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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF MISSISSAUGA

RESIDENTIAL RENTAL ACCOMMODATION LICENSING

BY-LAW 172-10

WHEREAS Section 11 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, as amended,

provides that a lower-tier municipality may pass by-laws respecting matters including the

health, safety and well-being of persons, and the protection of persons and property,

including consumer protection;

AND WHEREAS Section 11 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, as

amended, further provides that a lower-tier municipality may pass by-laws respecting

business licensing;

AND WHEREAS Section 151 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25

provides that without limiting sections 9, 10, and 11 of the Act, a municipality may

provide for a system of licenses with respect to a business and may license, regulate or

govern real and personal property used for the business and the persons carrying it on or

engaged in it;

AND WHEREAS Section 436 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25

provides that a municipality has the power to pass by-laws providing that the

municipality may enter on land at any reasonable time for the purpose of carrying out an

inspection to determine whether or not a by-law of the municipality is being complied

with;

AND WHEREAS Section 444 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25

provides that that municipality may make an order to discontinue an activity found to be

in contravention of a by-law of the municipality;

AND WHEREAS the Council of the City of Mississauga considers it desirable

and necessary to license, regulate, and govern Residential Rental Accommodation;

AND WHEREAS a public meeting was held on, April 7, 2010, at which time a

report entitled, and relating to the licensing of Residential Rental Accommodation was

presented and considered;

NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the City of Mississauga

hereby ENACTS as follows:

DEFINITIONS

1. For the purposes of the By-law:

“Additional Fee” means a fee, in addition to the Licence fee, imposed by the

municipality on a business at any time during the term of the Licence for costs

incurred by the municipality attributable to the activities of the business;

“Agent” means, in respect of an inspection required under this By-law, a person

who is authorized by the Licensee to conduct and report inspections on the

Licensee’s behalf;

“Appeal Tribunal” means the all-citizen Tribunal duly appointed by Council to

conduct hearings under this By-law;

“Applicant” means a Person applying for a new or renewing a Licence under this

By-law;

“Certificate of Occupancy” means a certificate duly issued by the City approving

the use for which the Licence application has been made on the property where

the business is located;

“City” means the City of Mississauga;

“Clerk” means the Clerk of the City of Mississauga or their duly appointed

Deputy;

“Corporation” means the Corporation of the City of Mississauga;

“Council” means the Council of the City of Mississauga;

“Fire Chief” means the Chief of the City’s Fire and Emergency Services Division

or his designate;

“Individual” means a natural Person and does not include a corporation,

partnership or association;

“Licence” means the certificate issued by the Licence Manager under this By-

law;

“Licensee” means any Person licensed under this By-law;

“Licence Manager” means the Manager of the Compliance and Licensing

Enforcement Unit of the City’s Enforcement Division and includes his or her

Designates;

“Licensing Section” means the Compliance and Licensing Enforcement Unit of

the Enforcement Division;

“Lodger” means a Person, other than an Owner, who resides in a Lodging House

in return for Remuneration;

“Lodging House" means a dwelling unit containing more than three (3) Lodging

Units each designed or intended for the lodging of Persons in return for

Remuneration. A Lodging House shall only be permitted in a detached dwelling

and no Lodging Unit shall be contained in a basement. A maximum of four (4)

Lodging Units shall be permitted within a Lodging House and each Lodging Unit

shall be occupied by a maximum of one (1) Person. A maximum of 40% of the

gross floor area residential of a Lodging House shall contain Lodging Units;

“Lodging Unit” means a room designed or intended to contain accommodation

for sleeping. A Lodging Unit may contain sanitary facilities but shall not contain

equipment or appliances for storing, cooking, or heating food, and shall not

contain equipment or appliances for washing clothes or washing dishes;

“Notice of Additional Fee” means a written notice from the Licence Manager to

a Licensee advising them of their requirement to pay an Additional Fee;

“Officer” means a duly appointed Municipal Law Enforcement Officer and

includes members of the Peel Regional Police;

“Owner” means a Person who alone or with others, owns and/or has ultimate

control over, and/or directs the operation of the business;

“Person” includes an individual, a corporation and its directors and officers, or

partnership and their heirs, executors, assignees and administrators;

“Premises” includes lands, and any fences, buildings, sheds or similar structures

situated thereon;

“Remuneration” includes any one or more of the following: the payment of rent,

fees, other valuable consideration or the provision of services.

