.....and you have to wonder why heads are not rolling.
$10M parking upgrade still gets it wrong
Jack Lakey 80 min. ago
Toronto's pay-and-display parking meters are easily duped by an invalid credit card, but they're also quick to decline perfectly good credit cards.
City Hall Bureau
Café owner Paul Trotter says he jumped through all the hoops the City of Toronto demanded. And he still had his sidewalk sign silently snatched away by city workers on Wednesday, with no explanation.
And this, Trotter noted, is a city that talks of helping small business.
A co-owner of Reba's Café on Dundas St. W. near Runnymede, he noticed late Wednesday that his A-frame sign was gone from the sidewalk. It's the sign neighbours look for to see if he's open for their morning coffee or muffin.
When he called the city, workers told him they'd done a sweep of the area, removing illegal signs.
"They told me I was supposed to have a sticker on my sign (to show it was legal). But when I applied for it last year and paid $200 for it, I didn't receive a sticker and I wasn't notified of a sticker."
Chip Au, supervisor of municipal licensing and standards for the Etobicoke York district, said the city has removed hundreds of illegal signs lately as part of the mayor's spring cleanup.
City workers in some departments are required to provide notice before taking action against illegal activities but bylaw enforcement workers don't have to, Au said, citing section 26 of chapter 693 of the Toronto Municipal Code.
Asked why workers couldn't take the time to knock on a merchant's door and explain the situation, Au replied that the public has been told about the debris cleanup and said neighbourhood business associations should be telling shop owners about the need for permits.
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