(4)
Shall furnish a list of all escorts and other employees of the
licensee to the City License Inspector once each month.
(5)
Shall employ a person as an escort only if such person is the
licensee named in a valid and subsisting escort license issued
under this By-law.
(6)
Post each escort license issued to the escorts of the escort service
licensee along with a photograph of each escort in such
conspicuous place approved of by the City License Inspector at the
licensee's principal place of business specified in the license.
(7)
Maintain a register in a form prescribed by the City License
Inspector and providing the following particulars of each business
transaction of the licensee:
(a) the date of the transaction
(b) the name and address of the customer
(c) the type of service provided
(d) the fee charged for the service
(8)
Keep and maintain the register referred to in Section 25(7) hereof in
good physical condition, free of erasures, obliterations and
interlineations and with all pages thereof intact.
(9)
Shall supply the records required to be kept by the licensee under
the By-law to any officer on demand.
(10)
Shall ensure that no minor is permitted to be on or about the
premises designated in the license.
(11)
Shall ensure that no alcoholic beverages are purchased or
consumed by any person on the premises designated in the
license.
(12)
Shall ensure that no person is permitted to exhibit or expose
himself in any window on or about the office premises and that no
sign is exhibited outside of the licensed premises showing any
nude male or female body or any part thereof, or containing any
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printed words suggesting that the service provided by the licensee
includes any form of sexual or nude entertainment.
(13)
Shall not distribute or cause to be distributed any handbill,
advertisement or business card showing or depicting any nude
male or female body or any part thereof, nor any printed words
suggesting that the service provided by the licensee includes any
form of sexual or nude entertainment.
SUBDIVISION II ESCORTS
26.
No person shall engage in the occupation of an escort in the City of
Thompson unless such person is the licensee named in a current escort
license issued under this By-law.
27.
Each applicant for an escort license shall provide the following to the City
Licensing Inspector at the time of application or as soon thereafter as is
reasonable:
(1)
The full name of the applicant, date of birth, place of residence,
height, weight, hair color, eye color, telephone number, social
insurance number, three prints of a recent photograph (7.6 cm x 7.6
cm) of the applicant with written statement on the reverse thereof,
over the signature of the applicant, that such prints are a true
likeness of the applicant;
(2)
A certificate signed by the Officer Commanding the Thompson
Detachment RCMP attesting to the good character of the applicant.
28.
An escort license issued pursuant to this By-law:
(1)
Shall only be issued to individuals engaged as escorts by an escort
service currently licensed as such under this By-law.
(2)
Shall name the licensee and the escort service employing the
licensee.
DIVISION VI
MASSAGE CLINIC - MASSAGIST
29.
No person shall operate a massage clinic within the City unless such person
is the licensee named in a valid and subsisting massage clinic license
issued under this By-law.
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30.
No person shall engage in the occupation of a massagist in the City unless
such person is the licensee named in a current massagist license issued
under this By-law.
31.
A massage clinic license issued under this By-law shall name the licensee
and the address within the City where the massage parlor may be operated.
32.
The licensee named in a massage clinic license:
(1)
Shall operate a massage clinic only at the location specified in the
license.
(2)
Shall engage as massagists only those individuals holding a current
massagist license issued under this By-law.
(3)
Shall at all times equip and maintain the massage clinic in a clean
and sanitary manner and condition to the satisfaction of the City
License Inspector.
(4)
Shall permit an officer to inspect the premises designated in the
license at all reasonable times on demand being made.
33.
A massagist license issued under this By-law:
(a) Shall only be issued to individuals engaged as massagists by
the operator of a massage clinic currently licensed under this
By-law.
(b) Shall name the license and the massage clinic employing the
licensee.
DIVISION VII
SEASONAL FOOD UNIT VENDORS
34.
No person shall own or operate a seasonal food unit in the City of
Thompson unless such person is the licensee named in a valid and
subsisting seasonal food unit license issued under this By-law.
35.
Any applicant for a seasonal food unit license shall, at the time of making
application for a license:
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(1)
Submit a valid permit from the Public Health Inspector certifying
compliance by the applicant with all Provincial Health Standards
with respect to the seasonal food unit.
(2)
Submit a diagram showing the proposed location for the seasonal
food unit along with approval for the proposed location to:
(a) The Inspection and Enforcement Services Department
where the proposed location is on property owned by the
City, including off-street parking areas or sidewalks; or
(b) The property owner where the proposed location is on
private property.
