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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 21 Mar 2012, p. 6

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Scott ownneed.'Witmer said. i with the fate of its 17 Winner said. “From a finan- Phil Hewitaon. the city's - parking lots and facili- cial perspective we know we director of transportation. ‘ |ND|AN RIVER D'RECT tiesâ€"andmaysellthemolf need to sell and from a said whileexact numbers to‘ keep development in development perspective were difficult to predict. m3 mu] MD 3" E uptownwe Wk kl f _ we know we need the . martin“ t Scum parking " eep as ng or an space.’ any soon. - “m WWW economic development Staff said the city could “Until 2014 we still have J solution for this problem see an annual increase in adequate supply.’ Hewltson ‘ m‘~u‘um andwekeepgettingapark- parking of up to three per said. 1 ing solution.’ Coun. Karen cent per year and with the Coun. Melissa Durrell t Schnsaid. coreidentifledasanurban saidsellingthelandnwto ' Waterloo's finance com- growth centre by the start earning assessment on mittee received a report province, predicted a it could be more profitable Monday outlining how demand for moreparking, in the long-run than waiting , , . parking needs could grow Coun. Diane Freeman tosell after Lii’l'. i *((1II(/l/ll ( I’llll’II/(‘I'\ bymorethanSOOspacesin saidthecityhadseenpreâ€" “Wedon'thaveaparking .- an. , , . . . thenextfiveyears. dictionsaboutlackofpark- deficit butwehave 17 offâ€" | ' ” " f But with implementation ing before when the public street parking lots.’ she o the LRT in 2017 and the square was built. Sixty-six said. 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H uni-on- need to be more efficient as; manned to m %flre â€" houses. duplexes. triplex- } m 99 ' ' ' “m"" "'"m"‘ with city resources. c e.‘ tmer . ere es and townhouses ‘ $1 9 a.” 314 “a... $1 79 mum "This is working in that will be no decrease to the It was controversial from ‘ budget envelope that we number of proactive inspec- the outset of discussions in '. "name-m moon-m macaw ' ' A provide them With so that (ions (spot checks) 2008, with many landlords .. "P m PM “out mm 550 “7. so “09 I.£D MTV they can manage." Henry iackson said he was wor- saying it lnfri on their ! ”NO-m N“ 3208088 “1 “fl-H M)“ W Saki “A spot-check risk- fled the city was gambling rm“; ‘ mm Drive based approach is more with the safety of its resi- The city claimed tho i ‘ useful than a blanket appli- dents by instituting the new bylaw was a safety measure ‘ ‘ ,. cation“ W ‘ to weed out mn-down prop . in response to a question “The old bylaw was bet- crties being rented in mam 5 from Coun. Mark Whaley. (er at safety than at control- cases to students and . m. 71mmerman said if a fire or ling where people live." he improve safety. " .~°~,~. w.“ . ‘ f u...“ other tragedy were to hap- said. The bylaw is currently the \ 56999 was 32999 new“. 599933 «use... pen in a licensed rental Henry said he expected subiect ofan inquiry by tlw ; w. . F. smut-In- home because n was not up landlords would live up to Ontario Human Righn \ c _ M . .. , tocode.thecitywouldnot theirobllptionatomeetthe (bmmlsaionintowhethemr ‘ “3.7.x“1mmflw~xmszz~m~-=zm~xm hem mm . not “summit-now W Coun. Scott Winner said Waterloo: rental housing peopb-mning. i + i 7 7 7 7, 7 7 A .

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