Rothesay Mayor Bill Bishop is hoping changes to its unsightly premises by-law will help skirt problems like the one the town’s facing with the old Dexter property. The owners broke heritage by-laws when the home at 37 Gondola Point Road was demolished–but–what Bishop is concerned about now is the fact the rubble is still on the property.
The home used to be owned by business man, Val Dexter, before he passed away in 2002, leaving it to his sister. A furnace oil leak in 2004 has left the property contaminated and the new owners decided it would be easier to tear down the house, rather than dig around it, to clean up the oil leak. Bishop says the owners have one month to clean up the rubble before tackling the soil pollution.
