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Best of 2011: Kingston Bylaws
Over the past year, we explored the City’s stance on dealing with problems such as noisy neighbours, leaf pick up, tree removal and unsightly yard waste. Our inaugural bylaw-related post generated great discussion regarding other pesky issues including parking regulations, lighting fireworks in residential areas, smoking in multi-tenant buildings, as well as which streets you’re [...]
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Best of 2011: Ban the Book
Welcome back to Kingstonist’s two week series featuring our best posts from 2011. Thus far we’ve featured Ted Hsu’s win, overwhelming support for an LRT, a citizen’s concerns about the third crossing, a tasty guide to late night bites and a bylaw allowing backyard chicken coups. Rest assured, after this retrospective week things will be [...]
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A Guide to Traffic Calming
Over the last decade or so Kingston has seen an emergence of more and more methods to help slow traffic in and around residential neighbourhoods. I’ve been doing my own research on the subject because my street happens to be particularly bad for speeding and missed stop signs. Since I moved into my home three [...]
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Kingston Bylaws – Leaf Pick Up
I feel a need to unload, people. I turned on my fireplace two days ago. We held out until November and we’re pretty proud of that but, yeah, it’s time to accept the fact that this winter thing isn’t going to go away and my fingers couldn’t take the cold anymore. For many of us, [...]
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Kingston Bylaws – Trees
About a year ago, during a windy thunderstorm, a tree snapped in half and landed on a house on our street. Thankfully no one was hurt, but enough damage was done to force the tenants to find a new home. Happily, the home has since been restored and the tenants have moved back in. This [...]
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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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Kingston Bylaws
A couple of weeks ago Harvey and I were walking down our street and noticed a mattress that had been discarded and placed on a lawn outside someone’s home. The mattress had a “free” sign on it. After a couple of days, I passed by again and noticed that it was still there, only now [...]
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Ban the Book
If you’re like me (as in, you live in Kingston), you probably arrived home on Tuesday afternoon to find that big, fat, yellow book on your front step. You know the one, the one hardly anyone uses anymore: the phone book. In the age of the internet, why is this archaic publication still be delivered, [...]
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