Apartment owner fined $30,000 for failing to provide records of various life safety systems and equipment in the building.

News 100 redBy Pepper Parr

August 16th, 206

BURLINGTON, ON

 

Owners of a Burlington multi-unit residential building, that the city chose not to named were convicted on six counts of failing to comply with the Ontario Fire Code, resulting in fines totaling $30,000.

“Compliance with the Ontario Fire Code is the building owner’s responsibility,” said Fire Chief Tony Bavota. “We work with apartment owners and property managers to educate them on their responsibilities to provide and maintain all life safety equipment in our city’s buildings.”

Lilnan Court

Owners of Lilnan Court apartment building, as yet identified, were fined $30,000 in provincial court.

Earlier this year, the owners of the Lilnan Court apartment building appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice, Provincial Offences Division in relation to these charges that were filed in connection with a fire inspection of the property after a complaint was received.

The inspection revealed several issues including lack of maintenance and failing to provide records of various life safety systems and equipment in the building.

The Burlington Fire Department conducts more than 75 proactive multi-unit residential building inspections each year. Since last spring, the fire department has been working with local apartment owners and managers to create a public safety outreach program that will target 91 high-rise buildings over the next five years. The objective of the program is to educate residents living in condos and apartments about escape planning and reduce the number of preventable fires.

The Gazette will try and dig out the names of the owners. Quite why the information was not made public is difficult to understand – what happened to transparency?

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2 comments to Apartment owner fined $30,000 for failing to provide records of various life safety systems and equipment in the building.

  • Janedon

    Pro-active?
    Nothing investigate till AFTER a complain was received–
    Just how is that Pro active???
    Jane

    • Glenn

      I live in that building been there sine 2004 and this the first I’ve heard this, The complain was likely filed be someone that had live there before or from that has since moved out, I know the owners of this place and they most likely did know of this