PART IV LICENCES
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151 (1) Without limiting sections 9, 10 and 11, a municipality may provide for a system of licences with respect to a business and may, (a)  prohibit the carrying on or engaging in the business without a licence; (b)  refuse to grant a licence or to revoke or suspend a licence; (c)  impose conditions as a requirement of obtaining, continuing to hold or renewing a licence; (d)  impose special conditions on a business in a class that have not been imposed on all of the businesses in that class in order to obtain, continue to hold or renew a licence; (e)  impose conditions, including special conditions, as a requirement of continuing to hold a licence at any time during the term of the licence; and (f)  license, regulate or govern real and personal property used for the business and the persons carrying it on or engaged in it. (g)  Repealed: 2017, c. 10, Sched. 1, s. 12 (1). 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 82; 2017, c. 10, Sched. 1, s. 12 (1). Power to suspend a licence (2) Without limiting sections 9, 10 and 11, for the purpose of clause (1) (b), if a municipality is satisfied that the continuation of a business poses an immediate danger to the health or safety of any person or to any property, the municipality may, for the time and on such conditions as it considers appropriate, without a hearing, suspend a licence subject to the following: 1.  Before suspending the licence, the municipality shall provide the licensee with the reasons for the suspension, either orally or in writing, and an opportunity to respond to them. 2.  The suspension shall not exceed 14 days.  2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 82. Same (3) Despite subsection (2) and without limiting sections 9, 10 and 11, for the purpose of clause (1) (b), the municipality may, on such conditions as it considers appropriate, without a hearing, suspend a licence authorizing a business to operate on a highway or other property of the municipality or its local boards for a period not exceeding 28 days for the following reasons: 1.  The holding of a special event. 2.  The construction, maintenance or repair of the property. 3.  The installation, maintenance or repair of a public utility or service. 4.  Pedestrian, vehicular or public safety or public health.  2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 82. Exercise of power (4) The exercise of a power under clause (1), (b), (d) or (e) is in the discretion of the municipality, and the municipality shall exercise its discretion, (a)  upon such grounds as are set out by by-law; or (b)  upon the grounds that the conduct of any person, including the officers, directors, employees or agents of a corporation, affords reasonable cause to believe that the person will not carry on or engage in the business in accordance with the law or with honesty and integrity.  2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 82; 2017, c. 10, Sched. 1, s. 12 (2). Application re system of licences (5) Subsections (1) to (4) apply with necessary modifications to a system of licences with respect to any activity, matter or thing for which a by-law may be passed under sections 9, 10 and 11 as if it were a system of licences with respect to a business.  2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 82. Proviso (6) Nothing in this section authorizes an upper-tier or a lower-tier municipality to pass a business licensing by-law with respect to a business if the other municipality has exclusive authority to pass a business licensing by-law with respect to the business under paragraph 11 of subsection 11 (3).  2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 82. Same (7) Subsection (6) does not prevent a municipality from providing for a system of licences for a business under any other by-law, other than a business licensing by-law.  2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 82. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2002, c. 17, Sched. A, s. 34 - 01/01/2003 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 82 - 01/01/2007 2017, c. 10, Sched. 1, s. 12 (1, 2) - 30/05/2017