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City of Toronto Act, 2006

S.O. 2006, CHAPTER 11
Schedule A

Consolidation Period: From May 14, 2008 to October 7, 2008.

This is the most current consolidation of this law available on e-Laws.

Notice of additional information:

The following amendments have been enacted and will be incorporated in a subsequent consolidation:

Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008, S.O. 2008, c. 14, s. 49, enacted October 8, 2008.

See Source Law for text of amendments.

There may be more recent events that are not included in this notice.

Last amendment: 2008, c. 7, Sched. C.

SKIP TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS

Preamble

PART I
INTERPRETATION

1.

Governing principles

2.

Purposes of this Act

3.

Interpretation

4.

Special Acts

5.

Review of this Act

PART II
GENERAL POWERS OF THE CITY

Powers

6.

Scope of powers

7.

Powers of a natural person

8.

Broad authority

9.

Expropriation

10.

Scope of by-laws generally

11.

Conflict with legislation, etc.

General Restrictions

12.

Specific power, by-laws under general powers

13.

Restrictions, corporate and financial matters

14.

Restriction re monopolies

15.

Restriction re geography

Agreements

16.

Agreement for joint undertaking

17.

Agreement with First Nation

18.

Agreements with Crown

19.

Agreements re private services

Delegation of Powers and Duties

20.

General power to delegate

21.

Restriction re: delegation of legislative and quasi-judicial powers

22.

Powers that cannot be delegated

23.

Effect of delegation to city boards

24.

Delegation re hearings

Regulations

25.

Regulations re the provincial interest

26.

Regulations to continue powers

27.

Regulations re procedural requirements, specific powers

28.

Regulations re delegation

PART III
GENERAL POWERS: LIMITS AND ADDITIONS

Highways

29.

Definitions

30.

Provincial highways

31.

What constitutes highway

32.

By-laws

33.

Jurisdiction re highways

34.

Boundary lines

35.

Agreement re boundary line

36.

Ownership of highway

37.

Establishing highways

38.

Highway closing procedures

39.

Removing and restricting common law right of passage

40.

Conveyance of closed highway

41.

Restriction re toll highways

42.

Maintenance of highways and bridges

43.

Nuisance

44.

Naming private roads

45.

Restriction, motor vehicles

46.

Restriction, farming vehicles

47.

Entry on land, snow fences

48.

Entry on land, naming highways

49.

Entry on land, tree trimming

50.

Application to court

51.

Impounding of objects, vehicles on highway

51.1

Amount added to tax roll

52.

Mistakes

53.

Highways not opened on original road allowance

54.

Person in possession

55.

Enclosed road allowance

Transportation

56.

Passenger transportation systems

57.

Toronto Islands, ferry service

58.

Geographic jurisdiction for passenger transportation systems, etc.

59.

Operating outside City

59.1

Extra-territorial power

Waste Management

60.

Power exercised outside of boundaries

61.

Entry and inspection

Public Utilities

62.

Entry on land

63.

Entry into buildings, etc.

64.

Entry on land served by public utility

65.

Shut-off of public utility

66.

No liability for damages re public utilities

67.

Security for payment

68.

Exemption from seizure

69.

Mandatory supply

70.

Entry on land re sewage systems

71.

Exemption from levy

72.

Easements, public utilities

73.

Non-municipal public utilities

Culture, Parks, Recreation and Heritage

74.

Power may be exercised outside municipality

74.1

Removal and impounding of vehicles, etc., in parks

Drainage and Flood Control

75.

Drainage and flood control

76.

Entry on land to inspect

Parking

77.

Impounding vehicles parked

78.

Parking lots

79.

Evidence re enforcement of parking by-laws

80.

Disabled parking permits

81.

Administrative penalties, parking by-laws

Economic Development

82.

Assistance prohibited

83.

General power to make grants

84.

Small business counselling

Licences

85.

Definition

86.

Powers re licences

87.

Conflicts re licensing power

88.

Other licensing powers

89.

Restriction re systems of licences

90.

Limitation re location of business

91.

Reciprocal licensing arrangement

92.

Restrictions re adult entertainment establishments

93.

