Aurora : Règlement no 6257-20, art. 1.1(a) — Clean Communities By-law

l'adjacent boulevard" means the boulevard immediately adjacent to the front yard and/or side yard of a property;

• (b) "agricultural purposes" means land designated for agricultural uses under the Zoning By-Law;
• (c) 11boulevard" means that part of a highway (whether assumed or unassumed by the Town) between the adjacent property line and the edge of the curb, or where there is no curb, that portion of the highway which is travelled or designed to be travelled by vehicles, which may or may not contain a sidewalk;
• (d) "Clerk" means the Town Clerk of the Town as appointed by by-law;
• (e) "Conservation Authority" means a conservation authority established under the Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27; "fixture" means any structure or other fixture affixed or placed on land or

a building, including utility boxes, newspaper vending boxes, bench, transit shelters, telephone box, transformer box or vault, hydro pole, streetlight, stoplight poles, and street signs;

• (g) "graffiti" means one or more letter, symbol, number, etching, inscription, pictorial representation, or other marking that disfigures or defaces a fixture, howsoever made or otherwise affixed to a fixture;
• (h) "highway" means a common and public highway that constitutes a highway under Section 26 of the Municipal Act, whether assumed or unassumed, and includes a bridge, trestle, viaduct, or other structure forming part or the highway, and includes a portion of a highway; By-law Number 6257-20
• (i) "injure" means any action which may cause physical, biological, or chemical damage; Ilinoperable motor vehicle" means a vehicle:
• (i) that is in a wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled or abandoned in

a condition such that would hinder safe and immediate operation; or

• (ii) a motor vehicles that does not have a current and valid license plates attached, unless such vehicle is covered by a fitted vehicle cover and maintained in a good condition;
• (k) "Manager" means the Manager of By-law Services for the Town;
• (l) "Municipal Act" means the MunicipalAct, 2001, s.o. 2001, c. 25, as amended or successor thereto;
• (m) "Municipal Law Enforcement Officer" means a person appointed by the Town as a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer;
• (n) "municipal property" means any land owned or occupied by the Town;
• (o) "naturalized property" means:
• (i) land that is owned or occupied by the Town of Aurora, Regional Municipality of York, the Provincial or Federal Governments, or a Conservation Authority that is left in a naturalized condition for the purpose of recreation or to protect the surrounding environment,
• (ii) any woodland or woodlot as defined in the Town's Private Tree Protection By-law or Forest Conservation Bylaw of the Regional Municipality of York, all as amended or successor thereof, or
• (iii) land which too steep or too dangerous to maintain, as determined by the Manager or a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer;
• (p) "owner" means all registered owners of a property and also includes:

the owner in trust,

• (ii) a mortgagee in possession,
• (iii) any person that is managing the property or is responsible for managing the property,
• (iv) any person who collects rent on the property or is responsible for collecting rent on the property, and
• (v) any lessee or occupant of the property who, under the terms of a lease, is required to repair and maintain the property in accordance with the standards for maintenanceaand occupancy of the property;
• (q) "person" includes a natural individual and their heirs, executors, administrators or other legally appointed representatives, a corporation, partnership or other form of business association; By-law Number 6257-20
• (r) "property" means any grounds, yard, parking lot, vacant land or other parcel of land, including public lands and highways, but not including buildings;
• (s) "Public Authority" means any commission, committee, school board, department or agency of the Government of Canada, Province of Ontario, The Regional Municipality of York or the Town;
• (t) "refuse" means any article, thing, matter or effluent that has been discarded by any person or that is no longer in use or reasonably intended to be used by any person having ownership or control over such object or material and includes but is not limited to the following: grass clippings, tree cuttings, brush, tree branches, leaves, garden refuse, earth and fill, paper, cardboard, clothing, kitchen and table waste, animal or organic waste, cans, glass, plastic containers, dishes, refrigerators, Freezers, stoves, clothes washers, dryers, dishwashers, microwaves or other appliances, disused furniture, furnaces, furnace parts, pipes, fittings to pipes, water or fuel tanks, fencing materials, piping, tubing, conduits or cable, container of any size, type or composition, rubble, broken concrete, bricks, broken asphalt, patio or sidewalk slabs, mechanical equipment, mechanical parts, accessories to mechanical equipment, paper products, lumber or wood products, chemical products, bones, feathers, hides, material resulting from or as part of construction or demolition projects, inoperable motor vehicles, vehicle parts and accessories, vehicle tires either mounted or unmounted on rims;
• (u) "sidewalk" means any municipal or regional sidewalk located on a boulevard;
• (v) "Town" means The Corporation of The Town of Aurora and/or the geographical limits of the Town of Aurora, depending on the context of the provision in which the term appears;
• (w) "Utility Company" means a company which supplies water, electrical, gas, cable, internet or telephone services to a property;
• (x) "Zoning By-law" means The Zoning By-law of the Town of Aurora, as amended or successor thereof.