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“I have reduced these fines solely because they are, in total, disproportionate to the offences themselves and go beyond what is necessary to satisfy the principle of deterrence and the objective of protecting public safety,” MacMillan-Brown wrote.

“Hopefully, the significantly increased fines will finally drive home to Mr. Grover … that his blatant disregard for municipal and court orders and blatant disregard for public safety will not be condoned,” she added in the decision, published last month.

Reached by phone Thursday morning, Grover said he was pleased MacMillan-Brown chose to reduce the fines. However, the 77-year-old landlord said they are still “unfair” and disproportionate to the offences, and he is considering filing an appeal.

“It’s still too high,” Grover said.

The initial convictions involved two of Grover’s rental properties: a fourplex at 617 Duchess Street and a one-and-a-half storey house at 201 26th Street West, which was gutted by fire in January while under a demolition order and subsequently torn down in March.

Grover Holdings was convicted of allowing a nuisance to occur at the Duchess Street fourplex after complaints about garbage and junk littering the property led to more than a dozen visits from an inspector and three cleanup orders over 21 months, the decision states.

The company was also convicted of failing to comply with a Nov. 14, 2017 order to comply with a municipal order issued months previously by repairing deficiencies, including a fence, two broken windows and damaged eavestroughs, at the now-demolished 26th Street West house.