New deadline to remove large, illegal sign
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$0 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*No charge for 4 weeks then price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.75/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 19/06/2012 (4899 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The owners of Portage Avenue’s Boyd Building have been given until Aug. 1 to remove an illegal sign that has irked residents of downtown apartment buildings since 2010.
In 2010, the owners of the Boyd Building erected a three-storey electronic sign without any city permits and in the face of a stop-work order. The city ordered it removed in late 2010 and again in early 2011, when the sign was switched off.
On June 1, a provincial court gave the owners 60 days to remove the sign for good, city spokeswoman Michelle Bailey said Monday.
“The matter is the result of common offence notices that were issued about a year ago due to the fact that the permit that was issued for signage was not for the sign that eventually went up,” Bailey said in a statement.
Daniel McIntyre Coun. Harvey Smith, whose ward include apartments in the Portage-Ellice neighbourhood, said in a statement the building’s owners pleaded guilty to non-compliance.
Smith thanked residents of Fred Douglas Lodge for bringing the sign issue to the city’s attention.
– Bartley Kives
History
Updated on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:14 PM CDT: Updates with full version of story