City looking for means to tackle nuisance properties
A bylaw designed to target residential and commercial properties with fines or penalties that are a drain on city police, fire and bylaw services is under the microscope at city hall.
The primary focus is aimed at cost recovery for these services and to reduce problematic behaviour.
“This isn’t a simple request, I understand, but it is a necessary thing to looking into,” Ward 6 Coun. Blake Edwards, who brought forward the motion Monday night, said. “Certainly there is going to be some complications we are going to have to address.”
Among these complications were questions on how the city would go about dealing with those who can’t afford fines alongside confidentially matters.