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The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington
By-law 2019-047
Being a By-law to keep land clean and clear in the Municipality of Clarington
WHEREAS Subsection 11(2) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended
(the “Act”) provides that the Municipality may pass by-laws respecting the health, safety
and well-being of persons;
AND WHEREAS Section 127 of the Act provides that the Municipality may require the
owner or occupant of land to keep their land clean and clear of refuse and debris;
AND WHEREAS Section 128 of the Act provides that the Municipality may prohibit and
regulate with respect to public nuisances, including matters that, in the opinion of
Council, are or could become or cause public nuisances;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 425 of the Act, the Municipality may pass by-laws
providing that a person who contravenes a by-law of the Municipality passed under the
Act is guilty of an offence;
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington
hereby enacts as follows:
DEFINITIONS
1. In this by-law,
“Debris” means refuse, rubbish, or material of any kind and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing includes garbage, litter, disused furniture, garden
waste, earth or rock fill, old or decayed lumber, inoperative mechanical
equipment, automotive or mechanical parts, a vehicle that by its condition or lack
of current licence plates appears to be inoperative, and materials from
construction or demolition projects;
“Enforcement Officer” means a Provincial Offences Officer as defined under
the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.33;
“Municipality” means The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington, or its
geographical area as the context requires; and
“Owner” means an owner or occupant of land in the Municipality.
Schedule “A”
MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
PART I Provincial Offences Act
By-law #2019-047: Clean and Clear By-law
ITEM COLUMN 1
Short Form Wording
COLUMN 2
Provision creating
or defining offence
COLUMN 3
Set Fine
1 Failure to remove debris from land s. 2 $100.00
2 Failure to cut grass or weeds s. 3 $100.00
3 Failure to remove standing water s. 4 $100.00
4 Failure to comply with an order s. 7(2) $100.00
5 Obstruction of an Enforcement Officer s. 11 $100.00
“NOTE: The penalty provision for the offences indicated above is section 14 of by-law
no. 2019-047, a certified copy of which has been filed”.