Park in trust for the public for the purpose of a public park. While fence-related laws, regulations, and zoning are different from one area to the next, there are a few common themes: notification, expenses, position and placement, and fence height and type. 1973 No16 s10; 1974 No57 Sch C; 1986 c42 Sch A; 2001 cN-3.1 s2; 2013 c16 s25, 395. 309. . In this section "municipal authority" means a council of a town constituted or continued under the Municipalities Act (1)An action in respect of taxes, rates, assessments, or debts payable to the city or the council shall not be barred in a court except by the lapse of 12 years from the time when the taxes, rates, assessments or debts, or the last instalment of an assessment payable by instalments, become payable to the city or the council or are acknowledged in writing or by payment on account. Where a public sewer is built on a street, every owner of vacant land suitable for building purposes on either side of the street shall pay to the city towards the cost of construction of the sewer, the proportion of the cost of the sewer as the frontage of the land bears to the entire frontage of the street on which the sewer is so built. prescribing standards for the maintenance and occupancy of commercial property within the city and prohibiting the use of the commercial property that does not conform to the prescribed standards; (b) to employ the required number of persons, (i) As a result, parts of the site may not function properly for you. (2) Where an order of the chief medical officer or the council issued under this Act is not complied with, or not substantially complied with, within 5 days after the service of the order, or within the shorter time that he or she or it may designate, then the order shall be executed by the city medical officer or council through his or her or its officers, agents, employees or contractors, and the cost shall be paid by the owner of the building, who shall also be liable to a fine of $5 for every day during which he or she has neglected or refused to obey the order. The council may by by-law dissolve a business improvement area and a board of a business improvement area, (a) Where the water tax is imposed on or payable by the owner of property under this section, the owner shall be entitled, a statute or provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, to add the amount of the water tax to the rental payable to him or her by the tenant or lessee of the premises or part of the premises to which water is supplied and the owner shall have the same rights and remedies for recovery of the water tax from the tenant or lessee as are available to him or her in law with respect to the recovery of the rental. (5) (b) 6. 402.2 264. 118. Publication 1. 114. Repair permits are issuedwhen minor work is being carried out without any structural changes taking place. to devise the forms that he or she considers necessary for properly identifying and recording all requisitions, purchase orders, materials, stores, payrolls, vouchers, accounts payable, account books, records, documents and the like; and to approve for use by departments of the city all forms and accounting records; (d) 130. Orders for possession The officers or members of a fire department of another city, municipality, or person, that gives aid to the fire department in fighting a fire are responsible to the officers and members of the fire department while they are giving that aid. 397. 250. Impounder The committee shall have the management and control on behalf of the city of Quidi Vidi Notwithstanding subsection (1), the council shall have power to order expenditures in addition to the estimates, or for an object not included in the estimates, where, (a) 45. Trimming trees The money necessary to defray the cost of improvements may be borrowed by the council from a bank or by the issue of notes or debentures and shall not be considered as part of the funded debt of the city. to waive, remit or reduce taxes or assessments on the lands or the lots into which they are divided or the dwellings erected on the land or the tenants of the land or to set a fixed annual payment of, instead of taxes and assessments in the amount and for the period that the council may in its discretion determine and to provide on any basis to the dwellings and to the tenants of the facilities, privileges and services of the city that are now or shall be provided afterward or made available by the city to other properties or property owners in the city; and. Water tax Where an arbitrator, including an arbitrator who is appointed chairperson of a board of arbitrators, refuses to act, dies, resigns, or is unable to carry out his or her duties under this Act, the council may, and shall, upon the written application of either party, by order revoke the appointment of that arbitrator. (4) 21. 24. 247. (3) (e) (b) (1)Net profits received by the assisted company in a year, and not required to pay the 6% or to make up a deficiency or for a reasonable contingent fund, shall be spent by the company in acquiring lands, improving its housing accommodation by way of new buildings, additions, extensions or other improvements, or in redeeming or getting in the capital stock of the company as provided in this Schedule. to execute and put in force the laws for the government of the city, and all by-laws and ordinances relating to the laws; (b) The provisions of this Act or of a rule, regulation, or by-law made under this Act relating to. Light and power 277. For the purpose of subsection (1), preservation of documents and records may be in microfilm form from the original, after which the original may be destroyed, and the microfilm form shall be considered to have the same effect as if it were the original. 