Licensing tow trucks, etc.

94.

Licensing taxicabs

95.

Restrictions re trailers and trailer camps

96.

Restrictions re group homes

Closing of Business Establishments

97.

Closing of business establishments

Health, Safety and Well-Being

98.

Smoking in public places, etc.

99.

Entry on land re emergency communication system

100.

Pits and quarries

101.

Repairs or alterations, authorized entry

102.

Fortification of land

103.

Conveyance of prisoners

Natural Environment

104.

Trees

105.

Site alteration

105.1

Power of entry re: dangerous trees

105.2

Registration of agreements respecting ravines

Animals

106.

Impounding animals

107.

Muzzling of dogs

Structures, Including Fences and Signs

108.

Construction of green roofs

109.

Non-application of Line Fences Act

110.

Advertising devices

Land Use Planning

111.

Demolition and conversion of residential rental properties

113.

Zoning by-laws re area, density and height

113.1

Notice or public meeting not required

113.2

Front yard parking

114.

Site plan control area

114.1

Development permit system

115.

Appeal body for local land use planning matters

Regulations

116.

Regulations re toll highways

117.

Regulations re highways and bridges

118.

Regulations re administrative penalties, parking by-laws

119.

Regulations re business licences

120.

Regulations re reciprocal licensing arrangements

121.

Regulations re closing of business premises

122.

Regulations re zoning by-laws

122.1

Same

123.

Regulations re appeal body for local land use planning matters

PART IV
THE CITY AND ITS GOVERNANCE

Interpretation

124.

Definitions

The City

125.

City continued

126.

Change of name

127.

Wards continued

128.

Changes to wards

129.

Petition re wards

City Council

130.

City council continued

131.

Role of city council

132.

Powers of city council

133.

Role of the mayor as head of council

134.

Role of the mayor as chief executive officer

135.

Changes to city council

Officers and Employees of the City

136.

Role of officers and employees

137.

City clerk

138.

City treasurer

139.

City auditor

140.

Chief administrative officer

City Boards

141.

Power to establish city boards

142.

Status of city boards

143.

Functions of city boards

144.

Joint city boards

145.

Power to dissolve or change local boards

146.

Scope of power to change a local board

147.

Dissolution, etc., of joint board

Corporations

148.

Power to establish corporations

Municipal Restructuring

149.

Proposal for minor restructuring

150.

Conflicts with official plan

151.

Effect of Minister’s order

Regulations

152.

Regulations re city council, etc.

153.

Regulations re dissolution, etc., of local boards

154.

Regulations re corporations

154.1

Additional regulation-making powers re corporations

155.

Regulations re minor restructuring

PART V
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY

Interpretation

156.

Definitions

Code of Conduct

157.

Code of conduct

Integrity Commissioner

158.

Appointment of Commissioner

159.

Responsibilities

160.

Inquiry by Commissioner

161.

Duty of confidentiality

162.

Report to council, general

163.

Testimony

164.

Reference to appropriate authorities

Registration re Lobbying

165.

Registry

166.

Requirement to file returns, etc.

167.

Prohibition on contingency fees

168.

Registrar for lobbying matters

169.

Inquiry by registrar

Ombudsman

170.

Appointment of Ombudsman

171.

Function

172.

Investigation

173.

Duty of confidentiality

174.

No review, etc.

175.

Testimony

176.

Effect on other rights, etc.

Auditor General

177.

Appointment of Auditor General

178.

Responsibilities

179.

Duty to furnish information

180.

Power to examine on oath

181.

Duty of confidentiality

182.

Testimony

Regulations

183.

Regulations re local board

PART VI
PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES

First Meeting

184.

First council meeting

185.

Deemed organization

186.

Declaration of office

Location of Meetings and Public Offices

187.

Location

Quorum

188.

Quorum

Procedure By-law

189.

Procedure by-law

Meetings

190.

Meetings open to public

190.1

Investigation

190.2

Investigator

191.

Calling of meetings

192.

Presiding officer

193.

Absence of head

194.

Voting

By-laws

195.

Language of by-laws

196.

Municipal code

197.

