Terry Flynn: Lakereport.ca / Niagaranow.com Everywhere man Hyper-local news for Niagara-on-the-Lake The Page 20 Vol. 2,Lake Issue 29 Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Report most respected newspaper July 25, 2019 Refrigeration noise not so cool with neighbours An aerial view of St. David’s Cold Storage, where nearby residents say noise from an air-conditioning unit is causing a bother. RENE BERTSCHI/SPECIAL TO THE LAKE REPORT Dariya Baiguzhiyeva The giant warehouse, at according to the company’s from the facility, said she humming noise when it’s a temporary sound barrier. The Lake Report 365 Four Mile Creek Rd., website. The industrial hasn’t slept properly since operating. The noise levels The storage company put serves businesses across AC unit is used for refrig- the cooling unit was in- fluctuate from time to time two “shipping contain- Some Cannery Park the Niagara region by eration purposes as well as stalled last August. but are constant. ers” in front of the unit but residents are not cool with a providing freezing services for cooling the facility. “It’s beyond nuisance, it’s Recine said she contacted it hasn’t helped the situation, large, noisy air-conditioning and storing food and wine Chiara Recine, whose annoying. It’s really affected the Ministry of the Envi- she said. unit installed outside the St. products in a temperature- house on Dominion Cres- our quality of life,” she said. ronment, which she said David’s Cold Storage facility. controlled warehouse, cent is less than 50 metres The unit makes a loud ordered the facility to install Continued on Page 2 Service workers being ticketed Brittany Carter the Maple Leaf Montessori The Lake Report School is still operating in the building. Service industry employ- Sharon Gleave, head of ees in Niagara-on-the-Lake the Maple Leaf Montes- have complained of “un- sori School, confirmed the Lawn bowlers going fair” parking tickets around school moved out of the now-closed Parliament Oak Parliament Oak School School, claiming they have Around the old Parliament Oak school has been used by building a year before ‘Green on the Green’ service workers for parking for decades. BRITTANY CARTER parked in the same location it closed in 2015. It is now Brittany Carter Armed with her green bin, for several years without on June 29. Centre Street) that says, ‘No located at 430 King St. The Lake Report information about proper incident. “I have been parking stopping,’ “ Nagy said. Weston said that once Par- waste and recycling, and a Katherine Nagy, an there for a few years. I was In an email response, liament Oak School closed, The “Garbage Lady” is willingness to get her hands employee of the LCBO on actually shocked when I Marci Weston, an engineer the school bus loading bowling over the community dirty, Mary McHoull has Queen Street, said she was saw it, I almost missed it. I technologist for the Town zones and school crossing centre with her green initia- begun cleaning up the NOTL “shocked” to find a $50 didn’t even notice (the sign). of NOTL, said it is the tives for the NOTL Lawn parking ticket after her shift It’s a little tiny sign (on town’s understanding that Continued on Page 2 Bowling Club. Continued on Page 8 Page 2 Customer 25%* off your Purchase. July 25, 2019 Appreciation Day Plus, Spend $25 In-store and Receive 300 Points. Friday, July 26 That’s what makes our Community Pharmacy different. Join us for a Fund-raising BBQ for Red Roof Retreat www.simpsonspharmacy.ca at Virgil Location from 11 am - 2 pm, Parking Lot NEWS *Discount Restrictions Apply. See store for details Air conditioning unit keeping residents up Continued from Front Page need another air conditioner Council then approved in your house, you’d go and Bisback’s proposal. “(The owner) should be put another one in,” he said “We’re trying to make allowed to run his business when explaining the ratio- sure people are respectful of and we should be allowed to nale behind installing an- their neighbours, respectful have the quality of life that other unit on the ground in of their residents. I’m hop- we purchased here,” Recine addition to the existing units ing this report will portray said. “And all we’re trying on the roof. both sides to the story,” to do is work with him to Some residents on nearby Bisback said in an inter- make that happen.” Angela Crescent, such as view Tuesday. St. David’s Cold Storage Richard Pillitteri and Hal Bisback said he doesn’t owner Alfred Dyck said the Barlow, said they haven’t understand why the new installation of sound panels, noticed