169. 1. Where a date fixed or limited by subsection (2) falls or expires on a holiday, the time for payment shall be extended to and payment may be made on the 1st day following which is not a holiday. 134. The owner of a house who makes the improvements referred to in section 187 may, immediately upon the completion of the improvements, increase the rent of the house by an amount not greater than 6% of the cost of the improvements, and a lessee or tenant of the house shall be liable for the increased rent from the date of completion. A person resisting or attempting to resist the carrying out of work under a direction under this section is guilty of an offence under this Act. respecting the composition of a disciplinary tribunal referred to in paragraph (h); (j) Mains outside city Trimming trees An agent shall file with the council before the 21st day of each month a statement or return showing the total number of gallons of fuel oil, other than tax-exempt fuel oil, sold or delivered by the agent to consumers during the preceding month, whether or not he or she has received payment for the fuel oil, and the number of gallons used by the agent, and the statement shall be verified by affidavit and shall be in the form that the council prescribes. (1)Where, in the opinion of the city medical officer or the council, a building or a trade or occupation, matter or thing, in or about a building or the lot on which it is situated, or the plumbing, sewage, drainage, light or ventilation of a building is in a condition that is dangerous or detrimental to life or health, he or she or it may declare that the building, to the extent he or she or it may specify, is a public nuisance, and may order the building to be removed, abated, suspended, altered or otherwise improved or purified as the order shall specify. The council shall have power to make rules and regulations to compel the owner of a building abutting on a sidewalk to, (a) (1)The council or the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation with the assent of the council shall have power to construct, repair and maintain a tunnel under, across or through the lands extending from Temperance Street to Quidi Vidi Lake in the city, not necessarily following a straight line but following the direction that may be considered expedient, and may lay, repair and maintain water and sewer pipes and mains, and for that purpose shall have power to enter upon, dig, break, excavate and trench the lands and shall upon entry acquire an easement for the tunnels, water and sewer pipes and mains under, across or through the lands. 406. service of the statement of claim need only be effected on the defendants named in the statement of claim and who are within the jurisdiction, but nothing in this section shall operate to prevent defendants being added under the Rules of Court; (c) (8) A new street upon which houses shall be proposed to be erected, shall not be opened or made by private parties through their own ground, within the limits of the city, without the consent of the council. St. John's Development Regulations - City of St. John's Where the repair or clearance required by subsection (5) is not done within the period of time specified, the council may carry out the repair or clearance and the cost of the work done may be levied against the residential property as a debt due to the city or charged against the land concerned as taxes owing in respect of that land and may sue for and recover the cost of the repair or clearance. Residential property The engineer shall keep a plan book, which shall contain an index of all plans, profiles and drawings in the department, and originals plan shall not be allowed out of the office. A by-law passed under this section may be framed so as to apply to areas and highways within 1.6 kilometres outside the city limits in a direction as well as to areas and highways within those limits. a building, or extension to an existing building, subject to the written recommendation of the city manager that a permit be issued for the building or extension. prohibit or control the erection of structures which impede or hinder winter maintenance of roads and snow clearing, and. In January in every year the assessors and appraisers appointed under subsection (1) shall begin to determine and set and record the annual rental values of all assessable land, dwellings, buildings, wharves and marine works within the limits of the city. to execute and put in force the laws for the government of the city, and all by-laws and ordinances relating to the laws; (b) A municipal authority may, upon giving to the regional fire services committee the notice required in the contract referred to in subsection (3), notify that committee that it no longer requires fire protection services and at that time no further fees shall be charged to that municipal authority and outstanding fees owed for fire protection services shall be considered to be a debt owed by that municipal authority to the city. A building which at the time of the passing of this Act is not a dwelling shall, where later converted or altered to that use, becomes subject to the provisions of this Act relative to dwellings. If you are replacing, changing the size of, or relocating a deck or fence or installing a pool on your property, you need a building permit. for the payment of freights charges, drafts at sight, and other similar charges requiring prompt payment; and. (1)Notwithstanding the Regional Service Boards Act, They can sometimes be issued right away but could take two to five days. (v) 222. The conviction of a person for contravention of or failure to comply with this Act or with an order, rule, regulation or by-law of the council or an official of the city made under this Act shall not operate as a bar to further prosecution against the person for a continued contravention of or failure to comply with the provision or with the order, rule, regulation or by-law. shall, with the necessary changes, apply to hearings by the development appeal board or the council under this section. (8) (3) (a) the general policy objectives respecting the provision of regional services in the area served by a regional service; (c) 403.3 deduction from a rent or other amount payable by the occupier to the person so liable. Plan of Crown lands If you are just repairing your fence or deck, you need arepair permit. For more information about codes, standards and related construction topics, follow the links below (all links are to external websites that are not part of, or controlled by, St. Johns County). 