Seal of the City

198.

By-laws upon application

Records

199.

Inspection of records

200.

Retention of records

201.

Retention periods

Eligibility

202.

Eligibility for office

203.

Ineligibility for office

Vacancies

204.

Vacant seat

205.

Resignation as member

206.

Restriction on holding office

207.

Declaration re vacancy

208.

Filling vacancies

209.

Term of office, vacancy

210.

Application to court

211.

Minister’s order re by-election

Policies

212.

Adoption, etc., of policies

Quashing By-laws

213.

Restriction on quashing by-law

214.

Application to quash by-law, etc.

Judicial Investigation

215.

Investigation by judge

Restricted Acts after Nomination Day

216.

Restricted acts

Insurance

217.

Definitions

218.

Insurance

219.

Powers re local boards (extended definition)

Health Benefits

220.

Sick leave credit gratuities

221.

Insurance, health, etc.

Remuneration and Expenses

222.

Remuneration and expenses

223.

Statement of remuneration and expenses

Review or Appeal re Delegated Authority

224.

Power to authorize review or appeal

Regulations

225.

Regulations re policies

226.

Regulations re review or appeal

PART VII
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION

Fiscal Year

227.

Fiscal year

Budgets

228.

Yearly budget

229.

Multi-year budget

Returns and Financial Statements

230.

Annual return re financial information

231.

Annual financial statements

232.

Publication of financial statements, etc.

233.

Auditing of financial statements, etc.

234.

Auditing of local boards

235.

Auditor’s right of access

General

236.

Default in providing information

237.

Information re municipal operations

238.

Financial assistance

239.

Mechanical endorsement of cheques

240.

Use of a collection agency

Regulations

241.

Regulations re changes in financial reporting requirements

242.

Regulations re reserve fund

243.

Regulations re financial information

244.

Regulations re financial assistance

PART VIII
FINANCES

Authorized Financial Activities

245.

Authorized financial activities

246.

Authorized borrowing

247.

Ranking of debentures, etc.

247.1

Limitation on term

248.

Use of money received

248.1

Restrictions

249.

Use of sinking and retirement funds

250.

Registration of debenture by-law

251.

Status of by-law and debenture

Financing Municipal Capital Facilities

252.

Agreements for municipal capital facilities

Enforcement

253.

Offence re borrowing by-law

254.

Prohibition re temporary borrowing

255.

Liability of members for diversion of funds

Regulations

256.

Regulations re financial activities

257.

Regulations re municipal capital facilities

PART IX
FEES AND CHARGES

258.

Definitions

259.

By-laws re fees and charges

260.

Restriction, poll tax

261.

Restriction, fees and charges

262.

Restriction, charges for gas

263.

Approval of by-law of local board

264.

Debt

265.

No application to O.M.B.

266.

Regulations re fees and charges

PART X
POWER TO IMPOSE TAXES

267.

Power to impose taxes

268.

Persons, etc., not subject to tax

269.

Effect re Part XI

270.

Enforcement measures

271.

Agreements re tax collection, etc.

272.

Regulations re power to impose taxes

PART XI
TRADITIONAL MUNICIPAL TAXES

273.

Definitions

274.

Taxes to be levied equally

275.

Establishment of tax ratios

276.

Restriction, tax ratios for certain property classes

277.

Local municipality levies

278.

Prescribed subclass tax reductions

279.

Graduated tax rates

280.

Taxation of certain railway, power utility lands

281.

Interim levy

282.

Phase-in of tax changes resulting from reassessments

283.

Tax deferrals, relief of financial hardship

284.

Payments in lieu of taxes, distribution

285.

Universities, etc., liable to tax

286.

Non-profit hospital service corporation

287.

By-laws re special services

PART XII
LIMITS ON TRADITIONAL MUNICIPAL TAXES

288.

Interpretation

289.

Application to traditional municipal taxes

290.

Determination of taxes

291.

Determination of maximum taxes

292.

City option: application of certain provisions of the Act

293.

By-law to provide for recoveries

294.

Taxes on eligible properties

295.

Tenants of leased premises

296.

Recouping of landlord’s shortfall

297.

