Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.brantflorist.com/ob www.dentistoakville.com 905.639.7001 905-842-6030 www.carstaroakville.com HALTON TRANSMISSION (905) 559 SPEERS ROAD, UNIT #3 Beaver Trails around the world Travel 905-8457579 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. 842-0725 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 92 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010 40 Pages $1.00 (plus tax) Emerald Ash Borer high on the radar Oakville's battle against the Emerald Ash Borer is moving to a higher plane -- literally. The Town is to be the first in Canada to use aerialb a s e d imagery to inventory public and private ash tree damage. Facing potential devastation Chris Mark of almost one in every 10 trees from the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), the Town of Oakville, in partnership with AMEC Earth and Environmental Inc. has launched an innovative project that will see the inventorying of Oakville's ash trees including those located on private property. With more than 177,000 ash trees at risk, the majority of which are on private property, Oakville staff is using the latest state-of-the-art technology to manage the threat of EAB. Tree inventorying efforts have been enhanced by Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI), See Town page 3 Lodging house rules tough to enforce Town re-defining lodging house to iron out kinks By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The Town of Oakville has ironed out some of the kinks in its rules governing lodging houses, but still faces some steep challenges in enforcing those rules. The Town's Planning and Development Council voted, Monday, to pass a motion harmonizing the licensing bylaw and zoning bylaw definitions of a lodging house, which until now had been largely inconsistent with each other. Discrepancies also existed between the licensing bylaw and zoning bylaw definitions of lodger, lodging housekeeper and lodge unit. Town staff stated these inconsistencies have made prosecuting lodging house bylaw violations particularly difficult, which is a problem as there is a history of complaints from town residents relating to lodging houses, particularly in the neighbourhoods SUBMITTED PHOTO near Sheridan College's Trafalgar ON TOP OF THE WORLD: Oakville resident Sean Weir recently climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. For story, campus. See Council page 5 see page 16.