Pickering : Règlement no 7887/21, art. 34.5(ii) — Property Standards By-law

that is located within a heritage conservation district which has been designated by the City under Section 41 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

• (v) “Inoperable Vehicle” means a Vehicle that is not in Good Repair and incapable of being operated on a road. It includes a Vehicle that does not display a valid Vehicle permit licence plate issued under the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.H8, as amended.
• (w) “Means of Egress” includes exits and access to exits and means a continuous path of travel provided for the escape of Persons from any point in a Building or in a contained open space to:
• (i) a separate Building;
• (ii) an open public thoroughfare; or
• (iii) an exterior open space protected from fire exposure from the Building and that has access to an open public thoroughfare.
• (x) “Natural Garden” means a defined area of vegetation that has been deliberately planted or cultivated with species of wildflowers, shrubs, perennials, ornamental grasses or combinations of them, consistent with a managed and natural landscape, and includes green roofs.
• (y) “Non-Habitable Room” means any room in a Dwelling other than a Habitable Room, and includes, but is not limited to, a bathroom, laundry, pantry, lobby, elevator, closet, boiler room, crawlspace, attic, or other space for service and maintenance of the Dwelling Unit.
• (z) “Noxious Weed” means any weed classed as noxious by the Weed Control Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. W.5, as amended.
• (aa) “Nuisance” means a condition or use of a Property which causes or is likely to cause:
• (a) a health, accident, fire or similar hazard; or By-law No.7887/21
• (b) an appearance or use that is out of keeping with or detracts from the appearance or enjoyment of neighbouring properties.
• (bb) “Occupant” means any Person or Persons over the age of 18 years in possession, care or control of the Property.
• (cc) Officer” means an enforcement officer who is employed by the City to enforce the provisions of the City’s By-laws.
• (dd) “Order” means an order issued by an Officer to a Person under this By-law requiring such Person to perform work to correct a contravention of this By-law.
• (ee) “Owner” means the registered owner of the Property.
• (ff) “Parking Garage” means a Structure or part thereof used, designed, and constructed for the storage or parking of more than five (5) Vehicles and which contains no provision for repair, or servicing of such Vehicles.
• (gg) “Person” means an individual, association, firm, partnership, corporation, trust, incorporated company, corporation created under the Condominium Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c.19, as amended, organization, trustee or agent, and the heirs, executors or other legal representatives of a Person to whom the context can apply according to law.
• (hh) “Plumbing Fixture” means a receptacle or equipment that receives or collects water, liquids or Sewage and discharges water, liquid or Sewage directly or indirectly to a drainage system.
• (ii) “Property” means a Building or Structure or part of a Building or Structure, and includes the lands, yards and premises appurtenant thereto and all mobile homes, mobile buildings, mobile structures, outbuildings, swimming pools, and erections thereon whether heretofore or hereafter erected, and includes vacant property and designated Heritage Property.
• (jj) “Refuse” includes garbage or rubbish of any kind and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes a Vehicle that appears by reason of its appearance, mechanical condition or lack of current licence plates to be inoperative, inoperative mechanical equipment, automotive and mechanical parts, appliances, furnaces, heater or fuel tanks, disused furniture, table waste, paper, cartons, crockery, glassware, cans, garden refuse, earth or rock fill, old or decayed lumber, material from construction or demolition projects, and old clothing. By-law No.7887/21
• (kk) “Repair” or “Repaired” includes the making of additions or alterations or the taking of such action as may be required so that the Property conforms to the Standards established in this By-law.
• (ll) “Sewage” means grey water, any liquid waste containing human, vegetable, or mineral matter, waste that is in suspension whether domestic or industrial or any other waste whether in suspension or precipitated, but does not include roof water or storm run-off.
• (mm) “Standards” means the standards of maintenance, physical condition and occupancy prescribed for Property in this By-law.
• (nn) “Structure” means anything that is erected, built or constructed of parts joined together and attached or fixed permanently to the ground or any other structure.
• (oo) “Structurally Sound” means construction capable of withstanding the forces acting thereon when the Building or Structure is loaded in accordance with the provisions of the Ontario Building Code and having a factor of safety equivalent to that required by the Ontario Building Code.
• (pp) “Unoccupied Building” means any Building or Structure which is or appears, at the discretion of an Officer, to be abandoned, vacant, partially vacant, or unoccupied.
• (qq) “Unsafe Condition” means any condition that is likely to cause risk to the life, limb or health of any Person on or about the Property.
• (rr) “Vehicle” includes a motor vehicle, trailer, boat, motorized snow vehicle, or any other mechanical power driven equipment.
• (ss) “Waste Material” means any garbage, Refuse, rubbish, debris, litter, or waste, which includes any article, thing, matter or effluent that appears to have been cast aside, discarded or abandoned, or that is or appears to be worthless, useless or of no practical value, or that is or appears to be expended, worn out, or used up, in whole or in part, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes:
• (i) refrigerators, freezers or other appliances;
• (ii) furnaces, furnace parts, pipes, fittings to pipes, water or fuel tanks, or any part thereof;
• (iii) Inoperable Vehicles, Vehicle parts and accessories; By-law No.7887/21
• (iv) paper, cartons;
• (v) furniture;
• (vi) crockery;
• (vii) Sewage;
• (viii) salvage materials;
• (ix) piping, tubing, conduits, cable and fittings or other accessories, or adjuncts to the piping, tubing, conduits or cable;
• (x) containers of any size, any type or any composition;
• (xi) material resulting from, or as part of, construction or demolition projects;
• (xii) rubble, inert fill; yard waste, wood, branches and logs;
• (xiii) bones, feathers or hides; and
• (xiv) metal.