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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF MISSISSAUGA BUSINESS LICENSING BY-LAW 1-06 (Amended by 360-07, 66-08, 191-08, 238-08, 427-08, 48-09, 397-09, 84-10, 178-10, 240-11, 309-11, 152-12) WHEREAS subsection 150(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001 S.O. 2001, c.25, as amended, provides that a local municipality may license, regulate and govern any business, wholly or partly carried on within the municipality, even if the business is being carried on from a location outside the municipality; AND WHEREAS the Council of the City of Mississauga considers it desirable and necessary to license, regulate and govern certain types of businesses for the purpose of Health and Safety to ensure that the business is conducted in a fashion and manner that will not adversely affect or could possibly adversely affect the health and safety of Person(s) or result in illness, hazardous conditions, injury or loss; AND WHEREAS the Council of the City of Mississauga considers it desirable and necessary to license, regulate, and govern certain types of business for the purposes of Nuisance Control to ensure that the facility is operated in a manner and location such that it will not adversely affect or become a nuisance to other Persons or businesses; AND WHEREAS the Council of the City of Mississauga considers it desirable and necessary to license, regulate, and govern certain types of business for the purposes of Consumer Protection for the prevention of unfair or potentially unfair business practices that could result in loss on the part of the consumer; AND WHEREAS a public meeting was held on January 11, 2006 at which time a report entitled New Business Licensing By-law relating to the licensing of the business was presented and considered; NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the City of Mississauga hereby ENACTS as following: DEFINITIONS 1. For the purposes of this By-law and the annexed schedules: “Additional Fee” means a fee, in addition to the licence fee, imposed by the municipality on a business at any time during the term of the licence for costs incurred by the municipality attributable to the activities of the business; “Amusement Arcade Class A” means a building or structure or part thereof which is open to the public and where the principal business is the provision of amusement devices for use by the public;
