HomeMy WebLinkAboutFCS-16-060 - Request for Midway - 425 Bingemans Centre Drive
REPORT TO: Finance and Corporate Services Committee
DATE OF MEETING: April 11, 2016
SUBMITTED BY: Christine Tarling, Director of Legislated Services & City Clerk,
519-741-2200, ext. 7809
PREPARED BY: Tanya Daniels, Manager of Licensing, 519-741-2200, ext. 7854
WARD(S) INVOLVED: 1
DATE OF REPORT: March 24, 2016
REPORT NO.: FCS-16-060
SUBJECT: Request for Midway 425 Bingemans Centre Dr
June 3 to 5, 2016
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RECOMMENDATION:
That Ever After Music Festival be granted permission to operate a Midway at 425
Bingemans Centre Drive from June 3 to June 6, 2016 subject to the following:
Date of OperationHours of OperationMusic Off At
Friday, June 36:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m.11:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 411:00 a.m. 11:00 p.m.11:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 511:00 a.m. 11:00 p.m.11:00 p.m., and
further,
That the required licence with approvals from the City of Kitchener Planning
Division and Region of Waterloo Public Health be obtained prior to operating the
Midway for June 3 to June 6, 2016.
BACKGROUND:
Midway events are licensed within The City of Kitchener by Municipal Code Chapter
542 Exhibition, Circus, Midway Or Carnival as well as Council Policy I-920 Midway
Location Notice. Council Policy I-920 (the Policy) requires that prior to the approval of
an application for a midway location licence under Municipal Code Chapter 542
(Chapter 542), the proposed site and details such as the dates and hours of operation
be brought before the Finance and Corporate Services Committee. Furthermore, the
Policy requires the applicant to notify residents within 120 metres of the proposed
midway location of the hours and dates of operation. This process allows neighbouring
residents to express any concerns they might have and provides staff with an
opportunity to potentially address those concerns. In the past, certain conditions have
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also been put into place with respect to granting licenses for midways in order to
alleviate noise concerns that residents in the surrounding area might have.
REPORT:
Correspondence has been received from Cosimo Gravina, of Ever After Music Festival,
requesting permission to operate a midway at 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, from June
3 to June 6, 2016. The midway will be located at the Gate 3 entrance of the Bingemans
property.
As directed in Chapter 542, the Region of Waterloo Public Health office and the City of
Kitchener Operations Division have been advised of this midway request. No concerns
have been indicated by the Region of Waterloo Public Health office. The City of
Kitchener Operations division has advised that the Midway operator is to contain refuse
receptacles onthe private property andthe Midway operator is responsible for the
collection and disposal of the debris. As such, Operations staff will not be providing any
sanitation service for the Midway.Inspections from Region of Waterloo Public Health
office as well as approvals from the Planning Division remain a requirement before the
official licence can be issued to the operator.
Licensing staff completed the 120-meter notification process which returned zero
residential properties; thus, no notification process is needed for this licence.
This midway was operated at the Ever After music festival in 2015 and no complaints
were registered with regards to the midway operation. The Bylaw Enforcement Division
is working with the applicant on a noise exemption process for the festival including
addressing noise issues from the concert portion of the festival that were raised in 2015.
Council will receive a separate report on this matter from Bylaw Enforcement.
As part of the 2016 Comprehensive Business Licensing Review Chapter 542 and the
associated Policy and processes for midway events, applications will be evaluated for
efficiency and effective city services as well as customer service enhancements.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
vision through the delivery of core service.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The business licensing fee for a midway event licence is $514.00.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
Inform
of the council / committee meeting.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY:
Dan Chapman, Deputy CAO
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