Public Notice

The rules of procedure and the fees and costs related to applications for Private Bills are set out in the Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly. Copies of the Standing Orders, and the guide “Procedures for Applying for Private Legislation”, may be obtained from the Legislative Assembly’s Internet site at http://www.ontla.on.ca or from:

Committees Branch
Room 1405, Whitney Block, Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A2

Telephone: 416/325-3500 (Collect calls will be accepted.)

Applicants should note that consideration of applications for Private Bills that are received after the first day of September in any calendar year may be postponed until the first regular Session in the next following calendar year.

Claude L. Desrosiers,
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
(8699) T.F.N.

Applications to Provincial Parliament

City Of Ottawa

Notice Is Hereby Given that, on behalf of the City of Ottawa, (“City”), application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario for an Act in respect of the matters set out below.

  1. To pass by-laws to separately license, regulate and govern subclasses of owners and drivers of taxicabs used for hire in the City, including the power,
    1. to define subclasses of owners and rivers of taxicabs used for hire,
    2. to permit licensed owners and drivers of a subclass of taxicabs used for hire to provide a taxicab service that falls within a separate subclass on such terms and conditions as Council deems expedient,
    3. to establish criteria for the issuance of new licenses, including entitlement to one license only, the requirement that the licensee be the sole driver of the taxicab, consideration of the length of time the applicant has been a taxicab driver in the City, the requirement that the applicant has not previously held a taxicab owner’s license, and the power to establish the method of issuance of new licenses by means of a lottery system.
  2. To provide that the by-law or any provision of the by-law passed under section 1 does not apply to any defined area or areas of the City.
  3. The powers in this Act may be exercised to amend the existing taxicab licensing by-laws of the former municipalities. These by-laws are deemed to be by-laws of City Council by section 5(4) of the City of Ottawa Act, 1999 in respect of the part of the area of the City of Ottawa to which it applies.
  4. To pass by-laws prescribing vehicle standards that are different from the standards in Ontario Regulation 629 made under the Highway Traffic Act for the subclass of accessible taxicabs. The standards shall be consistent with vehicle designs that look and act like general purpose taxicabs, including but not limited to rear loading vans, while being capable of transporting physically disabled persons who are unable, because of a mobility impairment, to use a regular taxicab. Where the Council has prescribed standards, the accessible taxicabs may operate within the City despite Ontario Regulation 629 made under the Highway Traffic Act.

A copy of the draft bill is available in the office of the City Clerk, Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa.

The application will be considered by the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills. Any person who has an interest in the application and who wishes to make submissions, for or against the application, to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills should notify, in writing, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1A2.

Dated at Ottawa, this 18th day of September, 2001.

J. Jerald Bellomo, City Solicitor
City of Ottawa
City Hall, Legal Services
110 Laurier Avenue West, Third Floor,
Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1
Solicitor for the Applicant
(3718) 40 to 43

Ajax Pickering Transit Authority

Notice Is Hereby Given that, on behalf of the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority, Town of Ajax and the City of Pickering, application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario for an Act establishing the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority as a body corporate, and investing in the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority the rights and responsibilities of a corporation, including the right to own real property, and generally govern its affairs. The corporation’s powers and operations shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the merger agreement between the Town of Ajax and the City of Pickering (described below), and the general purpose of the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority shall be to operate a transit system across Ajax and Pickering. The application shall also request the Legislative Assembly to permit the transfer of real property and other assets from Ajax and Pickering to the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority, without any taxes or licence fees being payable.

Currently, the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority is a joint Board of Management incorporating representatives from both municipalities, but the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority does not have the powers of a corporation. This joint Board of Management was established by the Town of Ajax and the City of Pickering on September 4th, 2001 by way of a merger agreement made pursuant to the Municipal Act. Any individual wishing to receive a copy of the merger agreement may contact any of the undersigned to make arrangements to view a copy of the agreement.

The application will be considered by the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills. Any person who has an interest in the application and who wishes to make submissions for or against the application to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills should notify, in writing, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1A2.

Dated at Ajax and Pickering this 4th day of October, 2001.

Ted Galinis,
General Manager,
Ajax Pickering Transit Authority,

Martin De Rond,
Clerk, Town of Ajax

Bruce Taylor,
Clerk, City of Pickering
(3733) 41 to 44