Newmarket : Règlement no 2017-63, art. 1.0 — DEFINITIONS

DEFINITIONS:

• “Boulevard ” means that portion of every road allowance within the limits of the Town which is not used as a Sidewalk, driveway access, traveled roadway or shoulder. "Costs ” means all monetary expenses incurred by the Town during and throughout the process of any Remedial Work, including interest Waste Collection Bylaw 2017-19 and may include an administrative surcharge amount as determined by the Towns Fees and Charges By-law. “Council ” The elected municipal officials of the Town of Newmarket. “Composting ” means the biological degradation or breakdown of organic material into a dark soil-like material called humus. "Debris ” means any Waste material of any kind whatsoever and without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes:
• inoperative or unlicensed vehicles or boats and mechanical equipment, automobile and mechanical parts, tires, furnaces, water and fuel tanks, furniture, glassware, plastic, cans, garden refuse, grass clippings, trees, tree branches, earth or Fill, animal feces, materials from construction or demolition projects, old clothing and bedding, refrigerators, freezers, or similar appliances, whether operable or inoperable, containers of any kind and un-maintained garden fixtures and any objects or conditions that might create a health, fire or accident hazard. “Director ” means the Director, Legislative Services of the Town and his/her designate. “Dwelling ” means a house, apartment, or other place of residence. “Fill ” means any type of material capable of being removed from or deposited on lands, such as soil, stone, sod, turf, concrete, and asphalt either singly or in combination. “Graffiti ” means one or more letters, symbols, figures, etchings, scratches, inscriptions, stains or other markings that disfigure or deface or ob ject, howsoever made or otherwise affixed on the structure or object. "Ground Cover " means material organic or non-organic and includes concrete, flagstone, gravel, asphalt, grass or other form of landscaping. “Invasive ” means a Invasive plant designated by or under the Invasive Species Act,.S.O. 2001, c. 22, including any weed designated as a local or noxious weed under a By -law. “Medical Officer of Health ” refers to the Medical Officer of Health for the Region of York. "Motor Vehicle " means an automobile, truck, motorcycle, snowmobile, Utility Trailer, Recreational Vehicle and any other vehicle propelled or driven by other than muscular power. Natural Body of Water means a creek, stream, bog, marsh, fenn, river, pond or lake created by the forces of nature and which contains water. “Natural Garden ” means a defined area of vegetation that has been deliberately planted or cultivated with species of wildflowers, shrubs, Waste Collection Bylaw 2017-19 perennials, ornamental grasses or combinations of them, consistent with a managed and natural landscape. "Noxious Weeds ” means a noxious weed designated by or under the Weed Control Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. W.5, including any weed designated as a local or noxious weed under a By-law. “Odour ” mean any Odour which may be detected at a Point Of Reception and has an adverse effect. “Officer ” means a Police Officer as defined under the Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P15, as amended, an individual appointed by the Town as a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer pursuant to section 15 of the Police Services Act, as amended, or any other individual designated by the Town to enforce this By-law. "Owner " means the Owner, authorized agent, leasee or the occupier of the premises. "Person " includes an individual, association, firm, partnership, corporation, trust, organization, trustee, agent or legal representative of an individual. “Point Of Reception ” means any point on the premises of any Person where Odour, originating from premises other that those premises, is detected. “Pool ” means any body of water, which is located outdoors on private Property; wholly or partially contained by artificial means; capable of holding water in excess of 0.61m (2 feet) in depth at any point; an open exposed water surface of at least 1m2 (10.7ft2) and includes a hot tub or landscape/decorative pond meeting the above criteria. "Property " means a building or structure or part of a building or structure and includes the lands and premises appurtenant thereto and all mobile structures, outbuildings, fences and erections thereon, whether heretofore or hereafter erected, and includes vacant Property. "Recreational Vehicle ” means a vehicle or trailer which may provide short term occupancy that is intended and used exclusively for travel, recreation and vacationing, designed to be towed or propelled by a Motor Vehicle or self-propelled, and includes such vehicles commonly known as travel trailers, camper trailers, truck campers, motor homes or other similar travel vehicles but does not include a mobile home;
• and/or boats, Person al watercraft, all-terrain vehicles and other similar vehicles used for recreational pursuits;
• and a trailer designed to carry any of the items listed above. "Remedial Work " means all work necessary for the correction or elimination of a contravention of this By-law as cited in any order issued under this By-law, including any such condition or health hazard, actual or potential, that the contravention may pose. Waste Collection Bylaw 2017-19 “Sidewalk ” means a municipal or regional Sidewalk located on a Boulevard. “Sight Triangle ” means in the case of a corner lot, the triangular space formed by the street lines and a line drawn from a point in one street line to a point in the other street line, measured 5m along the street from the point of intersection of the street lines. “Standing Water ” means any water, other than a Natural Body of Water that exists on a permanent basis or contained within a municipality owned storm water management facility, that is found either on the ground, on a structure, in a Pool or in Debris as defined in this by-law. “Utility Trailer ” means a vehicle so constructed that it is suitable for being attached to a Motor Vehicle for the purpose of being drawn or propelled by the Motor Vehicle and is capable of being used for the transport of goods, materials, equipment or livestock notwithstanding that such vehicle is jacked up or that its running gear is removed. "Town " means The Corporation of the Town of Newmarket. “Waste ” means any Waste of any kind whatsoever and without limiting the generality of the forgoing includes;
• Debris, sewage, effluent, garbage, or litter of any type including household Waste. “Yard ” means an open, uncovered space on a lot appurtenant to a building and unoccupied by buildings or structures except as may be expressly permitted by this By-Law but does not include a court Yard. In determining Yard measurements the minimum horizontal distance from the respective lot line(s) shall be used. “Zoning By-Law ” means the Zoning By-law of the Town of Newmarket passed under the Planning Act, as amended, from time to time.