""The city is a hydra with many heads, and a lot of times those heads don't communicate with one another," Preyra said. "It's very hard on citizens, especially when they follow the process as directed.""
""The late-breaking change caused and continues to cause significant harm to McGrath," the legal submission says. "McGrath spent significant funds building the landscape improvement," which their lawyer notes in the documents, "is in a near-finished state.""
Homeowners Michele and Matthew McGrath applied in July 2023 to the city's transportation department for an easement to build a wall, security gates and other features along their Glen Road and Whitney Avenue perimeter. One city department issued permission a month before preservation planners became aware that the property lies within a designated heritage neighbourhood. Municipal lawyer Alan Preyra described internal city miscommunication. The homeowners asked the Superior Court of Justice to order the city to allow the wall to remain and to pay legal costs. Legal filings say the late change caused significant harm and that the landscape work is near complete.
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