HomeMy WebLinkAboutCSD-19-026 - Noise Exemption and Parks Closing Exemption Request - Breithaupt Park Camping Event - September 7-8, 2019.REPORT TO:Community and Infrastructure Services Committee
DATE OF MEETING:August 12, 2019
SUBMITTED BY:Gloria MacNeil, Director of By-law Enforcement
(519-741-2200, ext. 7952)
PREPARED BY:Gloria MacNeil, Director of By-law Enforcement
(519-741-2200, ext. 7952)
WARD (S) INVOLVED:Ward 10
DATE OF REPORT:July 19,2019
REPORT NO.:CSD-19-026
SUBJECT: Noise Exemption and Parks Closing Exemption Request Breithaupt
Park Camping Event September 78, 2019.
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RECOMMENDATION: That an exemption to Chapters 450 (Noise) and 270 (Parks) of the
City of Kitchener Municipal Code be granted to residents of theMt. Hope-Breithaupt Park
Neighbourhood, for their Camping Event to be held at Breithaupt Park on Saturday
September 7, 2019Sunday September 8, 2019between the hours of 3pm on Saturday
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September 7and noon on Sunday September 8, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
Staff have received a request from a group of residents that reside in the Mt. Hope-Breithaupt
ParkNeighbourhood to hold theirfourthannual community event and campout in Breithaupt
Park.
REPORT:
The Mt. Hope-Breithaupt Park Neighbourhood Association has held a campout for the past three
years in Breithaupt Park, this year the event is being planned and led by a group of residents in
the Mt. Hope-Breithaupt ParkNeighbourhood and will be the fourthannual overnight family
campout, on Saturday September7, 2019and ending on Sunday September 8, 2019.There
have been no complaints received about this event in previous years.
There is a schedule of events that will be taking place throughout the evening includinga
barbeque,interactive playground, late night walk through the forest, a sunset celebration, a drum
circle,campfire and storytelling. Sunday morning willend with a pancake breakfast. There will
be no alcohol permitted at the event.
The neighbourhood groupis also working with the Kitchener Fire Department to obtain a permit
to allow them to have a campfire again this year.
***This information is available in accessible formats upon request. ***
Please call 519-741-2345 or TTY 1-866-969-9994for assistance.
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There are two separate by law exemptions that will be required, a noise exemption and an
exemption from the parks closing by law (11pm 6am). Staff have not receive any complaints
the past three
however given the potential number of people in attendance and the proximity to residential
homes in the area, staff felt an exemption was appropriate.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
Therecommendationofthisreportsupportstheachievementofthestrategicvision
throughthedeliveryofcoreservice.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
N/A
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
The Mt. Hope-Breithaupt Parkresidentswill be notifying all residents within the surrounding
areaof the event and the timelines by dropping off letters to each of the homes.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Michael May, Deputy CAO, Community Services Department
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