Fire Department Service Fees Bylaw 97-8

Mono, Ontario · adopted 1997-04-04

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"Municipality" means the Corporation of the Township of Mono. 1.6 Municipality - defined "Corporation" means the Corporation of the Township of Mono. 1.5 Corporation - defined "Council" means the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Mono. 1.4 Council - defined "Owner" shall include a mortgagee, lessee, tenant, occupant, a person entitled to a limited estate in land, a trustee in whom land is vested, a committee of the estate of a mentally incompetent person, an executor, an administrator and a guardian. 1.3 Owner - defined "False alarms" shall mean a fire alarm when there is no fire. 1.2 False Alarms - defined "Non-resident" shall mean any person who does not reside in the Township of Mono, Adjala- Tosorontio, Shelburne, Amaranth, Mulmur or Melancthon or who is not the owner or tenant of land in the Township of Mono, Adjala-Tosorontio, Shelburne, Amaranth, Mulmur or Melancthon, or who is not the spouse of an owner or tenant in the Township of Mono, Adjala-Tosorontio, Shelburne, Amaranth, Mulmur or Melancthon. I. I Non-Resident .. defined In this Bylaw: 1. Definitions DEFINITIONS Part 1 NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONO ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: AND WHEREAS it is expedient to impose fees for certain services provided by fire departments servicing the Township of Mono; WHEREAS Section 220 of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.45, as amended by Section 10 of Schedule M of the Savings and Restructuring Act, 1996, being Bill 26, provides that the Council may by bylaw impose fees for services and activities provided or done by or on behalf of the Corporation of the Township of Mono; BEING A BYLAW TO PROVIDE FOR ESTABLISHING TARIFF OF FEES FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES BYLAW NUMBER 97-8 3 .3 Fees - payable on or before due date When the vehicles, equipment and personnel of the Shelburne and District Fire Department, the Rosemont District Fire Department, the Caledon Fire Department or the Orangeville Fire Department respond to false alarms, described in Items 1 and 2 of Column 1 of Schedule "B" attached hereto, the owner of the property at which the false alarm has occurred will be charged the applicable false alarm response fee set out in Items 1 and 2 of Column 2 of Schedule "B" which is attached hereto and forms part of this bylaw. 3 .2 Fees - false alarms - frequent No person shall undertake any work on any fire alarm system, without first notifying the applicable fire department. 3 .1 Notification Required - work on alarm system FALSE ALARMS RESPONSE FEES Part3 2.5 Fees charged under Sections 2.1to2.4 shall be charged by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Shelburne and District Fire Department or Rosemont District Fire Department or the Treasurer of the Township of Mono. 2.4 On every occasion where the vehicles, equipment and personnel of the Shelburne and District Fire Department, the Rosemont District Fire Department, the Caledon Fire Department or the Orangeville Fire Department respond to a call or incident on any roadway under the jurisdiction of the Township of Mono, the Province of Ontario or the County of Dufferin where such call or incident involves Consumers Gas, Ontario Hydro or Bell Canada, a fee shall be charged to the utility operator as set forth on Schedule "A" which is attached hereto and forms part of this bylaw. 2.3 On every occasion where the vehicles, equipment and personnel of the Shelburne and District Fire Department, the Rosemont District Fire Department, the Caledon Fire Department or the Orangeville Fire Department respond to a call or incident on any roadway in Mono Township under the jurisdiction of the County of Dufferin, and such call or incident involves a motor vehicle a fee shall be charged to the County of Dufferin as set forth on Schedule ''A" which is attached hereto and forms part of this bylaw. 2.2 On every occasion where the vehicles, equipment and personnel of the Shelburne and District Fire Department, the Rosemont District Fire Department, the Caledon Fire Department or the Orangeville Fire Department respond to a call or incident on a roadway in Mono Township under the jurisdiction of the Province of Ontario, and such call or incident involves a motor vehicle a fee shall be charged to the Province of Ontario as set forth on Schedule "A" which is attached hereto and forms part of this bylaw. 2.1 On every occasion where the vehicles, equipment and personnel of the Shelburne and District Fire Department, the Rosemont District Fire Department, the Caledon Fire Department or the Orangeville Fire Department respond to a call or incident on any roadway in Mono Township and where such call or incident involves a motor vehicle owned by a non-resident such non-resident motor vehicle owner will be charged the fee set forth in Schedule "A" which is attached hereto and forms part of this bylaw. VEHICLE ACCIDENT RESPONSE FEES Part2 2 -~~ LERK ~·~ VHEAJ) OF COUNCIL BYLAW READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 4th DAY OF APRIL, 1997. BYLAW READ A THIRD TIME AND PASSED THIS 4th DAY OF APRIL, 1997 This bylaw shall take effect and come into force on the passing thereof. ENACTMENT Parts 4.2 Fees for services provided under Section 4.1 shall be in accordance with Schedule "B", Column 2, Item 3 which is attached hereto and forms part of this bylaw. 4.1 Fees shall be charged for inspections and written responses to written requests relating to outstanding orders under the fire code or any act, regulation or fire services bylaw(s). INSPECTION AND MISCELLANEOUS FEES Part4 The Tax Collector shall add to the amount of any false alarm response fee due and unpaid interest at the rate of 1-1/4 percent per month for each month from the month in which the payment of the false alarm response fee was due and payable until the said fee is paid. 3.5 Fees - non-payment- interest penalty A false alarm response fee imposed upon an owner under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of this bylaw is a lien and charge upon the property of the owner at which a false alarm occurred and if the fee or any part thereof remains unpaid after the due date, the amount unpaid may be collected by distress upon the goods and chattels of such owner, or the Township Clerk upon notice to the owner of the amount due, the person by whom it is due and the property upon which a lien is claimed, shall enter the same upon the collector's roll and the Tax Collector shall proceed to collect it in the same way as municipal taxes are collected. 3 .4 Fees - non-payment - collected like taxes The Secretary-Treasurer of the Shelburne and District Fire Department or the Rosemont District Fire Department or the Treasurer of the Township of Mono shall mail or cause to be mailed no less than 60 days prior to the due date identified therein an invoice for the applicable false alarm response fee to the property owner of a property at which a false alarm occurred of the type set out in Schedule "B" which is attached hereto and forms part of this bylaw. 3 I $50 per request I Essential service INSPECTION AND MISCELLANEOUS FEES ITEM COLUMN 1 ITEM COLUMN2 FREQUENCY OF FALSE ALARM FEE FALSE ALARMS 1. two or more false fire alarms to 1. $300.00 flat fee for the second false the same building in any fire alarm and for any subsequent calendar month false fire alarm that calendar month 2. four or more false fire alarms to 2. $300.00 flat fee for the fourth false the same building in any fire alarm and subsequent false fire calendar year alarm that calendar year SCHEDULE 'B' RESPONSE DURATION SERVICE FEE for the first hour $1,600 for every additional half hour or part thereof $800 VEHICLE OR PUBLIC UTILITY INCIDENT SERVICE RESPONSE FEES FOR THE CALEDON FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE DURATION SERVICE FEE for the first hour $300.00 for each fire department vehicle attending for every additional half hour or part thereof $120.00 for each fire department vehicle attending for responding to a call where services not $300.00 flat fee required SCHEDULE 'A' s EE l4 ~J~ EN D i r1d G RY LAW No· &:-hedLAl~ 14 BYLAWNUMBER97-8""" - 1t ({.~p~~~. 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