In this edition of Audits of By-Law Enforcement, we look at MLS’s investigation of Pattison Outdoor’s illegal vinyl sign at 401-409 King Street West: We first looked at this sign in Contempt of City Council: 409 King Street West. Paint and Vinyl Ain’t the Same Thing Says City Council. where we noted that in October [...]

In today’s Audit of By-Law enforcement, we take a look at MLS’s investigation into 24 Spadina. The vinyl fascia sign is located north of Front Street on the west side of the street and actually has brief visibility from expressway traffic: On December 30, 2005, Municipal Standards Officer Anthony Bartolo took this photograph of Titan’s [...]

In this Audit of by-law enforcement we look at Megaposter’s sign at 117 Peter Street, the Tonic nightclub. On Friday December 30, 2005, Officer Anthony Bartolo attended 117 Peter Street andtook this photo of Megaposter’s illegal sign, then advertising Motorola. On January 19, 2006 , seeing no permit for the sign, he issued a Notice [...]

We previously reported on four charges that were laid in connection with our complaints. We have now obtained this updated but somewhat incomplete spreadsheet from MLS delineating 31 additional charges laid. Charges will lead to a fine of about $1000, which has zero effect on the economic viability of the sign so we are not [...]

In this Audit of By-Law Enforcement we take a look at how Municipal Licensing and Standards responded to the Buildings Department’s request to remove the illegal fascia sign at 719 College Street after the permit was revoked. We hate to give away the ending of a good story, but here’s what the illegal vinyl fascia [...]