Public Comments for Billboard Consultation Released Without Hassle
The original version of this blog post stated that the draft billboard by-law would be ready for public comment in late November. This is incorrect. The late November release will not constitute a draft by-law but will be a summary of what the City has heard throughout the first round of consultations.
The draft billboard by-law will not be ready for the scheduled Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting in November. In the meantime, unlike public comments submitted with respect to the Street Furniture Project, which were declared a state secret by the City Clerk, the City has released the public comments for this project. So progress is being made. They are pretty remarkable. Here they are [PDF]:
February 18th, 2009 at 8:36 am
[...] specific public interest in this case in the form of the complaints by a public interest group and the comments obtained by the City in the process of harmonizing its sign by-laws.” Paragraph [...]