{"id":5155,"date":"2017-06-12T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T19:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ombudsmandemontreal.com\/?page_id=5155"},"modified":"2017-06-14T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T13:22:18","slug":"un-citoyen-doit-traverser-lemprise-de-la-ville-pour-se-rendre-a-son-garage-larrondissement-lui-impute-des-frais-doccupation-permanente-du-domaine-public","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ombudsmandemontreal.com\/en\/cases-handled\/examples-of-cases-handled\/municipal-subsidies-and-taxes\/un-citoyen-doit-traverser-lemprise-de-la-ville-pour-se-rendre-a-son-garage-larrondissement-lui-impute-des-frais-doccupation-permanente-du-domaine-public","title":{"rendered":"A citizen must cross the City\u2019s right-of-way to reach his garage \u2013 The Borough is charging him permanent occupancy fees on public domain \u2013 Refund of $2,850 (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Arrondissement de Villeray\u2013Saint-Michel\u2013Parc-Extension<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2006, the Borough authorizes the plaintiff to build an access ramp (road) and driveway in order to access his garage. A portion of this access road is on the City\u2019s right-of-way: the citizen is therefore crossing this right-of-way when entering or exiting his garage. The citizen subsequently receives a yearly invoice for \u201cpermanent occupancy of public domain\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the Borough Council amended its <em>R\u00e8glement sur les tarifs <\/em>to specifically exclude this type of situation from being subjected to such occupancy fees. The citizen claims a refund for the intervening years. The Borough responds\u00a0that it cannot do so, because these amounts had been invoiced under the regulation in force at that time.<\/p>\n<p>This situation seems unfair to us. We discuss it with the Borough. The Borough seeks the opinion from <em>Ville de Montr\u00e9al<\/em>\u2019s legal department suggesting that the Borough Council adopts a resolution that would specifically authorize a refund to the citizen, which was done. A reimbursement retroactive to 2006 is subsequently remitted to the citizen: for a total of <strong>$2,850.85<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>OdM <\/strong>plans to intervene again to ensure that other citizens who would have been billed for such fees, in comparable circumstances, are also reimbursed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrondissement de Villeray\u2013Saint-Michel\u2013Parc-Extension In 2006, the Borough authorizes the plaintiff to build an access ramp (road) and driveway in order to access his garage. 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