THE CORPORATION OF THE
VILLAGE OF MONTROSE
BYLAW # 549
A BYLAW TO EXEMPT CHURCH
PROPERTY FROM PROPERTY TAXATION
WHEREAS the Beaver Valley
Baptist Church owns a church located at 515 11th Avenue;
AND WHEREAS Part 10 (RS
Chapter 323) of the Municipal Act exempts Churches from property taxation and
gives Council the authority to exempt the property surrounding the Church from
property taxation;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
that the Council of the Village of Montrose, in open meeting assembled, enacts
as follows:
SHORT TITLE
1. (1) This
Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the “Church Property Tax Exemption
Bylaw”.
EXEMPTION
2. (1) The Beaver
Valley Baptist Church is the registered owner of 515 11th Avenue, Montrose (Legal
Description: Parcel B. Block 2, Plan
2541, PID
015-251-519)
(2) The property
at 515 11th Avenue has a building on it used solely for public worship.
(3) The building
and the land on which the building stands is exempt from property taxation
under Section 339 (1) of the Municipal Act;
ENACTMENT
3.. (1) If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause, or phrase of this Bylaw is for any reason held to be invalid by the
decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the invalid portion shall be
severed and the part that is invalid shall not affect the validity of the
remainder.
(2) This
Bylaw shall come into full force and effect on the final adoption thereof.
READ A FIRST TIME this
7th day of September, 1999
READ A SECOND TIME this
7th day of September, 1999
READ A THIRD TIME this
7th day of September, 1999
READ A FOURTH TIME AND
FINALLY ADOPTED this 21
st day of September,1999
_________________________ _________________________
Mayor Village
Clerk
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a t rue and
correct copy of.
____________________________
Village Clerk