(3)
Submit proof of liability insurance insuring the applicant with
respect to his seasonal food unit business in the minimum amount
of $1,000,000.00 and tender a copy of the insurance policy to the
City License Inspector.
36.
In considering approval of a proposed location under section 35(2)(a)
hereof, the Inspection and Enforcement Services Department of the City Of
Thompson shall take into account the impact of the operation of a seasonal
food unit upon pedestrian and other traffic and upon businesses adjacent to
the location, and shall not issue such approval where the operation of a
seasonal food unit at the proposed location would be a nuisance.
37.
A seasonal food unit license issued under this By-law:
(1)
Shall name the licensee and specify the place wherein the licensee
may operate the seasonal food unit;
(2)
Shall specify the food unit, which may be operated under the
license.
38.
The licensee named in a seasonal food unit license:
(1)
Shall maintain a valid permit issued by a Public Health Inspector,
certifying compliance by the licensee with all provincial health
standards respecting the seasonal food unit designated in the
license.
(2)
Shall maintain the insurance specified in section 35(3) hereof.
(3)
Subject to section 37 hereof, shall operate the designated seasonal
food unit only at the place specified in the license.
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(4)
Shall at all times conspicuously display the seasonal food unit
license on the seasonal food unit designated in the license.
(5)
Shall ensure the area surrounding the seasonal food unit is clean
and free of litter and rubbish and that no unsanitary condition
exists.
(6)
Shall provide and maintain a garbage container owned by the
licensee within a ten-foot radius of the seasonal food unit for use by
customers and shall dispose of such garbage.
(7)
Shall operate and conduct the business from the seasonal food unit
in such a way that movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic is
not obstructed.
(8)
Shall comply with all notices given by the City License Inspector to
the licensee pursuant to this By-law.
(9)
Shall ensure that the mobile food cart designated in the license is
removed from the location designated in the license between the
hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. daily.
39.
(1)
The City License Inspector may determine at his sole discretion
that a mobile food cart shall be moved to a new location where he
is of the opinion that the location of the mobile food cart impedes or
threatens the safety of pedestrian or vehicular traffic or causes a
disruption
to
any
nearby
business
establishment
and
notwithstanding that the mobile food cart is at the location specified
in the license.
(2)
Where the City License Inspector makes a determination referred
to in section 39(1) hereof, he shall first make a verbal request to the
seasonal food unit vendor to relocate or remove the mobile food
cart. Where such verbal request has not been complied with within
one hour, the Inspector shall provide written notice to the seasonal
food unit vendor, stating that the mobile food cart must be removed,
or relocated to a specified location, within such time limit as the
Inspector determines reasonable in each case. Upon the expiration
of the said time limit, if the mobile food cart has not been removed
or relocated, the Inspector shall cause same to be removed and
stored at the Public Works Yard. The expense of such removal
shall be the responsibility of the vendor.
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(3)
Upon removal of any mobile food cart by the City, the License
Inspector shall give written notice to the licensee advising that:
(a) The mobile food cart is in the possession of the City; and
(b) Same may be recovered upon payment to the City of the
removal costs and a $50.00 storage fee.
(4)
Any mobile food cart removed by the City will be kept for a
maximum period of sixty (60) days and if not recovered in
accordance with section 39(3) hereof, will be sold or otherwise
disposed of and any revenue obtained thereby will be retained by
the City and applied against the removal costs and storage fees.
DIVISION VIII
PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND HAND DEALERS, BROKERS
40.
In this Division "record book" means the book supplied to a licensee under
section 42(3) hereof.
41.
No person shall engage in the trade or occupation of a pawnbroker or
second hand dealer broker unless such person is the licensee named in a
valid subsisting pawnbroker or second hand dealer license issued under this
By-law.
42.
(1)
A pawnbroker or second hand dealer license issued pursuant to
this By-law shall:
(a) Name the licensee, including the firm and business name of
the licensee.
(b) Designate the principal place of business of the licensee
within the City.
(2)
A pawnbroker or second hand dealer license shall not be issued to
an auctioneer.
(3)
The licensee named in a pawnbroker or second hand dealer
license shall be supplied with a bound pre-numbered book by the
City License Inspector suitable for the records required to be kept
by the licensee under this Division.
