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<br />THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX <br /> <br />BY -LA W NUMBER 24-2005 <br /> <br />BEING A BY-LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE LIMITA TION OF <br />TAX DECREASES FOR 2005 IN THE MULTI-RESIDENTIAL, <br />COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY CLASSES <br /> <br />WHEREAS Part IX of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.D. 2001, c.25 as amended, establishes <br />limitation on taxes for certain property classes; <br /> <br />AND WHEREAS Section 330 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.D. 2001, c.25 as amended, <br />provides that the Council of an upper-tier municipality may pass a by-law to establish <br />percentages by which tax decreases are limited for 2005 in respect of properties in the <br />multi-residential, commercial and industrial property classes in order to recover revenues <br />foregone as a result of the limitation of taxes to other properties in those property classes; <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex hereby <br />enacts as follows: <br /> <br />1. THAT the cut-off date for adjustments to the 2005 Pre-Flip File <br />was April 15th, 2005. <br /> <br />2. THAT the percentages for 2005 under Section 330 of the <br />Municipal Act, 2001, S.D. 2001, c.25 as amended, for the County <br />of Essex shall be as indicated in the attached Schedule 'AI. <br /> <br />3. THAT the Treasurer of each lower-tier municipality in the County <br />of Essex shall be advised by the upper-tier of the said date <br />established in Section 1 and the 2005 tax decrease phase-in <br />percentages by class established in Section 2. <br /> <br />4. THAT the County of Essex shall provide adjustments between <br />municipalities, in the amounts established on Schedule 'B I, so that <br />no lower-tier municipality has a surplus or shortfall as a result of <br />the application of this by-law. <br /> <br />5. THAT if the County of Essex experiences a shortfall as a result of <br />the application of Section 4, the shortfall shall be shared by the <br />County of Essex and the lower-tier municipalities in the same <br />proportion as the municipalities share in the taxes levied on the <br />property class for municipal purposes. <br />