Mapleton Township has new bylaw enforcement office

The township has a new bylaw enforcement officer.

Council passed a bylaw on Nov. 8 appointing Maurita Boyle as bylaw enforcement officer and property standards officer for the township.

Boyle is on a one year contract. She replaces Bruce Brocklebank, whose one-year contract ran out in July. He had proposed several changes to the township’s current bylaw, but council was uncomfortable with some of them.

Township clerk Patty Sinnamon said in an interview that many of those proposals dealt with interior issues.

Since property standards is usually driven by complaints, the only reason for including such issues in the bylaw is tenant protection.

Sinnamon said many complaints the bylaw enforcement officer will face deal with zoning compliance, where people are operating businesses out of their homes.

Boyle’s appointment was effective upon the passing of the bylaw.