A court battle launched by the owner of the former General and Plummer hospital sites seeking to stop the City of Sault Ste. Marie from enforcing an “illegal” part of its own property standards bylaw won’t be heard until sometime next year.
“We have a significant amount of work in the Superior Court of Justice right now, and I don’t want hearing dates to be wasted,” said Justice Annalisa Rasaiah during motions court. The company was also ordered to show the city proof it had obtained no less than $2 million worth of liability insurance for each building.
City council voted in favour of looking at tougher enforcement efforts at 941 and 995 Queen St. E. — including possible demolition of the decrepit buildings — during a December 2022 council meeting.