367. content 376. an animal that has been seized by the impounder may, with the permission of the city clerk, be immediately destroyed. (1)All carriages, motor cars, carts, wagons, sleighs and other vehicles shall, by the person in charge of them, on meeting another carriage, motor, car, cart, wagon, sleigh or other vehicle, be conducted and kept on the right side of the street, as far as the state of the street will permit, and each person conducting a vehicle shall give 1/2 of the street to the other, under a penalty not exceeding $10. (2) (a) (b) lands and buildings of the Fire Department of the City of St. John's established under theSt. an animal that has been seized by the impounder and is in his or her opinion so diseased or injured or is in such a physical condition that it ought to be destroyed, or the keeping of which within the city limits is prohibited, shall be immediately destroyed. ; and. Limitation of liability to obtain from the city clerk and other officers not later than December 1 in every year in a form to be prescribed by the city comptroller, the estimated revenues for the next year together with recommendations for alterations in the taxes, rates, assessments, dues or licence fees that are considered necessary; and. the method of the display for sale or rental in shops of pornographic books, magazines, films or other pornographic reading or viewing material; (b) 295. (i) 316. 223. (a) is unfit for human habitation or dangerous to life or health because of lack of repair, or of defects in the drainage, plumbing, lighting, ventilation, or construction of the drainage, plumbing, lighting, or ventilation; (c) Without limiting the generality of paragraph (1)(h), regulations made under that paragraph shall contain provisions for the preparation and service of written charges. 15. 122. (b) For the purpose of this section a car lot or car park means a lot or area of land used or intended to be used for the placing, storing, keeping, displaying or selling of motor vehicles or machines. and 2 city daily newspapers a proclamation to that effect the street shall then vest in the city in perpetuity. 17. 144. The council shall include in its annual budget the sums that may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Heritage Advisory Committee. 148. the date of previous inspection. 127. to consolidate the estimates of expenditure and revenue required by paragraphs (g) and (h) and submit those estimates to the council not later than December 15 in every year. Streets vested Where an order for the vacation, removal, or demolition of a building is made under this Act or a regulation or by-law made under this Act, the council or an official of the council, may, in addition to all other remedies, in the name of the city apply to the Trial Division for possession of the building and the Court or a judge of the court may make an order for possession for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. River 340.4 Rep. by 2001 cM-20.2 s103 (c) 340.5 363. Acquisition of park land Building, Renovation and Repair 47. The council may by by-lay, establish a Heritage Advisory Committee, whose members shall serve without remuneration and who shall advise the council on those matters coming within the scope of this section that may be referred to the committee by the council and, in particular, may make recommendations to council respecting designation of heritage buildings, structures, and lands and the demolition, preservation, alteration or renovation of those buildings, structures and lands. 297. judge may order for damage caused by that person in violating the by-law, rule or regulation. In estimating the damage to property by the altering or widening of a street the arbitrators shall take into account an additional value or advantage which may accrue to the several proprietors and occupants from the convenience and security given by the widening or altering of the street, and where the arbitrators are of opinion that any proprietors of land so required for the streets may be indemnified at less expense by having an equal portion assigned to them from adjoining land, the arbitrators shall mark off and in similar manner appraise so much of the adjoining land that they may think sufficient to replace the land required for the street, and the land so marked off shall belong to the first-mentioned proprietor and be instead of all indemnity, and the appraised value of the land shall be paid, and shall be in satisfaction of the indemnity, and of all right and title to the land. The cost of paving a new street or the laying of curbs and gutters, which forms part of or is made in connection with a subdivision of land, shall be paid for in the manner provided in section 390. the existing main roads and proposed alterations of the roads; (b) A board of arbitrators under this section shall consist of a chairperson and 2 other arbitrators. In making regulations under subsection (1) the council may adopt the whole or a portion of the National Fire Code of Canada or another code, with or without modification and supplements or amendments to the Code, but where the city has been exempted from the application of section 8 of the Fire Protection Services Act, (5) A certificate of the city clerk that a document is a copy of. (1)The association representing the firefighters employed by the St. John's Fire Department before the coming into force of this section, is hereby recognized as the bargaining agent for those firefighters and this section and sections 353.15 to 353.24 apply to collective bargaining between the city and the association. (3) 97. to have under his or her supervision the officials of the tax, assessment, and collecting departments and the city appraisers or assessors and to see that all orders of the council in regard to the department are carried out, and to report a dereliction of duty on the part of the officials of those departments; (d) 13. to borrow money on the credit of the city in a manner considered desirable by the council for the purpose of carrying into effect all or any of the powers vested in the council under this section, provided that the total indebtedness of the council on account of borrowings under this section shall not exceed $2,000,000 at a time. , shall apply. to devise schemes and advise upon schemes for the elimination of slums and substandard housing, the rehousing of the population, the design and placing of public buildings, public open spaces, monuments, public utilities and streets; (e) the use to which land in different zones may be put; and. (8) The council