A Canterbury tourist operator is horrified a freedom camping bylaw could be dumped. <\/p>\n
Freedom campers have this summer been seen dumping their toilet waste, littering and occupying key public spaces, with Akaroa a popular spot for the visitors. <\/p>\n
Akaroa Top 10 Holiday Park manager Jane Arwidson said the issue needed to be adressed, citing this week's story about a trio of German travellers pitching a tent and defecating in an abandoned red zone property. <\/p>\n
A bylaw was the only way officials could try to stop the ''absolutely disgusting'' behaviour of freedom campers, she said. <\/p>\n
A Christchurch City Council staff report, to be tabled at tomorrow's strategy and planning committee, said it should keep dealing with issues on a case-by-case basis instead of introducing a bylaw. <\/p>\n
While a bylaw would give a ''comprehensive, city-wide approach'' to freedom camping, the report said it may not be a priority ''given the range of earthquake (and other) issues at the moment''. <\/p>\n
Arwidson could not understand that rationale as a tough line needed to be taken on the issue that had plagued so many parts of the city this summer. <\/p>\n
At her holiday park, freedom campers had been caught ''sneaking'' into the camp to shower, do their laundry and cook, and empty their toilet waste down drains or into the water. <\/p>\n
''The situation will just keep going if we don't have a bylaw. Anything other than a bylaw isn't actually going to fix the situation,'' Arwidson said. <\/p>\n
Council staff were told in late January to investigate actions that could control and restrict incidents of freedom camping issues. <\/p>\n
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