Application for cancellation, etc.

298.

Part prevails

299.

Conflicts

300.

Where person undercharged

301.

Adjustments

302.

Regulations

PART XIII
COLLECTION OF TRADITIONAL MUNICIPAL TAXES

303.

Non-application re certain taxes

304.

Definitions

305.

Tax roll

306.

Adjustments to roll

307.

By-laws re instalments

308.

Tax bill

309.

Form of tax bills

310.

Late payment charges

311.

Payment

312.

Allocation of payment

313.

Determination of tax status

314.

Recovery of taxes

315.

Obligations of tenant

316.

Seizure

317.

Statement

318.

Taxes collected on behalf of other bodies

319.

Write-off of taxes

320.

Refund on cancelled assessment

321.

Taxes less than minimum tax amount

322.

Division into parcels

323.

Cancellation, reduction, refund of taxes

324.

Tax relief re cemeteries

325.

Overcharges

326.

Increase of taxes

327.

Error in calculating taxes

328.

Regulation

329.

Rebates for charities

330.

Tax reductions

331.

Vacant unit rebate

332.

Cancellation, reduction or refund of taxes

333.

Cancellation of taxes, rehabilitation and development period

334.

Tax reduction for heritage property

335.

Change of assessment

336.

Federal Crown land

337.

Gross leases (property taxes)

338.

Gross leases (business improvement area charges)

339.

Offence

340.

Holidays

341.

Urban service areas

PART XIV
SALE OF LAND FOR TAX ARREARS (REAL PROPERTY TAXES)

342.

Non-application re certain taxes

343.

Definitions

344.

Registration of tax arrears certificate

345.

Notice of registration

346.

Cancellation of tax arrears certificate

347.

Accounting for cancellation price

348.

Effect of cancellation certificate

349.

Extension agreements

350.

Public sale

351.

Application of proceeds

351.1

No successful purchaser

352.

Methods of giving notice

353.

Voidable proceedings

354.

Effect of registration

355.

Mining rights

356.

Scale of costs

357.

Immunity from civil actions

358.

Power of entry

359.

Inspection without warrant

360.

Inspection warrant

361.

Inspection with warrant

362.

Obstruction

363.

Regulations

364.

Transition, prior registrations

365.

Restriction

PART XV
ENFORCEMENT

Offences and Penalties

366.

Authority to create offences

367.

Offence re obstruction, etc.

368.

Offence re disabled parking

369.

Offence re illegally parked vehicle

370.

Authority to establish fines

371.

Additional penalty re adult entertainment establishments

371.1

Offences re ozone depleting substances

371.2

Deemed by-law re ozone depleting substances

372.

Additional order to discontinue or remedy

373.

Payments out of court

374.

City entitlement to fines

Powers of Entry

375.

Conditions governing powers of entry

376.

Power of entry re inspection

377.

Restriction re dwellings

378.

Inspection pursuant to order

379.

Search warrant

General Enforcement Powers

380.

Power to restrain

381.

Collection of unpaid licensing fines

382.

Enforcement of agreements, etc.

383.

Enforcement of loans made by the City

City Orders and Remedial Actions

384.

Order to discontinue activity

385.

Work order

386.

Remedial action

Court Orders to Close Premises

387.

Closing premises, lack of licence

388.

Closing premises, public nuisance

388.1

Inspection of buildings containing marijuana grow operations

388.2

Co-ordination of enforcement

Application to Other Acts

389.

Application of Part to other Acts

PART XVI
LIABILITY OF THE CITY

390.

Immunity re policy decisions

391.

Immunity re performance of duty

392.

Immunity re highways and bridges

392.1

Exemption from liability, calming measures

393.

Liability in nuisance re water and sewage

PART XVII
OTHER CITY BODIES

Toronto Transit Commission

394.

TTC continued

395.

Exclusive authority of TTC

396.

Powers of the TTC

397.

Agreements re local passenger transportation services

398.

Claims against TTC

399.

Property tax exemption, passenger transportation system

400.

TTC Pension Fund Society

401.

Sick benefit plan

Toronto Police Services Board

402.

Board continued

403.

