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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BRUCE
BY-LAW NO. 98-32
BEING A BY-LAW to control fires in the Township of Bruce.
WHEREAS the Municipal Act
municipalities to pass by-laws
authorizes Councils of
for the control of fires.
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NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of
Bruce deems it expedient to enact as follows:
1. That all of the Corporation of the Township of Bruce is hereby
designated as a restricted fire area.
2. No person shall set out fire or set fire to any brush,
building or heap or other combustible material in any field,
clearance or place in the designated area, where the fire-
would be likely to spread, without first having obtained
permission in writing from the Fire Chief of the Tiverton and
District Fire Department.
3. That the Fire Chief of the Tiverton and District Fire
Department, be authori zed to issue permits for the Township of
Bruce in respect of starting fires.
4. Any person who contravenes this by-law is guilty of an offence
and a summary conviction is liable to a fine of not more than
$5,000.00 recoverable under the Provincial Offences Act.
5. That By-law No. 85-7 be repealed.
By-law introduced and read a First time SEVENTH day of JULY, 1998.
By-law read a Second time this SEVENTH day of JULY, 1998.
By-law read a Third time and finally passed, signed, sealed and
numbered 98-32 this SEVENTH day of JULY, 1998.
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