THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAKE OF THE WOODS

 

BY-LAW NO. 197

 

Being a by-law to establish miscellaneous user fees.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to The Municipal Act, The Planning Act and other Act permits the Council of a municipality to pass a by-law prescribing a fees for the services rendered including the processing of applications made in respect of planning matters and other matters; and

 

WHEREAS, Council deems it expedient to pass a miscellaneous user fee by-law;

 

NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Lake of the Woods HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:

 

1)              The miscellaneous user fees as attached are hereby established.

 

2)              The Schedule of fees attached forms part of this by-law.

 

3)              By-law No 171 is repealed.

 

4)              The rates in this by-law are effective April 3rd, 2007.

 

5)              This by-law may be referred to as “The Miscellaneous User Fees By-law”.

 

ENACTED this 5th day of June 2007.

 

 

V PIZEY___________________________Mayor

 

 

P W GILES_________________________Clerk

 


TOWNSHIP OF LAKE OF THE WOODS

 

MISCELLANEOUS USER FEES

 

DEFINITION:

 

TAXPAYER/NON-TAXPAYER:                  Taxpayer is someone who pays property taxes to the Township a non-taxpayer surcharge shall be charged to anyone who is not a taxpayer in the Township of Lake of the Woods.

 

SCHEDULE OF FEES

 

1.0                                                                                           MUNICIPAL OFFICE

 

1.1              Licenses – Annual Fees ( unless otherwise stated)

 

1.1.1        Business & Other Commercial licenses are not issued or charged for at this time.

 

1.2              Lottery Licenses – For each license issued.                                           % of prizes

1.2.1    Raffle Prize Value to $50,000                                                   3%

1.2.2    Bingo Prize Value to $5,000                                                     3%

1.2.3    Break open ticket                                                                     3%

1.2.4        Bazaars per license

1.2.4.1 Bazaar up to 3 wheels of fortune                       $10 per wheel/day

1.2.4.2 Bazaar Bingo Prize value to $500                                  3%

1.2.4.3 Bazaar Raffle Prize value to $500                                  3%

 

1.3              Other Charges

1.3.1    Tax Certificate, for each roll number                                          $  20.00

1.3.2    Duplicated Receipts – Each One                                               $    2.00

1.3.3        History of Account Transactions (current printout

from online computer history)                                        $    2.00

Search of printed & stored records, hourly rate             $  20.00

a $50.00 deposit prior to start of search

1.3.4        Dishonored payments – Each One                                            $  20.00

1.3.5        Photocopies

1.3.5.1 Letter & Legal Size

1.3.5.1.1          1 to 20  each one                               $      .50

1.3.5.1.1                    21 to 50 – each one                              $      .40

1.3.5.1.2                    51 + - each one                                    $      .30

1.3.5.2  11” x 17”

            1.3.5.2.1          1 to 20 – each one                                $    1.00

            1.3.5.2.2          21 to 50 – each one                              $      .80

            1.3.5.2.3          51 + - each one                                    $      .60

 

1.0                                                                               MUNICIPAL OFFICE

1.3.6        Fax – Send or Receive (1/2 the listed costs)

1.3.6.1 First page                                                                     $     1.00

1.3.6.2 Each additional page                                                     $       .50

1.3.7        Application for Closure of:

1.3.7.1 Road Closure   - Deposit                                              $ 250.00

1.3.7.2 On completion of closure                                  Actual costs less deposit

1.3.8        Real Estate Letters                                                                    $   25.00

1.3.9        Penalty / Interest on Overdue Accounts                         15% per annum

1.3.10    Minimum property tax bill                                                         $   30.00

1.3.11    Freedom of Information requests                                               $   10.00

 

1.4              Tax Sale – Administrative Charges

1.4.1        Payment made after registering of Tax Arrears

Certificate but prior to search and sending of notices                  $ 200.00

1.4.2        Search of title in Registry, Land Titles Office

Sheriff’s Office, for names & addresses of owners &

 others having an interest in the lands and the delivery

of notices and registering of Treasurer’s Declaration,     $ 300.00

1.4.3    280 day reminder                                                                     $ 200.00

1.4.4    Preparation and execution of an Extension Agreement   $ 300.00

            1.4.5    Preparation and Registration of Cancellation Certificate $ 200.00

1.4.5        Preparation for conducting and completing tax sale                    $ 300.00

1.4.6        Preparation of documents, review of file, registration of

documents & payment made into court                          $ 500.00

1.4.7        All actual costs for postage, search fees registration

of documents, meterage for travel to registration

office, advertising costs, any legal fees etc are

charged in addition to the noted fees.

