HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-12-01, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011. PAGE 15.Despite concerns throughout
Central Huron and all of Huron
County, a representative from the
Ontario Fire Marshal’s office has
assured rural Ontario residents that
they may keep their barn parties.
Thom Evered from the Ontario
Marshal’s office asked to speak to
Central Huron Council at its Nov. 24Committee of the Whole meeting inresponse to a Central Huron motioncirculating about barn and shed
parties in rural Ontario.
“There’s a lot of misinformation
out there,” Evered said to council,
“and I think it was just a
miscommunication with council, but
at no time has the Fire Marshal’s
office been restricting people using
their barns for parties in farmingcommunities.”The initial communication on theissue, Evered said, was two different
businesses that were agriculturally-
zoned operating as party halls being
rented out for a fee, which is a much
different issue, he said, than a family
hosting a wedding reception or buck
and doe in their bank barn or drive
shed.
“These buildings had never beendesigned to hold this many people,”Evered said. “And they were hostinglive bands, large bars and charging
admission.”
Evered said these venues had
websites and were advertising
themselves as a venue for rent,
which violates its zoning as an
agriculture property.
“They were hosting events with
300-600 people,” Evered said.He stated that the local authoritieshad been contacted and it turned outthat local officials were aware of the
alternative use and weren’t doing
anything, so that was when the Fire
Marshal’s office decided to step in.
If this kind of alternative usage
was going on in a building that was
not up to fire code, and something
Fire Marshal’s office clarifies regulationsBy Shawn LoughlinThe Citizen
Continued on page 17
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