There are plenty of bleary-eyed Surrey residents today after the RCMP was bombarded with complaint calls overnight about a huge wedding celebration that roared on into the wee hours of the morning.
The wedding of Punjabi singer-actor Parmish Verma and Geet Grewal, for Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon in the last federal election, featured a full-on ferris wheel and a concert-worthy sound system that blasted bhangra beats that could be heard as far as 15 blocks away, past 2 a.m.
Ironically, a story published in the reports that saʴýthough Parmish and Geet are keeping their celebrations as low-key events only with close friends and family around, they are making sure to share some pictures from their special days as a treat for their followers on social media.saʴý
Surrey RCMP Const. Sarbjit Sangha told the Now-Leader that city bylaws officers will be paying the newlyweds a visit today.
saʴýThe music was so loud, people were complaining, we had a lot of calls last night and I think bylaws are going to their residence today to issue them a whole bunch of fines,saʴý she said.
A chopper was also heard flying overhead after the music died down.
saʴýIt might have been another news chopper,saʴý Sangha said, saʴýI donsaʴýt know if our Air 1 was up last night.saʴý
Wow...a ferris wheel in the backyard! That's "low key" for sure! 🤦🏻saʴý♀️
saʴý Yvonne Chiang (@YvonneChiang)
Sounds like a covid super spreader event. Cool, cool, cool, cool.
saʴý mbsunshine (@mbsunshine)
Indian weddings are long overdue for a reckoning.
saʴý Aman Loodu (@AmanLoodu)
I was today years old when I learned you could rent a ferris wheel for your house. Now I have a new life goal.
saʴý Joey Hansen (@joeydhansen)
Itsaʴýs all good. There werensaʴýt any political signs so bylaw enforcement Friday show up.
saʴý Greg (@GregviiGreg)
saʴý for more reactions and viewpoints from neighbours.
Bylaws and Mounties were on scene last night responding not only to noise complaints but complaints about vehicles being parked on the street, she added.
saʴýA few vehicles were towed from the street as well.saʴý
Sangha said the bylaws enforcement department is taking the lead on this.
saʴýWesaʴýre letting bylaws deal with it and wesaʴýre supporting them, we are there with them, if they need assistance we will be there but bylaws is going to take the lead on this because it is more to do with other peoplesaʴýs enjoyment of the property and noise complaints are usually dealt with with the fines,saʴý she said. saʴýI know they are going to issue fines to the homeowners.saʴý
As for the COVID-19 aspect, Cpl. Vanessa Munn told the Now-Leader recently that some Mounties on the COVID-19 Compliance and Enforcement Team (CCET) have gone back to their pre-pandemic duties.
saʴýAs theysaʴýre needed we can basically draw from that pool of people again,saʴý she said. saʴýTheresaʴýs not much to enforce at this point.saʴý
Sangha said Wednesday that there are still Mounties on that team but saʴýwe will deploy them only if necessary.
saʴýThis has nothing to do with COVID so far, itsaʴýs just noise complaints that wesaʴýve been dealing with,saʴý she said. saʴýWe had a lot of calls for noise complaints but nobody said anything about how many people were inside. I think it wasnsaʴýt the people, it was the noise of the people that was the issue.saʴý
Police received as many as 40 noise complaints related to the wedding celebration, which was held in Surreysaʴýs Clayton Heights neighbourhood, in the area of 192 Street and about 78 Avenue.
saʴýThatsaʴýs excessive, and thatsaʴýs why our members attended with bylaws and bylaws said theysaʴýd go in the morning, I think they didnsaʴýt want to deal with it last night.saʴý
She said it was apparently difficult to contact the homeowners at that time.
saʴýOther people still have to go to work, theysaʴýve got to get up in the morning, so they need their sleep. And people have small children, they need to go to sleep, and so this is very inconsiderate of these people.saʴý
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