the noise. Another unit was put “on the very which will help mitigate the resident, Tessie Sagala, back corner (near) the back- noise, started last week and said the unit can be heard yards of people,” instead it is expected to be complet- at night when the windows of on the opposite side of ed in the next week or so. are open. Angela Crescent the facility. “It’s unfortunate that runs parallel to Dominion Dyck said the unit was in- things don’t move quicker Crescent. stalled in that area because and we apologize for that,” “When people are sleep- it’s close to “the room that it Dyck said in a phone in- ing, it bothers, it’s noisy. Es- services.” He said there are terview. “But the town has pecially when people need about 10 storage rooms in its process and we need to their sleep at night,” she told An aerial view of St. David’s Cold Storage, where nearby residents say noise from an air- the facility. abide by that.” The Lake Report. conditioning unit is causing a bother. RENE BERTSCHI/SPECIAL TO THE LAKE REPORT He said “minor amend- Dyck said the town One Angela Crescent ments” to the site plans wanted a noise study redone resident, Ernesto Cisterna, there was no air condition- area residents who told to approve the site plan and are currently underway in before the sound panels said sometimes he can hear ing unit on the ground at him that after they moved associated agreement for the response to requests by the were installed and the town a humming, while another that time. in a new cooling unit was facility and for town staff to town. also wanted the study to be neighbour Gale Forsyth said She praised Coun. Allan added to the site. Bisback prepare a report on whether “We’re working with the peer-reviewed by another she noticed a loud noise, Bisback for his help, saying said he also visited resi- all processes and proce- town and we feel it’s a great sound engineer, so “it’s been which bothered her, but she he has been “amazing” and dents’ homes, and saw and dures have been adhered to. process,” he said. When a long process.” wasn’t sure if it came from was the only councillor who heard the unit for himself. The town’s director of op- asked about the Ministry The study showed the the air-conditioning unit or responded to her concerns. “All I know is the noise I erations, Sheldon Randall, of the Environment’s order, panels will ensure noise from construction nearby. “He’s been very vocal on heard, I think that’s unac- told council the original Dyck said he has “no idea” levels meet the decibel Recine said she knew the topic with the council,” ceptable,” he said. site plan did not show the about it and the ministry standard appropriate for the about the cold storage facil- she said. During the council meet- unit on the grounds and the hasn’t “done anything with property, he said. ity when she moved into the Bisback said he’s been ing on July 15, Bisback owner needs to apply for a our site.” “We’re a business. If you neighbourhood in 2015 but contacted by a number of made a motion for council site plan amendment. NOTL Hydro spending $3M Service workers being ticketed to double power capacity for parking in age-old spot Brittany Carter Curtis said the cost of the Continued from Front Page no parking sign, if any- The Lake Report new transformer is already thing,” Fera-VanGent said. included in NOTL Hydro’s signs were removed. The amount of the ticket, Niagara-on-the-Lake existing rates which he said The parking prohibition $50, led her to believe that it Hydro is bringing more remain the lowest in the signs were left at the re- was out of concern for chil- power to town this fall, Niagara Region and among quest of the District School dren’s safety. “But there’s no Kazi Marouf, vice president with a $3.3 million proj- of opertions and Tim Curtis, the lowest in Ontario. Board of Niagara, she said, kids there because there’s ect to double capacity and presdent of NOTL Hydro. “The whole project is noting that in addition to intersection and modify the no school anymore. So why continue providing service BRITTANY CARTER going to cost us over $3 use of the sports fields, the signage if safe and fea- would they be ticketing in during outages. million, so it’s not cheap. In schoolyard was also used sible,” she said. that area?” A new transformer will “If power to one sta- terms of cost, our bills actu- as a short cut for pedestri- The town did not ex- She said she plans to fight be installed at one of two tion is lost, as happened in ally went down in May and ans from the west accessing plain why cars are now the ticket.