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43.
The licensee named in a pawnbroker or second hand dealer license:
(1)
Shall make and keep the records required to be kept and in the
form specified in section 42 hereof.
(2)
Shall tag each article pawned or pledged to him with transaction
number recorded in the record book for that article.
(3)
Shall keep the record book in good physical condition free of
erasures, obliterations and interlineations with all pages thereof
intact.
(4)
At all reasonable times shall permit any officer to inspect the
record book and all goods, articles or things received by the
licensee by way of purchase, pawn, pledge, or any other manner of
exchange.
(5)
Subject to 43 (12) hereof, shall keep any article purchased,
pawned, exchanged, or pledged to him at the place of business
specified in the license and shall not permit such article to be
redeemed or removed, other than by the person who has pawned
or pledged the good, article or thing, from the place of business for
a period of thirty days from the transaction date recorded in the
record book for that article without the prior written permission of an
officer.
(6)
Shall not take or receive by way of purchase, pawn, pledge, or
exchange any property, note, security, article or thing from a minor
or in which a minor has an interest.
(7)
Shall not employ a minor to engage in any purchase, pawn, pledge,
or exchange transactions.
(8)
Shall not act as a second hand broker for a minor.
(9)
Shall not take any article, good or thing by way of purchase, pawn,
exchange, or pledge from any person while such person is under
the influence of alcohol or from any person who, the licensee has
reason to believe, has been convicted of theft or other like criminal
offenses.
(10)
Where he has reason to believe that any good received by him and
then in his possession or control may have been lost by or stolen
from any other person, shall immediately report same to an officer.
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(11)
Section 43 (6) does not apply to any good purchased by the
licensee at public auction.
44.
(1)
The licensee named in a pawnbroker or second hand dealer
license shall:
(a) Immediately upon receiving any good, article or thing by way
of purchase, pawn, pledge or any other manner, make an
entry in the record book containing the following particulars
of the transaction:
i.
An accurate description of each good, article or thing
purchased, pawned, pledged, or exchanged, including
the serial number where available and any descriptive
marks thereon.
ii.
The time and date of the transaction.
iii.
Where applicable, the rate of interest on a per annum
basis charged by the licensee on the transaction.
iv.
The name and address of the person pawning,
pledging, or exchanging the good, article or thing. Along
with a statement that the person has produced
appropriate photo identification, if the value of the item
pawned or pledged is $75.00 or more, or is the type of
item or thing that does, or would normally bear a serial
number.
v.
The nature of the transaction.
(b) Immediately upon redemption or sale of any pawned good,
article or thing, make an entry in the record book containing
the following particulars of the transaction:
(i)
the name and address of the person purchasing or
redeeming the good, article or thing. Along with a
statement that the person has produced appropriate
photo identification, if the value of the item pawned or
pledged is $75.00 or more.
(ii)
The date and time of the redemption or purchase.
(2)
All entries in the record book shall be made in ink and shall be in
numerical order.
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(3)
The licensee named in a pawnbroker license shall, without charge,
deliver to the person pawning or pledging any good, article or thing,
a memorandum or note signed by the licensee containing the
substance of the entry regarding the transaction required to be
made in the record book under section 44( I) hereof.
(4)
The record book shall remain the property of the City and shall not
be destroyed or disposed of by the licensee or any person acting
on behalf of the licensee without the written consent of the City
License Inspector.
45.
No person shall carry on the business of a pawnbroker, second hand dealer
or broker, under the guise of a garage sale or yard sale or by any other
name, or method other than that prescribed by this By-law.
DIVISION X
BUYER OF PRECIOUS METALS
46.
In this Division, "record book" means the book supplied to a licensee under
section 48(2) hereof.
47.
No person shall act as a precious metal buyer in the City unless that person
is the licensee named in a valid and subsisting precious metals license
issued under this By-law.
48.
(1)
A precious metals license issued under this By-law shall:
(a) Name the licensee, including the firm and business name of
the licensee.
(b) Designate the principal place of business of the licensee in
the City.
(2)
The licensee named in a precious metals licensee shall be supplied
with a bound pre-numbered book by the City License Inspector
suitable to the records required to be kept by the licensee under
section 53 of this By-law.
49.