LICENSING REQUIRED

2. (1) No Person shall own or operate a Lodging House unless the Person is

licensed under this By-law.

(2) A Person shall carry on business only in the name in which the business is

licensed.

(3) No Person shall publish or cause to be published any representation that

the Person is licensed under this By-law if the Person is not so licensed.

APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE AND FOR RENEWAL OF A LICENCE

3. (1) An application for an Owner’s Licence and an application for the renewal

of an Owner’s Licence shall be completed on the forms provided by the

Licensing Section.

(2) Each executed application shall be submitted to the Licensing Section by

the Owner and be accompanied by:

(a) the fee in the appropriate amount as set out in Schedule 1 to this

By-law;

(b) a Certificate of Occupancy indicating that the use for which the

application has been made is approved under the Zoning By-law as

an approved use of the Premises;

Incorporation or, if a registered partnership, a copy of the

registered declaration of partnership and a copy of the business

name registration; and

(d) proof of ownership for the Premises.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph 3(2)(b), where an application is made for the

renewal of a Licence and where a Certificate of Occupancy has been

received, approving the use of the property for that which the renewal

application has been made, no new Certificate of Occupancy is required.

(4) Notwithstanding paragraph 3(2)(b), where an application is made for a

new or the renewal of a Licence and where a Certificate of Occupancy

has been issued based upon the use being approved by a Committee of

Adjustment Decision, the Certificate of Occupancy is subject to all

conditions and restrictions imposed by the Committee of Adjustment on

the use, including the term that the use is permitted, and upon expiry of the

term, as permitted by the Committee of Adjustment, the Certificate of

Occupancy shall no longer be valid.

(5) Notwithstanding paragraph 3(2)(b), where an application is made for a

new or the renewal of a Licence and where it has been proven through the

supply of documented evidence that the Lodging House is Legal Non-

Complying under the City’s Zoning By-law, no Certificate of Occupancy

will be required.

(6) Notwithstanding paragraph 3(2)(c), where a corporation applies for a

renewal of a Licence and there has been no change in the officers or

directors of the corporation, no new copy of the incorporating document

or, if a registered partnership, is required to be submitted by the Owner

with the Owner's executed application.

(7) No refund of a fee paid as part of an application under this Section shall be

granted if the application is refused.

(8) An Owner must obtain a separate Licence for each of the Premises at

which the Owner carries on business.

(9) No individual shall be licensed under this By-law unless the individual is

eighteen (18) years of age or over.

INSPECTIONS

4. (1) On receipt of an application for a Licence or for renewal of a Licence, the

Licence Manager or Officer may at any reasonable time enter upon the

Premises to be Licenced to make an inspection to ensure that all the

provisions of this By-law have been satisfied

(2) The Licence Manager or Officer may at any reasonable time enter upon a

property and into buildings without a warrant to inspect a property or

building for compliance with the provisions of this By-law.

(3) Except under the authority of a warrant, neither the Licence Manager nor

Officer shall enter any room or place actually used as a Lodging Unit

without requesting and obtaining the consent of the Lodger.

ISSUE OF LICENCE OR RENEWAL OF LICENCE

5. When an application for a Licence or renewal of a Licence is made in accordance

with the provisions of this By-law and the Applicant or Licensee meets all the

requirements of this By-law, the Licence Manager shall issue a Licence.

LICENCE ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS

6. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-law, the Licence Manager

may impose terms and conditions on any Licence at issuance, renewal or

any time during the Licence period, including special conditions, as are

necessary to give effect to this By-law.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-law, the Licence Manager

may impose Additional Fees on a Licensee, by way of a Notice of

Additional Fee at any time during the term of the Licence for costs

incurred by the municipality attributable to the activities of the Licensee.

(3) The Notice of Additional Fee shall be sent to the Licensee by Registered

Mail and shall provide the Licensee with sixty (60) days to pay the

outstanding amount from the date of such Notice.

GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL TO LICENCE OR RENEW OR FOR SUSPENSION

OR REVOCATION

7. An Applicant or Licensee whose application meets all the requirements of this

By-law and its Schedules is entitled to a Licence or the renewal of a Licence

except where:

(1) There are reasonable grounds to believe that any application or other

document provided to the Licensing Section by or on behalf of the

Applicant or Licensee contains a false statement or provides false

information; or

(2) The past or present conduct of the Applicant, or Licensee, or of any

partner, in the case of an Applicant or Licensee which is a partnership, or

of any director or officer of the corporation, if the Applicant is a

corporation, affords reasonable grounds for the belief that the Applicant or

Licensee will not carry on the activity for which they are to be licensed or

to continue to be licensed in accordance with any applicable law and with

integrity and honesty; or

(3) The financial position of the Applicant or Licensee affords reasonable

grounds to believe that the activity for which they are to be licensed or

continue to be licensed in accordance with law will not be carried on in a

financially responsible manner; or

(4) The issuance of the Licence or the renewal of the Licence would be

contrary to the public interest; or

(5) The Applicant or Licensee has failed to pay the fine or fines imposed by a

court as a sentence arising from convictions for breach of a by-law enacted

by the City; or

(6) There are reasonable grounds to believe that the Applicant or Licensee

does not meet all the requirements of this By-law or any other City By-

law; or

(7) The fee payable in respect of the Licence applied for has not been paid; or

(8) Any Additional Fee imposed on a Licensee remains unpaid after the due

date as indicated in the Notice of Additional Fee sent to the Licensee; or

(9) The Applicant or Licensee fails or refuses to comply with any requirement

set out in the By-law to obtain or maintain or renew a Licence issued

under this By-law.

THE LICENCE MANAGER’S POWER TO REFUSE TO ISSUE, RENEW A

LICENCE OR REVOKE OR SUSPEND A LICENCE

8. (1) The powers and authority to refuse to issue or renew a Licence, to cancel,

revoke or suspend a Licence, or to impose terms and conditions on a

Licence, are hereby delegated to the Licence Manager and his or her

delegates.

(2) Where the Licence Manager is of the opinion that:

(a) an application for a Licence or renewal of a Licence should be

refused,

(b) a reinstatement should not be made,

(d) a Licence should be suspended, or

(e) a term or condition of a Licence should be imposed,

he or she shall make that decision.

9. (1) After a decision is made by the Licence Manager, written notice of that

shall be given to the Applicant or Licensee advising the Applicant or

Licensee of the Licence Manager’s decision with respect to the application

or Licence.

(2) The written notice to be given under subsection (1), shall:

(a) set out the grounds for the decision;

(b) give reasonable particulars of the grounds;

(d) state that the Applicant or Licensee is entitled to a hearing by the

Appeal Tribunal if the Applicant or Licensee delivers to the Clerk,

within seven (7) days after the Notice under subsection (1) is

served, a notice in writing requesting a hearing by the Appeal

Tribunal and the appeal fee as set out in Schedule 1 of this By-law.

(3) Where no appeal is registered within the required time period, the decision

of the Licence Manager shall be final.

THE HEARING BEFORE THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL

10. (1) The powers and authority to conduct appeal hearings under this By-law

are hereby delegated to an all-citizen Appeal Tribunal duly appointed by

By-law.

(2) The provisions of sections 5 to 15 and 21 to 24 of the Statutory Powers

Procedure Act. R.S.O. 1990, cS.22, as amended, shall apply to all hearings

conducted by the Appeal Tribunal under this By-law.

(3) When the Applicant or Licensee who has been given written notice of the

hearing does not attend at the appointed time and place, the Appeal

Tribunal may proceed with the hearing in his or her absence and the

Applicant or Licensee shall not be entitled to any further notice of the

proceedings.

(4) At the conclusion of a hearing, the Appeal Tribunal may give its decision

orally or reserve its decision, but in any case it shall provide its decision in

writing, with reasons, within fourteen (14) days of the hearing to the

Applicant or Licensee and the Licence Manager.

TRIBUNAL DECISION FINAL

11. In making its decision the Appeal Tribunal may uphold or vary the decision of the

Licence Manager, or make any decision that the Licence Manager was entitled to

make in the first instance. The decision of the Appeal Tribunal issued under this

By-law is final.

RETURN OF THE LICENCE AFTER REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION

12. (1) When a Licence has been revoked, deemed unrenewable, cancelled or

suspended, the holder of the Licence shall return the Licence to the

Licensing Section within twenty four (24) hours of service of written

notice of the decision of the Licence Manager or, where an appeal has

been filed, the decision of the Appeal Tribunal, and the Licence Manager

may enter upon the Premises of the Licensee for the purpose of receiving,

taking, or removing the said Licence.

