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CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX BY-LAW NUMBER 3274-97 A BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. WHEREAS, Section 193 of the Municipal Act, R.S.O., 1990, c. M.45 as amended, requires that municipal Councils establish, by by-law, procedures governing the sale of real property owned by the municipality. NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex enacts as follows: DEFINITIONS: 1. (1) In this by-law, (a) "Corporation" shall mean the Corporation of the County of Essex; (b) "Sale" shall include, (i) a lease of 21 years, or more; (ii) transfers of easements by the Corporation; and (iii) release of easements in favour of the Corporation. Council of the Corporation, prior to passing a by-law to authorize the sale of real property, shall obtain at least one appraisal of the fair market value of the real property, unless; (i) The real property is of a class that may be sold without obtaining an appraisal, according to the Regulations made pursuant to the Municipal Act, as they may be amended from time to time; or (ii) The intended Transferee is a public body to which real property may be sold without obtaining an appraisal according to the Regulations made pursuant to the Municipal Act, as they may be amended from time to time. The Council of the Corporation shall, prior to the sale of any real property, by by-law or resolution passed at an open meeting of Council, declare the real property to be surplus to the needs and requirements of the Corporation. The Clerk, after Council has declared real property as surplus to the needs of the Corporation, but before such real property is sold by the Corporation, shall publish on one occasion an advertisement in the Windsor Star giving notice to the public of the Corporation's intention to sell the land in question.