06-27-2018, 09:28 AM
(06-26-2018, 08:47 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(06-26-2018, 04:38 PM)jamincan Wrote: I found the moment - 5:19:30 in the video of the meeting. It sounds like staff is going to have to research the past decision council made and then report on the viability of Marsh's suggestion. I'm not too well-versed on council procedure, but I think I got it right? Hopefully a change can be made to close the loop hole that allows the clock to reset repeatedly.
You're right, she did ask for it...but there's no binding requirement.
I suspect the reason for the bylaw being phrased the way it is, is so that it is unambiguous. If snow continues, the property owner can claim the sidewalk was cleared, and that only new snow has fallen since. How can the city prove the property owner guilty?
We can brainstorm ideas, but I think the very requirement for brainstorming shows why enforcement is going to be completely broken here.
(06-26-2018, 08:52 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: For complaints I have always filed complaints about every single property I have to walk over that has uncleared sidewalks.
I will continue to do so this winter, but I will address all of my complaints to those councilors who voted against this.
(06-27-2018, 07:49 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(06-27-2018, 01:56 AM)tomh009 Wrote: The situation is basically identical in Kitchener and Waterloo?
More or less, in Kitchener, you get to talk to a real person, but the contact centre seems intentionally difficult about receiving complaints: they want an exact address, no matter where the problem is...
Waterloo on the other hand, has an answering machine, and no indication if anyone ever checks it. I think I got a real person once the entire winter.
Otherwise, the effect is the same.
This is the case for all complaints - I remember it was difficult to complain about an untended vacant lot near where I used to live. After a bit of back and forth, we settled on a range of address numbers based on the properties on either side of the lot in question. End result was good, however, in that the owner cleaned up the lot within a matter of days of the complaint, on more than one occasion.