(2) When a Person has had his or her Licence revoked or suspended under this

By-law, he or she shall not refuse to deliver up or in any way obstruct or

prevent the Licence Manager from obtaining the Licence in accordance

with subsection (1).

CANCELLATION OF A LICENCE

13. Any Licence issued under this By-law may be cancelled at any time upon the

written request of the Licensee.

LICENCE TRANSFERABLE

14. A Licence issued under this By-law is not transferable.

RIGHT OF INSPECTION OF LICENSED PREMISES

15. (1) The Officer may at any reasonable time, enter upon and inspect the

Licenced Premises of any Licensee to ensure that the provisions of this

By-law are complied with.

(2) Upon an inspection, every Person shall produce all relevant Licences and

permits, invoices, vouchers or like documents and all documents required

to be kept and maintained under this By-law which may be removed for

the purpose of photocopying and returned to the Licensee within seventy

two (72) hours of removal.

16. No Person shall obstruct the Person inspecting or withhold, destroy, conceal or

refuse to furnish any information or thing required by the Person inspecting for

the purpose of the inspection.

DISPLAY OF LICENCE

17. (1) Every Licensee shall prominently display the Licence on the exterior of

the Licensed Premises directly adjacent to the main entrance, or in such a

location as approved by the Licence Manager, and it shall be covered in

such a fashion to protect it from the elements but ensure it is clearly

legible.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF INFORMATION

18. (1) A Licensee shall carry on business in the City in the name which is set out

on the Licence and shall not carry on business in the City in any other

name.

(2) When a Licensee changes his name or address or any information relating

to his Licence, he or she shall notify the Licensing Section within thirty-

two (32) hours of the change of address or any other information relating

to his or her Licence and shall return the Licence immediately to the

Licensing Section for amendment.

(3) When the Licensee is a corporation, and there is any change in the

following information given on the application, namely: the names and

addresses of officers and directors, the location of the corporate head

office, and/or change of ownership of shares, the Licensee shall report the

change to the Licensing Section within seven (7) days of the change, and

if necessary, the Licence shall be returned immediately to the Licensing

Section for amendment.

(4) When the Licensee is a corporation, where there is a change in fifty

percent (50%) or more of the directors of the corporation, it shall be

deemed as a new corporation and a new Licence will be required.

(5) A Licensee shall not alter, erase or modify or permit such alteration,

erasure or modifications of their Licence or part thereof unless approved

by the Licensing Manager.

ORDER TO COMPLY

19. Where a Licensee contravenes any provision of this By-law or its Schedules, the

Officer may:

(1) Serve a written notice on the Licensee, advising of the contravention and

directing compliance: or

(2) Direct in a written order that a thing or matter is required to be done, and

in default of such thing or matter being done, the thing or matter may be

done at the Licensee’s expense by the City and the City will recover the

expense by action or in like manner as municipal taxes

NOTICE

20. (1) Any notice or order required to be given or served under this By-law is

sufficiently given or served, if delivered personally or sent by registered

mail, addressed to the Person to whom delivery or service is required to be

made at the last address for service appearing on the records of the

Licensing Section.

(2) When service is made by registered mail, the service shall be deemed to be

effected on the seventh (7th) day after the date of mailing, unless the

Person on whom service is being made establishes that he did not, acting

in good faith, through absence, accident, illness, or other cause beyond his

control, receive the notice or order until a later date.

PENALTY

21. (1) Every Person who contravenes any provision of this By-law, and every

director or officer of a corporation who concurs in such contravention by

the corporation, is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine, and such

other penalties, as provided for in the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O.

1990, c.P.33, and the Municipal Act, 2001, as both may be amended from

time to time.

(2) In addition to subsection (1), any Person who is charged with an offence

under this By-law in accordance with Part III of the Provincial Offences

Act and is found guilty of the offence, is liable, in addition to any other

penalties:

(i) If a person, to a fine of not more that $25,000; or

(ii) If a corporation, to a fine of not more than $50,000.

SEVERABILITY

22. Any section of this By-law, or any part thereof, that is found by a court of

competent jurisdiction to be invalid shall be severable, and the remainder of the

By-law shall continue to be valid.

