Quote:
Originally Posted by BCPhil
I don't mind the city cracking down on Restaurants that are actually running as bars, but coming up with rules that punish everyone trying to enforce that ideology is pathetic. Can't the city just fine places that are breaking the "spirit" of the law (no pun intended) by being bars instead of restaurants and then let a judge decide. Last time I checked this is a tort society, not a code civil one, we don't need laws mothering every aspect of our lives. It should be a simple mater to bring an offensive restaurant before a judge and let both parties plead their case instead of using draconian methods on everyone to enshrine a principle.
|
The court system is already backed up as it is dealing with more serious matters. The time and cost involved in bringing such matters before a judge is prohibitive, and any wise judge would easily get fed up and tell the City to deal with these problems on its own (eg, by changing by-laws). Also, I don't think that the councillors themselves are to blame for any of this. They're simply responding to concerns from City staff, who are in turn responding to the complaints from business owners (ie, primary liquor establishments).