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CITY OF MEADOWLAKE BYLAW
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N0. 9/2013
LITTERCONTROL BYLAW
I A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF MEADOW LAKETO SET MINIMUMSTANDARDS
FOR THE CONTROL OF LITTER AROUND COMMERCIALESTABLISHMENTS
WHICH SELL FOOD, REFRESHMENTSAND/OR TOBACCOPRODUCTS.
3,;The Council of the City of Meadow Lake, in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as
it follows:
I.
INTRODUCTION
1.
Title
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This Bylaw shall be known and may be cited as the Litter Control Bylaw.
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2.
Purpose
The purpose of this Bylaw is to regulate
and control the spread
of litter
on the streets, sidewalks and other public places
in the City of Meadow
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Lake around
commercial
establishments which sell food, beverages
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and/or tobacco products within the limits of the City of Meadow Lake.
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DEFINITIONS
3.
Whenever in this Bylaw, the following words or terms are used, they
shall, unless the text otherwise provides,
be held to have the following
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meanings:
(a)
APPROVED
RECEPTACLE
--
shall
mean
a
container
or
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receptacle
that is made or produced
for the purpose of disposal
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of waste;
(b)
BEVERAGE
-
shall
mean
any
liquid intended
for
human
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consumption
by drinking and includes any liquid defined by The
Litter Control Act of the Province of Saskatchewan or designated
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by the regulations
made
pursuant
to the provisions
of The Litter
Control Act of the Province of Saskatchewan
and amendments
thereto;
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(0)
CITY
-- shall mean the City of Meadow
Lake;
(d)
FOOD
- shall mean any substance
which is intended for human
consumption;
(e)
GUARDIAN- means:
(i)
any person who is under a legal duty to provide for the care
or supervision
of a child, or
(ii)
any person who has, in law or in fact, the custody or control
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of a child;
(f)
OWNER
- shall mean the person,
persons
or corporate
entity
designated
as the registered
owner of a property
on the tax rolls
of the
City of Meadow Lake and shall also include any other
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person,
persons
or bodies corporate
who are not the owners of
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the land or building upon or within which they occupy premises
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but who make application to the City of Meadow Lake for water,
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sewer or other services.
Litter Control Bylaw (continued)
Page 2
(g)
PARENT - means:
(i)
the natural mother of a child;
(ii)
the natural father of a child;
(iii)
a person to whomcustody of a child has been granted
by a
court of competent
jurisdiction or by a deed or agreement
of custody;
(iv)
a person with whom a child resides and who stands in loco
parentis
to the child;
h)
VENDOR
-- means a person who sells or offers for sale by retail,
wholesale or other means any food, beverage
and/or
tobacco
product, which may be consumed
off the premises
in which they
are offered for sale
and includes the owner or lessee
of the
premises
in or on which they are offered for sale and shall also
include the owner or lessees of any premises
in or on which is
located any vending machines which are used for the purpose of
selling or offering for sale a beverage, which may be consumed
off those premises;
(i)
WASTE
-- means
any rubbish, slime, garbage,
refuse, scraps,
beverage or food containers, vessels
or receptacles
or wrappers'
which are made
or produced
for the
purposes
of holding or
containing food, beverages
or tobacco
products
and shall also
include any waste
or waste
products
as defined by The Litter
Control Act, or designated
pursuant
to the
provisions
of the
Regulations
made
pursuant
to
The Litter Control Act
and
amendments thereto.
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REGULATIONS
4.
No person shall deposit, place, abandon or cause to be abandoned any
food, beverage, tobacco product
or waste
within the City of Meadow
Lake other than by depositing, placing or abandoning the same in an
approved
receptacle.
No parent
or guardian
of any person under the age of 16 years
shall
permit
such
person
to
deposit,
place,
abandon
or
cause
to
be
abandoned any food, beverage,
tobacco
product
or waste
within the
City of Meadow Lake other than by depositing, placing or abandoning
the same in an approved
receptacle.
Vendors of any food, beverage and/or tobacco products
which are sold
or offered
for sale
by retail, wholesale
or any other means
and the
owners of any premises
in or on which any food, beverage
and/or
tobacco products
are offered for sale, including the owners or lessees of
any premises
in or on which is located any vending machines which are
used for the purpose of selling or offering for sale a beverage, which
may be consumed
off those premises,
shall provide upon the premises
not less than one approved
receptacle
for the purposes
of the disposal
of waste
by the
purchasers
of any food, beverage
and/or
tobacco
products.
Litter Control Bylaw (continued)
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Vendors
and the owners of any premises
in or on which any food,
beverage
and/or tobacco
products
are
offered for sale,
including the
owners or lessees of any premises
in or on which is located any vending
machines which are used for the purpose of selling or offering for sale a
beverage,
which
may
be
consumed
off those
premises,
shall
be
required to pick up and properly dispose
of any waste
relating to the
food, beverages
and/or tobaccoproducts
which they have sold or offer
for sale within an area which shall be not less than one hundred and fifty
metres
from the boundaries
of the
premises
upon which such
food,
beverages and/or tobacco products are sold or offered for sale.
IV.
ENFORCEMENT
8.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Proceedings
to enforce this Bylaw shall
be in accordance
with the
provisions
of
The Summary
O?ences
Procedure
Act,
1990
and
amendments thereto.
Any Vendor or Owner found guilty of a breach of any of the provisions of
this
Bylaw shall be liable on summary conviction to the
penalties
provided in the General Penalties Bylaw of the City of Meadow Lake.
In addition to the foregoing, if the City of Meadow Lake is required to
clear,
collect or othenrvise deal with any waste,
such
as
clearing,
collecting or other dealings shall be done at the cost of the Owner.
If
any such cost owed by an owner is in arrears after December 31, of the
year in which it becomes payable,
the amount
of the costs
may, at the
discretion of Council, be added to, and thereby forms part of the taxes
on the land and buildings of the owner.
Any person
other than a vendor or an owner who is found guilty of an
offence under this Bylaw shall be subject
to a fine of one hundred
dollars ($100.00).
Bylaw No. 14/2002 is hereby repealed.
This bylaw shall come into force on the date of passage.
Introduced and read a ?rst time this 22'"day of April, 2013.
Read a second time this 22""day of April, 2013.
Read a third time this 22""day of April, 2013.
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City Clerk
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