SCHEDULES

23. All schedules attached to this By-law shall form part of this By-law.

INTERPRETATION

24. In this By-law, unless the context otherwise requires, words imparting the

singular number shall include the plural, and words imparting the masculine

gender shall include the feminine and further, the converse of the foregoing also

applies where the context so requires.

SHORT TITLE

25. This By-law may be referred to as the Residential Rental Accommodation

Licensing By-law.

ENACTED AND PASSED this 9

day of June, 2010.

Signed by: Hazel McCallion, Mayor and Crystal Greer, City Clerk

SCHEDULE 1 TO BY-LAW

RELATING TO FEES

1. TYPE OF LICENCE NEW RENEWAL

Lodging House $500.00 $500.00

Appeal Tribunal Hearing Fee $369.00

Replacement Licence Fee $ 12.00

These rates shall automatically increase and be rounded to the nearest dollar on the first

day of January in each year by the percentage increase in the All Items Index of the

Consumer Price Index (not seasonally adjusted) for the Toronto Census Metropolitan

Area, published by Statistics Canada, during the 12-month period ending on October 1 in

the year immediately preceding the rate increase date.

The fees as listed in this Schedule will

be subject to Provincial Sales Tax (P.S.T), Goods and Service Tax (G.S.T) and/or Harmonized

Sales Tax (H.S.T), where applicable.

SCHEDULE 2

LICENCE EXPIRY DATES

1. (1) The Licences issued pursuant to the following Schedules of this By-law:

Schedule 3 Owners of Lodging House shall expire according to the name

of the street on which the business premises are located and the Licence

expiry dates shall be divided as follows:

(a) where the first letter of the street name begins with the letter A

through and including D, the Licence expiry date shall be March

31, of each year;

(b) where the first letter of the street name begins with the letter E

through and including K, the Licence expiry date shall be August

31, of each year;

through and including P, the Licence expiry date shall be October

31, of each year;

(d) where the first letter of the street name begins with the letter Q

through and including Z, the Licence expiry date shall be

December 31, of each year.

(2) Where a new or initial Licence has been issued 90 days or less prior to the

Licence expiry date described in this Schedule, the Licence period shall be

extended and the Licence shall be valid, subject to the other provisions of

this By-law, until the Licence expiry date in the following year.

(3) Where a new or initial Licence has been issued 91 days or more prior to

the Licence expiry date described in this Schedule, the Licence period

shall not be extended and the Licence shall be valid, subject to the other

provisions of this By-law, only until the current year's Licence expiry date.

(4) Where an owner of a business has renewed the Licence for a given year

and then moves the business to a new location within the City, the expiry

date for the Licence will be amended to the set date for the new street

location but the fee will not be payable to the new location until the

Licence expiry date in the following year.

(5) Where a completed application for renewal of Licence is not submitted to

the Licensing Unit within three (3) months after the expiry date, the

Owner will be required to submit a new application and pay all

appropriate fees as set out in Schedule 1 to this By-law.

SCHEDULE 3

OWNERS OF LODGING HOUSES

1. In addition to the general licensing provisions contained in this By-law, every

applicant for a new or the renewal of a Lodging House Licence shall submit;

(1) A floor plan of the building, including dimensions and proposed use of

each room and a site plan showing the location and dimensions of all

parking spaces available on the property; and

(2) A letter from the Fire Chief stating that an inspection has been conducted

of the location, within thirty (30) days of the date the application for the

Licence is submitted, and it is in compliance with all the provisions of the

Fire Protection and Prevention Act, S.O. 1997; and

(3) A general inspection report from the Electrical Safety Authority certifying

that an inspection has been conducted on the location, within thirty (30)

days of the date the application for the Licence is submitted, and that

there are no visible fire and or shock hazards; and

(4) The Licensee shall take out and keep in full force and effect throughout

the term of the License and any renewals thereof, general liability

insurance in respect to the Lodging House against claims for personal

injury, death or property damage or loss, indemnifying and protecting the

Corporation of the City of Mississauga and the Licensee, their respective

employees, servants, agents, contractors, invitees or licensees, to the

inclusive limit of not less than Two Million ($2,000,000.00) Dollars on a

per occurrence basis. Such insurance shall specifically state by its wording

or by endorsement that:

(a) The Corporation of the City of Mississauga is included as an

additional insured under the policy; and

(b) Such policy shall not be terminated, cancelled or materially altered

unless written notice of such termination, cancellation or material

alteration is provided by the insurers to the Corporation of the City

of Mississauga at least thirty (30) clear days before the effective

date thereof.

