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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBRU 93 019 amend retail busines THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BRUCE .u. BY-LAW NO. 93- 19 WHEREAS under Subsection 4(1) of the Retail Business Holidays Act as amended, (hereinafter call ed the "Act"), a municipal i ty may, despite Section 2 of the Act, permit retail business establishments to be open on any holiday or may require that retail business establishments be closed on a holiday; AND WHEREAS an application has been received requesting an exemption from the prohibition set out in Section 2 of the Act for the Township of Bruce. AND WHEREAS the municipality held a public meeting on May 25th, 1993, notice of which was publ ished in the Kincardine News, Independent, Shoreline News, and Beacon Times under date of April 21st, 1993, being newspapers having general circulation in the municipality, and at which persons in attendance were given the opportunity to make representations in respect of the said . , application; AND WHEREAS the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Township of Bruce is satisfied that the tourism criteria as set out in the regulations of the Act have been met; NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Township of Bruce enacts as follows: 1. In this by-law: (a) "Holiday" means, . (i) (ii ) (iii ) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii ) (ix) (x) (xi) New Year's Day; Good Friday; Easter sunday; vi ctoria Day; Canada Day; Labour Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; the 26th day of December; Sunday; and any other public holiday declared by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor to be a holiday for the purposes of the Act. (b) "Retail Business" means the selling or offering for sale of goods or services by retail; and THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BRUCE BY-LAW NO. 93-19 PAGE 2 . (c) "Retai 1 Business Establishment" means the premises where a retail business is carried on. 2. Despite Section 2 and pursuant to Section 4 (1) of the Act, all retail business establishments may be open in the Township of Bruce on a holiday. 3. The provisions of this by-law shall supersede the provisions of any other by-law passed under any other Act to the extent that such other provisions require the closing of a retail business establishment on a holiday. 4. This by-law shall come into force and have effect on the thirty-first day from the passing thereof unless appealed to the ontario Municipal Board pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Act. By-law introduced and read a First time this TWENTY-FIFTH day of MAY, 1993. By-law read a Second time this TWENTY-FIFTH day of MAY, 1993. By-law read a Third time and finally passed, signed, sealed, and numbered 93- this TWENTY-FIFTH day of MAY, ~ - REEVE CLERK , SEÀL ~/- - --.-; ..... - / -- . -.' '/. ./..:>-:--=:- , . -- -e