Taxation Bylaw 1668/24

Corporation of the Town of Petawawa

By-law 1668/24

Being a By-law to Establish the Rates of Taxation and Charges for Waste Management Services for the Year 2024

Whereas the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, Section 290 provides that the local municipality shall in each year prepare and adopt estimates of all sums required during the year for the purposes of the municipality and;

Whereas the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, Section 312 provides that the local municipality shall pass a by-law levying a separate tax rate on the assessment in each property class and;

Whereas the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, Section 342 provides that the local municipality may pass a by-law establishing different instalments and due dates for taxes on a property and;

Whereas the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, Section 343 provides that the local municipality may pass a by-law providing for the billing of a class of real property separately from the other classes of real property and;

Whereas the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, Section 345 provides that the local municipality may pass a by-law imposing late payment charges for the non-payment of taxes or any instalment by the due date and;

Whereas the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, Section 391 provides that a municipality may pass by-laws imposing fees or charges for waste management services provided by it;

Now Therefore the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Petawawa enacts as follows:

1. That for the year 2024, the rates required to be applied on the rateable assessment for municipal purposes shall be as follows:

Class of Property	Rate
Residential	0.00489317
Multi-Residential	0.00951037
New Multi-Residential	0.00489317
Commercial	0.00887964
Commercial Excess Land	0.00887964
Commercial Vacant Land	0.00887964
Industrial	0.01207099
Industrial Excess Land	0.01207099
Industrial Vacant Land	0.01207099
Pipeline	0.00652162
Farm	0.00122329
Managed Forest	0.00122329

For the purposes of this by-law, the Commercial class includes those properties designated as “Shopping Centre”, “New Construction Commercial” and “New Construction Shopping Centre” and the Commercial Excess Land class includes those properties designated as “Shopping Centre Excess Land” and “New Construction Commercial Excess Land”. For the purposes of this by-law, the Industrial class includes those properties designated as “New Construction Industrial”.

2. That annual flat rate waste management system rates shall apply as follows:

Property Type	Rate (per unit)
Residential	$225.00
Recreational/Seasonal	$112.50

3. That all taxes, including all local improvements and waste management system rates shall be deemed to have been imposed and become due and payable on the first day of January, 2024 but may be paid in three instalments being March 30 (interim bill), July 31 and October 31, 2024 for the residential, pipeline, farm and managed forest property classes and March 30 (interim bill), August 30 and November 29, 2024 for the multi-residential, commercial and industrial property classes.
4. That a penalty shall be imposed for non-payment of taxes on the due date of any instalment the amount of 1.25% of the amount due and unpaid on the first day of each calendar month thereafter in which default continues.
5. That the Director of Finance (Treasurer) is hereby authorized to send the tax bill to the taxpayer’s residence or place of business or to the premises in respect of which the taxes are payable unless directed by the taxpayer in writing to forward said bill to an alternate address.
6. That the Director of Finance (Treasurer) is hereby empowered to accept part payment from time to time on account of any taxes due.
7. That this by-law shall come into force and take effect immediately upon the passing thereof.

By-law read a first and second time this 17th day of June 2024.

By-law read a third time and passed this 17th day of June 2024.

Signature of the Mayor

bol Howard

Signature of the Clerk