Encroachment

Titan Outdoor Pleads Squatters’ Rights as 30 Eglinton East Sues for Trespass and Encroachment

Friday, July 31st, 2009 ::: No Comments

This is Titan Outdoor’s illegal fascia sign on the easterly wall of 20 Eglinton Avenue East:

The sign does not just violate the signs by-law; it is in fact unlawfully encroaching on 30 Eglinton Avenue East, without permission. Furthermore, Titan Outdoor’s staff have been trespassing onto the roof of 30 Eglinton and have caused damage to [...]

301 King Street West: Another Titan Sign Unlawfully Encroaching the Abutter

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 ::: No Comments

Today we continue our look at encroaching fascia signs. This is Titan’s sign at 301 King Street West:

There used to be several Astral Media ground signs within 60 metres of this illegal sign. The 2003 satellite map shows the nearby Astral signs, one within 21 metres, the other within 46.83 metres:

All of the billboards on [...]

331 Adelaide Street West: Encroachment Agreement Screw-up Destroys Cieslok’s Variance

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 ::: No Comments

Last week, we told you how Jorg Cieslok’s Titan Outdoor obtained a variance to the signs by-law to legalize his illegal third-party fascia sign at 590 College Street only to have the building permit rejected because Jorg couldn’t obtain an encroachment agreement from the abutting property owner.
That happened in the spring of 2008.
We have discovered [...]

590 College Street is Still Illegal; Permit Application Rejected When Titan Failed to Obtain Encroachment Agreement from Cafe Diplomatico

Sunday, August 17th, 2008 ::: No Comments

590 College Street is an interesting situation.

We’ve covered the issue of encroachment before, most notably in Fred Dominelli Acts Quickly to Have Trespassing Strategic Media Sign Removed From His Property. We’ve also written about 590 College Street before, most recently in Annex Gleaner Covers 590 College Street Variance where we noted that Titan Outdoor obtained [...]

Fred Dominelli Acts Quickly to Have Trespassing Strategic Media Sign Removed From His Property

Friday, August 1st, 2008 ::: No Comments

Earlier today we reported on Strategic Media’s latest illegal billboard, which was installed on Fred Dominelli’s property without his permission. After a heated discussion with Strategic Media, Fred made them remove the sign, less than 24 hours after it was built. This is the fastest illegal billboard removal in Toronto history. Here is Fred indicating [...]