HomeMy WebLinkAboutCSD-18-094 - Noise Exemption - Belmont Village Bestival - September 15, 2018REPORT TO: Community and Infrastructure Services Committee
DATE OF MEETING:August 13, 2018
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 8
DATE OF REPORT:July 23, 2018
REPORT NO.: CSD-18-094
SUBJECT: NOISE EXEMPTION- BELMONT VILLAGE BESTIVAL - SEPTEMBER 15,
2018
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RECOMMENDATION:
That an exemption to Chapters 450 (Noise) of the City of Kitchener Municipal Code be
granted to Tim Moher for a free music event being held in Belmont Village on Saturday
September 15, 2018, between the hours of 10am and 10pm.
BACKGROUND:
Tim Moher is organizing the second annual Belmont Village Bestival, this event has been widely
supported by the local businesses in Belmont Villageand has received a City of Kitchener Tier 2 grant
this year. The event will be an outdoor event that will include live music and will be free and open to
any resident; thus they are requesting an exemption from the City’s Noise By-law (Chapter 450).
REPORT:
The Belmont Village Bestival will be a free community based event. The event will include a day filled
with different family fun activities and music. There will be two mainstages where live bands will be
performing throughout the day, with music types ranging from Jazz to Blues, to Rock. There will also be
a family fun areain Gildner Parkwhich will include music by Dickie Bird, as well as a magician and
other children’s games.The first stage will be set up on Belmont Ave at Union St and the second stage
will be located in the rear parking lot of Casa Rigatoni onBelmont Ave. These stages will alternate
playing music back and forth every hour.There will also be a third stage – Rexall Stage where there will
be live performances every second hour, these will include Keltic Music, Dancers from different dance
clubs, etc.
This is the secondyear for this event, Mr. Moher has been working with the Belmont Village BIA and
the local businesses and will be reaching out to the surrounding Neighbourhood Associations as they
did last year. Mr. Moher and his team willalso be doing a door to door campaign to advise the
surrounding residents of the event and to invite them to attend. Staff have made arrangements to have
an onsite contact person during the event to help address any concerns that may arise.
*** 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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ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
TherecommendationofthisreportsupportstheachievementoftheCity’sstrategicvision
throughthedeliveryofcore service.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
N/A
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
Theevent organizer is responsible for ensuring that this event is communicatedthroughout the
community in advance of the event. This will be done through a door to door campaign where flyers
will be left if residents are not home to be notified of the event.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Jon Rehill,Acting Deputy CAO,Community Services Department
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