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(1)
The license named in a precious metals license:
(a) Shall make and keep the records required to be made and
kept under section 50 hereof in the form required
thereunder.
(b) Shall tag each good acquired by him in the course of his
business as a precious metal buyer with the transaction
number recorded in the record book for that good.
(c) Shall keep the record book in good physical condition, free
of erasures, interlineations and obliterations and keep all
pages thereof intact.
(d) At all reasonable times shall permit any officer to inspect the
record book and all goods acquired by the licensee in the
course of his business as a precious metal buyer.
(e) Shall not purchase goods from a minor in the course of his
business as a precious metals buyer.
(f) Subject to 49(2) hereof, shall keep any good acquired by him
in the course of his business as a precious metal buyer in
the place of business specified in the license separate and
apart from all other goods for a period of seven days from
the transaction date recorded in the record book for that
good unless written permission reducing the period of
retention has been received for that good by the licensee
from an officer.
(g) Subject to section 49(2) hereof, shall not remove, erase,
obliterate, render obscure, or in any way alter a distinctive
mark upon any good acquired by the licensee in the course
of his business as a precious metals buyer for the retention
period specified under section 49(t) hereof.
(h) Where he has reason to believe that any good received by
him and then in his possession or control, may have been
lost or stolen from any other person, immediately report the
same to an officer.
(i) Shall not solicit business house to house.
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(2)
Section 49(1)(f) and (g) do not apply to any good purchased by the
licensee at public auction or from another licensee named in a valid
and subsisting precious metals license issued under this By-law.
50.
(1)
A license named in a precious metal license shall:
Immediately upon acquiring a good in the course of his business as
a precious metals dealer make an entry in the record book
containing the following particulars of the transaction:
i.
An accurate description of the good including the serial
number where available and any descriptive mark thereon.
ii.
The time and date of the transaction.
iii.
The name, address and detailed physical description of the
person from whom the licensee acquired the good.
(2)
All entries in the record book shall be made in ink and shall be in
numerical order.
DIVISION XI
SCRAP METAL YARD AND AUTO SALVAGE YARD
51.
No person shall own or operate a scrap metal yard or an auto salvage yard
in the City unless that person is the licensee named in a valid and subsisting
scrap metal yard/auto salvage yard license issued under this By-law.
52.
A scrap metal yard/auto salvage yard license issued under this By-law shall:
(1)
Name the licensee, including the firm and business name of the
licensee.
(2)
Designate the place within the City where the scrap metal yard or
auto salvage yard may be operated by the license.
53.
(1)
Shall entirely enclose the scrap metal or auto salvage yard with a
solid-closed-type construction fence, uniform in height and not less
than eight feet in perpendicular height.
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(2)
Shall keep the fence enclosing the scrap metal yard or auto
salvage yard in a state of good repair and well painted or suitably
treated to resist deterioration.
(3)
Shall not store any used metals or auto parts:
(a) Outside of the fence enclosing the scrap metal yard or auto
salvage yard.
(b) Within four (4) feet of any building or structure in the yard.
(c) Upon or against any portion of the fence enclosing the yard
where the fence is along or abutting a public street.
(d) Upon or against any portion of the fence enclosing the yard
where the fence is along or abutting a public street.
(4)
Shall ensure that all stacks or piles of scrap metal in or upon the
yard shall be maintained at a height, which is at or below the top
elevation of the fence enclosing the yard at every point in the yard
within ten feet measured perpendicularly distant from the fence.
DIVISION XII
TRANSIENT TRADERS
54.
(1)
Subject to section 237 of the Municipal Act of Manitoba and to
section 54(2) hereof, no person shall hawk, peddle, sell, or offer to
sell goods, wares, merchandise, fish, sea foods, flowers, bedding
plants, fruits, vegetables, meats, chattels or produce of any kind,
sales of services including contractors services except those
contractors who contract out as a sub-trade under a local general
contractor or a general contractor who has a license with the City of
Thompson, by auction or in any manner whatsoever in the City
unless such person is named in a valid and subsisting transient
trader's license issued under this By-law.
(2) Section 54(1) hereof shall not be interpreted to apply to
non-commercial casual sales of items.
55.
A transient trader license issued under this by-law shall:
(1) Name the licensee including the firm and business name of the
licensee.
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(2) The address of the licensee.