113. The fence shall have some open spacing, which could be of a shadow-box design, open picket fence, wrought iron or other "open" fence design. to prosecute and punish all negligence, carelessness and positive violation of duty; (c) (a) (2) (6) The expenditures referred to in subsection (1) shall be paid out of the funds of the city. (b) 303. a building, or extension to an existing building, subject to the written recommendation of the city manager that a permit be issued for that building or extension. Rep. by 2012 c26 s6 128. (3) regarding rules of procedure governing board meetings; (f) prescribing penalties for failing to comply with or otherwise contravening the regulations made under this section, provided that, for an offence which may be dealt with under regulations made under paragraph (h), the penalty that may be imposed shall not exceed those specified in that paragraph; (h) (1)The council shall have power to make rules and regulations. Where the lands of a development or subdivision abut an existing street on 1 side only of the street, (a) Removal etc. The non-delivery or failure to serve a notice required for the collection of taxes shall not affect or prejudice the assessment or tax, or collection of the assessment or tax, or lien upon or sale of a property for the payment of rates, or taxes, or a proceeding to enforce payment of rates or taxes, and the appraisement, rate or tax shall be valid notwithstanding the non-delivery or failure, and the rate or tax may be collected and enforced, notwithstanding the city fails to prove the delivery or service of the notices. An employer referred to in subsection (3) shall pay to the city clerk on demand out of wages due to an employee the amount of a poll tax stated by the city clerk to be payable by the employee to the city, and after receipt of a demand from the city clerk an employer shall not make payment to an employee of salary or wages then due or afterward accruing due to an employee without first making payment of the tax to the city clerk from the wages and the payment shall relieve the employer from liability to the employee for the amount so paid. where a board has not functioned for more than 1 year. (9) (8) Pensionable service and Recreation Commission shall function, and to define its powers and duties. Building location (1)The council may direct the medical officer, sanitary supervisor or another official or qualified person on behalf of the council to enter into and inspect every part of a house or building used as a dwelling for the purpose of ascertaining its condition as regards fitness for habitation. for the registration and licensing of persons engaged in the business of electric wiring and the manner in which electric wiring shall be done and the character of materials to be employed, and prescribing the fees to be paid for licences; (c) (i) It is unlawful for an owner or occupier or a person to place or keep on a building or structure appurtenant to a building a plate, placard, sign or mark indicating a number for that building unless the plate, placard, sign or mark and the placing of it and the number indicated on it has been approved by the council. 371. Deficiency Heritage Buildings It shall not be necessary for the appointee of the council to hold stock in the capital of the company or to be otherwise qualified as a director. the proposed division of the land into building sites; and. (d) (1)Where no person is nominated for the office of mayor, the deputy mayor and councillors may, at the first meeting of the council after an election, elect either the deputy mayor or a councillor to be mayor. a house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be dangerous or injurious to the health of the residents; (vi) to define and create zones or areas to be known as "fire districts" and, for the better protection of the city from fire, to apply in the fire districts special regulations, restrictions, and prohibitions relating to the erection, alteration, repair, equipment, occupancy, or change of use, removal, or demolition of buildings; (e) (l) in the absence of the city manager, to countersign all cheques and to see that no payments are made except those authorized by the council, or this Act, and certified for payment by the Comptroller or financial supervisor. The council is empowered to impose upon and levy and collect from a person operating as owner, manager or agent of a circus within the city or within 1.6 kilometres of the limits of the city, a licence fee not exceeding $500 for each day the circus is in operation whether the operation is licensed or unlicensed under this section. 204. 135. A person who contravenes or fails to comply with this section, shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding $5 for every day during which the contravention or failure to comply continues, or the fence may be erected by the council and its cost recovered from the owner. when an animal has been impounded, the impounder shall notify the city clerk or the other official of the council that has the care of the matters and the clerk, or other official, shall make a record of the impounding in a book to be kept for that purpose and the council may advertise that the animal has been impounded, (iv) 173. (i) In this section and sections 353.15 to 353.24, "association" means the International Association of Firefighters, Local 1075. An agent who fails to collect the tax imposed under this section and a person who, being required by this section to make a statement or return or to pay the tax or money to the council or to another person, fails to do so by the date required by this section, is guilty of an offence against this Act and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of not less than $200 and not exceeding $400, and, in default of payment, to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 months and not exceeding 6 months, or to both a fine and imprisonment. Where the council decides by resolution to operate a bus service in the city, the council has the sole and exclusive right by itself or the commission to transport passengers by bus for reward between points within the limits of the city. Council regulates parks (b) report to the council on the activities of the board at those times and in the manner that the council may prescribe; (c) "fire department" means the St. John's Rep by 2021 cM-20.01 s25 regulate or to prohibit the carrying on within the city or within 1.6 kilometres of the city of trades or businesses which in the opinion of the council do or may create a nuisance either to persons in their neighbourhood or to the general public; (g) Municipal Elections Act 219. 206. In this section "member" includes the firefighters and officers of the fire department. shall be for a term not exceeding 25 years; (b) Career with City of Fort St. John. 240. Acts for the fighting of fires, the prevention of fire in the city and the inspection of buildings in the city for fire prevention services. the use to which land in different zones may be put; and. (Where an oath is taken, add "So help me God."). (a) 21. An owner or lessee or possessor of land or premises in the city or within 1.6 kilometres of the limits of the city shall not permit the land or premises to be used for the purpose of the operation of a circus unless a licence for the operation is granted by the council under this section. 