The city of Toronto has no shortage of rules and regulations. According to a bylaw registry on the city’s website with information that dates all the way back to 1844, Toronto has 164,323 bylaws on the books, with more always coming: Toronto city council tacked on 1,334 more bylaws last year.
What there is a real shortage of, though, is an effective strategy to enforce many of those bylaws.
Whether it’s Airbnb regulations that are being routinely and blatantly flouted, traffic and parking laws that many drivers seem to treat as optional, or public health rules during the pandemic that people could seemingly break with no consequences, this city has had some real trouble in recent years with enforcement.
What good are new noise bylaws if Toronto doesn’t enforce the rules it already has? – Toronto Star, January 9, 2024
ABCRA wrote a letter to the city regarding the noise bylaw review.
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