2. Every Licensee shall:

(1) Keep and maintain the following written records for each Lodger and shall

make these records available for inspection forthwith on the request of the

Licence Manager or Officer:

a) The full name of the Lodger;

b) The address of the last place of residence prior to admission to the

Lodging House;

c) The name, address and telephone number of the next of kin or,

where there is no next of kin, the number of someone to contact in

the event of an emergency; and

d) The Lodger’s Ontario Health Insurance Plan card number, if they

possess one, and if the Lodger consents.

(2) All of the records referred to in Subsection (1) are the property of the

Lodger and, where the Lodger no longer resides in the Lodging House,

shall be returned to the Lodger, forthwith, upon demand.

(3) Provide a functioning telephone that is accessible to all Lodgers at all

times for emergency use and shall post a list of local emergency numbers

in close proximity to the telephone.

(4) Post a fire safety plan, approved by the Fire Chief in a conspicuous place

in the Lodging House.

(5) Ensure that each floor of the premise is equipped with a functioning

3A10BC Fire Extinguisher.

(6) Provide written proof that the Lodgers have been advised that the Licence

Manager or Officer will be requesting permission to enter all Lodging

Units on the Property (at a time and day convenient to the City, the

Licensee and the Lodgers) for the purposes of conducting inspections

under this By-law.

(7) Maintain on the Property the required number of parking spaces.

(8) Maintain compliance with all the provisions of the Zoning By-law as it

relates to a Lodging House, including any conditions imposed by the

Committee of Adjustment for a minor variance..

(9) Either personally or by their Agent, conduct an inspection of the licenced

premises every three (3) months to ensure compliance with this By-law

and any other applicable law and file an inspection report on the form

provided by the Licensing Section including all remediation action to be

taken, and a time frame for gaining compliance where non compliance is

found.

(10) Submit in writing, the name, address and contact information for any

individual that will be acting as their Agent for the purposes of conducting

and reporting on inspections, where applicable.

(11) Erect and maintain a fence surrounding the entire rear Yard of the

Property, except that portion of the rear yard that is bounded by the main

rear wall of the Lodging House, to form a continuous enclosure of the rear

yard in accordance with the following minimum requirements:

a) the fence shall extend from the ground to a height, measured on the

outside of the fence, of not less than 1.5 metres (5 Feet);

b) the fence shall be of vertically boarded weather protected wood

construction;

c) the fence shall have the vertical boarding attached to supporting

members not less than 19 mm by 89 mm (3/4 inch by 3 ½

inches)dimensions spaced not more than 40 mm (1 ½ inch)apart;

d) the fence shall be supported by a minimum of 89 mm square or 89

mm (3 ½ inch by 3 ½ inch) diameter posts, spaced not more than

2.4 m (8 feet) on centres securely embedded to a minimum of 1.2

m (4 feet) below Grade. That portion of the wood post below

Grade shall be treated with a wood preservative. Top and bottom

horizontal rails shall be provided of wood 38 mm by 89 mm

minimum dimensions; and

e) where a gate is erected at any point in the fence, such gate shall not

exceed 1.2 m (4 feet) in width.

(12) Ensure that no construction, renovation, alteration or addition is carried

out on the licensed Premises without first obtaining the necessary Building

Permit as may be required.

(13) Ensure that the current Business Licence Number for the Licenced

Premises appears on all advertisement for the business.

3. No Licenced Owner shall:

(1) Permit any Person to use an appliance in a Lodging Unit that may create a

fire hazard.

(2) Permit the occupancy of, for sleeping purposes, any basement or any

space used or designed to be used as a lobby, hallway, closet, bathroom,

laundry room, stairway or kitchen or any room having a floor area of less

than 80 square feet or any room being less than 7 feet 6 inches from the

floor to ceiling.

(3) Permit non compliance with the Property Standards By-law 654-89, as

amended, the Nuisance Weeds and Long Grass By-law 267-03, the Noise

Control By-law 360-79, as amended, or the Open Air Burning By-law 49-

03.