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Three vendors have been charged by the City of Hamilton with selling flowers without a permit during the Easter weekend.
The charges came after Hamilton bylaw officers conducted an inspection blitz because of complaints from flower shops and those who have bought one of the 67 permits the city issued to vendors.
Stephen Bailey, co-ordinator of municipal law enforcement, said yesterday officers checked 75 locations between Flamborough and Stoney Creek. Apart from laying the three charges, officers are investigating five other vendors for violating the city's bylaw.
Bailey believed the small number of charges means the message is getting out to illegal vendors after the city began clamping down about five years ago. Bylaw officers expect to conduct another blitz on Mother's Day in May.
A vendor convicted of violating the city's bylaw faces a maximum fine of $500.