Fees and Charges By-law 2024-94

1.1 "BY-LAW" shall mean this Fees and Charges By-law;

1.2 "COUNCIL" shall mean the elected Council of the Corporation of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury;

1.3 "FALSE ALARM" shall mean an alarm that caused the Fire & Emergency Services to respond to premises
       where an emergency does not exist and includes the activation or testing of an alarm without first having
       notified the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury Fire & Emergency Services Department or the South
       Simcoe Police Service Dispatch;

1.4 "FEE" shall mean the amount charged to a person for services or activities provided or done by or on
       behalf of the Town and "CHARGE" shall have a corresponding meaning;

1.5 "FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES" shall mean a fire department within the meaning of the Municipal Act,
       2001, and the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997, and is deemed to include any member of the Fire
       & Emergency Services Department;

1.6 "FIREFIGHTING AND/OR EMERGENCY SERVICES" shall mean and include all services related or incidental
       to the prevention, control and suppression of fires and the protection of lives and property;

1.7 "MOTOR VEHICLE" shall mean amended in the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, as amended;

1.8 "MOTOR VEHICLE INCIDENT" shall mean when the Fire & Emergency Services attending the scene of a
       motor vehicle accident, fire or spill on any property in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury;

1.9 "OWNER" shall mean any individual human being, a corporation, their heirs, executors, assigns,
       administrators or other legal representatives of a person with or without share capital, tenant, any
       association, firm, incorporated company, partnership or private club of a person to whom context can
       apply according to the law;

1.10 "NON-RESIDENT" shall mean an individual who resides outside the geographical boundaries of the Town
         of Bradford West Gwillimbury;

1.11 "PERSON(S)" shall mean any person residing as a tenant or owner of an assessed property in the Town;

1.12 "PROPERTY" shall mean any public or private real property within the Town, including buildings, structures
         of any nature and kind in or upon such lands;

1.13 "RESIDENT(S)" shall mean an owner of land, tenant, or individual who resides within the geographical
         boundaries of the Town;

1.14 "SERVICE" shall mean any service, activity or benefit provided by the Town to any person;

1.15 "TOWN" shall mean the Corporation of the Town of Bradford West  Gwillimbury;

1.16 "SPILL" shall mean as defined in Part X of the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.19, as
         amended;

Where words and phrases used in this By-law are defined in the Municipal Act, 2001, the Planning Act, the Line Fences Act or any other applicable provincial legislation but are not defined in this By-law, the definitions in the applicable legislation shall apply to such words and phrases.

As used in the By-law, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; and the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular.

The headings and subheadings used in this By-law shall be deemed to be inserted for convenience of reference.

4.1 Any person desirous of using those services or property of the Town and or when the Town determines that a service is required as described in Schedule "A", shall pay the fee or charge set out opposite the description or name of the particular service or property, as shown in Schedule "A" attached hereto and by this reference forming part of this By-law.

4.2 No request by any person for any service, activity or use of Town property described in the schedules to this By-law will be processed or provided by the Town unless and until the person requesting the information, service, activity or use of Town property has paid the applicable fee in the prescribed amount as set out in the schedules to this By-law.

4.3 All prescribed fees shall be payable to the Town, under the provisions of this By-law, and shall be payable in advance of providing the service and/or program except for firefighting and emergency services.

4.4 The following methods of payment will be accepted for the payment of fees imposed by this By-law:

     a) Cash;
     b) Cheque;
     c) Money order;
     d) Credit card (where available);
     e) Online (Recreation programs registration only); 

     f) E-payment/online banking (property tax and water and wastewater fees only); or
     g) Debit card where payment is made in person.

4.5 If for any reason fees other than water and wastewater fees owing under this By-law remain unpaid after thirty (30) days, the amount outstanding shall bear interest at the rate of 1.25% per month until it is paid in full. Unpaid water and waste water fees are subject to the Town's water billing policy.

4.6 Any fees that are owing to the Town and that are unpaid are a debt to the Town and together with all interest and penalties accrued thereupon, may be collected by the Town by any action it considers necessary and as it may be permitted by-law, or may be collected in the same manner as municipal taxes.

4.7 The fees set out in Schedule "A" will be subject to Provincial and Federal Taxes where applicable.

The schedule in this By-law shall form an integral part of this By-law. Each entry in a column of a schedule shall be read in conjunction with the entries across from that entry and not otherwise.

Where there is any conflict between the provisions of this By-law and the provisions of the Municipal Act, 2001, the Planning Act, the Line Fences Act or any other applicable provincial legislation, the provisions of the applicable legislation shall prevail to the extent of the conflict.

Notwithstanding that any section, subsection, clause, paragraph or provision of this By-law or parts thereof may be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable, illegal or beyond the powers of Council to enact, such section, subsection, clause, paragraph or parts thereof shall be deemed to be severable and all other sections, subsections, clauses, paragraphs or parts of this By-law are separate
and independent therefrom and enacted as such as a whole. Such declaration shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions of this By-law or of the By-law as a whole.

Whenever any reference is made in this By-law to a statute of the Legislature of the Province of Ontario, such reference shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments to such statute and all successor legislation to such statute.

The provisions of this By-law shall be administered and enforced by the Finance Department of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury.

10.1 That By-law 2024-08 be repealed in its entirety effective December 31, 2024.

This By-law shall take effect and become in full force and effect on the 1st day of January 2025.

Enacted this 3rd day of December 2024.

Original signed by Tara Reynolds, Clerk and James Leduc, Mayor.

•  Schedule A - Fees & Service Charges - Effective January 1st, 2025 (Amended by By-law 2025-04)