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          Mississauga recently passed a bylaw restricting the use of clotheslines, in order to prevent residents from misusing them, and now the city is considering passing another bylaw.  This bylaw deals with preserving trees. Due to the ice storm that took place this previous winter as well as raids from bugs many trees are in bad condition.          The city already has rules in place to protect trees including the rule that limits the number of trees property owners can cut down each year to two. However they can cut down any two trees no matter how old, how big or how beautiful they may be. The proposed bylaw would make it necessary for property owners to seek a permit in order to cut down any tree that is 50 centimeters or more in diameter. This may sound extreme but will only impact two percent of the trees in Mississauga.  This image was taken from the link at the bottom     ...

This image is from the article in the link below A new bylaw was passed on Wednesday  limiting the use of clotheslines for Mississauga residents. The law forbids anyone from putting clotheslines in their front yard. Also clotheslines must be at least 1.5 metres away from the fence line and a maximum height of 3 metres high. Why pass such an extreme law?  The culprits are are a couple living on Indiana Grove Dr. The couple had over 15 clotheslines with some over 20 feet high. The worst part however is the fact that the couple had dirty laundry displayed 24 hours a day 365 days a year. Whether snow, rain, thunder or sunshine the couple refused to take down their laundry.  Neighbor  Steve DeVoe, having a direct view of the couple's yard, had suffered with the eye sore for over 5 years. He even has pictures showing the couples underwear and stockings hanging outside in full view of his home. He says that it started off with just 4 clotheslines and that the nu...

In the 2014 election Tim Hudak’s platform was called the million jobs plan. That plan gained a lot of publicity but has anyone ever heard of Mississauga’s million trees plan. That’s right, Trees! Currently, Mississauga has 2.1 million trees on public and private land with the goal of adding 1 million trees within a span of 20 years. The trees will be planted with the help of city staff, volunteers, students, and businesses all throughout Mississauga.  The city of Mississauga has many tree planting events set-up on their site in various neighbourhoods. If you don’t see one that is close to you, well then Mississauga has offered a plan to create your own tree planting event which you can help organize. Over the past year, there have been just over 100 000 trees planted and are on pace to reaching their goal of 1 million trees planted well before 20 years. The top planters from each category include: Large Organization: City of Mississauga - 46349 Small Organization: Cr...