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CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH
BY-LAW NO. 50-84
Being a by-law to licence, govern and
regulate vehicles from Which refresh
ments are sold for consumption by the
public.
WHEREAS Subsection 11 of Section 232 of The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980, provides
that by-laws may be passed by the councils of townships for licensing, regulating
and governing vehicles from which refreshments are sold for consumption by the
public and for revoking any such licences.
THEREFORE, the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Township of Norwich
enacts as follows:
1.
For the purpose of this by-law "VEHICLE" shall mean:
a)
A vehicle as defined under the Highway Traffic
Act;
b)
A self-propelled vehicle, licensed or not;
c)
A vehicle or structure, licensed or not, and
qapable of being drawn or propelled by a motor
vehicle, notwithstanding that such vehicle when
located is jacked~up or that its running gear
is removed.
2.
No person or persons shall sell or offer for sale
refreshments from a vehicle within the limits of the
Corporation of the Townsh·~p of Norwich without first
having secured a license for such vehicle.
3 ..
a)
Refreshments shall not be sold or offered for sale
from a vehicle:
i)
in any public park, or,
ii) on any street, highway, public place or any
other place,
without the express permission of the Municipal
Council of the Corporation of the Township of
Norwich.
b)
No refreshment -v·ehicle shall be located closer
than 90 metres of any place of business assessed
for business tax where similar refreshments are
sold.
c)
No refreshment. vehicle shall be located in the
Municipality in contravention of Zoning By-Law
Number 19-84.
4.
The Licence fee payable for the operation of a veh-icle
from which refreshments are sold shall be the sum of
$150.00 for the first vehicle, and $50.00 for each
additional vehicle.
5.
Such licence shall expire on December 31st next following
the date of issue.
BY-LAW NO. 50-84
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2
G.
Such licence shall be issued in the name of the Corporation
and shall be granted and signed by the Clerk of Deputy-Clerk
upon a yearly written application therefor signed by the
person applying therefor, wi·th the address of premises
occupied by such person, if any, and his business or calling
upon a form to be furnished and approved by the Corporation ..
7.
The licensee shall at all times while carrying on his business
have his licence with him and shall upon demand exhibit it to
any municipal or peace officer, and if he fails to do so is
guilty of an offence, unless the same is accounted for satis
factorily, and on summary conviction is liable to a fine ·of
not less than $10.00 and not more than $50.00.
8.
No such licence shall be issued until the Corporation has
received, in writing, from the Medical Officer of Health of
the County of Oxford satisfactory proof that the vehicle to
be used for the sale of refreshments is of a suitable design
and that it is maintained in a safe and sanitary condition.
9q
Any licence granted under this by-law may be revoked by
Council at any time when it deems it is in the public interest
so to do, and in the event that a licence is revoked the
J. ic.ensee shall be entitled to a refund of the licenee fee
proportionate to the unexpired portion of the term of the
licence as if said licence had been issued.January 1st~
10.
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this
by-law shall, upon conviction theref6re, be subject to a
penalty in the discretion of the convicting magistrate of
not less than $50.00 and not more than $500-00, exclusive
of costs, and every such penalty shall be recoverable
under the Summary Convictions Act, all the provisions of
which shall apply, except that the imprisonment may be
for any term not· exceeding six months.
ll.
Any other by-law, previously enacted, the provJ.sJ.ons of which
are inconsistent with the provisions set forth herein, is
now and herewith repealed.
12.
That this by-law shall come into force and effect from and
after the final passing thereof.
f' I RS'I· REltDING:
JULY
9th, 1984.
SECOND READING:
JULY .9th, 1984.
B~(--I.AW REl~.D A FIRST AND SECOND TIME,
THIS
9t;h
DAY OF
C:llJL!{
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I984,
'l'H.TRD RRADING:
AUGUS'l' 13th, 1984.
BY-!.:.AW RBAD A THIRD
TI,~E AND FINALLY PASSED THIS
13t;h
DAY OF
AUGUST --'
1984.
CLERK -
ROBERT C. WATKINS
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CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH
BY-LAW NO. 50-87
Being a by-law to amend By-Law No.
50-84.
WHEREAS By-Law No. 50-84 was duly passed on the 13th day of August, 1984, to
licence, govern and regulate vehicles from which refreshments are sold;
AND WHEREAS, the Municipal Council deems it necessary to amend said by-law;
NOW THEREFORE,
the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Township of
Norwich enacts as follows:
1.
That Section 3(b) of By-Law No.
50-84 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"s. 3(b) -
No person shall locate a refreshment vehicle closer
than 90 metres of any place of business assessed
for business tax where similar refreshments are
served."
2.
That Section 10 of By-Law No. 50-84 be deleted and the follow
ing be substituted therefore:
"s. 10
Every person who contravenes a prov1s1on of this
by-law is guilty of an offence and upon conviction
is liable to a fine of not less than $50.00 and not
more than $500.00 exclusive of costs."
3.
That this by-law shall come into force and effect from and
after the final passing thereof.
BY-LAW READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME, AND FINALLY PASSED THIS
14th
DAY OF
SEPTEMBER
, 1987.