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Landlords protest bylaw By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
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Noreen Scott and Fitness Leader Jenny Powell try out the outdoor exercise equipment installed at Jamie Baxter Park along the Buck Creek Trail. Powell is running free orientation sessions for using the equipment and to help people of all ages stay active and healthy. The sessions are 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 19, Wednesday Aug. 27, and Thursday Sept. 4, weather permitting.
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Three Houston landlords confronted council with concerns about the proposed unsightly premises bylaw. Kathy Haverland, Tanya Janzen and Steve Esslemont came to the council meeting last Tuesday for “serious discussion of proposed bylaw, which seems to be designed to put landlords out of business,” they wrote on their delegation request. “It’s considered private property, so I’m not sure how all those regulations can be put on private property,” Janzen told council. The proposed bylaw lays out standards for maintenance and preventing nuisances at rental properties in town. It regulates structural integrity, heat systems and pest control, and states that “no machinery… in a wrecked, discarded,
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“I’m not sure how all those regulations can be put on private property.” - Tanya Janzen
d i s m a n t l e d , i n o p e r a t i v e or abandoned condition” should be kept in parking areas. “Tenants pay for parking spots and they should have every right to to park a boat or trailer,” Janzen said. Kathy Haverland agreed. “As long as it’s not junk, they should be allowed to have their boats, campers, trailers, dirt bikes and quads,” she said. See BYLAW on Page 2
District to dredge sewer outfall on Bulkley River By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
The District of Houston is digging out a sandbar by the sewage outfall on the Bulkley River this week. The sandbar is
blocking the outfall pipe and slowing down the sewage treatment system causing buildup in the District lagoons. The $22,000 dredging project includes contract dredging and environmental con-
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fish habitat which has changed since 2011 due to flooding, he said. Guenther said the contractor is recommending the District move the outfall pipe downstream 80
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