THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF PEEL
 
BY-LAW NUMBER 37-2003
 
A by-law to establish a Percentage by which Tax Decreases are limited for 2003 for Properties in the Commercial, Industrial and Multi-Residential Property Classes.

 

WHEREAS subsection 330(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001 (the "Act") provides that a municipality, other than a lower-tier municipality, may pass a by-law to establish a percentage by which tax decreases are limited for a taxation year in respect of properties in any property class subject to Part IX of the Act in order to recover all or part of the revenues foregone as a result of the application of section 329 to other properties in the property class; and

WHEREAS subsection 330(2) of the Act provides that such a by-law must apply to all properties in the property class whose taxes for municipal and school purposes for the previous year, as determined under subsection 329(2) exceed their taxes for municipal and school purposes for the taxation year as adjusted in accordance with the regulations in respect of changes in taxes for municipal purposes and changes in taxes for school purposes: and

WHEREAS subsection 330(3) of the Act provides that such a by-law must establish the same percentage for all properties in a property class, but may establish different percentages for different property classes; and

WHEREAS subsection 330(4) of the Act requires that a tax decrease limitation percentage for a property for a year shall be determined in accordance with paragraphs 1 through 4 of the subsection: and

WHEREAS subsection 327(4) of the Act provides that Part IX of the Act applies to the commercial, industrial and multi-residential property classes;

WHEREAS subsection 330(6) of the Act requires that a by-law made under subsection 330(1) to establish a tax decrease limitation percentage shall also require that adjustments shall be made between the upper-tier municipality and lower-tier municipalities so that no lower-tier municipality has a surplus or shortfall as a result of the application of the by-law;

WHEREAS subsection 330(7) of the Act provides that if the upper-tier municipality experiences a shortfall as a result of the application of subsection 330(6) the by-law made under subsection 330(1) shall provide that any shortfall shall be shared by the upper-tier municipality and the lower-tier municipalities in the same proportion as those municipalities share in the taxes levied on the property class for municipal purposes:


NOW THEREFORE, The Council of the Regional Corporation enacts as follows:

1. Tax decreases for the 2003 taxation year on properties in the Regional Municipality of Peel referred to in subsection 330(1) of the Act which are in the property class set out in Column I shall, in 2003, be limited by the percentage of the tax decrease set out in Column II in order to recover the revenues foregone as a result of the application of section 329 of the Act to other properties in the property class, so that the percentage of the tax decrease set out in Column III is the maximum tax decrease permitted to be received in 2003 by such properties:

Column I
(Property Class)
Column II
(Clawback %)
Column III
(Allowable Decrease %)
     
Commercial 94.10741% 5.89259%
Industrial 93.40862% 6.59138%
Multi-residential 96.01200% 3.98800%

 

2. Adjustments shall be made between the Regional Municipality of Peel and its lower-tier municipalities so that no lower-tier municipality has a surplus or shortfall as a result of the application of the by-law.

3. If the Regional Municipality of Peel experiences a shortfall as a result of the adjustments made in order to eliminate any surplus or shortfall at each of its lower-tier municipalities, the shortfall shall be shared by the Regional Municipality of Peel and its lower-tier municipalities in the same proportion as those municipalities share in the taxes levied on the property class for municipal purposes.

Nothing in this by-law shall prevent the Regional Municipality of Peel from assisting a lower-tier municipality in connection with its share of a shortfall experienced as a result of the application of Sections 2 and 3.


READ THREE TIMES AND FINALLY PASSED IN OPEN COUNCIL this 19th day of June, 2003.




B. Zeran
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Deputy Clerk

E. Kolb
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Regional Chair