Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS)

Cash, debit and cheque payments can be made at the Selwyn Township Municipal Office.

Location:

1310 Centre Line

Selwyn, Ontario

K9J 6X5

Hours:

Monday to Friday (excluding holidays) from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Please send your cheque payable to “The Township of Selwyn” and write the Penalty Notice Number on the payment.

Mailing Address:

Township of Selwyn

PO Box 270

Bridgenorth, Ontario

K0L 1H0

Please Note: The Township is not responsible for late payments due to postal delivery times. 

Any person who is served with a Penalty Notice may request that the Penalty be reviewed by a Screening Officer on or before the date on which the Penalty is due and payable.

To dispute a Penalty, complete a request for screening form:

• Online fillable Request Screening Review 
• Printable Request for Screening Review Form

To dispute a Screening Decision, you may request a review by Hearing Officer by completing a request for Hearing Review form:

• Online fillable Request for Hearing Review
• Printable Request for Hearing Review Form

Please Note: Pursuant to section 8(3) of Ontario Regulation 333/07 made under the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, neither a screening officer nor a hearing officer has jurisdiction to consider questions relating to the validity of a statute, regulation or by-law or the constitutional applicability or operability of any statute, regulation or By-law.

AMPS are a progressive enforcement tool used by many municipalities, the province, and the federal government to address pressure on municipal resources and court backlogs.

In Ontario, Municipal AMPS are legislated under the Municipal Act, 2001 and Ontario Regulation 333/07, which establishes the requirements for parking-related AMPS. Section 434.1 of the Municipal Act, 2001 was enacted by the province in 2017 and allows municipalities to impose AMPS for almost any municipal By-law.

The system is designed to help over-burdened courts by allowing municipalities to handle minor Designated By-law offences.

AMPS are more effective in several ways:

• A typical Provincial Offences Act process takes from 6 months to a year, whereas AMPS are processed within a matter of weeks to months while still providing a procedurally fair, transparent and accessible process.
•   AMPS allows the Township to manage disputes internally instead of through the provincial offences court
•  Penalty amounts are not punitive in nature; rather, they are set at a level reasonably required to promote compliance with a designated By-law.

AMPS Penalty Notices (“tickets”) can be issued by:

• Municipal By-law Enforcement Officers appointed by Council to enforce the Township’s By-laws
• a Provincial Offences Officers appointed by Council to enforce the Township’s By-laws
•  Property Standards Officers appointed by Council to enforce the Township’s By-laws
• The Chief Building Official for the Township
• Building Inspectors
• Police officers employed by the Peterborough Police Service (Village of Lakefield) or the Ontario Provincial Police (Smith and Ennismore Wards)

Penalty Notices can be issued through the following methods:

• In person
• Placing or affixing to a person’s vehicle
• Registered Mail to the person’s last known address
• By facsimile (fax) to a person’s last known facsimile transmission number
• Email to the person’s last known email address

Please Note: Parking-related Penalty Notices are generally issued by attaching the notice to the vehicle or serving the notice directly to the operator; however, they may also be issued through any methods noted above.

A Review by a Hearing Officer is a quasi-judicial review of the Screening Decision by an independent Hearing Officer appointed by Council for the Township of Selwyn. Reviews are governed by the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, Township By-laws, and the balance of probabilities (civil standard of proof). 

After a Review by a Hearing Officer, the Hearing Officer will deliver a Hearing Decision affirming the Screening Decision, reducing the Administrative Penalty or cancelling the Administrative Penalty.

The decision of a Hearing Officer is final and is not subject to any further review, including by any court.

There is no fee for obtaining a review by a Screening Officer or a Hearing Officer; however, an administrative fee may be applied in respect of the failure of a person to appear at the time and place scheduled for a review by a Screening Officer or a Hearing Officer.

The administrative fee(s) may be added to the Administrative Penalty and become due and payable to the Township.

In certain cases, additional administrative fees may be applied to the original penalty amount:

Please Note: The Fee Amount for Administrative Fees listed above does not include Harmonized Sales Tax (H.S.T.).

If an Administrative Penalty, and any associated Administrative Fee(s), is not paid within 15 days after the date that it becomes due and payable, the Township has the right to enforce payment of the amount in default by:

• charging late payment fees 
• charging fees to obtain documents or information on a vehicle or owner of a vehicle 
• filing a certificate of default in a court of competent jurisdiction
• notifying the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to deny renewal of a vehicle licence plate until the penalty is paid (only applies to parking offences)
• adding the administrative penalty to the tax roll for any property in the Township for which all of the owners are responsible for paying the administrative penalty, and collect it in the same manner as municipal taxes

The Parking By-law is the Township’s first By-law designated under AMPS. More By-laws may be designated, as necessary.

Complaints with respect to the administration of the Township’s AMPS can be submitted to:

Manager of Community & Corporate Services/Clerk

Physical Address:

1310 Centre Line

Selwyn, Ontario 

K9J 6X5

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 270

Bridgenorth, Ontario

K0L 1H0 

Phone:

(705) 292-9507