2015-089 Hawker and Peddler By-lawThe Corporation of the Township of Oro - Medonte
By -law No. 2015 -089
Being a By -law to regulate and govern Hawker and Peddlers
within The Township of Oro - Medonte.
(Hawker and Peddler By -law)
Whereas the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c.25, as amended, s. 11 authorizes a lower -
tier municipality to pass by -laws, respecting health, safety and well -being of persons;
protection of persons and property, including consumer protection.
And Whereas Section 150 of the Act defines a business as any business wholly or
partly carried on within a municipality even if the business is being carried on from a
location outside of the municipality and includes the sale and hire of goods or
services on an intermittent or one -time basis and the activities of a transient trader.
And Whereas Council deems it appropriate to regulate hawker and peddlers.
Now Therefore the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Oro - Medonte
hereby enacts as follows:
1. That Appendix "A" attached hereto form part of this By -law.
2. This By -law shall be cited as "The Township of Oro - Medonte Hawker and
Peddler By -law ".
3. And that this By -law shall come into force and effect on the date of its final
passing.
By -law read a First, Second and Third time, and Passed this 13th day of May,
2015.
The Corporation of the Township of Oro - Medonte
Mayor, H.ughes
glas Irwin
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Appendix "A"
to By -law No. 2015 -089 for
The Corporation of the Township of Oro - Medonte
1.0 Definitions
For the purpose of this By -law, the following definitions shall apply:
"Council" means the elected Council for The Corporation of the Township of Oro -
�, Medonte;
"Hawker and Peddler" means a person who, within the Township of Oro - Medonte,
goes place to place or to a particular place with goods, wares or merchandise for sale,
or who carries and exposes samples, patterns or specimens of any goods, wares or
merchandise that are to be delivered in the municipality afterwards;
"Highway" means a common and public highway, street, avenue, road, parkway,
square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, designed and intended for, or used by the
general public for the passage of vehicles, including unopened and un- assumed
highways;
"Municipal Law Enforcement Officer" means a person appointed by the Council for the
purposes of carrying out the enforcement of Municipal By -laws.
"Municipal Property" means any property situated within The Township of Oro - Medonte
that is owned or controlled by the Township.
"Sell" means and includes exposing an items for sale and offering for sale;
"Township" means the Corporation of The Township of Oro - Medonte;
2.0 Prohibition
2.1 No hawker and peddler shall sell goods, wares or merchandise on a Highway
within the Township.
2.2 No hawker and peddler shall sell goods, ware or merchandise from Municipal
property unless authorized by Council.
3.0 Offences
3.1 No person shall hinder or obstruct, or attempt to hinder or obstruct, any officer
exercising a power or performing a duty under this By -law. Any person who is
alleged to have contravened any of the provisions of this by -law shall identify
themselves to the officer upon request. Failure to so shall be deemed to have
obstructed or hindered the officer in the execution of his duties.
3.2 Every person who contravenes any provision of this By -law is guilty of an
offence and shall be liable to a fine in the amount to be determined pursuant to
the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P 33, and every such fine is
recoverable under the Provincial Offences Act.
3.3 This By -law shall be enforced by the Township's Municipal Law Enforcement
Officers
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