Questions tagged [municipal-bylaws]
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Are hunting cabins allowed in Ontario?
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Municipalities in Ontario enforce the Ontario Building Code. Typically, it's the lower-tier municipality (the township) that enforces the building code, not the upper-tier ...
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Can Ontario municipal zoning by-laws prohibit site-built tiny homes?
On the Ontario government's Build or buy a tiny home webpage, there is a section called Factory-built tiny homes. In that section, there is a subsection titled Zoning:
Zoning
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Is there any legal basis for a municipality paying the cost of repairing something that is (unjustifiably) classed by by-law as homeowner's property?
I live in a small municipality, and I pay property taxes. Today I found out that there is a blockage in the connection between my house and the wastewater main just at the point where the two pipes ...
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State Prosecutorial Power
According to Article 5 Section 21 of the Texas Constitution & Chapter 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure says, "a "city attorney" is not a public officer; He is not granted "...
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What are administrative penalties?
This is from Building Code Act, 1992
Administrative penalties
15.4.1 (1) A municipality may require a person, subject to such conditions as the municipality considers appropriate, to pay an ...
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Can you contest a parking citation in Houston and get a jury trial?
I've always wondered aside from a "hearing" to contest a citation, as described here is there any way to get an actual Jury Trial for a parking citation?
There is a mention of an appeal if ...
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In the US, what stops public libraries from being overcrowded with remote workers?
The main con that comes with the double-edged sword of remote work is isolation from in-person human contact. You can socialize just fine, to an extent, through applications like Slack, but there's ...
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Street signs and bylaws -- what matters more?
The question is specifically about a situation in Canada (province Ontario, city of Toronto), but other common law country view would be useful.
Suppose there is a municipal bylaw that prohibits ...
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What are the criteria for a law to be unconstitutionally overboard when not related to speech
In my municipality, it states that to qualify as an animal "attack" that
Actual physical contact is not required to constitute an attack."
Per § 8.04.045 and that it is merely enough ...
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What happens when a Canadian not-for-profit organization does not comply with its own by-laws?
When I search "by-law Canada" in Google, everything I get is about "municipal by-laws" such as as the first result which is the website of a law firm that explains what municipal ...
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Is it legal to perform communication with authorities for money in Germany?
I've gone through some processes of communcation with the register of associations and noted that there's no clarity of the process except for law texts and obscure forum posts.
I thought, I'd would ...
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In the U.S., can corporations be formed under jurisdictions at levels lower than states?
I only hear of corporations being formed under the jurisdiction of a state. Actually, they seem to come into existence when they are listed in a registry of a state, district, or territorial ...
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Are bylaws required to be given First Reading as a minimum?
In Alberta, municipal bylaws must be given three readings before they can be enacted. Typically first reading is to introduce the bylaw, second is to consider any amendments, and third the final ...
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Can I use the recycling bin of a residence or business that's out on the street?
Oftentimes I'll be carrying around some piece of recycling until I can find an appropriate recycling bin. There are usually public garbage cans everywhere, but sometimes there aren't any recycling ...
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Can a city ban a person from filming in their own house?
Jake Paul was apparently banned from filming in his own LA house, and it seems like ice Poseidon, another Youtuber has been banned filming (or in his case, streaming) outside and from within his LA ...
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