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The Ottawa Folk Festival has been charged with violating noise bylaws after callers overwhelmed the city’s 311 line on the first night of the rock and folk music festival.
Music from the festival, which takes place at Hog’s Back Park, could be heard as far away as the Glebe on Wednesday night, said Capital Ward Coun. David Chernushenko, who reckoned he received more than 30 complaints.
“It may not sound like a lot, but it’s huge,” he said.
“It was very bad last night,” said John Smart, who lives in the Glebe, which is about 4.5 kilometres away from the festival site. He said he returned home at 9:30 p.m. and noticed loud music until just before 11 p.m.
“There’s no need for festival organizers to be polluting the city.”
Smart waited on hold Wednesday night for about 30 minutes, and said the operator on the end of the line told him the phones were “deluged” with complaints.
On Thursday, Ottawa’s By-law & Regulatory Services confirmed with Chernushenko that a charge had been laid and that two bylaw officers would attend Thursday night’s festivities to make sure the vocal stylings of Lorde and other folk-rock acts stayed within bounds.
“It shouldn’t have to come to this. They should be taking the initiative. The onus should be on them to make those measurements and to guarantee themselves,” Chernushenko said. “You know someone who’s meeting the fire code doesn’t wait until there’s a fire.”
Chernushenko said that after a loud festival last year, he had spoken to organizers and had hoped they would keep it down.
Smart also said he recalled one loud night last year.
“My worry is they’re on for four more nights,” Smart said Thursday.
Festival organizers could not be immediately reached for comment.
Chernushenko said keeping noise under control has nothing to do with stopping people from having fun. “It’s about respect.”
“I’ll be frank, I’m just tired of talking to festival organizers and having them argue with me, and tell me I’m wrong, and that my residents are just a bunch of no-fun party poopers, that, really, it wasn’t that bad.”
rlevinson@ottawacitizen.com
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Music from the festival, which takes place at Hog’s Back Park, could be heard as far away as the Glebe on Wednesday night, said Capital Ward Coun. David Chernushenko, who reckoned he received more than 30 complaints.
“It may not sound like a lot, but it’s huge,” he said.
“It was very bad last night,” said John Smart, who lives in the Glebe, which is about 4.5 kilometres away from the festival site. He said he returned home at 9:30 p.m. and noticed loud music until just before 11 p.m.
“There’s no need for festival organizers to be polluting the city.”
Smart waited on hold Wednesday night for about 30 minutes, and said the operator on the end of the line told him the phones were “deluged” with complaints.
On Thursday, Ottawa’s By-law & Regulatory Services confirmed with Chernushenko that a charge had been laid and that two bylaw officers would attend Thursday night’s festivities to make sure the vocal stylings of Lorde and other folk-rock acts stayed within bounds.
“It shouldn’t have to come to this. They should be taking the initiative. The onus should be on them to make those measurements and to guarantee themselves,” Chernushenko said. “You know someone who’s meeting the fire code doesn’t wait until there’s a fire.”
Chernushenko said that after a loud festival last year, he had spoken to organizers and had hoped they would keep it down.
Smart also said he recalled one loud night last year.
“My worry is they’re on for four more nights,” Smart said Thursday.
Festival organizers could not be immediately reached for comment.
Chernushenko said keeping noise under control has nothing to do with stopping people from having fun. “It’s about respect.”
“I’ll be frank, I’m just tired of talking to festival organizers and having them argue with me, and tell me I’m wrong, and that my residents are just a bunch of no-fun party poopers, that, really, it wasn’t that bad.”
rlevinson@ottawacitizen.com
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