New cleanliness bylaw nets downtown Montreal borough $40,000 in first three days
CanWest News Service
June 6, 2007
Trash troopers in Montreal issued $40,000 in tickets in the first three days since the Ville Marie borough cleanliness bylaw came into effect on June 1, and the inspectors have barely started, the borough says. The 13 inspectors were responding to prior complaints about businesses last weekend, and did not ticket individuals, borough spokesman Jacques-Alain Lavallee said yesterday. "As of now, individuals could be spotted (littering) on the street and be targeted," he said. The cleanliness bylaw outlaws a range of trash and littering offences, from throwing cigarette butts on the ground to allowing garbage to pile up in laneways.
A first infraction for individuals ranges from $125 to $500; businesses are liable to fines of $500 to $1,000 for first infractions. The money collected will used to spruce up the downtown borough.
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