134. It shall be the duty of the council to secure adequate insurance against loss by fire or other causes on all city property, and against liability for injuries to persons, including liability under a law for workers' compensation applicable to the city, and all sums paid for premiums, damages or compensation shall be charged to the annual expense of the various city departments concerned. because of the existence on the premises of a nuisance likely to cause sickness among the occupants of dwelling; the city medical officer may issue an order requiring all persons in the house to vacate the house within not less than 24 hours, nor more than 10 days, for the reasons mentioned in the order. an application under paragraph (a) shall be supported by an affidavit of an official of the council; (c) The driver or other person in charge of a carriage provided with lamps, in accordance with subsection (2), who drives the carriage, or allows the carriage to be driven or to be upon a street, shall, where the lamps are not placed, lighted and kept lighted in the manner and during the period prescribed by this section, be liable to a penalty not exceeding $10 for every offence. "Public Utilities Board" means the Board of Commissioners of Public utilities referred to in The Public Utilities Act, 1989; . (2) 314. (i) "city" means the City of St. John's 340.21 (14) (3) The building inspector may examine and approve the plans and specifications and give the permit referred to in subsection (1) for and on behalf of the city engineer unless the plans and specifications are submitted in connection with an application for a development or subdivision under section 390. 190. (3) Notwithstanding a by-law enacted by the council under this section and notwithstanding the powers of an authority appointed by the council by by-law under this section, a pedestrian promenade may be immediately disestablished upon a resolution of the council to that effect, and at that time the area established as a pedestrian promenade shall no longer continue as a pedestrian promenade and this section or a by-law enacted under this section shall not apply to the area. Decks Fences and Pools - City of St Johns 403.3 87. 19. Public library establishing a development appeal board, which shall consist of at least 5 persons to be appointed annually by the council, none of whom shall be officials or employees of the city, the majority of whom shall not be members of the council, and may be re-appointed. 59. Where the name of a person is included in error on the roll, it may be removed by the appraiser and it shall be indicated why the removal has been made. 92. 181. 5. or. (2) Scales of fares to submit to the council at each weekly or monthly meeting a summary of all the amounts received since the last period of accounting, showing the source from which the amounts have been received and a comparison with a similar period in the previous year; (g) 340.7 (4) 238. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of each documents contents, The City of Saint John does not assume any responsibility for the reliability of the contents. Zoning - City of St Johns The owner of a house who makes the improvements referred to in section 187 may, immediately upon the completion of the improvements, increase the rent of the house by an amount not greater than 6% of the cost of the improvements, and a lessee or tenant of the house shall be liable for the increased rent from the date of completion. (3) St. Petersburg, Florida - Code of Ordinances; Chapter 16 - LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; . 188. 14. La. pay into court the sum that may be sufficient to defray the costs of the appeal or give a bond with respect to the defraying of those costs. the city manager, or in the city manager's absence, the city clerk or the person designated under section 317 to act for the city manager. 264. Where a water tax imposed under this section, or an instalment of a water tax, is unpaid within 30 days from the date on which the tax or instalment is payable, the city manager may discontinue the supply of water to the premises, in respect of which the tax is imposed, by turning off the stop cock or valve on the water connection to the premises. Payment The owner of a carriage, wagon, cab, cart, truck, sleigh, or other horse drawn vehicle, kept and used for private property but not for hire, or used for hire within the respective limits prescribed in section 221, shall register the vehicle at city hall before July 2 in each year, and pay to the city clerk at the time of registration, in respect of the period of 12 months beginning on July 1, the fees that may be prescribed by the council. 109. the division of the area into zones; (c) Conduct of employees 340.19 (6) Upon the passing of the by-law establishing the authority, all the powers, rights, duties, obligations, authorities and privileges conferred on and duties imposed on the council by this section with respect to the construction, maintenance, operation and management of pedestrian promenades shall be exercised by the authority, but subject to the Highway Traffic Act Other licences (j) (d) Traffic commission 394. All that area situated and being in the districts of Ferryland and Harbour Main bounded and abutted as follows: By a line starting at the mouth of Mobile River and running in a general northwesterly direction for a distance of 15 miles more or less along the divide between the area drained by Mobile River and the area drained by Witless Bay River and Pierres Brook; then turning and running in a general southwesterly direction for a distance of 13 miles more or less along the divide between the area drained by the Mobile River and the area drained by rivers flowing into Conception Bay and St. Mary's Bay; then turning and running in a general easterly direction along the divide between the area drained by the Mobile River and the area drained by Tors Cove River for a distance of 17 miles more or less to the place of commencement (the area containing 50 square miles more or less). A cab-driver shall not charge or be entitled to recover a fare in excess of those in the scale provided. , printed in black and white, is as follows: 24. St. John's A person who contravenes or fails to comply with section 177, shall for each offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding $50, and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 60 days. Statistics Where, by the alteration of a street, building sites have been eliminated or have been reduced in depth or in width, so that the value is depreciated, the council may expropriate any lands adjoining where they are available, and may award them to the owners of the building sites, and the value of the land so expropriated shall be ascertained by arbitration. to attend all meetings of the council, when called upon to do so; (c) , 19 The land referred to in subsection (1) shall be set apart and dedicated for the purpose of a public park, and shall be known as Bowring 38. governing the matters referred to in subsection (1), including, providing for financial and other assistance by or to the council for those matters. 