Additional policing services

404.

Indemnifying members of police force

Board of Health

405.

Board of Health continued

Exhibition Place

406.

Powers, duties re Exhibition Place

407.

Board continued

408.

Former employees of Association or Exhibition Stadium Corporation

Toronto Zoo

409.

Board continued

410.

Former employees of Society

Hummingbird Centre

411.

Board continued

North York Performing Arts Centre Corporation

411.1

North York Performing Arts Centre Corporation

Toronto Public Library Board

412.

Board continued

413.

Additional functions

414.

John Ross Robertson Collection

Toronto Historical Board

415.

Board continued

Toronto Licensing Commission

416.

Commission continued

Municipal Service Boards

417.

Boards continued

Sinking Fund Committees

418.

Committees continued

PART XVIII
TRANSITION

Matters Respecting the City

419.

Continuation of authority for by-laws, etc.

419.1

By-laws under private Acts continued under this Act

420.

Temporary authority for by-laws, etc.

420.1

Temporary authority for by-laws, etc.

420.2

Deemed by-law re powers and duties

421.

Status of official plans

422.

Temporary duty to give notice

424.

Tax status of property used by veterans

425.

Certain transitional provisions, Municipal Act, 2001

425.1

Transition, 2007 tax year

425.2

Adjustments

City Boards and Other Local Boards

426.

City boards, effect of continuation

427.

Other local boards, effect of continuation

428.

Temporary authority for by-laws, etc., of boards

Miscellaneous Matters

429.

Business improvement areas

430.

Deemed by-law re delegation to certain persons, bodies

431.

Proceedings under Part VI of Metro Act

Regulations

432.

Regulations, transitional matters

PART XIX
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

Status of Certain Employment Benefits

433.

Interpretation

434.

Pensions, benefits

435.

Amending pension by-laws

436.

Local boards, pension contributions

437.

Corporate status of certain plan and fund

438.

Accrued benefits, former plan

439.

Right to elect preserved

440.

Plans other than OMERS plan

441.

Contributions to pensions of craft tradespersons

442.

Toronto Fire Department Superannuation and Benefit Fund

443.

Effect of certain by-laws

443.1

Persons administering certain pension funds

Restrictions on Supply of Water, Sewage Disposal

445.

No contract to supply water to lower-tier municipalities

446.

No contract to supply sewage services to lower-tier municipality

Miscellaneous Powers of the City

447.

Homes for the aged

447.

Long-term care homes

448.

Grants, homes for care of elderly persons

449.

Vesting of trust fund

450.

Payments re County of York home

451.

Agreement with conservation authority

452.

Emergency measures

453.

Payment of damages to employees

453.1

Social housing programs

453.2

Continuation of existing by-laws, agreements re: assisted housing

Proceedings Before Courts and Tribunals

454.

Proof of by-laws

455.

Matters of evidence re other documents

456.

Costs in legal proceedings

Administration

457.

Forms

458.

Power to adopt other codes, etc.

459.

Scope of regulations

Preamble

The Assembly recognizes that the City of Toronto, as Ontario’s capital city, is an economic engine of Ontario and of Canada. The Assembly recognizes that the City plays an important role in creating and supporting economic prosperity and a high quality of life for the people of Ontario.

The Assembly recognizes that the success of the City requires the active participation of governments working together in a partnership based on respect, consultation and co-operation.

The Assembly recognizes the importance of providing the City with a legislative framework within which the City can build a strong, vibrant and sustainable city that is capable of thriving in the global economy. The Assembly recognizes that the City is a government that is capable of exercising its powers in a responsible and accountable fashion.

The Assembly recognizes that it is in the interests of the Province that the City be given these powers.

PART I
INTERPRETATION

Governing principles

1.  (1)  The City of Toronto exists for the purpose of providing good government with respect to matters within its jurisdiction, and the city council is a democratically elected government which is responsible and accountable. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 1 (1).

Relationship with the Province

(2)  The Province of Ontario endorses the principle that it is in the best interests of the Province and the City to work together in a relationship based on mutual respect, consultation and co-operation. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 1 (2).