 

2.0                                                                                                                                                              PROPERTY SERVICES

2.1              Building/Development Permits

2.1.1    Minimum fee                                                                 $   50.00

2.1.2    Base fee for first $1000 of value                                    $   50.00

                        2.1.3    Each additional $1000 of value or part thereof   $     7.00

                        2.1.4    Demolition permit                                                         $   no charge

                       

2.2      Calculation of cost of construction to  be based on:

                        2.2.1    first or main floor (including foundation & roof) $100 per sq.foot

                        2.2.2    second floor value                                                         $50 per sq. foot

2.2.3    finished basements                                                        $25 per sq. foot

2.2.4    unfinished basements                                                     $20 per sq. foot

2.2.5    garages (attached or detached) & accessory bldg          $20 per sq. foot

2.2.6    barns or livestock structures                                          $5 per sq. foot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.0                                                                               PROPERTY SERVICES

2.3       Administration fees in addition to Building or Development Permits:

2.3.1        construction or demolition commenced prior

            to permit issuance                                                         $50.00

2.3.2        transfer of permit to another person or entity      $50.00

 

2.4              Refunds (allowed upon written application only):

permit issued but construction not commenced within 1 yr.         $50% of permit fee

2.5       MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Class 8 temporary structures, compliance inspections, outstanding work order certificates, etc and all other structures not specified elsewhere.

            2.5.1    For each single item per application                               $  50.00

 

The tariff of fees for processing applications made in respect of planning matters shall be as follows for applications handled with in house staff, see Item 2.19 for more complicated matters requiring an outside consultant or hearings etc.      

2.6              Zoning By-law Amendment

Single Family Residential                                                           $ 250.00         

2.7       Zoning By-law Amendment Commercial,

Industrial, Multiple Family Residential                            $ 250.00         

2.8       Official Plan Amendment                                                           $ 450.00

2.9       Draft Plan of Subdivision                                                           $ 300.00         

2.10     Subdivision Agreement                                                 *                     

2.11     Plan of Subdivision Agreement Amendment                               *                     

2.12     Site Plan Agreement                                                                 *                     

2.13     Minor Variance                                                                        $ 150.00         

2.14     Consent to Sever for 1 lot                                                         $ 300.00

            & $150.00 for each additional lot

2.15     Applicant requesting Adjournment or Reschedule

of Public Meeting on a Planning Application                              $ 100.00

2.16     Letter of Compliance                                                                $   30.00         

2.17     For each lot created by consent or subdivision,

a Parkland Tax (commercial or industrial 2%) residential            5%

either land or cash-in-lieu.

2.18     * Our actual cost will be charged and will include the cost of site inspections and our solicitor etc, when required for Clauses 2.9 to 2.12 all the cost associated with the development of the required documents will be the responsibility of the applicant.                                         Cost Recovery

2.19     In addition to fees described in clauses 2.6 to 2.15, Both inclusive, where applicable Plus Land Titles, Ontario Municipal Board, Solicitor, Chief Building Official or Planner’s Fees                                          Cost Recovery


 

3.0                                                                                                                                                              RECREATION SERVICES

3.1       Recreation Halls Non commercial type of Events

            3.1.1    Federal/Province Member meeting                                No Charge

            3.1.2    Federal/Provincial Elections                                          $  90.00

3.1.3        2 Women’s Institutes, Lake of the Woods &

Morson, Non profit events.                                           No Charge

            3.1.4    Funerals                                                                       $100.00

                        3.1.5    Seniors                                                             $  20.00/month*

                        3.1.6    Card, Dart, Exercise of groups                          $  20.00/month*

                        3.1.7    Meetings for non taxpayer                                             $ 100.00

                        3.1.8    Meetings for local groups within Twp                no charge

                        3.1.9    Showers/Birthdays/other                                               $ 50.00

                        3.1.10  All day meetings                                                           $100.00

                        * Must clean up hall/bathrooms and remove garbage.

 

            3.2       Recreation Halls Funding raising Events

3.2.1    Suppers with Liquor & evening events               $ 100.00

3.2.2    Suppers, craft shows, talent shows etc.             $ 100.00

3.2.3    Suppers and dance evening                                           $ 150.00

3.2.4    Non taxpayer groups                                                    $ 200.00

 

3.3              Recreation Halls Commercial Events

Kitchen and/or bar facilities                   Bergland                       Morson

3.3.1        Wedding/All day Events etc,     $300.00**                   $ 150.00**

** Special conditions apply such as licensing and SIP servers etc.

Authorized staff, with SERVE training to be paid directly by renter.

