This Audit of By-Law Enforcement focuses on these two illegal CBS Outdoor billboards at Bathurst and Davenport:
The signs are located at 25 Burnside Drive, which is a small piece of land that used to be part of 31 Burnside Drive. After the lots were severed, CBS Outdoor’s predecessor company, Mediacom, purchased the lot.
On November 8, [...]
In today’s Audit of By-law Enforcement, we take a look at the botched investigation into Clear Channel’s illegal third party 401 sign at 1805 Wilson Avenue, a property owned by Alan Barkin (who also owns 1 Atlantic Avenue, and who sits on the Liberty Village BIA Board of Management.)
The 16′x12′ sign is made up of [...]
“Our sign bylaw is a complete and total disaster.”
Chairman of the Licensing and Standards Committee, Councillor Howard Moscoe
“While the City’s existing sign by-laws have varying provisions respecting enforcement, they are workable and adequately address illegal signs.”
Deputy Chief Building Official Jim Laughlin and Director of Investigations, Municipal Licensing and Standards, Lance Cumberbatch, a few weeks ago
Today [...]
We last took a look at Titan Outdoor’s illegal vinyl sign on the easterly elevation of 199 Richmond Street West in Contempt of City Council: 199 Richmond Street West where we showed you that Titan Outdoor has operated the sign for the past 10 years despite the fact that City Council rejected the variance for [...]
In Today’s Audit of By-Law Enforcement, we take a look at 301-309 King Street West.
On April 13, 2006 Titan applied for and obtained permit 06-126030 to paint a non-illuminated third party mural on this wall:
Rather than paint a mural on this site, Titan Outdoor built an illegal vinyl fascia sign. Titan was unable to obtain [...]
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