24. Where the Council proceeds under Section 23(c) the applicant ahall have

seven days from notice of Council’sa decislon te confirm whether the applicant wishes to proceed with a referendum, and if so, to acknowledge responsibility for the cost of the referendum.

25. The following provisions shall apply to every referendum:

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 7'50 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.

Prior to engagement of the contractor, the applicant shall 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.

26. When under Section 23 a referendum is held, or ‘further information is

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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

The Sections now numbered as Section 24 and Section 25 of the Bylaw are renumbered as Section 27 and Section 28, respectively.

Schedules "A" to "E“ of the Bylaw are repealed and the Schedules attached to this Bylaw as Schedules "A" to "“G" are substituted.

This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "Development Procedures Bylaw, 1987, No. 2243, Amendment Bylaw, 1991, No. 2608". | :