More than one-day events to be negotiated.

All renters will be responsible for any damages to equipment and operation of the hall while it is in their care. Renters will be required to pay any/all damages occurring from the event.

 

3.4              Bergland Recreation Park

3.4.1    Ball Diamonds                                                  $   10.00p/h

3.4.2    Skating Rink Facilities                                       $   25.00p/h

3.4.3    Deposit for old tables & chairs                          $ 200.00


 

4.0                                                                               EMERGENCY SERVICES

4.1       Auto Extrication                                                            Current MTO Rates

4.2       Non Fire Department Control Burn                                           $   25.00/hr

4.3       Inspection required by or for LLBO Licensing               $   50.00

4.4       Inspection of wood burning Appliance

(Requested for insurance purposes)                                           $   50.00

4.5              Request for Fire Report/Clearance letter/

            change of ownership                                                                 $   30.00

4.6.      Request Inspection (Non commercial/industrial)             $   30.00

4.7       Request Inspection (Commercial/industrial)                               $   50.00

4.8       Emergency services on Roads                           Current MTO Rates

4.9       Burning Permit                                                              No Charges

4.10     Fee for responding to building fire                                             $  500.00

4.11          Fee for burning without a permit where fire services

extinguishes fire, for out of control fire with permit                      $  350.00

per hour and maximum of                                                          $1000.00

4.12          False Alarms – After second false alarm

in six months                                                                             $  350.00

 

5.0                                                                               TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

5.1       Grader hourly rate                                                                    $    75.00

5.2       1 Ton Truck hourly rate                                                            $    55.00

5.3       Minimum rate for private snowplowing                          $    50.00

            grader or plow truck

5.4      

5.5       Entrance/right-of-way permit application                                   $     25.00

5.6       Temporary entrances (pulpwood extraction etc) deposit            $   300.00

 

6.0                                                                               CEMETERIES

6.1              Sale of Plots

6.1.1    Single Plot                                                                    $    50.00

            maximum of 2 urns on one plot plus one casket

            interment if it is prior to any urns being placed

6.1.2    Non-taxpayer surcharge above 6.1.1 rate of                 50% extra

6.1.3    Care and Maintenance fee                                            $  150.00

6.2              6.2.1    Casket burial plot location fee                          $    50.00

6.2.2    Urn plot location & Interment fee                                  $    50.00

6.2.3    Opening and closing of plot                                           $  500.00

                       

6.3       Monuments                                                                             

            6.3.1    Monument placement location fee                                 $    25.00

6.3.2        Monument Care & Maintenance Fee under

172 square inches                                                         No Charge

6.3.3        Flat marker over 172 square inches                               $    50.00

6.3.4        Upright monument under 4 feet in height

or width                                                                        $  100.00

6.3.5        Upright monument over 4 feet in height

or width                                                                        $  200.00


 

7.0                                      NON TAXPAYER FEES FOR BERGLAND DUMP ONLY

                        (Morson dump closed to non taxpayers).

                       

                                                                                                Per Load          Annual Fee

7.1              7.1.1    Upto & including ½ ton Residential       $  25.00           $100.00

7.1.2    Upto & including ½ ton Commercial     $  50.00           $200.00

7.1.3    Over ½ ton upto 3 ton per load $ 200.00          n/a

7.1.3    Over 3 Ton per load                             $ 300.00          n/a

           

TAXPAYER & NON TAXPAYER FEES       Taxpayer          Non Taxpayer

7.2              7.2.1    Tires: Passenger auto                            $  5.00             $    15.00

7.2.2    Tires: Semi                                           $ 10.00            $    20.00

7.2.3    Off Road (skidder/loader/tractor)          $ 50.00            $   100.00

 

7.3              7.3.1    Refrigeration: Fridge’s, freezer & air conditioner

with Freon removed and tagged by certified person       NO CHARGE

            7.3.2    No tag attached                                                            $    50.00

7.3.3    Attendant Fee after hours          per hour or part of        $    25.00

 

 

7.4              Garbage Collection & disposal Fees (Excludes McCrosson & Tovell)

7.4.1    Permanent Residential                                       $   70.00

7.4.2    Mainland Residential (Excluding Matheson Bay)            $   60.00

7.4.3    Island Residential (including Matheson Bay)                  $   40.00

7.4.4    Mainland Commercial (per list)                         $ 500.00

7.4.5    Island Commercial (per list)                                          $ 300.00         

 

8.0                                                                               LIVESTOCK DAMAGE

8.1       Livestock damage reports application fee                                  $    35.00