Property severance backlog costing time and money, applicants say
A serious backlog of property severance applications at Ottawa city hall has some landowners waiting in limbo, and they say the holdup is costing them time and money.
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A serious backlog of property severance applications at Ottawa city hall has some landowners waiting in limbo, and they say the holdup is costing them time and money.