(Trinidad Express) Brian Lara’s Lady Chancellor property falls under the San/Juan Laventille Regional Corporation.
Chairman of the corporation, Nafessa Mohammed, yesterday confirmed that Lara’s property falls under her corporation.
“It is actually situated on the border between our corporation and that of the Diego Martin Regional Corporation. However, based on information passed on to me by our building superintendent, it is under our zone.
Port of Spain Mayor Louis Lee Sing has raised concerns over level of noise that emits from the property of the cricket icon whenever he hosts parties at his home.
At the Port of Spain City Corporation’s monthly meeting at City Hall on Thursday, Lee Sing said even though Lara’s property fell outside the Port of Spain zone, the music and party noise affected neighbouring City of Port of Spain residents.
He described noise as a perpetual problem and questioned whether this was allowed to happen simply because it was Lara involved.
Contacted yesterday, Lee Sing said: “If Mr Lara is hosting an event where patrons are required to pay, then a bar licence is needed, but if he’s hosting a party for friends he does not need one.
“However, it’s not the issue of the licence we are looking at, but rather the noise level, and the Environmental Management Authority should concern themselves with this matter,” Lee Sing said.
Mohammed said that while the owners of private property need no special approval from the corporation to host events, they are still subjected to various rules and regulations.
“Noise pollution rules constitute part of the law of the land and as such, approval from the EMA must be sought through an application for a Variation when events’ hosts are aware that their noise level will exceed the prescribed standards.
