I have had a talk with the Director of Parks and Recreation about the fence around the park on the August week-end.
The rational is as follows ; festival patrons like to buy a beer and take it elsewhere in the park. L.L.B.O require a fence around a beer garden. The five foot high chain link fence is deemed to be that fence.
There is no permit from the town. There is a requirement from the L.L.B.O.
The town puts a fence around Machell Park for the same reason. People like to take their beer to a picnic table in the park while
feasting on ribs. The fence satisfies L.L.B.O. requrements.
There is a difference.
The town's fence at the rib fest, as I recall, is a snow fence. It does not prohibit people from entering without paying an admission fee. It is not a barrier to people wishing to access their own park.
It is clear I am spitting into the wind in my opposition to allowing a
public park to be exploited for private gain.
There are no echoes of support from Council colleagues. The situation therefore will remain unchanged.
Unless residents take matters into their own hands and refuse to be barred from entering their own park by a resident of Snowball.
Or...here's a thought...they call the bylaw department and demand access to the park.
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I erred in identifying the properties in the vicinity of Hilary House
being touted as potential for something or other in connection with the heritage aspect of Hilary house.
They are not on either side of the doctor's house. They are both due south of the house.
One has had a plan for town houses on it, approved by the town seven years ago and for sale ever since. Obviously not at the right price. The second is John McIntyre's house.
You should really put all this stuff into a book which you could then self-publish on the web.
ReplyDeletePossibly CW could provide some technical oversight.
Johns House, oh how interesting that he does not cry a peep about the museum being hijacked and now we may see why.
ReplyDeleteHe stands to benefit possibly from and through the Historical Society.
What a quaint and crazy little messed up town this is.