HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law No. 2006-013 - Amend c.842 - Hedges & Traffic Hazards
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BY-LAW NUMBER
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OF THE
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF KITCHENER
(Being a by-law to amend Chapter 842 of the City of
Kitchener Municipal Code with respect to hedges,
other objects and traffic hazards).
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to amend Chapter 842 of the City of Kitchener
Municipal Code as adopted by By-law 88-100;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the City of Kitchener enacts as
follows:
1. Section 842.2.5 is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted therefor:
"842.2.5
(a) Where a person who is directed or required to do a matter or thing in accordance
with the provisions of this by-law does not do so and in the opinion of the Director
of Enforcement the costs associated with such matter or thing are not anticipated
to exceed $5,000.00, the Director of Enforcement or his/her designate is hereby
delegated the authority to cause the matter or thing to be done and for this
purpose to enter or cause the City's employees or agents together with persons
accompanying them who are under their direction from time to time to enter in
and upon land or structures at any reasonable time for the purpose of causing
the matter to thing to be done in accordance with the requirements of this by-law.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if the person who is directed or required to do a
matter or thing accordance with the provisions of this by-law fails to do the matter
or thing and in the opinion of the Director of Enforcement such failure to comply
with the requirement or direction poses an immediate danger to the health or
safety of any person, the Director of Enforcement is hereby delegated the
authority to cause the thing or matter to be done to the extent that in the Director
of Enforcement's sole opinion is necessary to remedy the immediate danger to
the health or safety of any person and for this purpose to enter or cause the
City's employees or agents together with persons accompanying them who are
under their direction from time to time to enter in and upon land or structures an
any reasonable time for the purpose of causing the matter or thing to be done in
accordance with the requirements of this by-law.
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(c) Where a matter or thing is done in accordance with subsection (a) or subsection
(b), it shall be done at the expense of the person directed or required to do it and
the municipality may recover the costs by action or by adding them to the tax roll
and collecting them in the same manner as taxes.
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), any entry to a room or place being used
as a dwelling unit shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act,
2001.
PASSED at the Council Chambers in the City of Kitchener this
of J~. ,A.D. 2006.
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