That the Safety and Facilities Services Committee recommend to City Council:
Whereas the Business Licensing By-law 122-2024 (“Business Licensing By-law”) is a by-law to license, regulate and govern certain businesses operating within the City of Oshawa (“City”), to ensure health and safety, consumer protection and nuisance control; and,
Whereas City staff identified an opportunity to extend the benefits of municipal licensing to food-related operations which distribute complimentary food (e.g. promotional events, etc.) (“Complimentary Food Premises”) for the purposes of ensuring common health, safety and consumer protection standards for patrons and the general public as recommended in Report SF-24-44, “Business Licensing By-law and Additional Licensing Classes”; and,
Whereas at its October 28, 2024 meeting, in accordance with Report SF-24-44, City Council directed staff to review the proposed additional licensing class and to report back; and,
Whereas staff has completed its review and determined that it is appropriate to regulate Complimentary Food Premises as follows:
- complimentary licensing (i.e. no licence and application fees);
- exempting Complimentary Food Premises operating for three (3) days or less per year;
- establishing new definition(s) for Complimentary Food Premises; and,
- establishing standards consistent with existing food-related licensing classes and in a manner that does not conflict with standards in other municipal by-laws;
Therefore be it resolved that based on Item SF-25-35 concerning a review of complimentary food premises and Business Licensing By-law 122-2024, the Business Licensing By-law 122-2024 be amended in a final form and content acceptable to the Commissioner, Safety and Facilities Services Department and Legal Services to establish a licensing classification for Complimentary Food Premises.