Municipal Amendment Act (Rental Housing Protection), 1999 Marchese, Rosario — Bill 30 (37th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 30, 37-1

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Bill 30, Municipal Amendment Act (Rental Housing Protection), 1999

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Bill 30

Bill 301999

An Act to amend the Municipal Act to authorize certain

municipalities to restrict the demolition of rental residential

buildings

Preamble

In many larger municipalities the supply of affordable rental housing,

already limited, is further reduced by the demolition of apartment buildings

to be replaced by other construction. It is in the public interest to give

municipal councils power to promote the retention of affordable rental

housing.

Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1.Part XVII of the Municipal Act is amended by adding the

following section:

Definitions

(1) In this section,

``related group of buildings" means buildings that are under the same

ownership and on the same parcel of land as defined in

section 46 of the

Planning Act\; (``ensemble d'immeubles connexes")

``rental property" means a building or related group of buildings, other

than a condominium, containing four or more rental units; (``bien

locatif")

``rental unit" means premises used as rented residential premises,

including premises that have been used as rented residential premises and are

vacant. (``logement locatif")

By-law prohibiting demolition unless condition fulfilled

(2)The council of a local municipality having a population of 25,000 or

more may, by by-law, prohibit the demolition of rental properties in the

municipality unless one of the following conditions is fulfilled:

1.The council is satisfied that the rents that were charged for each

rental unit in the rental property one year before the proposed demolition

were at or above a level specified by the council.

2.All or part of the rental property is, in the opinion of the

municipality's chief building official, structurally unsound.

3.The council is satisfied that the rental property will be replaced by a

new rental property with rental units of a similar number, type, size and

level of affordability.

4.The council is of the opinion that the demolition of the rental property

will not adversely affect the supply of affordable rental housing in the

municipality.

Purpose

(3)The purpose of this

section is to give the councils of local

municipalities having populations of 25,000 or more new powers to promote the

retention of affordable rental housing.

Commencement

2.This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal

Assent.

Short title

3.The

short title of this Act is the Municipal Amendment Act

(Rental Housing Protection), 1999.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Municipal Act to allow the council of a local

municipality with a population of 25,000 or more to adopt a by-law

prohibiting the demolition of apartment buildings unless one of a list of

conditions is met.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

April 6, 2000

Second Reading

Lost on division

December 8, 1999

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

December 08, 1999

Second Reading

April 06, 2000 Lost on Division

Mr Marchese, Mr Caplan, Mr Kormos, Mr Bryant, Mr Tascona, Mr

Smitherman

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 30, 37-1
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Volume / chapter	p37 s1 bill 30 html
Language	en
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