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The Corporation of the
Municipality of Trent Lakes
By-law No 82016-049
A By-law to Prohibit the Dumping or Depositing of
Litter on Municipal Lands and Roads Within the
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Whereas the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25. provides authority to
councils of municipalities to pass by-laws to prohibit the dumping or depositing of
refuse or debris on land or roads;
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Lakes
enacts as follows:
Definitions and Interpretation
1. In this By-law:
(a) "By-law" means this by-law, as it may be amended from time to time.
The Recitals to, and the Schedules attached to this by-law are
considered integral parts of it.
(b) "Land" Includes any ground, yard, Jot or other real property whether or
not occupied by a building or structure.
(c) "Council" means the municipal council for the Municipality.
(d) uoeposit'' Includes drop, throw, dump or randomly place or store or
otherwise dispose of.
(e) "Highway" includes a common and public highway, street, avenue,
parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, any part of
which is intended for or used by the general public for the passage of
vehicles and includes the area between the lateral property lines
thereof.
(f) "Litter" Shall mean debris, rubbish, filth, refuse, garbage, or waste
matter of any kind and without the generality of the foregoing shall
include animal carcasses and droppings, ashes, bottles, cans, cartons,
construction materials, discarded appliances, clothing, furniture and
household effects, inoperative mechanical equipment, kitchen wastes,
lumber, packing materials, paper, soil, soot, tree trimmings and
pruning's, garden waste, stumps, branches, automobile tires, used oil,
automobile parts, snow, snow, ice and slush.
(g) "Municipal Roads" Includes any road, bridge, street, land and such
parts thereof commonly known as roadways, curbs, ditches, sidewalks,
median strips, boulevards, islands and associated sewer, catch basin,
water courses and retaining walls.
(h) "Municipal Facility" means any property owned by the Municipality
that is not a highway.
(i) "Municipal Law Enforcement Officer" is a person duly appointed
within the Municipality's administration to enforce the by-law of the
Municipality, and includes the Licensing Officer.
0) "Municipality, Municipality of Trent Lakes, or Trent Lakes" means
the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Lakes and includes its
entire geographic area.
(k) "Provincial Offences Officer" Shall mean a person who appointed by
council to enforce and lay a charge when this by law is contravened.
2. This By-law affects all lands located within the municipality boundaries
with the exception of provincial and federal lands.
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By-Jaw 82016-049
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3. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited or permit to be
deposited any litter on privately owned land within the municipality.
4. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any litter on any roads
within the municipality.
5. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited litter on lands owned
by the municipality except at a waste disposal sites operated by the
Municipality of Trent Lakes.
6. None of the provisions of this by-law apply to the following.
(a) Where, in the course of using land for activities carried on in the field of
general agriculture and in areas zoned for that purpose, a person
deposits sewer waste as fertilizer, manure, straw, grass clippings or
any other plant debris commonly used as compost material.
(b) Where in the course of engaging in home composting, a person
deposits grass, tree trimmings and pruning's, garden waste and other
vegetable matter in a home composter.
(c) Where, during the course of construction on a property, construction
materials are stored on that property.
7. This By-Jaw shall be enforced by a Police Officer, Cadet, Municipal
Enforcement Officer, Provincial Offences Officer, By-law Officer or any
other person appointed by the council of the Municipality of Trent Lakes.
8. Any person who violates any provision of this By-law is guilty of an
offence and shall be liable to a fine in accordance to Schedule "A"
forming part and hereto attached to this By-Jaw.
9. This By-law shall come into full force and effect upon the date of
passage hereof.
Read a first and second time this 19th day of April, 2016.
Read a third and final time this 19th day of April, 2016.
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Bevatthews, Mayor
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By-law 82016-049
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Schedule uA" to By-law 82016-049
Part 1 Provincial Offences Act
Short Form Wording and Set Fines
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
ITEM
SHORT FORM
OFFENCE
SET FINE
WORDING
SECTION
1
Litter on Municipal
5
$300.00
property
2
Permit littering on
5
$300.00
Municioal Lands
3
Litter on Municipal
4
$300.00
roads
4
Permit littering on
4
$300.00
Municioal roads
5
Permit littering on
3
$300.00
private property
"Every person who contravenes any provisions of this by-law is guilty of
an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine as provided for in the
Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O 1990, c. P. 33u
PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT
PARTI
IT IS ORDERED pursuant to the provisions of the Provincial Offences Act and
the rules for the Ontario Court of Justice that the amount set opposite each of the
offences in the attached schedule of offences under the Provincial Statutes and
Regulations thereunder and Municipal By-Law 82016-049 for the Municipality of
Trent Lakes, Peterborough County attached hereto is the set fine for those
offences. This Order is to take effect May 18, 2016.
DATED at Newmarket this 181h
day of May, 2016.
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Simon Armstron~
Regional Senior Justice
Central East Region
Schedule "A" to Bylaw 92016-049: Dumping/Depositing Litter
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Part 1 Provincial Offences Act
Short Form Wording and Set Fines
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
ITEM
SHORT FORM
Provisions
SET FINE
WORDING
creating or
defining offence
1
Litter on Municipal
5
$300.00
property
2
Permit littering on
5
$300.00
Municipal Lands
3
Litter on Municipal
4
$300.00
roads
4
Permit littering on
4
$300.00
Municipal roads
5
Permit littering on
3
$300.00
private property
Note; the general penalty provisions for the offences listed above is
section 8 of bylaw 82016-049, a certified copy of which has been filed and
61 of the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 33