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THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX <br />BY -LAW NUMBER 53 -2007 <br />BEING A BY -LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE LIMITATION OF <br />TAX DECREASES FOR 2007 IN THE MULTI - RESIDENTIAL, <br />COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY CLASSES <br />WHEREAS Part 1X of the Municipal Act, 2001, S. O. 2001, c.25 as amended, establishes <br />limitation on taxes for certain property classes; <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 2007 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 />NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex hereby <br />enacts as follows: <br />1. THAT the cut -off date for adjustments to the 2007 Pre -Flip File <br />was April 27 2007. <br />2. THAT the percentages for 2007 under Section 330 of the <br />Municipal Act, 2001, S. 0. 2001, c.25 as amended, for the County <br />of Essex shall be as indicated in the attached Schedule'A'. <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 2007 tax decrease phase -in <br />percentages by class established in Section 2. <br />4. THAT the County of Essex shall provide adjustments between <br />municipalities, in the amounts established on Schedule 'B', so that <br />no lower -tier municipality has a surplus or shortfall as a result of <br />the application of this by -law. <br />S. 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 />