15.3 282. Where the council has adopted the National Fire Code of Canada or another code, the code and supplements and amendments to the Code then in force shall be signed by the mayor and kept at the office of the council and shall be available for inspection by members of the public. Appeal from assessment the compatibility of preservation with other lawful uses of the buildings, structures or lands. 8. (6) Our development regulations set out standards and land-use zones for the City of St. John's. The council may make appropriations and expenditures out of the funds of the city for the measures that it may consider expedient or desirable for the prevention of disease and the improvement of the general standard of health of children and of the public generally within the area. (a) 72. Light and ventilation Planning fee 340.22 (b) St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Important Information prohibit or regulate or prevent the use of catapults, slings, bows and arrows and other weapons; and. An order under paragraph (1)(g) shall not become effective unless confirmed by a resolution of the council approved by at least 5 councillors. Notice of meetings Where so provided in a lease of a development area or part of a development area granted by the council under this section, the lease shall not be or be considered to be a building lease under this Act, and upon the termination of the lease, all buildings and erections on the leased land shall vest in the city free from claims by the lessee and from a right to renewal or to acquire the freehold of the land or for compensation for improvements. (14) Sight proof fences are not allowed in the required front yard. 98. As a result, parts of the site may not function properly for you. (d) in order to provide revenue to a board for annual operating and other expenses, impose a business improvement area levy in accordance with sections 4.1 and 4.2 of the City of St. John's Municipal Taxation Act 276. to borrow money by the issue of bonds or through bank or other loans and to apply that money for the purpose of the erection of a stadium or rink building or to advance, loan, or contribute money to a company or association undertaking the erection of a building or to guarantee a bond issue or loan of a company or association, and to make an advance or loan upon the terms as to repayment, interest and security that the council may consider appropriate; (d) 318. Meetings of the board shall be held at the times that it may determine and the board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings. shall prohibit the lessee from charging a fee for admission to or the use of the swimming pool except in accordance with the rates or charges approved by the council; and. the members of the bargaining committee shall be members of the association referred to in subsection (3); and. 396. 295. (a) The owner of land with or without buildings on the land fronting on a street outside the city in which a sewer main or interceptor is laid shall be assessed by the council and shall pay to the council upon demand the proportion of the total cost of the installation of the main or interceptor in the street as the frontage of the land bears to the total of all frontages on the part of the street in which the sewer main or interceptor has been laid. (2) A person who does not comply with an order made under section (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $100 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days or to both a fine and imprisonment. sponsor or otherwise participate in special projects, activities or events, for the purpose of improving an area. (f) 392. 340.9 211. 79. 402. (1)The council may impose upon and levy and collect from every consumer a tax not exceeding $0.02 on 4.5 litres on all fuel oil, except tax-exempt fuel oil, purchased or received by or delivered to consumers in the city. The council may enter upon, excavate, trench, possess and hold as the property of the council, the lands of private parties in or near the city after 3 days' notice in writing to the owner signed by the mayor or city clerk of the council. 375. judge may order for damage caused by that person in violating the by-law, rule or regulation. An owner of a building who contravenes subsection (1) shall be liable to a fine of not less than $1 nor more than $5 for every day during which the unauthorized change in the use of the building continues. 108. (3) (1)The owner of a horse kept within the city limits, or within 1.6 kilometres outside of the city limits in any direction, and used within the city limits for private purposes, but not for hire, and the owner of a horse used within the city limits for hire, shall register the horse at the City Hall before July 2 in each year, and pay to the city clerk at the time of registration a fee to be prescribed by the council in respect of the period of 12 months beginning on July 1. (1)The council shall have power to prevent the erection on a street of a building inferior in general character to other buildings on the same street. Public water file with the court a notice of appeal, together with an affidavit setting out the grounds of the appeal; and. Before proceeding to sell a property for taxes, the council shall advertise once a week for 4 successive weeks in a daily newspaper published in the city, giving the description of the property to be sold, the name of the person appearing in the books of the council as the owner, the amount of the arrears of taxes or assessments due, and the time and place at which the property will be offered for sale by public auction.