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Signs, Signs, Developers Signs,
Blocking the sidewalk & Pedestrian Right of Way.

Signs, Signs, Developers Signs,
Blocking the Driver's Sight Triangle.

Signs, Signs, Developers Signs,
Breaking By-Laws - at the Mayor's directions!
 

Signs, Signs, Illegal Developers Signs

THE
SEQUEL

 City staff say use the Peel police to ensure a developer can break the law?
Peel police to ensure the City's By-law can be continued to be broken?

A
Gallery of illegal signs in Mississauga.
The weekends are do as you please, the law will not be enforced!
Mississauga is open for business.

The following are my efforts to make City of Mississauga do their jobs and enforce the sign By-Law.  I have been told, twice in the past that the Mayor has told Municipal Law Enforcement Officer to leave developers signs alone, lets see what happens when it is an election issue and posted on the Internet!

The big joke is that the Sign By-law will only be enforced during the week when it comes to developers signs BUT during elections, election signs have been known to be removed by City staff.  After all would not want people to be distracted from reading developers signs by those nasty election signs and we all know Hazel McCallion does not put out signs, so not affect her.

Oh, by the way, you see those little stickers on the signs?  When the debate about the sign By-law was going on, I was the person who suggested these stickers as a way to know which signs were legally allowed to be here or there.  However it was assumed that after the sticker was put on, they would only be put in the right places.  Now it appears some people think it is a license to put them any old place.  Well why not, Mississauga our Mayor is so open for business, she and the other Councillors SPRAWL for the developers!
 

To:             ross.spreadbury@mississauga.ca
Subject:     Signs
Date:          9/8/2006

These signs should not be where they are and they are even tied in place.

To:             ross.spreadbury@mississauga.ca
Subject:     signs
Date:         9/8/2006

These pictures taken Aug 27-06

To:             ross.spreadbury@mississauga.ca
Subject:     signs
Date:         9/8/2006

Same intersection east side.

To:             ross.spreadbury@mississauga.ca
Subject:     Signs
Date:         9/8/2006

At the intersection of 10 & Paisley these big signs were tied to a street sign in the middle of the road, can't find the pictures just now.

From:                "Ross Spreadbury" <Ross.Spreadbury@mississauga.ca>
Subject: Re:      Signs
Date:                9/8/2006

Hi Don - thank you for the pictures. I have forwarded them along to the sign unit.
They can be contacted at 905-615-4046

Thank you

Ross Spreadbury
Municipal Law Enforcement Officer
Compliance and Licensing - West
City of Mississauga
(905)615-3200 ext 5489
ross.spreadbury@mississauga.ca

To:             "Ross Spreadbury" <Ross.Spreadbury@mississauga.ca>
Subject:     Re: Signs
Date:         9/14/2006

What is the E-mail for the person looking after this?

Another picture is enclosed and nothing was done last week-end - why?

From:         "Ross Spreadbury" <Ross.Spreadbury@mississauga.ca>
Subject:     Re: Signs
Date:         9/14/2006

Hi  Mr Barber, I forwarded all your pictures to angela.nazareth@mississauga.ca Also you may call the main number for signs at 905-615-4046 and they both can best direct you to the appropriate person.

Thank you

To:             angela.nazareth@mississauga.ca
Subject:     Signs
Date:         9/14/2006

"Ross Spreadbury" has forwarded my sign pictures to you - what is going on.

To:             angela.nazareth@mississauga.ca
Subject:     Signs
Date:         9/18/2006

"Ross Spreadbury" has forwarded my sign pictures to you - what is going on.

I had to call these people to find out was going on as they would not answer their E-mails and got this lady to tell me what she had done - passed it on to another person who did not answer their E-mails - tag team!

