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Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July '20, 1994 — Page 5
Apartments in houses
bill becomes law
The apartments in houses
provisions of the Residents' Rights
Act, which allow homeowners to
create an apartment in their house,
are now law.
The Residents' Rights Act (Bill
120) makes it legal for homeowners
to have one self-contained
apartment in their house, provided
it meets the Fire and. Building
Codes andreasonable municipal
planning 'standards.
"Tenants living in apartments in
houses can now freely exercise the
same rights as the rest of Ontario's
tenant population. If tenants feel
their apartment is .unsafe they can
take action without the fear of
automatic eviction. And
homeowners are legally obliged to
make sure their apartments meet
safety standards," says Evelyn
Gigantes, Minister of Housing.
The Ministry of the Solicitor
General and Correctional Services
also released new fire code stan-
dards, under the Fire Marshals Act,
designed specifically for apartments
in houses.
The fire code amendments include
comprehensive measures to ensure
that houses containing two units are
safe. The amendments spell out
new fire safety requirements for
such houses including fire
separations, means of escape in the
event of fire, installation of smoke
alarms and electrical safety.
Homeowners are 'required to
install smoke' alarms by Aug. 13,
1994, which is within 30 days of
the bill's proclamation. Re-
quirements for fire separations,
'means of escape and electrical
safety must be met by July 14,
1996. Those who fail to meet these
new standards may face a fie .of
up to $25,000.
New Ontario Building Code
provisions are also in place to.
provide homeowners with uniform
standards which are applied when
they apply for building permits for,
the creation or upgrading of second
units. Fire Chief Peter Steer says
these retro -fits must be in place by
Oct. 9, 1994. There are more than
100,000 apartments in houses in
Ontario which, until. now, have
been illegal due to municipal
zoning bylaws. As a result, tenants
in those units could not exercise
their rights to a safe, secure unit.
Although these tenants are protected
under the Landlord and Tenant Act
and the Rent Control Act,
complaining to local inspectors
could have resulted in the tenant
being evicted from the illegal
apartment.
"We introduced this legislation
because we knew that we couldn't
make these apartments safe until
they were legal. An illegal
apartment means tenants and
landlords are on their own when it
comes to health and safety. Now
we can start making sure that
apartments in houses meet fire and
'safety standards," says Ms. Gigan-
tes.
In .addition to the already broad
powers of entry currently available
to fire inspectors, Bill 120 also
offers somewhat improved powers
of entry for property standards and
zoning officers.
The apartments in houses portions
of Bill 120' also allows
municipalities to enter into
agreements with homeowners to set
up a garden suite or 'granny flat'
on their property.
The Residents' Rights Act also
extends tenant protection laws to
residents living in unregulated care
homes. These provisions of the act
arescheduled to, he proclaimed by
the end of August.
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