Elliot Lake City Council is being asked to consider an odour bylaw.
In an email to City Clerk Natalie Bray, the property manager of Elliot Lake's Algoma Condo Corporation #13, Susan Anderson, explained the position of the Directors of the Corporation, otherwise known as the townhouse condos on Frame Crescent.
"I am writing to the committee on behalf of the Board of Directors of A.C.C. 13," she wrote. "We would like council to consider putting into place a new bylaw concerning odour and odour migration.
"At present, we do not have such a bylaw in place. Without such a bylaw, there is limited recourse with respect to enforcing any issues involving odours that may impact persons."
She continued, "The bylaw office and North Shore Community Support Services Inc. have also indicated that such a bylaw respecting odours and the migration of them would be of great assistance in allowing these persons to perform their duties to the best of their ability.
"We are requesting that the council discuss this and deem it necessary to put such a bylaw in place as it would assist everyone in their various capacities to address the myriad of issues that have arisen as a result of odours and the migration of them.
"Odours into other units and/or onto other properties can adversely affect a person’s health and mental well-being. Thank you for your positive consideration of this request," Anderson concluded.
The condo corporation's request will come before next Monday night's Committee of the Whole meeting of Elliot Lake City Council.
It will be live streamed on the city's website and broadcast live on Eastlink Cable Community Channel 10, at 7 p.m., Monday.