MUNICIPAL CONNECT – INTERNAL PLANNING PURPOSES
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Terms and Conditions |
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Description |
Municipal Connect provides the Municipality with access to assessment information via MPAC’s Municipal Connect website using a unique username and password for the municipality’s internal planning purposes. Access to the system is delivered to the Municipal Administrator who then has authority to distribute the product. |
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Permitted Uses |
INTERNAL PLANNING PURPOSES.
In addition, Municipal Connect may be used for the following purposes:
i) To use those assessment data elements extracted from the Data Product, which are expressly set out in any Ontario statute or regulation for the purpose set out in such statute or regulation; iii) To generate queries and extract data for manipulation in 3rd party software for a municipality’s Internal Planning Purposes; iv) To provide a property owner, upon request, with paper copies of owner’s property information (except General Property Enquiry screen, which contains the new assessment base year value); and v) Upon request pursuant to the provisions of the Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA), to provide under sub-licence to a medical officer of health the information extracted from the Product to be used for HPPA purposes. |
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Internet-based website. |
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Delivery Frequency |
Municipal Connect is updated on a regular basis to reflect the most recent information available. Municipality can extract the Electronic Assessment Information report from Municipal Connect, free of charge, to a maximum of four unique downloads per year. The Electronic Assessment Information Roll (EAIROL) is provided, free of charge, annually to reflect assessment information as of the roll return date. |
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Additional Terms |
1. Where, under another licence agreement, Municipality is licensed by either MPAC or a third party to receive Ontario Parcel data, Municipality shall be entitled to use Municipal Connect in conjunction with Ontario Parcel data in accordance with the provisions of such other licence agreement. 2. The Municipal Administrator is identified pursuant to the “Municipal Connect - Request for Administrator’s Account” document. |
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