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LEAMINGTON – More than a year after getting started, the Municipality of Leamington will continue to seek out bylaw infractions before they are reported. Director of Legal and Legislative Services Ruth Orton presented to council a report on Phase 2 of the community’s proactive bylaw enforcement program during its November 12 meeting. The initiative began as a pilot project in late August of last year, assigning a dedicated enforcement officer to the project in the uptown Leamington area. By January of 2019, administration came back with a report to council, which passed a resolution requiring the continued enforcement in the uptown area with regards to sign, land maintenance and property standards bylaws excluding those used strictly for residential purposes while including the exteriors of residential properties in mixed use dwellings. The period of the most recent report’s “There’s still findings include what room for improveare sometimes referred ment, but I’m to as ‘banzai’ inspechearing positive tions, where enforcecomments.” ment officers seek — Hilda out potential violaMacDonald tions while carrying out other duties. From January to November of this year, 63 banzai issues were inspected, ranging from long grass and weeds to accumulating garbage and parking infractions. In total, 1,088 bylaw enforcement officer inspections were conducted over the same time period, combining proactive, banzai and reactive approaches. Thirty-eight inspections related to cannabis use while some of the most common matters included general proactive enforcement, parking, long grass and weeds, garbage and dismantled vehicles and signage permits. The project’s original goal was to improve uptown Leamington aesthetically through the enforcement of the property standards, land maintenance and sign bylaws. “I think we’re starting to see more pride in ownership,” Mayor Hilda MacDonald said in explaining that she believed bylaw enforcement is producing a positive impact. “The more we continue to do this in the uptown, the more you’ll see bit by bit.” Councillor Tim Wilkinson explained that storefront cleanliness is still a problem in some areas, along with some property owners not adhering to property standards and sign bylaws. He also inquired about bylaw enforcement offers’ weekend hours, which Orton explained are not scheduled full time during winter months. Phase 2 of the project took effect in the summer of this year with the objective of offering a sufficient and reasonable time for subject properties to be brought to compliance. Thus far, eight property standards orders have been issued. In the event that compliance is not met within a reasonable amount of time following an order, the municipality will undertake the work required as mentioned in the order, with costs applied to the tax roll of the property.
Santa comes to Kingsville KINGSVILLE – Christmas sights lit up the night and the streets of Kingsville on Saturday evening, Nov. 16 with the annual Kingsville Christmas Parade. The parade marched down Main and Division streets, ending at Lakeside Park with a fireworks display and the “turning on” of the Fantasy of Lights display. Kingsville street curbs and sidewalks were lined with people three and four deep, all watching the nearly hour-long parade which featured many local youth groups, sporting clubs, businesses and bands, including some from Michigan. Pictured, Simone Dicaire, 6, and Thea Laramie, 4, prepare to ride the Division Road Preschool float Saturday as part of the Kingsville Christmas Parade. (Southpoint Sun Photo)
(More Parade Photos on Page 5) (Festival of Lights Photos on Page 10)
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