WHEREAS on February 16, 2017, The Regional Municipality of York passed Bylaw No. 2017-7 being a bylaw to regulate the use of public transit vehicles and facilities in The Regional Municipality of York (“Bylaw No. 2017-7”), which was amended by Bylaw No. 2020-39 being a bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 2017-7 (“Bylaw No. 2020-39”), on June 25, 2020;
AND WHEREAS, on October 24, 2024, the Commissioner of Finance presented the 2025 to 2026 Regional Budget report shown as item H.5 on the agenda, Regional Council referred certain recommendations for consideration at the November 28, 2024 Regional Council meeting, including recommendations to approve a 3% transit fare increase, annually, in July of each of 2025 and 2026, to address increasing service costs, as noted on page 86 in the 2025 to 2026 Budget Book and to authorize the Regional Solicitor to prepare the necessary bylaws including bylaws to authorize the fees and charges relating to transit and water and wastewater detailed on pages 86 and 93, respectively, in the 2025 to 2026 Budget Book;
AND WHEREAS, on November 28, 2024, Regional Council adopted the referred recommendations and approved the 2025 budget;
AND WHEREAS, on February 16, 2017, Regional Council adopted Bylaw 2017-7, A bylaw to regulate the use of public transit vehicles and facilities in The Regional Municipality of York;
AND WHEREAS Section 391 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, provides that a municipality may pass by-laws imposing fees or charges on any class of persons for services or activities provided or done by it and for the use of its property;
The Council of The Regional Municipality of York enacts as follows:
1. Section 1.1 of Bylaw 2017-7 is amended by inserting the following definition after the definition for “transit facility” and before the definition of “transit system”:
“transit fare” means the fare value prescribed in Schedule “A” to this bylaw;”.
2. Bylaw No. 2017-7 is amended by inserting Schedule “A” of this bylaw as the first schedule to Bylaw 2017-7.
3. Bylaw No. 2017-7 is amended by inserting the following immediately following section 9:
“10. GENERAL
10.1 Any schedules to this bylaw shall form part of this bylaw.”
4. Schedule “A” shall form part of this bylaw.
5. Where this bylaw refers to a schedule, enactment, statute, regulation, or bylaw, it also includes that schedule, enactment, statute, regulation, or bylaw, as amended, supplemented, or replaced from time to time.
6. Except as expressly modified by this bylaw, all provisions of Bylaw 2017-7 are, and shall continue to be, in force and effect and no prosecution, order or fine proceeding or issued pursuant to this bylaw shall be affected by this amendment.
7. The transit fares in Schedule “A” come into force and effect on July 1, 2025.
8. This bylaw comes into force and effect upon passage.
ENACTED AND PASSED on April 24, 2025.
| Christopher Raynor | Eric Jolliffe |
| Regional Clerk | Regional Chair |
Authorized by Item H.5 of the Regional Council Meeting agenda of October 24, 2024, adopted by Regional Council at its meeting on November 28, 2024
