02-14-2019, 08:09 AM
My point a few pages back about bylaw going on record saying they issued enforcement notices to people who had done largely "fantastic jobs" was related to that. It read that, if a bylaw officer sees an infraction, no matter how trivial, he has no discretion to ignore it.
At least enforcement of the existing bylaw may get property owners to see that the current system is not ideal for them, either. If councillors have complaints both from people who can not get around because sidewalks are clear, and from property owners who have received enforcement action because they did not clear their sidewalks.
Although, maybe not. Councillor Schnider seems like he is looking for arguments to maintain the status quo. From the article: "He's looked at the situation in Elmira, where the municipality clears sidewalks. It takes two plows up to 10 hours to clear the town's 68 kilometres of sidewalk, and the most common complaint is that walks aren't cleared quickly enough. Kitchener, by comparison, has 1,200 kilometres of sidewalk."
I mean, that makes complete sense to me. Kitchener has 18 times more sidewalk than Elmira, and more than 20 times the population, so surely it can afford many times the resources. In fact, I bet that's how it works with other services, like road clearing.
And "up to 10 hours" sounds great. Much better than the unknown length of time that could stretch into weeks here in Kitchener.
At least enforcement of the existing bylaw may get property owners to see that the current system is not ideal for them, either. If councillors have complaints both from people who can not get around because sidewalks are clear, and from property owners who have received enforcement action because they did not clear their sidewalks.
Although, maybe not. Councillor Schnider seems like he is looking for arguments to maintain the status quo. From the article: "He's looked at the situation in Elmira, where the municipality clears sidewalks. It takes two plows up to 10 hours to clear the town's 68 kilometres of sidewalk, and the most common complaint is that walks aren't cleared quickly enough. Kitchener, by comparison, has 1,200 kilometres of sidewalk."
I mean, that makes complete sense to me. Kitchener has 18 times more sidewalk than Elmira, and more than 20 times the population, so surely it can afford many times the resources. In fact, I bet that's how it works with other services, like road clearing.
And "up to 10 hours" sounds great. Much better than the unknown length of time that could stretch into weeks here in Kitchener.