Greetings Friends,
Thank you once again for taking time out of your busy schedules to join us on June 6th to discuss Bylaw enforcement of driveway widths in our neighborhoods.
I, along with the mayor, greatly appreciated the community’s honesty and respectful dialogue as we look to bring change to this punative issue.
As an immediate follow up to actions I took on June 6th, I’d like to provide the following update from staff to those property owners who received notices in late April.
- To clarify, staff did not proactively send out supplemental notices to those that received notices in the final week of April.
- If you received a notice during the last week of April, staff will not initiate further action on any of these properties until at least 90 days has passed which would be the last week in July.
- Finally, all future notices (including any notices sent out since April) will be granted 90 days to comply.
- If you have not already done so, residents are encouraged to call Building Services at 519-837-5614 extension 1 or [email protected] to further discuss options.
I trust this provides some small relief to those effected homeowners in the short term. In the long term however, the Mayor and I are finalizing (this week) a Notice of Motion to Council seeking to change this bylaw permanently.
Thanks again for your patience and input on this issue. Our Townhall on June 6th was exactly what was necessary to bring people together, share our collective experiences and start the process of change.
Look for another update from me in the very near future.