Consultation

(3)  For the purposes of maintaining such a relationship, it is in the best interests of the Province and the City to engage in ongoing consultations with each other about matters of mutual interest and to do so in accordance with an agreement between the Province and the City. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 1 (3).

Agreements with the federal government

(4)  The Province acknowledges that the City has the authority to enter into agreements with the Crown in right of Canada with respect to matters within the City’s jurisdiction. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 1 (4).

Purposes of this Act

2.  The purpose of this Act is to create a framework of broad powers for the City which balances the interests of the Province and the City and which recognizes that the City must be able to do the following things in order to provide good government:

1. Determine what is in the public interest for the City.

2. Respond to the needs of the City.

3. Determine the appropriate structure for governing the City.

4. Ensure that the City is accountable to the public and that the process for making decisions is transparent.

5. Determine the appropriate mechanisms for delivering municipal services in the City.

6. Determine the appropriate levels of municipal spending and municipal taxation for the City.

7. Use fiscal tools to support the activities of the City. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 2.

Interpretation

Definitions

3.  (1)  In this Act,

“animal” means any member of the animal kingdom, other than a human; (“animal”)

“assessment corporation” means the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation; (“société d’évaluation foncière”)

“city board” means a city board established or deemed to be established by the City under this Act, but does not include a corporation incorporated by the City in accordance with section 148 or an appeal body established under section 115 for local land use planning matters; (“commission municipale”)

“group home” means a residence licensed or funded under a federal or provincial statute for the accommodation of three to 10 persons, exclusive of staff, living under supervision in a single housekeeping unit and who, by reason of their emotional, mental, social or physical condition or legal status, require a group living arrangement for their well being; (“foyer de groupe”)

“First Nation” means a band as defined in the Indian Act (Canada); (“Première nation”)

“highway” means a common and public highway and includes any bridge, trestle, viaduct or other structure forming part of the highway and, except as otherwise provided, includes a portion of a highway; (“voie publique”)

“land” includes buildings; (“bien-fonds”)

“licence”, in relation to a licence issued under this Act, includes a permit, an approval, a registration and any other type of permission, and “licensing” has a corresponding meaning; (“permis”)

“local board” means a city board, transportation commission, public library board, board of health, police services board, planning board, or any other board, commission, committee, body or local authority established or exercising any power under any Act with respect to the affairs or purposes of one or more municipalities, excluding a school board and a conservation authority; (“conseil local”)

“local municipality” means a single-tier municipality or a lower-tier municipality; (“municipalité locale”)

“lower-tier municipality” means a municipality that forms part of an upper-tier municipality for municipal purposes; (“municipalité de palier inférieur”)

“municipality” means a geographic area whose inhabitants are incorporated; (“municipalité”)

“old Municipal Act” means the Municipal Act, being chapter M.45 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, as it read on December 31, 2002; (“ancienne Loi sur les municipalités”)

“person” includes a municipality unless the context otherwise requires; (“personne”)

“power”, in relation to the authority of the City or other body, includes capacity, rights, powers and privileges; (“pouvoir”)

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act; (“prescrit”)

“public utility” means,

(a) a system that is used to provide any of the following services or things for the public:

(i) water,

(ii) sewage,

(iii) fuel, including natural and artificial gas,

(iv) energy, excluding electricity,

(v) heating and cooling, and

(vi) telephone, and

(b) the service or thing that is provided; (“service public”)

“rateable property” means land that is subject to taxation under Part XI (Traditional Municipal Taxes) for municipal and school purposes; (“bien imposable”)

“record” means information however recorded or stored, whether in printed form, on film, by electronic means or otherwise, and includes documents, financial statements, minutes, accounts, correspondence, memoranda, plans, maps, drawings, photographs and films; (“document”)

“regional municipality” means an upper-tier municipality that was a regional or district municipality or the County of Oxford on December 31, 2002; (“municipalité régionale”)

“regular election” means the regular election referred to in subsection 4 (1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996; (“élections ordinaires”)

“sewage” includes,

(a) storm water and other drainage from land, and

(b) commercial wastes and industrial wastes that are disposed of in a sewage system; (“eaux d’égout”)

