060-2020 - To Regulate Site Alterations of Land or Private Drain Alterations (Fill Bylaw)

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The Corporation of the Town of Lakeshore By -Law 60-2020 Being a By -Law to Regulate Site Alterations of Land or Private Drain Alterations in the Town Of Lakeshore Whereas, section 142 of the Municipal Act 2001, S.O., 2001, c. 25, provides local municipalities with the power to prohibit or regulate and issue permits respecting the dumping or place of fill, removal of topsoil or the alteration of the Grade of Land; And whereas, the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Lakeshore considers it desirable to pass such a by-law; Now therefore, the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Lakeshore enacts as follows: Section 1 — Definitions 1.1 In this by-law, "Administration Fee" means the fee for the administration of remediation costs pursuant to this by-law and the amount as set out in the User Fee By-law; "Aggregate Resources Act' means the Aggregate Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.8; "Appeal Fee" means the fee to file an appeal pursuant to this by-law and the amount as set out in the User Fee By-law; "By-law Compliance Officer" means the persons designated as such by the Town for enforcement of by-laws pursuant to the Provincial Offences Act, and includes the Chief Building Official; "Chief Building Official" means the person designated as such by the Town; "Clerk" means the person appointed by Council as the municipal clerk pursuant to the Municipal Act, 2001; "Crown of the Road" means the highest portion of a road cross-section, generally associated with the centerline of the road; "Drainage Act"means the Drainage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.D.17; "Dump" or "Dumping" means the deposit or placement of Fill Material from one location to another and includes from one location at a site to another location on a site on the same property; "Electricity Act' means the Electricity Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c.15, Sched.A; "Fill" or "Filling" means the alteration of the existing grade of the Land through the addition of Fill Material; "Fill Material" means any type of material capable of being removed from or deposited on Land, and may include soil, Topsoil, stone, sod, turf, concrete, asphalt, either singly or in combination; "Grade" or "grading" means the elevation of the ground surface of Land; "Land" means any real property within the geographic boundaries of the Town of Lakeshore;