Freedom of Information and Privacy
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario
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# Freedom of Information and Privacy
The Town of Stouffville strives to ensure accountability and transparency while protecting the privacy and personal information of the public. The Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), gives us a framework to provide access to public information while protecting personal information.
## Requesting Information
While most Town records are available by request, some may require you to submit a formal Freedom of Information (FOI) request. When you contact us to request information, we will let you know if you need to submit an FOI.
### Routinely available information
The following information is routinely available by request. Please contact the department that holds the records to request access:
* Zoning - Planning and Building
* Bids, tenders and proposals - Centralized Customer Service Centre
* Building, lot grading and any other information related to your property - Planning and Building
* Business licences and licence requirements - [email protected]
* Committee of Adjustment matters - [email protected]
* Community demographics or business statistics - Economic Development
### Make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request
If the information you are requesting cannot be released by routine request, you have to submit a formal FOI request along with a $5.00 fee. This fee can be paid online, in person, or by submitting a cheque by mail.
If you are requesting on behalf of someone else, please include a signed letter of consent and a photocopy of a piece of their ID with a signature (such as a driver's licence) for verification.
Should you wish to clarify whether or not your request requires to be submitted as a formal FOI request, please contact [email protected] .
FOI Request Form
We will respond within 30 days of the date of the request. We will contact you if we need additional time.
You must submit a $5 application fee along with each formal FOI request. Please make all cheques payable to the "Town of Stouffville".
The following fees also apply:
* 20 cents per page for photocopies or printouts
* $10 per disc for records prepared on CD-ROMs
* $7.50 for each 15 minutes of manual search time required (doesn't apply to personal information requests)
* $7.50 for each 15 minutes of preparing a record for disclosure, including severing a part of the record (doesn't apply to personal information requests)
$15 for each 15 minutes required to develop a computer program or other method of producing a record from machine readable record
If the records you requested contain third party information, we will advise the third party of your request. The third party has 20 days to let us know whether they agree or disagree with the disclosure of their information.
If you are unsatisfied with the Town's response to a request or fee estimate, you can make an appeal to the Information and Privacy Commission of Ontario (IPC) within 30 days of receiving the decision letter or fee estimate.
111 Sandiford Drive, Stouffville ON, CA
[email protected]
(905) 640-1900
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