Just wanted to thank you for this informative, I think , accurate presentation of various issues pertaining to our town, residence, waterways…enjoy reading and thinking about presented info….
At a certain point you really have to question where such arbitrary restrictions are coming from. There is increasing restriction of land use being pushed through everywhere, in a number of categories. I understand the need for zoning and common-sense rules but this goes too far. Surely tourist cabins should have a right to operate, and surely if a landowner needs to rent the place in the summer to pay (overly high) property taxes, that is his right-- without such unnecessary barriers and prohibitions. https://ontariolandowners.ca/
M Pellerin is hero of the month in my books! He truly nailed it. What is life for? Do we not have the right to take whatever risk there may be in renting a cottage for a week or whatever? Or a trailer for that matter. What about places like trailer parks which also have short term rentals. Why on earth would this be prohibited?
It just offends basic human/ property rights. What gives a Council the right to go this far?
Ensuring accountability and transparency is one of the most important roles of council. Begging off because of 'work load' is just too facile to be believed! Under section 224 of the Municipal Act we can see that accountability and transparency are the most important features in maintaining public trust. It appears that the current mayor, along with certain members of council, do not have hold public trust in high regard.
Dynamite! When you say "staff recommended" who precisely was this? It looks a lot like we not only need a new mayor in the next election but a new CAO afterwards.
On another topic, since we needed very little snow plowing this winter why can't the "staff" run a grader over some of the unpaved roads in the municipality. Kipling East for instance is in terrible shape, as it always is in the spring. They don't have to wait until all the frost is out of the ground to do some work. There are at least 17 or 18 households have to use the road - many of them every day.
Just wanted to thank you for this informative, I think , accurate presentation of various issues pertaining to our town, residence, waterways…enjoy reading and thinking about presented info….
Thanks for the kind words and support!
At a certain point you really have to question where such arbitrary restrictions are coming from. There is increasing restriction of land use being pushed through everywhere, in a number of categories. I understand the need for zoning and common-sense rules but this goes too far. Surely tourist cabins should have a right to operate, and surely if a landowner needs to rent the place in the summer to pay (overly high) property taxes, that is his right-- without such unnecessary barriers and prohibitions. https://ontariolandowners.ca/
M Pellerin is hero of the month in my books! He truly nailed it. What is life for? Do we not have the right to take whatever risk there may be in renting a cottage for a week or whatever? Or a trailer for that matter. What about places like trailer parks which also have short term rentals. Why on earth would this be prohibited?
It just offends basic human/ property rights. What gives a Council the right to go this far?
Ensuring accountability and transparency is one of the most important roles of council. Begging off because of 'work load' is just too facile to be believed! Under section 224 of the Municipal Act we can see that accountability and transparency are the most important features in maintaining public trust. It appears that the current mayor, along with certain members of council, do not have hold public trust in high regard.
Dynamite! When you say "staff recommended" who precisely was this? It looks a lot like we not only need a new mayor in the next election but a new CAO afterwards.
On another topic, since we needed very little snow plowing this winter why can't the "staff" run a grader over some of the unpaved roads in the municipality. Kipling East for instance is in terrible shape, as it always is in the spring. They don't have to wait until all the frost is out of the ground to do some work. There are at least 17 or 18 households have to use the road - many of them every day.