(3) The period for which the license is valid.
(4) The times of day that the licensee is permitted to engage in the
business.
(5) The place at which the licensee is permitted to operate his
business.
(6) Any other condition applying to the license with which the licensee
must comply.
56.
The licensee named in a license issued under this division shall comply with
all conditions specified in his license.
57.
Every transient trader not requiring a license under this Division to conduct
business in the City shall:
(1)
Before conducting business in the City report to the City License
Inspector.
(2)
Conduct business in the City in a location approved by the License
Inspector.
DIVISION XIII
HOME BASED BUSINESS
58.
Permitted or Not Permitted on site use means a use listed in the Home
Based Business Location Table attached to this by-law as Schedule B.
59.
No person shall own, operate, carry on or engage in a home based
business unless such person is the licensee named in a valid and subsisting
home based business license issued under this by-law.
60.
A home-based business license issued under this By-law:
(1)
Shall only be issued for a business listed in the Home-Based
Business Location Table (Schedule B) contained herein.
(2)
Shall designate the permitted use for which it is issued.
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(3)
Shall name the licensee.
(4)
Shall specify the address of the licensee and shall only be valid for
the address specified therein.
(5)
Shall specify those conditions set out in the Home Based Business
Location Table (Schedule B) applicable to the home-based
business use in respect of which the license is issued.
61.
Subject to section 63 hereof, the licensee named in a home based business
license:
(1)
Shall carry on the home-based business at the address specified in
the license.
(2)
Where the business is:
(a) An on-site home based business, shall not employ with or
without pay, any person who is not a bona fide resident at
the address specified in the license, unless the home based
business is a dispatch office.
(b) An off-site home based business, shall not permit an
employee with or without pay to attend at the address
specified in the license in the course of his employment
unless the employee is a resident at that address.
(3)
Shall carry on the home-based business at the address specified in
the license.
(4)
Shall forthwith notify the City License Inspector of any additions,
changes or alterations to the home-based business use specified in
the license.
(5)
Shall not display any commercial sign visible from the exterior of
the address specified in the license and shall not display or store or
permit to be displayed or stored anything indicating the presence of
a home based business and visible from the exterior of the address
specified in the license.
(6)
Shall conduct the home-based business in such a way as to ensure
that:
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(a) It is not offensive or obnoxious by reason of emission of
odor, dust, smoke, noise, gas, fumes, cinders, light,
vibration, refuse matter or water carried wastes.
(b) It does not create a nuisance.
(c) It does not generate undue traffic and congestion in the
neighborhood.
(7)
Shall ensure that all vehicles used in the business are parked at the
address specified in the license except:
(a) Where more than 2 vehicles are used in the business, in
which case, the additional vehicles shall be parked in an
area for commercial or industrial vehicles permitted under
City By-laws.
(b) Where a vehicle used in the business exceeds a gross
vehicle weight of 12,800 lbs. (5806.1 kg.).
(8)
Shall devote not more than the lesser of:
(a) 330 square feet (30.66 square meters) of floor area; or
(b) 25% of the floor area:
of the dwelling unit located at the address specified in the
license to the home based business.
(9)
Shall maintain not less than the minimum number of parking
spaces required under City By-law for the dwelling unit located at
the address specified in the license.
(10)
Shall not store goods or chemicals, which are a fire or health
hazard at the address specified in the license.
(11)
Shall not permit more than the maximum number of customers
indicated for that business in the Home Based Business Location
Table (Schedule B) attached to this By-law to be present at one
time at the address specified in the license.
(12)
Shall not allow the storage or maintenance of vehicles, inventory or
stock-in-trade utilized within or without the buildings, upon the land
being the principle residence.
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62.
Council may, by resolution, approve the establishment of a home based
business not shown in the City of Thompson Fee and Fine Schedule or
Schedule "B" hereof and set a license fee and any conditions it deems
appropriate for the operation of the home based business.
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DIVISION XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
63.
No person in the City shall carry on or engage in the business of
distributing almanacs, blotters, cards, circulars, coupons, calendars,
dodgers, fliers, handbills, posters, samples, thermometers, or any other like
articles or matter, any of which are designated or intended to advertise any
article, produce, service, trade, or business unless such person operates
one or more businesses in the City of Thompson in respect of which
business tax is payable to the City or if the licensee named in a valid and
subsisting advertiser distribution license issued under this By-law.
