All Posts Tagged With: "bylaw"
Best of 2011: For The Birds
Late last March we came across a group of local citizens who were encouraging Kingstonian’s to sign a petition to permit backyard chicken coups. Surprisingly, this issue was well received by City Council who passed a bylaw a few months later to make way for a pilot project. Although we haven’t jumped on the backyard [...]
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Winter Parking Rules Go Into Effect December 1
Starting Dec. 1, parking is prohibited on all City streets from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. The overnight winter parking bylaw ensures that cars are kept off the streets so that snow plows can effectively respond to winter weather events. “Parked cars are an obstacle to safe and efficient weather response efforts. Our work is [...]
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Kingston Bylaws – Noise
Well, I hate to say it, but this will be the last post on bylaws before the students return and school is back in full swing. This seems like a good time to talk about noise bylaws, not only because there are bound to be a few parties over the next few weeks, but also [...]
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Kingston Bylaws: Watering Your Lawn
A couple of weeks ago we introduced a new series focused on City of Kingston bylaws. Our last post discussed the proper disposal of large items such as furniture and household appliances, and generated some excellent questions from all of you. This week, we’re talking about water. With the incredible highs and lack of rain [...]
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Weekly Poll: Smoking Bylaw Expansion
Once upon a time you could do it in restaurants, movie theatres, taxi cabs, and even in classrooms. Doctors prescribed certain brands as a cure all, and Hollywood would have you believe that all the cool kids are doing it. In case you haven’t figured it out, I’m referring to darts, death sticks, smokes…cigarettes. Nearly ten [...]
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Hall Monitor: Going Live
Considering all of the extended, high-energy, high-impact council sessions we’ve seen lately, Tuesday night’s get-together was far more subdued and routine – but a lot got done in the hour and a half or so that council was in open session. First, as we reported yesterday, the by-laws to allow for the 18-month backyard hen [...]
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New Bylaw Allows Residents To Keep Backyard Hens
Last night City Council approved an 18-month pilot project to test-drive a bylaw allowing Kingston residents to keep up to six egg-laying backyard hens. Anyone wishing to keep backyard hens must first fill out an application to register with the Building & Licensing Division at City Hall, 216 Ontario St. Applications for a permit to [...]
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Weekly Poll: Grading the Mayor and City Council
Kingston’s newly elected Mayor and City Council officially took office last December, but what have they been up to over the past six months of their freshmen year? Unless you are a local political junkie, defeated or unseated candidate, chances are you are probably unaware of the decisions being made inside our scaffolding-clad City Hall. [...]
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Hall Monitor: For The Birds
Council session Tuesday night had a large agenda and touched bits of the city small and large. From parking and projects to statements and sports, unless you had the agenda on-hand, I wouldn’t blame you in the slightest if you thought our elected officials had gone to the birds – which, given the amount of [...]
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What if Kingston…
Last Spring, the City of Kingston was faced with an interesting proposal from the grass roots level, specifically whether or not to allow backyard chicken coops. Since writing about this initiative, I’ve met a few local pioneers who have taken it upon themselves to forge ahead, and harvest very their very own, homegrown eggs. As [...]
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