All Posts Tagged With: "bylaw"
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 [...]
Continue reading Hall Monitor: Going Live
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 [...]
Continue reading New Bylaw Allows Residents To Keep Backyard Hens
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. [...]
Continue reading Weekly Poll: Grading the Mayor and City Council
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 [...]
Continue reading Hall Monitor: For The Birds
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 [...]
Continue reading What if Kingston…
Public Asked For Input On Street Entertainers
The City is seeking the public’s input on street entertainers to help it develop a new process for licensing street entertainment in the downtown core. A Your Opinion survey is now available and asks questions regarding: What kind of street entertainers the public would prefer How many street entertainers should be allowed downtown Whether street [...]
Continue reading Public Asked For Input On Street Entertainers
Graffiti vs Tagging: Is Either Acceptable?
Does Kingston have a graffiti problem? Does tagging fall under the same umbrella as stickering, stencilling, or evolving canvasses such as those behind the Grand Theatre? What types of surfaces should be considered out of bounds? These are the questions that have been floating around my head ever since a “gifted artist” decided to vomit [...]
Continue reading Graffiti vs Tagging: Is Either Acceptable?
Council Approves 3.39 Per Cent Municipal Tax Increase
Last night, Kingston’s new City Council approved its first operating budget keeping the municipal tax rate increase at 3.39 per cent. “Council took a very considered approach in its deliberations and City staff was very responsive in answering their questions. City staff members are to be commended for keeping their budgets keyed to the rate [...]
Continue reading Council Approves 3.39 Per Cent Municipal Tax Increase
Weekly Poll: Regulating Signs and Advertising
They’re positioned along every major street, perched high above our busiest intersections, splashed on the sides bus shelters, waiting inside restroom stalls, and even on the backside of Kingston’s parking tickets. Everywhere you turn in the Limestone City advertisements are attempting to influence us with semi-informative bits of information pulled from the yellow pages. While [...]
Continue reading Weekly Poll: Regulating Signs and Advertising
Postering Etiquette
I must admit that I have a love-hate relationship with event posters. Aside from the fact that I often learn about fantastic upcoming events via publicly posted notices, I’ve started to amass a modest collection of my favourite local concert and festival prints. And I think it’s safe to say that I’m not the only [...]
Continue reading Postering Etiquette