64.
No person shall carry on the business of a chimney sweep in the City unless
such person is the licensee named in a valid and subsisting chimney sweep
license issued under this By-law.
65.
No club or corporation incorporated under Part XXII of the Corporations Act
of Manitoba shall keep for the use of its members any billiard, pool or
bagatelle table in the City unless such club or corporation is the licensee
named in a club game license issued under this By-law.
66.
No person shall in the City hold or operate an exhibition for hire or profit or
operate a bowling alley, dance hall, moving picture theater and pavilion or
any other place of amusement for which a fee is charged or to which any
admission fee is demanded or paid unless such person is the licensee
named in an entertainment license issued under this By-law.
67.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle racetrack, speedway or similar
motor vehicle course in the City unless such person is the licensee named
in a valid and subsisting racetrack license issued under this By-law.
68.
No person other than the City of Thompson, shall operate an ice-skating,
roller-skating or curling rink in the City unless such person is the licensee of
a rink license issued under this By-law.
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69.
No person shall install vending machines or self-serve cabinets in dwellings,
apartment blocks, offices or houses or any other similar place in the City
unless such person is the licensee named in a valid and subsisting vending
machine license issued under this By-law.
70.
No owner or keeper of a store, hotel, shop or other like retail establishment
in the City shall sell or offer for sale tobacco, cigars or cigarettes unless
such person is the licensee named in a tobacco license issued under this
By-law.
PART III GENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVISION I
APPLICATION FOR LICENSES
71.
Every person seeking a license under this By-law:
(1)
Shall submit a license application to the City License Inspector
containing particulars of the license being sought, the name and
address of the proposed licensee and such further information as
may be required to permit the license to be issued under this By-
law.
(2)
Shall at the time of making application for a license, tender the fees
prescribed in the City of Thompson Fee and Fine Schedule for the
license applied for.
[AM B/L 1789-2009]
(3)
Shall set out in the application the name and address of each
member of a partnership where a license is being sought to permit
a partnership to operate or engage in a business, trade, calling or
occupation.
(4)
Shall designate in the application for license the place within the
City in which he intends to carry on a business to be conducted by
him under the permit.
72.
(1)
The City License Inspector shall conduct such investigation of the
application as he deems fit which investigation may include
enquiries with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Fire and
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Emergency Services, the City Building Inspector, Health Inspector
and City Development Officer for the purpose of obtaining a
recommendation on the application.
(2)
If the RCMP, Fire and Emergency Services, City Building Inspector,
Health Inspector, Development Officer or anyone of them
recommend that the license be refused, written reasons for such
recommendation shall be submitted to the City License Inspector.
73.
Upon completion of the investigation of the license application, the City
License Inspector shall:
(1)
Where an escort service, massagist or massage clinic or license is
being sought, prepare a written report on his investigation setting
out his recommendations and those of any other person and submit
same along with the license application and all other material
accompanying the application to City Council for a decision on the
application.
(2)
In all other cases issue or refuse to issue the license applied for
provided that in no case shall a license be issued where the City
License Inspector has reason to believe that the licensee shall not
comply with the provisions of this or any other By-law of the City of
Thompson.
74.
Where the application for a license is refused the City License Inspector
shall notify the applicant, by registered mail of the refusal, the reasons for
the refusal and the provisions for appealing the decision to City Council.
DIVISION II
APPEAL TO COUNCIL
75.
An applicant whose application for license has been refused shall have
fourteen days from receipt by him of the notice referred to in section 74
hereof to appeal the refusal to Council by delivering a written notice signed
by the applicant to the City Manager or designate, setting out the applicant's
intention to appeal the decision to City Council.
76.
The City Manager or designate will notify the applicant of the date, time and
place of the appeal before City Council.
77.
The City Inspector shall submit a written report on his investigation of the
license application including any recommendation received by him from any
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other person on the application and including the reasons for his refusal to
issue the license.
78.
The applicant shall be entitled to appear at the appeal before Council and to
make submissions to Council on his application.
79.
At the conclusion of the appeal, Council shall by resolution grant or refuse
the license sought.
DIVISION III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
80.
