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For building code violations Town inspectors can now issue tickets The Halton Hills building depart ment now has one more tool to better enforce the towns building code and various other related regulations says building code en forcement officer John Holmes The province recently gave the town permission to issue fines at the time a building code violation is discovered In the past said Mr Holmes the town could only issue a summons ordering the offender to appear at a court hearing It will save us considerable time said Mr Holmes Fines can rage between to 15375 Well only use the tickets for the small guys but well con tinue to take the big offenders to courthesaid Mr Holmes also warned building code violators to expect significantly heftier fines to be issued as early as this summer Thats when the province is ex pected to pass legislation said Mr Holmes in which the maximum building code related fines will in crease from to for an individual and from to for corporations The current fines are too low said Mr Holmes They are ac cepted as just another cost of doing business by builders and the courts rarely handed out the max imum fine he added But even this should change in Town needs parking spaces but they could be expensive the future he said The courts are finding that building code viola tions are a serious problem and its no joke human lives are be ing affects Mr Holmes said em phatically The type fines issued by a building code enforcement officer will be for such offences as failing to post a building permit or failing to have a building drawing on site said Mr Holmes The type fines will be issued for such infrac tions as building without a permit he said The building code offender can either pay the fine or contest it in Mr Holmes likened the op tions to those available to someone ticketed for speeding If a building code offender decides to contest the fine in court and loses the person could face a larger fine than the original said Mr Holmes The town will hold off issuing a fine if the offender corrects the problem immediately Mr Holmes said But as the public becomes more aware of the tickets no leniency will be shown be warned The town has not yet been forced to employ the new fine system Continued from Page I and the Canadian National tracks in Acton In Georgetown on average 87 per cent of the available parking on Main Street from Church Street to James Street and on Mill Street from Market Street to just east of Main Street is always occupied during the week The average drops to 81 per cent on weekends according to the report Employees of the downtown businesses take up per cent of the available spaces the highest of any group which includes shop pers people doing business and personal errands during the week On the weekends shoppers take up the most space represen ting per cent of the total The busy offstreet municipal parking lots are the Church Street lot and the lot behind the McGib- hotel THe Church Street lot operates beyond its functional capacity during the morning and between and 7 pm on weekdays It is never full on the weekends the report says The parking lot behind the Hotel operates near capacity throughout the business day during the week Only the lot operates well below full capacity during the weekdays In Acton parking on Mill Street from Main Street to John Street is continually full between and am and I and pm and and pm The Leather- town municipal lot is the busiest of the two Acton business core lots It is full from 10 am through to about pm during the weekdays The Willow Street lot behind Brothers Restaurant is only full from am to noon according to the report Coun Joe Hewitt asked Mr Cann if it would be worthwhile for the meters on Main Street in Georgetown to be eliminated Mr McCann replied that the meters mean there is a hefty turnover rate of cars which business owners like Eliminating or increasing the meter time would only reduce the number of shoppers in the downtown core he said As part of the report Mr Mc urged council to adopt a town staff proposed set of commercial parking standards Although never adopted the staff has proposed in 1986 a set of parking standards defining how many parking spaces should accompany a certain type of commercial development Only with a set of parking standards will the town be able to provide How to be a Local Hero Imagine a Canada where people make giving an important part of their lives Where they make time in their busy day to think about how much they can nine and in money Where they dont to be asked to help Imagine the rewards of being one of those people Be a Local Hero cient parking now and in the future Mr told coun cillors The towns director of planning Ian Keith agreed saying the pro- will be brought before coun cil in the near future Without the standards in place the town cannot adopt a scheme to save money to finance additional parking Mr Keith told coun cillors Entire In in At FLETCHERS FAMILY SHOES FROM ONLY 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