From:         "Angela Nazareth" <Angela.Nazareth@mississauga.ca>
Subject:     Re: Signs
Date:         9/19/2006

Darren Bryan
Supervisor - Sign Unit
905-615-3200, ext 5697
darren.bryan@mississauga.ca

>>> donbar <donbar@eol.ca> 2006/09/18 8:42:53 pm >>>
"Ross Spreadbury" has forwarded my sign pictures to you - what is going on.

From:         "Angela Nazareth" <Angela.Nazareth@mississauga.ca>
Subject:     Re: Signs
Date:         9/19/2006

From the Paisley & 10 how can this be legal?
Tied right to a street sign - in the middle of the street?

To:             darren.bryan@mississauga.ca
Subject:     Street Signs
Date:         9/19/2006

From the Paisley & 10 how can this be legal?
Tied right to a street sign - in the middle of the street?

From:         "Darren Bryan" <Darren.Bryan@mississauga.ca>
Subject:     Re: Street Signs - Builder Sign - median
Date:         9/21/2006

Please be advised Section 25(3) of Sign by-law 54-2002 prohibits the display "New Home Developments Signs" on a traffic medians.
The builder will be contacted regarding the contravention.

Darren Bryan, CBCO
Supervisor, Sign Unit
Planning and Building Department
City of Mississauga
300 City Centre Dr.
Mississauga, ON L5B 3C1
Tel: (905) 615-3200 ext. 5697
Fax: (905) 896-5638
E-mail: darren.bryan@mississauga.ca

To:             "Darren Bryan" <Darren.Bryan@mississauga.ca>
Subject:     Is this a legal sized sign?
Date:         9/30/2006

The sign in the left of this picture is 48 X 72 inches or 1.22 m X 1.83 m.

Is that not over size for a sidewalk sign?

To:            "Darren Bryan" <Darren.Bryan@mississauga.ca>
Subject:     Why no action?
Date:         9/30/2006

In the past you have noted to me that;

>Please be advised Section 25(3) of Sign by-law 54-2002 prohibits the display "New Home Developments Signs" on a traffic medians.

>The builder will be contacted regarding the contravention.

However, that was 2 weekends ago and still the same sign at Queensway and Hurontario are in the same place.

I don't know about you but I can hear the developers laughing at you and your silly By-law.

Are you going to take any action that will stop it mocker?

       

To:            "Darren Bryan" <Darren.Bryan@mississauga.ca>
Subject:     Is this not illegal too?
Date:         9/30/2006

Is this not illegal too?

A sign set up on a pedestrian traffic island?

       

To:             "Darren Bryan" <Darren.Bryan@mississauga.ca>
Subject:     Are these signs illegal as well?
Date:         9/30/2006

These signs are set up on the pedestrian traffic island at Cawthra Rd. & Queensway and they block in some part, pedestrians path going south.

To:             "Darren Bryan" <Darren.Bryan@mississauga.ca>
Subject:     Then there is this sign.
Date:         9/30/2006

At the corner of Hurontario and Palisley Blvd.

This sign fell down from the sign it was tied to last week and appears to be in the same spot a week later!

To:             "Darren Bryan" <Darren.Bryan@mississauga.ca>
Subject:     Would these signs be illegal as well?
Date:         9/30/2006

The first one is at the corner of Dundas & Hurontario.

The second is Hurontario & Inglewood Dr.

By the way - am posting these E-mails and pictures on my Mayor-of-Mississauga.com web-site.

Time the whole world knew about how open for business Mississauga is.

       

Oct. 8, 2006

Well Darren Bryan did not contact me about the pictures I sent him, at all but went out this weekend to see what was going on and just the signs he was made aware of were of.  So it would appear that the procedure for reporting illegal signs is makes calls - that go unanswered, send E-,mails - that go unanswered, take pictures and send them to City - that go unanswered, post on Internet and then get action!

The big question is, will this only work during the election?

A
Gallery of illegal signs in Mississauga.
The weekends are do as you please, the law will not be enforced!
  Mississauga is open for business.

{soon more will be added}


Oct. 28-06, in Cooksville, just rain to hold notice on.

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