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Originally Posted by HighwayStar
Like getting people in and out of Costco Parking lots safely??.. and sitting around all day making sure nobody crashes into a construction site??
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Yup. A lot of that work could easily be done by bylaw.
Speaking of which, Aecon is doing work to install Bell Fibe in our neighborhood (I thought we already had it considering we've been paying for Fibe TV for the last 3 years).
Anyway, they put in their little flags and to identify gas and hydro lines 3-4 months ago, so the flags are rusted, some are gone. A few neighbours removed them completely. It's a pain in the ass to cut the grass around those without moving or touching them.
Then one day, I had a bad experience at a medical imaging place (pay for parking, complete another medical test, get to imaging half an hour before closing and get told they don't accept anymore patients 15 minute later, have to go back and pay for parking the next day). I get home and Aecon's blocking my driveway. All week, they had been blocking people's driveways. Our street is all townhomes, so it's impossible to park on the street without blocking a driveway. The main street 50 meters away, where Aecon's actually working, has plenty of space to park on the side of the road. So I call 311. The guy says that, to get the truck towed, I need proof of ownership or lease, but bylaw can ticket Aecon without my involvement. I go with option 2 and he sends bylaw. Bylaw shows up 15 minutes later and it starts pouring rain, so bylaw's parked next to the Aecon truck, blocking the entire street, and waits for an Aecon employee to show up (because I guess he doesn't want to get rained on). They talk for a few minutes, and bylaw gets the Aecon guy to move his truck 2 doors down to block someone else's driveway. Bylaw leaves and a few minutes later, the guy who lives two doors down shows up and can't get into his driveway. I call 311 again, and this new person says you need proof of ownership of a house for bylaw to ticket someone for blocking a driveway, which is BS. If I block a driveway downtown, bylaw will ticket me. They won't try to contact the owner of the house of building for permission to ticket me.
Anyway, just to say that some bylaw officers are useless. Not only did the bylaw instruct the Aecon guy to go ahead and block someone else's driveway, but he violated my anonymity (yes Aecon would suspect that I called, but this confirms it). The second 311 person was also miss-informed about some basic bylaws.