Mornington News 21 June 2022

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New crane to lift economy and jobs THE opening of 75-tonne travelling lift crane at Yaringa Boat Harbour, Somerville, is expected to boost boat building and servicing opportunities. The mobile crane will enable businesses at the marina to store and service larger boats. The lift was launched on 16 June by Mornington Peninsula mayor Anthony Marsh (inset). Mal Hart, director and owner of Hart Marine Boat Builders, formerly headquartered in Mornington, said the upgraded boat harbour will boost the marine industry in Somerville, the local economy and marine-related job market. Hart Marine specialise in building pilot boats, patrol and SAR vessels built to the self-righting ORC design by Pantocarene France. Hart Marine, which also remains in Mornington, has been in the boat building industry for more than 40 years. The travel lift was designed and engineered by A W Maritime, constructed by the Hart and Yaringa team and installed by P W Johnston marine piling and construction. Hart said the lift made Somerville’s Yaringa one of the state’s leading harbours for handling such large boats. Liz Bell

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Laws for everyone and (nearly) everything Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au ALTHOUGH not always rigorously enforced, Mornington Peninsula Shire has powers that enable it to be involved in many aspects of peoples’ daily lives. Rules to manage alcohol use, parking, open air burning, and short-stay rentals are well known, but they also cover feeding birds in the backyard; leaving rubbish bins out for too long; and the need to provide council with

details of anyone who is being given a cat or dog. Anyone thinking of taking a threeday break may soon need to take account of rubbish collections. Bins must not be put out for more than one day before collection or left out after the following day in rewritten laws being considered by council. In their updated local laws councillors want to cut the length of time someone may camp on private land where there is a dwelling from six months in any 12 months to one month.

Council also proposes giving itself (or an authorised officer) the power to allow camping on “on a road or council land” in cases of homelessness. “Hoon events” are recognised, with a ban on participation, attendance or encouragement. Drivers are also banned from parking within 200 metres of a vehicle involved in such an event. Real estate agents might want to be aware that the local law will ban filming for commercial purposes from council land or a road without

a permit (although the shire has not responded to The News about this). In line with legislative requirements, council is seeking public comment on changes proposed for the local laws. Among the changes sought is renaming the General Purposes Local Law to Community Amenity Local Law “to better reflect the intent of the majority of provisions contained within it”. Although already subject to some minor changes, further reviews will be made this year of regulations applying

to open air burning, incinerators and chimneys and, next year, short stay accommodation. Many of the rules and regulations can be triggered by upset neighbours. The bird feeding rule is being brought in because avian visitors to one person’s garden may be regarded as a nuisance next door. So too with “housing” for animals kennels, aviary’s, guinea pig hutches - which must not be attached to fences and be at least one metre from the boundary line. Continued Page 13

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