Ontario city’s golf facilities may face fines for balls that fly into public space
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Golf courses and driving ranges near homes in Mississauga, Ont., may soon be fined if they don't make efforts to contain errant golf balls.
Golf courses and driving ranges near homes in Mississauga, Ont., may soon be fined if they don’t make efforts to contain errant golf balls.
City staff are recommending imposing a $305 fine beginning April 6 for facilities that are not in compliance, likely becoming the first municipality in the area to do so.
Mississauga officials were directed to investigate the issue in July given bylaw enforcement doesn’t have a regulatory framework to address safety hazards posed by errant golf balls. Golf facilities beside homes aren’t required to install containment netting either.
As a result, complaints have not been adequately tracked, staff said in a report presented to Mississauga’s general committee Wednesday. It did receive a complaint from a resident in July that prompted the probe.
Though golf courses tend to rely on a variety of measures to limit damage, including the use of vegetation or landscaping, fencing and player codes of conduct, staff said a regulations must be in place to “fill the gap” when those measures fail.
Staff said Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Hamilton, London, Oakville, Ottawa, Toronto and Vaughan don’t have rules that address errant golf balls, nor do they require facilities near residential areas to implement and maintain adequate safety measures.
Therefore, they’re recommending amendments to Mississauga’s fence bylaw to include the need for golf ball containment netting where a safety risk exists.
“A safety risk would be deemed to exist if the property is located adjacent to homes, schools, parks, roads, or other public spaces where errant golf balls may pose a hazard, and one or more of the following criteria are met,” staff said.
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