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THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAMBTON SHORES
CL Report No. 11-2013 Wednesday, January 30, 2013
TO:
FROM:
Mayor Weber and Members of Council
Carol McKenzie, Clerk
RE: Proposed Amendment to the “Chip Wagon Licensing” By-law 99-2007
RECOMMENDATION:
That By-law 99-2007, a by-law to provide for the licensing,
regulating and governing Chip Wagons in the Municipality
of Lambton Shores be amended as outlined in CL Report
No. 11-2013.
REPORT
In December of 2007, By-law 99-2007, a by-law to provide for the licensing, regulating
and governing Chip Wagons in the Municipality of Lambton Shores was approved, and
the by-law contains the conditions under which a license would be issued.
A major component to the by-law was that 1 unit per defined area would be allowed. (In
the community of Ipperwash, there were 3 units currently in place when the by-law was
passed, all of which were allowed to remain, as they were considered “legal non
conforming”)
Each license is valid for 1 year only, and is issued on a first come first serve basis;
however, the by-law has a provision that the previous licensees will be given the first
opportunity to re-apply for licenses, but must reapply before March 1 of each year.
We have received information that it is difficult for the operators to obtain all the required
inspections that early in the season, especially if there is inclement weather. A request
has been received to change the “reapply” date to April 15.
The reason for the defined “re-apply by date” was to ensure that the existing businesses
had the first opportunity to remain in their location, yet still allow time for an alternate
provider to apply for a license in the event that the existing businesses did not want to
continue. Staff have no objections to changing the re apply date from March 1 to April
15 as this will still allow time to find alternate providers if need be.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol McKenzie
Clerk
Attachment 1. By-law 99-2007
Attachment 2. By-law 16-2013
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