Richmond Hill By-law 20-25, s. 6.3 — Contravention - offences Any Person who contravenes any provision of this By-law or an order issued pursuant to this By-law is guilty of an offence. Pursuant to subsection 429(2)(a) of the Municipal Act 2001 all contraventions of this By-law or orders issued under this By- law are designated as multiple offences and continuing offences. A multiple offence is an offence in respect of two or more acts or omissions each of which separately constitutes an offence and is a contravention of the same provision of a By-law. For greater certainty when multiple Trees are Injured or Destroyed the Injury or Destruction of each Tree is a separate offence
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Contravention - offences Any Person who contravenes any provision of this By-law or an order issued pursuant to this By-law is guilty of an offence. Pursuant to subsection 429(2)(a) of the Municipal Act 2001 all contraventions of this By-law or orders issued under this By- law are designated as multiple offences and continuing offences. A multiple offence is an offence in respect of two or more acts or omissions each of which separately constitutes an offence and is a contravention of the same provision of a By-law. For greater certainty when multiple Trees are Injured or Destroyed the Injury or Destruction of each Tree is a separate offence.
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- 6.1 Powers of Entry A Tree Preservation By-law Officer may enter on a property within the City at any reasonable time with proper identification for the purpose of carrying out an inspection to determine whether or not the following are being complied with
- 6.2 Powers of Inspection For the purposes of an inspection carried out pursuant to this by-law, a Tree Preservation By-law Officer may
- 6.4 Fines On conviction of an offence under this By-law a Person is liable to a fine in accordance with the following rules made pursuant to Section 429 of the Municipal Act, 2001
- 6.5 Special Fines - No Maximum On conviction of an offence under this By-law a Person is liable to a special fine in accordance with subsection 429(2)(d) of the Municipal Act 2001. The amount of the special fine will be the fine as provided for in Section 6.3 of the By-law to which may be added the amount of economic advantage or gain that the Person has obtained or can obtain from the contravention of the By-law and/or order issued pursuant to this By-law. Pursuant to subsection 429(3)(1) of the Municipal Act 2001 a special fine may exceed $100,000.00
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