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0 <br /> <br />g) <br /> <br />h) <br /> <br />i) <br /> <br />j) <br /> <br />"Low-income person with disabilities" means a person who is in receipt <br />of an increment paid under the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, or <br />for the period January 1~t to May 31~t, 1998, was a recipient of a disability <br />amount paid under the Family Benefits Act (Ontario). <br />"Low-income senior" means a person who is 65 years of age or older and <br />in receipt of an increment paid under the Guaranteed Income Supplement <br />(GIS) as established under Part II of the Old Age Security Act (Canada). <br />"Owner" means a person assessed as the owner of residential real <br />property, and includes an owner within the meaning of the Condominium <br />Act. <br />"Spouse" means a person of the opposite sex, <br /> a) to whom the person is married, or <br /> b) with whom the person is living outside marriage in a <br /> conjugal relationship, if the two persons, <br /> (1) have cohabited for a least one year, <br /> (2) are together the parents of a child, or <br /> (3) have together entered into a cohabitation agreement <br /> under Section 53 of the Family Law Act. <br />"Treasurer" means the Treasurer of the Corporation in which the subject <br />property is located. <br /> <br />Tax relief granted pursuant to this by-law shall be in the form of a cancellation of <br />the annual eligible amount provided that: <br /> <br />a) <br /> <br />b) <br /> <br />c) <br /> <br />d) <br /> <br />e) <br /> <br />such owner or the spouse of such owner, or both, legally occupy or <br />occupies the property in respect of which real property taxes are imposed, <br />as his, her or their principle residence on a continuous basis, in which case <br />such property is hereinafter referred to as the "eligible property", <br />such owner or the spouse of such owner or both have been assessed as the <br />owner of the eligible property for a period of not less than one year <br />immediately preceding the date of application for relief, and, <br />such owner or the spouse of such owner or both is an eligible person as of <br />the date of eligibility. <br />all tax arrears including penalties and interest are paid in full prior to the <br />approval of an application for cancellation. <br />for properties which are jointly held or co-owned by persons other than <br />spouses, both or all co-owners must qualify under the eligibility criteria. <br /> <br /> <br />