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Wow $57.00 per year I could take my house in Rocky Ridge went up $31.00 per month that a whopping $372.00 per year. more then a !0% increase what is going on?
Why don't we just compile a giant list of anything that could possibly affect anyone else 'negatively', send it to council, then have them ban everything at once.
Good grief people. Get a grip. The absolute small percentage of people who have firepits who end up affecting an even more statistically smaller bunch of neighbours adversely on a small number of days throughout the year.
Everything in moderation.
Ignorant neighbours that break rules should be reported. But I'm sure a high percentage of the issues can also be solved by actually talking to your neighbours.
And the rest of us need to be more tolerant of each other. It seems that we're losing all our social coping skills in this online digital age. Hiding in the shadows; typing on our phones and computers.
I live inner city where houses are in close proximity with one another, I absolutely support fire bans in these areas. When my neighbours have a fire we have to close our windows otherwise our whole house reeks of campfire. This really sucks during our short summer and hot days. You can't compare someone smoking to one having a campfire. Hey, how about this, GO CAMPING to get your campfire fix.
The problem with fire pits is the people who pay no attention to the laws in place. example burning clean wood, having 8 foot flames and adding gasoline etc. These are the people who make others not want them. We have laws for a reason and then you have the ones who believe they are above it. The ones who ruin it for the rest.
@Greg
Can you please post your full name and picture so EVERYONE in Calgary that uses a backyard firepit knows who the keyboard coward is that called them “losers”...???
PLEASE ... that would be GREAT.
We have had a fire pit in our back yard for over 20 years as do a good number of our neighbors. None of us build huge, smoky fires and no one has made any complaints with the exception of one neighbor and that neighbor made a complaint about someone who lives across the alley and three houses down from them. We also have asthmatics in our family and they haven't had any issues sitting around the firepit.
Start the fire properly, use good dry wood and there'll be minimal smoke - in fact I'd rather have the smell of a firepit as opposed to automobile pollution.
Gordon and only in yyc. You're my hero
What’s next for these people. Banning your meat smoker or bbq?? Agree with Elp... nothing but rules on what you can’t do because it’s bannnes. The list for what you can is shorter. Ban motorcycles too because they don’t have catalytic converters. That’s next for the granola, tree hugging, organic, vegan pot smokers.
Brian-
Based on numerous scientific polls your are in the clear minority on wanting any carbon tax, let alone more carbon tax.
Per my previous reply, you do have the right to not be unreasonably exposed to smoke, dust, or other airborne matter. Simply call 311 or report it to Animal & Bylaw services.
I suspect that very few people are disturbed. If I'm wrong, and an inundation of calls were made to the city with legitimate instances of activities of reasonable disturbance, surely this would receive additional scrutiny.
Greg-
It seems hard to reconcile the (alleged) "micro minority" getting the support of a significant majority of respondents.
Please clarify in what way these law abiding citizens are "losers".
In fairness if someone isn't following the rules as set out on the city website you can call 311. Fires can only be clean dry wood and reasonable in size- which wouldn't allow for someone to be "smoked out". Not following the bylaw can result in a $5,000 fine.
If you don't like the smell of burning wood, get a grip. It's not about what you like, its about balancing the rights of everyone, and given the current results of this poll I think we're doing a good job on this front.
It's funny, I bet less than one in 100 houses have a wood burning
fire pit, but based on the skewed voting results obviously those
who think living in the city is the same thing as a campground
are more inclined to click on this article and vote. Only gas fire
places are really safe and don't disturb neighbours. Some cities
are now taxing wood burning fire places as well as they should.
Should be a carbon tax on wood fuel if there is one on natural
gas, wood is far dirty than my gas furnace or fireplace.
The micro minority here are those that have fire pits. Losers
need to go camping or get gas fire pit installed. Pretty pathetic
when you open your windows on a warm evening and you smoked
out. However, if camping I would expect the smoke.
You've got to be kidding me! Whomever is saying "Yes" to this should probably get their heads checked and stop trying to control everyone around them!
Ban fire pits because of people with respiratory issues? Get over yourself. Next, vegans will be dictating where we can eat meat.
Tired of the minority’s self involved narrative dictating to the majority.
Canada - land of rules, laws and no fun