shall have power in its absolute discretion to grant or refuse a licence referred to in subsection (1) or to permit the operation of a circus for the limited period of time and in the location that the council may determine. Where the owner of land or a building or his or her agent cannot be found in the city or where the ownership of land or a building cannot be determined after reasonable inquiry on behalf of the council, a notice required to be served on or given to the owner or his or her agent under this Act shall be considered to have been properly served or given where posted upon the land or building to which the notice relates. (3) Sign up to receive information from the City of St. John's directly to your inbox. judge shall provide the assistance of peace officers that may be required to have the nuisance abated. Offences Public library Power of medical officer and council Sanitation for employees an animal so kept as to be injurious to health or a source of annoyance to neighbours; (v) to perform other duties that may be assigned to him or her by this Act or by the council. (8) Permits can sometimes be issued right away but could takefive to ten working days. place or permit to escape upon land forming part of the watershed of Windsor Lake, Round Pond, Newfound Pond, George's Pond, or another lake or pond from which the water supply of the city is derived, or in or into any of those lakes or ponds, a matter or thing of an offensive or deleterious nature, or calculated to impair the quality of the water for use for domestic purposes; (b) Mayor's status file with the court a notice of appeal, together with an affidavit setting out the grounds of the appeal; and. Contact. River The council shall have power to remove encumbrances from the streets, and to prevent an obstruction or encroachment. One-half of the cost of the construction and repair, including the cost of the curb and gutter, shall be borne by the city, and the other half of the cost shall be paid by the owners of the properties abutting on the sidewalk so covered, according to the respective areas of the sidewalk abutting on each property. years from the 1st issue of guaranteed securities the Company, at the request of the council, shall pass the by-law and a difference which may then arise respecting the terms of the by-law shall be settled by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. (8) (6) 336. (iii) (5) ; (c) A person who neglects or fails to comply with this section shall forfeit all right or title to any Crown land claimed to be held by that person under a lease or other title or by possession unless he or she, within 1 calendar month after the service of notice of forfeiture, complies with this section. 311. and. (6) (3) (2) The granting of a building permit or the approval of plans and specifications or an inspection made by an official or his or her assistants during the erection, alteration, repair, removal, or demolition of a building shall not relieve the owner or his or her agents from responsibility for the carrying out of the work in accordance with this Act and regulations made under this Act, or for the stability of the structure. (b) 394. (2) 121. Vacancy re: mayor An appeal may be made on a ruling on a point of order decided by the presiding officer, by a councillor stating that he or she appeals the decision, without the councillor making the appeal being recognized by the presiding officer. 403.4 Where a party wishes to build on his or her own land, and, for the purpose of the building, uses a wall already built by another party upon the adjoining land, the council shall, upon application of either party, summon the parties and after hearing the parties, direct that the party building shall have the use of the wall to the extent required by him or her upon paying the proportion of the original cost of it that the council considers just; which proportion may be recovered by the party entitled to it in the manner provided in this section. (d) 308. and Recreation Commission shall function, and to define its powers and duties. (3) (b) The owner of the building or premises shall pay the cost of the branch or service pipes connecting with a water or sewer main or interceptor and of all repairs to or renewal of the pipes and shall be subject to all laws, rules and regulations of the council respecting the water supply or sewage disposal service. 407. 306. (b) Apportionment (6) In this Act or rules, regulations or by-laws made under this Act, the words "development or subdivision of land" or the word "subdivide" include a division of land into 2 or more lots or parts or work on land with a view to its division into 2 or more lots or parts. (7) The provisions of this section shall apply within the city limits and within 1.6 kilometres outside the city limits. (4) prohibit the erection, alteration, conversion, or change of use of a building for use for a purpose which, in the opinion of the council may necessitate or bring about resort to the building or the premises on which it is located by persons in motor vehicles in the numbers that traffic congestion may result in the vicinity of the building; or. form part of the general revenue of the city, (iv) , Southside, there shall be not less than 5 firebreaks of at least 15.24 metres in width respectively. (1)The council may fluoridate the water to be supplied to the city. (1)The council may encourage economic development as it considers appropriate, and for that purpose may enter into an agreement with another city, municipality, local service district, agency, person or the government of the province. The officers or members of a fire department of another city, municipality, or person, that gives aid to the fire department in fighting a fire are responsible to the officers and members of the fire department while they are giving that aid. (c) 120. conduct himself or herself by word or act in a mutinous or insubordinate manner; (f) (3) Festival of Thanksgiving and Leave-taking Services was held Sunday, April 23, 2023, at St. John's Windish Lutheran Church in Bethlehem. prohibiting the sale, offering for sale or display for sale in respect of which a licence is required under regulations made under paragraph (b) and in respect of which an existing licence has not been issued. 340.10 325. to obtain from the city clerk, the city engineer and other officers, not later than December 1 in every year, in a form to be prescribed by the city comptroller, a detailed schedule of estimated expenditures for the next year; (h) (3) and 2 daily newspapers published in the city.