“single-tier municipality” means a municipality, other than an upper-tier municipality, that does not form part of an upper-tier municipality for municipal purposes; (“municipalité à palier unique”)

“spouse” means a person,

(a) to whom the person is married, or

(b) with whom the person is living outside marriage in a conjugal relationship, if the two persons,

(i) have cohabited for at least one year,

(ii) are together the parents of a child, or

(iii) have together entered into a cohabitation agreement under section 53 of the Family Law Act; (“conjoint”)

“system” means one or more programs or facilities (including real and personal property) of a person used to provide services and things to the person or to any other person and includes administration related to the programs, facilities, services and things; (“réseau”, “système”)

“trailer” means any vehicle constructed to be attached and propelled by a motor vehicle and that is capable of being used by persons for living, sleeping or eating, even if the vehicle is jacked-up or its running gear is removed; (“roulotte”)

“transportation system” includes harbours, ports and transportation terminals; (“réseau de transport”)

“TTC” means the Toronto Transit Commission; (“CTT”)

“unorganized territory” means a geographic area without municipal organization; (“territoire non érigé en municipalité”)

“upper-tier municipality” means a municipality of which two or more lower-tier municipalities form part for municipal purposes. (“municipalité de palier supérieur”) 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 3 (1); 2006, c. 32, Sched. B, s. 1.

Municipality

(2)  In this Act, a reference to a municipality is a reference to its geographical area or to the municipal corporation, as the context requires. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 3 (2). 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 3 (2).

Local board of the City

(3)  In this Act, a reference to a local board of the City includes a local board which is a local board of the City and one or more other municipalities. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 3 (3). 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 3 (3).

Application to other Acts

(4)  This section applies to all other Acts or provisions of Acts affecting or relating to matters of the City and its local boards unless the context otherwise requires. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 3 (4).

Amount added to tax roll

(5)  If, under this or any other Act, an amount payable to the City is given priority lien status, the City may add the amount to the tax roll for the City against the property in respect of which the amount was imposed or against any other property in respect of which the amount was authorized to be added by this or any other Act. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 3 (5).

Amounts imposed by local board, etc.

(6)  The city treasurer shall, upon the request of a local board or school board whose area of jurisdiction includes any part of the City, add to the tax roll for the City under subsection (5) any amounts imposed by the local board or school board, respectively. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 3 (6).

Priority lien status

(7)  If an amount is added to the tax roll in respect of a property under subsection (5) or (6), that amount, including interest,

(a) may be collected in the same manner as real property taxes levied on the property under Part XI (Traditional Municipal Taxes);

(b) may be recovered with costs as a debt due to the City from the assessed owner of the property at the time the fee or charge was added to the tax roll and from any subsequent owner of the property or any part of it;

(c) is a special lien on the property in the same manner as are real property taxes under subsection 314 (3); and

(d) may be included in the cancellation price under Part XIV (Sale of Land for Tax Arrears (Real Property Taxes)) in the same manner as are real property taxes. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 3 (7).

Taxes of the City

(8)  In this Act, except in Part X (Power to Impose Taxes), a reference to a tax of the City or any other expression meaning a tax of the City does not include a tax imposed under Part X, unless the context requires otherwise. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 3 (8).

Special Acts

4.  (1)  In this section,

“special Act” means an Act, other than this Act, relating to the City in particular. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 4 (1).

Relationship between this Act and special Acts

(2)  Except where otherwise expressly or by necessary implication provided,

(a) this Act does not limit or restrict the powers of the City under a special Act; and

(b) a special Act does not limit or restrict the powers of the City under this Act. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 4 (2).

Override power

(3)  Despite subsection (2), the City may exercise its powers with respect to any of the following matters to override a special Act, even if the special Act is more specific and is enacted more recently:

1. Changing the name of the City.

2. Establishing, changing or dissolving wards.

3. Changing the composition of city council.

4. Dissolving or changing local boards.

5. Any other matter dealt with by a provision of an Act which provides, expressly or by necessary implication, that the provision or the exercise of power under the provision prevails over the special Act. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 4 (3).

Exclusion