Kovinic v. Niagara Falls (City), [1999] O.T.C. 251 (SupCt)

• Judge: Taliano, J.
• Court: Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
• Case Date: June 14, 1999
• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Citations: [1999] O.T.C. 251 (SupCt)

Kovinic v. Niagara Falls, [1999] O.T.C. 251 (SupCt)

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Temp. Cite: [1999] O.T.C. TBEd. JL.031

Dean Kovinic (plaintiff) v. Corporation of the City of Niagara Falls (defendant)

Henry Di Cienzo (applicant/plaintiff) v. The Corporation of the City of Niagara Falls (respondent/defendant)

(5628/98)

Indexed As: Kovinic v. Niagara Falls (City)

Court of Ontario

Superior Court of Justice

Taliano, J.

June 14, 1999.

Summary:

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Civil Rights - Topic 8301.3

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - General - Application - Municipalities - See paragraphs 67 to 73.

Municipal Law - Topic 1496

Powers of municipalities - Particular powers - Licensing and regulating of businesses.

Municipal Law - Topic 1497.2

Powers of municipalities - Particular powers - Licences awarded by lottery - See paragraphs 22 to 49.

Municipal Law - Topic 3848

Bylaws - Quashing bylaws - Grounds for judicial interference - Uncertainty or vagueness - See paragraphs 50 to 55.

Municipal Law - Topic 3853

Bylaws - Quashing bylaws - Grounds for judicial interference - Lack of good faith - See paragraphs 56 to 60.

Cases Noticed:

Peralta et al. v. Ontario (1985), 7 O.A.C. 283 (C.A.), affd. [1988] 2 S.C.R. 1045; 89 N.R. 323; 31 O.A.C. 319, refd to. [para. 26, footnote 4].

Butterworth and Ottawa (City), Re (1918), 44 O.L.R. 84, refd to. [para. 33, footnote 8].

Atkinson et al. v. Metropolitan Toronto (City) (1976), 12 O.R.(2d) 401 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 34, footnote 9].

United Taxi Drivers' Fellowship of Southern Alberta et al. v. Calgary (City) (1998), 217 A.R. 1 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 37, footnote 10].

Ontario Adult Entertainment Bar Association v. Metropolitan Toronto (Municipality) (1995), 86 O.A.C. 161; 26 O.R.(3d) 357 (Div. Ct.), refd to. [para. 37, footnote 11].

Tenenbaum v. Toronto (City) Local Board of Health, [1955] O.R. 622 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 45, footnote 12].

Hamilton Independent Variety & Confectionary Stores Inc. v. Hamilton (City) (1982), 20 M.P.L.R. 241 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 51, footnote 15].

538745 Ontario Inc. v. Windsor (City) (1988), 25 O.A.C. 285; 64 O.R.(2d) 38 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 53, footnote 17].

Walker and Robertson v. Prince Edward Island, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 407; 181 N.R. 158; 130 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 181; 405 A.P.R. 181, refd to. [para. 70, footnote 20].

Statutes Noticed:

Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M-45, sect. 102.1 [para. 28, footnote 5]; sect. 257.2 [para. 25].

Niagara Falls (City) Bylaws, Body-Rub Parlour Bylaws, Bylaw No. 98-03 [para. 4, footnote 1].

Niagara Falls (City) Bylaws, Licensing Bylaws, Bylaw No. 98-05, sect. 30, sect. 31 [para. 5, footnote 2]; sect. 32 [para. 6, footnote 3].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Rogers, Ian MacFee, The Law of Canadian Municipal Corporations (2nd Ed. 1979), pp. 410, 411, para. 1953 [para. 30, footnote 6]; 698 [para. 49, footnote 14]; 723, 724 [para. 58, footnote 18].

Counsel:

G. Sheppard, for the plaintiff, Kovinic;

R.O. Kallio, for the defendant;

G. Ungaro, for the applicant, Di Cienzo.

This application was heard before Taliano, J., of the Ontario Superior Court, who released the following judgment on June 14, 1999.

Please note: The following judgment has not been edited.