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Authority:     Policy and Finance Committee Report  No. 8, Clause
               No. 8, adopted, 
          as  amended, by City  of Toronto Council  on October 26
          and 27, 1999
Enacted by Council: October 27, 1999
                         

CITY OF TORONTO

BY-LAW No. 726-1999

To create a Tax Rebate Program for Veteran s Clubhouses and

Legion Halls.

WHEREAS subsection 442.1(4) of the Municipal Act (the Act ) allows a municipality to have a tax rebate program under section 442.1 which provides tax rebates to eligible charities, organizations that are similar to eligible charities, or a class of such organizations defined by the municipality; and The Council of the City of Toronto HEREBY ENACTS as follows: 1. In this by-law: Clubhouse means lands or buildings used as a clubhouse for veterans of the naval, military or air forces of Canada, Great Britain or Her Majesty s allies; Eligible Organization means an organization providing a Clubhouse which organization is listed in Column I of section 2 hereof; Taxes mean property taxes for municipal and school purposes levied for the year on the real property listed in Column II of section 2 and payable by the Eligible Organization. 2. Provided that an Eligible Organization meets the qualifications set out in section 3, an annual tax rebate in the amount of 100 per cent of the Taxes payable by the Eligible Organization listed in Column I for the land occupied by it and used for the purposes of a Clubhouse at the location listed in Column II, shall be provided to the Eligible Organization for each of 1999, 2000 and 2001. Column I Column II Scarborough Branch 13 1577 Kingston Rd Oakridge Branch No. 73 2 Robinson Av Royal Canadian Legion 937 Warden Ave Royal Canadian Legion 45 Lawson Rd Royal Canadian Legion 59 Lawson Rd Royal Canadian Legion 100 Salome Dr Canadian Legion Branch 46 72 Durie St Organization of Veterans 2032 Dundas St W Column I Column II Royal Canadian Legion 805 Dovercourt Rd Army Navy and Air Force 847 Dovercourt Rd Canadian Corps 201 Niagara St Army Navy and Air Force 9 Ossington Av Polish Veterans 783 College St Royal Canadian Legion 326 Queen St W Polish Combatants 206 Beverly St Naval Club of Toronto 14 Hayden St Army Navy and Air Force 128 Broadview Av 36th Ulster Division 1 0 4 5 Gerrard St E Baron Byng Memorial 243 Coxwell Av Trustees Beaches Branch #42 303 Kingston Rd East Toronto 9 Dawes Rd Royal Canadian Legion 81 Peard Rd Woodbine Heights Canadian 1 2 4 0 Woodbine Av Royal Canadian Legion 1083 Pape Av Royal Canadian Legion 46 Denison Rd E Royal Canadian Legion 948 Sheppard Av W Canadian Legion Toronto 4711-4719 Bathurst St Royal Canadian Legion 6 Spring Garden Av Army Navy and Air Force 2080 Dufferin St Fairbank Br Canadian 31 Shortt St Royal Canadian Legion 432 Rogers Rd Royal Canadian Legion 1050 Weston Rd Trustees of Royal Canadian 3 5 9 1 Dundas St W Army Navy and Air Force 702 Jane St Colonel J.E.L. 3326 Bloor St W Canadian Legion 515 Royal York Rd Trustees of Canadian 11 Irwin Rd Sir Winston Churchill 150 Eighth St Canadian Legion Br 101 3850 Lake Shore Blvd W Queens Own Rifles 1395 Lake Shore Blvd W Royal Canadian Legion 1245 Dupont St Sgt A. Trowles Branch 59 1032 Queen St W Royal Canadian Legion 218 Richmond St W Sappers Club 578 Spadina Av 48th Highlanders 29 Leslie St Dominion Civil Service 1403 Gerrard St E Army Navy and Air Force 406-410 Royal York Rd 3. An Eligible Organization is qualified to receive a tax rebate under section 2 if: (a) the Eligible Organization occupies the real property described in section 2 and uses it for the purposes of a Clubhouse; (b) if the real property described in section 2 is occupied by the Eligible Organization pursuant to a lease, the Eligible Organization has provided to the City by September 1st of each year, other than 1999, for which it wishes to receive a tax rebate under section 2, and by December 1st, 1999 for the 1999 taxation year: (i) a copy of the lease agreement between the Eligible Organization and its landlord for the real property described in section 2; and (ii) written confirmation from the landlord of the real property described in section 2 of the amount of Taxes payable by the Eligible Organization for that year, pursuant to the terms of the lease agreement. (c) the Eligible Organization has provided the information required by section 4 by the deadline set out therein; (d) no Taxes for previous years on the real property described in section 2 remain in arrears; (e) the Eligible Organization agrees to notify the City Treasurer of any change in circumstances which would alter its status as an Eligible Organization. 4. Each Eligible Organization must annually submit to the City on or before the first day of September of each year, other than 1999, for which it wishes to receive a tax rebate under section 2, and on or before the first day of December of 1999 for the 1999 taxation year, a copy of its audited financial statements, and written confirmation of information pertaining to the organization and its operations, in a form satisfactory to the City s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. 5. The City will provide to each Eligible Organization which receives a tax rebate under section 2, an annual statement of the amount of tax rebate for the year including the amount of taxes for school purposes which have been so rebated. ENACTED AND PASSED this 27th day of October, A.D. 1999. CASE OOTES, NOVINA WONG, Deputy Mayor City Clerk (Corporate Seal)

 

   
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