Thursday, November 18, 2010

East York, Toronto, run by tin pot dictators

When told of this story, a friend asked "How can they do this, isn't it private property?"

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Of course they have no right to do this, but when has that ever stopped governments before?

An East York woman woke up to a yellow notice on her windshield warning that her car could be fined or towed for being illegally parked in her own driveway.

The city notice states, “Park in front of garage door only.”

Felicia Wang has lived at the same house on Parkview Hill Cres. for all her 25 years. She has always parked her silver Honda sedan next to her parents’ vehicle on the family’s double driveway, which extends past the single garage.

The notice that she was in violation of a bylaw came as a surprise.

“We parked three cars there when my brother used to live there. Why now, all of a sudden?” she said.

A new bylaw that restricts parking on residential driveways sparked outrage when it came into effect Oct. 1.


Read more here.

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