If Council instructs that a Public Hearing be held, the Director of
Community Planning and the City Clerk shall take the necessary
administrative action to process, advertise, and notify residents
and property owners in the same manner that would be done if the
application were an application for an amendment to the Zoning
Bylaw of the City and the requirements of Section 957 of the
Municipal Act and the “Notice of Public Hearings Mailing Bylaw,
1986, No. 2160" shall be deemed to apply.

The Public Hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as a
Public Hearing on a Zoning Bylaw Amendment, provided that the
Council shall not be precluded from hearing further representations
after the Public Hearing. ee

Following a Public Hearing, the Council shall:

(a) adopt a resolution stating whether or not Council considers
that the residents are in favour of granting the licence;

Cb) instruct that further information be obtained; or

(c) advise the applicant that unless a referendum is completed
and the results considered by Council within 60 days,
Council deems that the residents are not in favour of
granting the licence. |

Where the Council proceeds under Section 20(c) the applicant shall
have seven days from notice of Council's decision to confirm
whether the applicant wishes to proceed with a referendum, and if
so, to acknowledge responsibility for the cost of the referendum.

The following provisions shall apply to every referendum:

(a) The referendum shall be carried out by way of a door to
door survey of the owners and occupiers of property within
a distance of 750 meters from any part of a parcel that is
subject to the liquor licence application.

The referendum shall be conducted by an independent
contractor engaged by the City and the applicant shall have
no. contact with the contractor. |

The total cost of holding a referendum shall be borne by
the applicant. a

Prior to engagement of the contractor, the applicant shali
pay to the City of the estimated cost of the referendum, or
provide security for the estimated cost in a form and
amount satisfactory to the Director of Community Planning.
‘The contractor shall make all reasonable efforts to contact
the owners and occupiers of property but a failure to
contact all owners and occupiers shall not invalidate the
survey.

When under Section 20 a referendum is held, or further
information is required by Council, the results of the
referendum and any information obtained shall be conveyed
to Council by the Director of Community Planning and the
Council shall adopt a resolution stating whether or not it
considers that the residents are in favour of granting the
licence.

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