Burlington, Ontario, since the author expects you to intuit or infer which Burlington they're talking about, since there are five in Canada and many more around the world.

Reading the article makes it seem that that the bylaws officers are Karen's and it would be "easy to fix" if someone more climate conscious and educated replaced them. However, I wonder if this goes deeper like neighbors worried about resale value or something and bylaws offiers are scapegoat.

Clueless bureaucrats, wow that is infuriating.