An Act respecting the City of Ottawa — Private Bill PR24 (37th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill PR24, 37-2

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2ND SESSION, 37TH LEGISLATURE, ONTARIO ELIZABETH II, 2001 Bill Pr24

An Act respecting the City of Ottawa Mr. Guzzo Private Bill 1st Reading December 5, 2001 2n d Reading 3r d Reading Royal Assent Printed by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Bill Pr24

An Act respecting the City of Ottawa

Preamble The council of the City of Ottawa (“City Council”) has applied for special legislati on in respect of the matters set out in this Act. It is appropriate to grant the application. Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and con- sent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: By-laws re taxicabs 1.

(1) City Council may pass by-laws to separately license, regulate and govern subclasses of owners and drivers of taxicabs used for hire in the City and

Part XVII.1 and paragraph of

section of the Municipal Act apply to each subclass. Powers re: licences

(2) The power to separately license, regulate and gov- ern subclasses of owners and drivers of taxicabs used for hire includes, (

a) the power to define subclasses of owners and drivers of taxicabs used for hire; (

b) the power to permit licensed owners and drivers of a subclass of taxicabs used for hire to provide a taxicab service that falls within a separate sub- class on such terms and conditions as City Coun- cil considers expedient; (

c) the power to establish criteria for the issuance of new licences, which may include, (

i) entitlement to one licence only, (ii) the requirement that the licensee be the sole driver of the taxicab, (iii) consideration of the length of time the appli- cant has been a taxicab driver in the City, (iv) the requirement th at the applicant has not previously held a taxicab owner’s licence; and (

d) the power to establish the method of issuing new licences by means of a lottery system. Exemption

(3) A by-law passed under subsection (1) may pro- vide that the by-law or any provision of the by-law does not apply to one or more defined areas of the City. Application to earlier by-laws 2. The powers in this Act may be exercised to amend a by-law that is deemed to be a by-law of City Council by subsection 5 (4) of the City of Ottawa Act, 1999 in respect of the part of the area of the city to which it applies. Commencement 3. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title 4. The

short title of this Act is the City of Ottawa Act (Taxicabs), 2001. ______________ EXPLANATORY NOTE The purpose of the Bill is set out in the

Preamble.

Document details

Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill PR24, 37-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p37 s2 bill pr24 bill text 37 2 en pr024.pdf
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	321bd2fb2e7caf04572451287cdaa21c82b46657

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