Every license granted pursuant to the By-law shall be effective from the date
of issue to and including the 31st day of December of the year of issuance,
unless otherwise specified therein or sooner revoked, except with respect to
Transient Trader or Seasonal Licenses which shall be effective from the
date of issue to the date of expiration as shown on the license
81.
A Transient Trader or Seasonal License shall not be issued for periods
lasting less than one month.
82.
A license issued under this By-law permitting a partnership to carry on or
engage in a trade, calling business or occupation, may be issued in the
name of one partner. Any firm, association, club or individual may apply to
Council to have an event sponsored by said firm, association, club or
individual granted Special Event Status.
83.
(a)
Any firm, association, club or individual may apply to Council to have
an event sponsored by said firm, association, club or individual
granted Special Event Status.
(b)
For events granted Special Event Status by Council, one license fee,
as per the City of Thompson Fee and Fine Schedule shall be levied
against the sponsor of said event which fee shall apply to all Transient
Traders participating in said event.
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84.
A license issued under this By-law permitting the operation of a business
shall contain the name of the business so conducted by the licensee and
the principal place of business at which the business is to be operated.
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85.
No licensee named in a license issued under this By-law and permitting the
operation of a business shall advertise, promote or carry on such business
under any name other than the business name endorsed on the license.
86.
(a)
A licensee shall at all reasonable times produce a license issued
under this By-law on demand being made therefore by an officer.
(b)
A licensee shall at all reasonable times grant access to an officer for
the purpose of carrying out an inspection of the premises or area for
which a license has been issued by the City for the conduct of a
business under this
DIVISION IV
AMENDMENTS TO LICENSES
87.
A licensee shall notify the City Inspector forthwith of any change in
circumstances affecting his ability to comply with the provisions of this By-
law or conditions of his license issued thereunder, including any change in
address or in the conduct of the business operated under the license.
88.
Subject to section 89 hereof, the City Licensing Inspector, may grant
amendments to a license to render the licensee in compliance with the
conditions thereof or the provisions of this By-law provided that such
amendments will not result in the licensee breaching any provision of this or
any other By-law of the City or any other condition of his license.
89.
The City License Inspector shall not grant any amendment to a home-based
business license issued under this By-law.
DIVISION V
REVOCATION OF LICENSE
90.
(1)
The City License Inspector shall have the power to revoke:
(a)
A seasonal food unit license where a mobile cart has not
occupied its approved space for a period of fourteen
consecutive days or more.
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(b)
Any license issued under this By-law where the licensee has
failed to comply with any provision of this By-law or with any
condition of the license.
(2)
Upon revoking a license the City License Inspector shall send
notice by registered mail to the licensee at the address specified in
the license of the license revocation, the reasons for appeal of the
revocation to City Council.
91.
The licensee whose license has been revoked shall have the same rights to
appeal the revocation as an applicant for a license whose license has been
refused and the provisions of section 75, 76, 77, 78 and 79 of the By-law
shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedure on, hearing of and decision
on an appeal against revocation.
DIVISION VI
ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSES
92.
A license issued under this By-law shall not be assignable.
DIVISION VII
PENALTIES
93.
Penalties will be assessed in accordance with the terms and provisions of the City
of Thompson Compliance By-law No. 1735-2007.
[AM B/L 1745-2007]
94.
Repeal
By-law number 1677-2002, and any other By-laws or parts of By-laws inconsistent
with the provisions of this By-law are hereby repealed.
95.
Severability
In any provision of this By-law be contrary to any express provision of any
applicable statute, such provision shall be read subject thereto and except as
aforesaid this By-law and all provisions thereof shall be valid and binding.
96.
This By-law shall come into full force and effect upon the day following the date of
receipt of third reading by Council.
97.
The proper officers be and they are hereby authorized to execute and deliver,
under the Corporate Seal of The City of Thompson, the above By-law.
Read a first time this 13th
day of February, 2006 A.D.
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Read a second time this 13th day of February, 2006 A.D.
Read a third time this 13th
day of February, 2006 A.D.
Done and passed by the Council of the City of Thompson in regular session assembled this
13th day of February, 2006 A.D.
