Second

Session, 46th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2009

BILL 51

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CITY OF CORNER BROOK ACT,

THE CITY OF MOUNT PEARL ACT AND THE CITY OF ST. JOHN'S ACT

Received and Read the First Time ...................................................................................................

Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

Committee ............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading .....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE

THOMAS J. HEDDERSON

Minister of Municipal Affairs (Acting)

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would allow the councils of

the Cities of Corner Brook, Mount Pearl and St. John's to require owners to attach civic numbers to buildings and houses

in a form that is required by council.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CITY OF CORNER BROOK ACT, THE CITY OF MOUNT PEARL ACT AND

THE CITY OF ST. JOHN'S ACT

Analysis

CITY

OF CORNER BROOK ACT

S.199 R&S

Street and road names and numbering

CITY

OF MOUNT PEARL ACT

S.199 R&S

Street and road names and numbering

CITY

OF ST. JOHN 'S ACT

S.140 Amdt.

Street names and numbering

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

CITY OF CORNER BROOK ACT

RSNL1990 cC-15

as amended

Section 199 of the City of Corner Brook Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Street and road

names and numbering

(1) The

council may name and mark all streets and roads within the boundaries of the

city.

(2) The council may require the owners of all

houses and buildings within the boundaries of the city to attach, in a visible

place, the numbers assigned by the council to those houses and buildings.

(3) The council may by regulation establish an

appropriate form and size for that numbering.

(4) The council may make regulations respecting

the requirements set out in subsection (2).

CITY OF MOUNT PEARL ACT

RSNL1990 cC-16

as amended

Section 199 of the City of Mount Pearl Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Street and road

names and numbering

(1) The

council may name and mark all streets and roads within the boundaries of the

city.

(2) The council may require the owners of all

houses and buildings within the boundaries of the city to attach, in a visible

place, the numbers assigned by the council to those houses and buildings.

(3) The council may by regulation establish an

appropriate form and size for that numbering.

(4) The council may make regulations respecting

the requirements set out in subsection (2).

CITY OF ST. JOHN 'S ACT

RSNL1990 cC-17

as amended

3. Subsection 140(1) of the City of St. John's Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Street names and

numbering

(1) It

shall be the duty of council to name new streets and to change the name of

streets where the change is considered advisable.

(1.1) The council may require the owners of all

houses and buildings within the limits of the city to attach, in a visible

place, the numbers assigned by the council to those houses and buildings.

(1.2) The council may by

regulation establish an appropriate form and size for that numbering.

Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer