Lost tax revenue sends warning to municipalities
Langford appeal may force tougher bylaw enforcement
Bill Cleverley, Times Colonist
Published: Sunday, March 23, 2008
A property assessment appeal won by a Langford resident upset by a commercial business operating in his residential neighbourhood could force municipalities to get tougher with bylaw enforcement, officials say.
“I think it could be a real issue,” Colwood chief administrator Chris Pease said.
“If they’re going to cause this kind of ripple effect to the tax base, that maybe those sort of issues will have to be handled in a much more direct way — in a harder way. Read the rest of this entry »