The City of Thompson
Per:
_____________________________
Mayor
Per: _____________________________
City Manager
SCHEDULE B
Home-Based Business Location Table
Use
On Site
Conditions
Accounting/Bookkeeping/Income Tax
Preparation
Permitted
*
Advertising Distributor
Permitted
No Storage on Site *
Small Appliance & Electronic Repair Service
Permitted
No Major Appliance *
Appraisal Service
Permitted
*
Architectural/Engineering Services
Permitted
*
Arts, Crafts, Novelties, Fine Arts and Prints
Permitted
*
Auctioneer
Not Permitted
*
Barber Shop Beauty Parlour
Permitted
Limit of One Chair *
Bicycle Repairs
Permitted
No Sales *
Burglar & Fire Alarm Services
Permitted
*
Cartering Services
Not Permitted
*
Chimney Sweep Service
Not Permitted
*
Massage Therapist, Reflexologists,
Hypnotherapists, Electrolysis
Permitted
*
Collection Agency/Bailiff Services
Permitted
*
Contractor (Mechanical, Electrical, and other
Provincial Building Trades) Certification Required
Not Permitted
*
Counseling Services
Permitted
*
Data Processing Services
Permitted
*
Dating Service
Not Permitted
*
Delivery/Messenger Service
Not Permitted
*
Direct Seller, Corporate and Resident Direct
Seller License
Permitted
Not More Than 2 Vehicles Stored
on Site *
Dispatch Office
Permitted
No More than one (1) Employee
on site at any time *
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Distributor
Not Permitted
*
Drafting/Graphic Design Services
Permitted
*
Engraving, Rubber Stamps & Laminating
Not Permitted
*
Furniture Repair and Refinishing
Not Permitted
*
Gun Repairs
Permitted
*
Housing Sitting Services
Not Permitted
*
Insurance Agency/Investment & Commodity
Services
Permitted
*
Interior Decorating and Design Services
Not Permitted
*
Janitorial and Carpet Cleaning
Not Permitted
*
Land Surveyor
Not Permitted
*
Lawyers
Permitted
*
Lawn & Yard Maintenance
Not Permitted
No Storage of Equipment on Site
Without Permission
Use
On Site
Conditions
Locksmith
Permitted
*
Mail Order
Permitted
*
Monument Sales
Permitted
No On Site Storage *
Music Instruction (including dance and Vocal)
Permitted
No More Than 6 Students On
Site at Any Given Time *
Music and Entertainment Service (Dance Band, D.J.
Services and Booking Agent)
Not Permitted
*
Musical Instrument Repair and Service
Permitted
*
Officer Equipment Servicing and Repair
Not Permitted
*
Personal Shopping Services
Not Permitted
*
Photographic Services & Video Productions
Not Permitted
No Studio On Site *
Picture Framing Services
Permitted
*
Printing and Publishing Services
Not Permitted
*
Rental of Goods & Materials
Not Permitted
No On Site Storage *
Satellite Dish Distribution Services
Not Permitted
*
Saw Sharpening Services
Permitted
*
Secretarial and Telephone Answering Services
Permitted
*
Temporary Personnel Services
Permitted
*
Security Patrol Services
Not Permitted
No more Than 2 Vehicles
Stored On Site *
Sewing and Alterations
Permitted
*
Shoe and Tarp Repair
Permitted
*
Tattoo Artist
Permitted
*
Tea Cup Reader/Fortune Teller
Permitted
*
Telemarketing Services
Permitted
*
Touring and Guiding Services
Permitted
*
Upholstery Shop
Permitted
*
Vacuum Sales and Services
Permitted
*
Vending Machine Distributor
Not Permitted
Not Stored on Site *
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* Section 61. (2) (a) "An on-site home based business, shall not employ with
or without pay, any person who is not a bona fide
resident at the address specified in the license, unless
the home based business is a dispatch office".
(b) "An off-site home based business, shall not permit an
employee with or without pay to attend at the address
specified in the license in the course of his employment
unless the employee is a resident at that address".
SCHEDULE C
City of Thompson Trading Area
Communities
Brochet, MB
Cross Lake, MB
Gilliam, MB
Gods Lake Narrows
Gods River, MB
Ilford, MB
Lac Brochet, MB
LGD of Mystery Lake
Nelson House, MB
Norway House, MB
Oxford House, MB
Paint Lake Provincial Park
Pikwitonei, MB
Setting Lake Provincial Park
Shamattawa, MB
South Indian Lake, MB
Split Lake, MB
Tadoule Lake, MB
Thicket Portage, MB
Wabowden, MB
York Landing