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27/05/2021 at 10:22 pm
#56092
Re: Jimmy’s comments
- Tenants told me that they would like the barking to stop and do not know how to address the situation;
- I agree that it is the tenants who are harmed (or say they are) who should complain. The problem I see is that they cannot point to a document indicating a dog was approved to live in a certain lot and hence if I direct them to the by-laws (and for them to ask the SC/OC to enforce them) it may be tricky to ask the SC to enforce a by-law over a pet whose residency is undocumented;
- “Did you ever submit a motion requesting clarification to the committee”? Not a motion, a query at a general meeting to which I was told “I do not know that a pet lives there”. The committee member left it at that. There has been no change in SC policy since I applied. The policy was put in place after the Court of Appeal ruled in the Cooper case.
My interest is simple: to ensure everyone who wants a pet will jump through the same hurdles as everyone else. No more, no less. And when an owner be it a SC member or anyone else is told that their tenant has a dog, that owner should be proactive: learn the facts and apply for pet residency in the approved manner; and not ignore the revelation of a dog (so as to not disturb her tenant).