Heat Requirements By-law 235-81

Brockville, Ontario

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COPY THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BROCKVILLE BYLAW NUMBER 235-81 BEING A BYLAW TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS OF HEAT REQUIREMENTS WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 210 (69) of the Municipal Act, Chapter 302, R.S.O. 1980, The Corporation of the City of Brockville deems it expedient to pass a bylaw for requiring the maintenance of adequate and suitable heat for rented or leased dwellings or living accommodations; NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BROCKVILLE ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1) a) Every person who, in the City of Brockville, as landlord rents or leases dwellings or living accommodations, which as between tenant and lessee, and the landlord shall between the fifteenth day of September in each year and the fifteenth day of June in the following year, provide and maintain adequate and suitable heat to the said dwelling or living accommodation. b) For the purpose of this bylaw, "adequate and suitable heat" means that the air temperature shall be constantly maintained at a temperature of not less than 8 degrees Fahrenheit/20 degrees Celsius between the hours of six o'clock in the forenoon and eleven o'clock in the after in each day, and at a temperature of not less than 63 degrees Fahrenheit/17 degrees Celsius between the hours of eleven o'clock in the afternoon and six o'clock in the forenoon of the following day. For the purpose of this Section room temperature shall be determined at a point of five feet above floor level and three feet from exterior walls. 2) a) The Bylaw Enforcement Officer and any persons acting under his instructions may at all reasonable times and upon producing proper identification, enter and inspect any property. b) Every person who contravenes any provision of the Bylaw is guilty of an offence and is liable for a fine of not less than seventy-eight ($78.00), not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).