{"id":26320,"date":"2020-04-09T18:29:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T22:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=26320"},"modified":"2020-04-16T15:13:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T19:13:41","slug":"town-ready-to-issue-fines-for-not-complying-with-emergency-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/town-ready-to-issue-fines-for-not-complying-with-emergency-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Town ready to issue fines for not complying with emergency orders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aurora will begin strict enforcement of provincial\nemergency orders and trespassing of municipal closures this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 27,&nbsp;the Province of Ontario granted Municipal Bylaw Enforcement Officers the ability to issue fines under the Emergency and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA)&nbsp;in an effort to flatten the COVID-19 curve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the provincial guidelines, the Town of Aurora will\nbegin to issue fines to individuals who do not comply with the following\nemergency orders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>No gatherings of more than five (5) people (inclusive of gatherings on private property but excluding family members who reside at the same address).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Trespassing in areas that are closed to the public (parks, tennis courts, skateboard parks, sports fields, baseball diamonds, basketball courts, playgrounds, Sheppard\u2019s Bush and the dog park).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Closure of non-essential businesses<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Price gouging on necessary goods such as hand sanitizers and household cleaners<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Individuals charged with an offence under the EMCPA will\nface fines starting at $880. Failing to identify yourself upon the request of a\nMunicipal Law Enforcement Officer conducting an investigation under the EMCPA\nwill result in fines of $1,250. Fines could also carry punishments of up to\none-year imprisonment or a fine of up to $100,000 for an individual and up to\n$10,000,000 for a corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Town of Aurora reminds residents to continue to stay\nat home, limit the number of people you come into close contact with, stay at\nleast 6 feet apart from others when walking outside or in a grocery store and\nrefrain from having social gatherings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aurora will begin strict enforcement of provincial emergency orders and trespassing of municipal closures this weekend. On March 27,&nbsp;the Province of Ontario granted Municipal Bylaw Enforcement Officers the ability to issue fines under the Emergency and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA)&nbsp;in an effort to flatten the COVID-19 curve. Under the provincial guidelines, the Town of Aurora [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}