HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958` THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF BOWMANVILLE
BY-LAW NO. 1958 Oro
Being a by -law to require the closing of
gasoline Service Stations during certain
hours.
WHEREAS more than three - quarters of the service station
occupiers and operators within the limits of the Town of Bowmanville
have applied to the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Bow -
manville praying for the passing of a by -law requiring the closing
of gasoline service stations within the Municipality during certain
hours.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to The Factory, Shop and Office
Building Act, R.S.O. 1960, Chapter 130, Sections 78 (4) and 79 (b)
and (c) the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Bowmanville
HEREBY ENACTS as follows:
1. In this by -law "gasoline service stations" shall mean any
building or premises from which gasoline, oil or petroleum products
are kept and offered for sale to the public.
2. This by -law shall apply to all gasoline service stations
within the limits of the Town of Bowmanville.
3. During the whole of the year, all gasoline service stations,
save as hereinafter expressly provide, be closed and remain closed: -
(a) Between seven o'clock in the afternoon of each Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday respectively and six o'clock
in the forenoon of the next following day; and
(b) Between seven o'clock in the afternoon of each Saturday
and six o'clock in the forenoon of the next following Monday;
PROVIDED that the aforesaid times and other times hereinafter set
out shall be either Eastern Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time
from time to time in force in the Town of Bowmanville.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 3 hereof to the
contrary, the Town Clerk shall issue permits authorizing those gaso-
line service stations for which such permits are issued, to be and
remain open during the following hours to be specified in such
permit:-
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(a) Between seven and nine o'clock in the afternoon of each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; and
(b) Between six o'clock in the forenoon and nine o'clock in
the afternoon of each Sunday.
PROVIDED that such permits shall be issued on a rotation
basis to not more than 25% of the gasoline service stations within
the Municipality and that such permits shall authorize and so state
that the operator or occupier to whom such permit is issued may
provide emergency services between the hours of nine o'clock in
the afternoon to six o'clock in the forenoon of each day in each
week.
5. This by -law shall take effect on the 21st day of February
1966, and shall be subject to the provisions of the Factory, Shop
and Office Building Act.
6. Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this
by -law shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay, for the
first offence a penalty not exceeding $25.00 exclusive of costs
and for subsequent offences a penalty not exceeding $50.00 exclusive
of costs.
This By -law given its first, second and third readings and
finally passed on the 7th day of February 1966.
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MAYOR
CLERK