THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF GEORGINA
                        IN THE
             REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK
                           
                           
            BY-LAW NUMBER 2003-0077 (REG-1)
                          
                  
BEING A BY-LAW TO REGULATE THE REMOVAL OF SNOW AND  ICE
FROM BUILDING ROOFS AND APPURTENANCES
                       
     WHEREAS   the  Municipal  Act,  2001  as   amended
authorizes  a municipality to pass by-laws  to  require
the owners or occupants of buildings to remove snow and
ice  from  the roofs of the buildings and may  regulate
when and how the removal shall be undertaken.
     
     
     NOW THERFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF GEORGINA ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
     
     
1.   DEFINITIONS:

     In this by-law,

     (a)  "building" means any structure with walls and
a roof;

     (b)  "occupant" means any person over the  age  of
          eighteen  (18) years who is in possession  of
          the building or property;
     
     (c)  "owner"   means   any  person   managing   or
          receiving  the rent for the premises  whether
          on  that  persons own behalf or on behalf  of
          another and includes a lessee or occupant  of
          the property;
     
     (d)  "roof"  includes,  but  not  be  limited  to,
          gutters,  eavestroughs  including  downpipes,
          soffits,  fascias,  chimneys,  antennas   and
          aerials    or   any   attachment    to    the
          aforementioned.


2.   GENERAL PROHIBITIONS:

     (a)  Every  owner or occupant of a building  shall
          remove from the roof thereof all snow and ice
          forthwith that may or is likely to fall  onto
          the street, sidewalk or walkway below whether
          it be on public or private property.
     
     (b)  No  person shall remove snow and ice  from  a
          roof without providing adequate warning to or
          protection for persons passing below.
     
     (c)  Every  owner or occupant of a building  shall
          ensure  that  the  removal of  snow  and  ice
          pursuant  to section 2 (a) has been completed
          by  12:00  o'clock midnight of the first  day
          following  its accumulation excluding  Sunday
          and shall dispose of the snow and ice in such
          a manner so as not to obstruct any portion of
          a  pedestrian right of way on both public and
          private property.

3.   ENFORCEMENT:

     The provisions of this by-law may be enforced by a
     Police  Officer  or  a Municipal  Law  Enforcement
     Officer.


4.   PENALTY:

     Every person who contravenes any of the provisions
     of  this by-law, upon conviction, is guilty of  an
     offence  and is liable to a fine pursuant  to  the
     Provincial Offences Act, as amended.


5.   REPEALS:

     By-law 87-177 (PBE-1) is hereby repealed.



      READ a first, second and third time and passed on
this 9th day of June, 2003.


                              __________________________
                              Jeffrey Holec, Mayor


                              __________________________
                              Roland  Chenier,  Town Clerk