Tens of thousands of dollars later, following a new three-day OLT hearing, the owner won their variances.
A costly lesson in not consulting a professional at the start.
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Tens of thousands of dollars later, following a new three-day OLT hearing, the owner won their variances.
A costly lesson in not consulting a professional at the start.
Municipal zoning by-laws are effectively ironclad unless a challenging party can prove bad faith and the standard for that is near impossible.
Somehow a routine meeting turned into a series of confusing and conflicting events.
The City needs to provide better training and support to advisory committees to prevent conflict of interest scandals.
Massachusetts’ top court strikes down local bylaw requiring civility when speaking to local council, in a case of extremely offensive speech.
Former City of Hamilton staffer Paul Johnson was appointed Toronto City Manager by “Strong Mayor” John Tory. The next “Strong Mayor” can replace him with their own person.
Seven Councillors state they will vote to support the police budget. Virtually guaranteeing it will past.
Integrity Commissioners are expensive. The Province Needs to Provide Them to Small Municipalities
Notes on the arguments in the legal docs.
The City is doing things right in dealing with the latest case of soil dumping in rural Hamilton.
Charter of Rights, what Charter of Rights.