OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE LOCALITY OF MELLIEĦA (MELLIEĦA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.143

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE LOCALITY

OF MELLIEĦA (MELLIEĦA LOCAL COUNCIL)

BYE-LAWS

29th September, 2017

LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 37/2/2017, as amended by Local Council

Bye-Law 37/04/2020.

The title of these Bye-Laws is the Outdoor Activities

within the Locality of Mellieħa (Mellieħa Local Council) Bye-Laws.

Amended by

L.C.B.L. 37/04/

Designated Camping Areas where outdoor cooking is prohibited

2020. with the use of charcoal and firewood.

(Bye-law 2)

L-Aħrax tal-Madonna (Zone A)



L-Aħrax tat-Tunnara

(Zone B); and

L-Aħrax tar-Ramel (Zone C)



OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE LOCALITY

OF MELLIEĦA (MELLIEĦA LOCAL COUNCIL)

Il-Qortin it-Twil (Zone D)



In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise

requires

2020. "the Act" means the Local Government Act;

"activity" means any outdoor event which falls within the

scope of these bye-laws;

"applicant" means a person applying for a permit in terms of

these bye-laws, be it an individual, company, club or association;

"application" means a request made by an applicant to the

Council in accordance with these bye-laws, in the form shown in the

Sixth Schedule to these Bye-Laws;

"camp" includes any type of camp or encampment be it of

textile or canvas of other temporary structure, but excludes

umbrellas;

"Camper" means any vehicle propelled by mechanical power

designed for the transport of persons which is equipped with beds or

with facilities for the preparation of food;

"camping area" means an area marked in plans shown in the

First Schedule to these Bye-Laws designated for the erection of

camps;

"caravan" means any vehicle, without mechanical power of its

own, designed for the transport of persons which is equipped with

beds or with facilities for the preparation of food;

"the Council" means the Mellieħa Local Council;

"a Day" means from midnight to midnight of the following

day;

"Gazebo" includes all types of roofed structures of fabric or

canvas, usually, but not necessarily with open sides, providing a

shady place, but excludes umbrellas;

"locality" means the locality of Mellieħa as defined in the Act;

"private land" means such land in respect of which a person has title

or which is given on encroachment.

"motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as that given to it

in the Traffic Regulation Ordinance

Beaches where outdoor cooking is authorised

(Bye-law 3.1A)

•

Bajja tal-Mixquqa (without the use of charcoal and firewood);

•

Bajja tal-Ghadira (in the central part without the use of charcoal

and firewood);

•

Bajja tal-Armier;

•

Bajja tal-Armier iż-Żgħir;

•

Ramla tat-Torri l-Abjad;

•

Bajja tal-Mistra;

•

Ramlet il-Qortin;

•

Il-Bajja ta’ Wied Musa &

•

Ix-Xatt ta’ Santa Marija.

1.1. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other law

which requires the necessity of a permit from any other authority, no

person may erect a cap, caravan or undertake catering activities in

2020. any place within the locality including in any designated beach,

without the prior written authorisation of the Council given in terms

of these bye-laws and the conditions stipulated in the permit issued,

which conditions shall be considered as part of these bye-laws. These

permits are subject to and shall be read in conjunction with the

provisions of all the Regulations and conditions stipulated in the

Trees and Woodlands Protections Regulations.

Provided that no written authorisation from the Council

in terms of these bye-laws shall be required to place a camper if the

following conditions are adhered to

(a)

that no nuisance or inconvenience is caused to

the inhabitants or passers by in the streets, by the use of a

generator or any other machinery;

(b)

that the camper is parked within a permitted

parking space as permitted by traffic regulations;

(c)

that no objects are placed on the pavement or in

the street or around the camper

Provided that no motor vehicle, or caravan shall

be parked in Zones designated as camping areas A, B and C, as

indicated in the First Schedule

Provided further that no campers or caravans

shall be parked in the locations indicated in the Fifth Schedule

to these bye-laws;

Provided further that no written authorisation

from the Council in terms of these Bye- Laws shall be required

to erect a gazebo near the seashore

Sohowever that no gazebo may be erected if a footpath

of a meter and a half is not left around it and it is dismantled

from dusk until dawn of the following day;

3.1.2. The Council may authorise outdoor cooking at the

beaches indicated in the First and Second Schedule to these Bye-

Laws

Provided that outdoor cooking done by charcoal or

firewood, or the use of generators or the playing of amplified music,

is not permitted "at the beaches and designated camping areas

indicated in the First and Third Schedule to these Bye-Laws.

Provided further that outdoor cooking at the beaches

indicated in the Fourth Schedule to these Bye-Laws is not permitted.

3.2. The Council may erect signs to indicate that an area is a

designated beach or a camping area for the purposes of these Bye-

Laws.

3.3. No authorisation in terms of the provisions of these Bye-

Laws shall be required for an activity which takes place on private

land.

Beaches where outdoor cooking done by charcoal or firewood, or the

use of generators or the playing of amplified music, is not permitted.

(Bye-law 3.1A)

Il-Bajja tal-Għadira (Central Part)

Il-Bajja tal-Mixquqa

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE LOCALITY

OF MELLIEĦA (MELLIEĦA LOCAL COUNCIL)

1. The Council may, on an application made by any person,

grant a permit for an activity to be held in any part of the locality,

subject to such conditions which the Council may deem fit to impose.

4.2. When submitting an application for a permit, the

applicant shall indicate the number of participants to whom the

activity would be intended and in default, it shall be presumed that

the activity is intended for more than fifty persons.

4.3. The applicant shall be held responsible for the cleaning

of the site following such activity.

4.4. The fees for the authorisation under these Bye-Laws

shall be those indicated in the Seventh Schedule.

2020.

Beaches where outdoor cooking is not permitted

(Bye-law 3.1A)

Il-Bajja tal-Għadira (Sandy part)

Il-Bajja tal-Imgiebaħ

Fifth Schedule

Locations where the parking of caravans and campers is prohibited.

2020. (bye-law 3.1.1.)

The parking area at Għadira Bay, bordered by Triq il-Marfa, the

road leading to Ta’ Qassisu area and the foreshore.

Any person who acts in contravention of any provisions

of these Bye-Laws or who contravenes any conditions imposed in a

permit granted in terms of these Bye-Laws shall, on conviction, be

2020. liable to a fine (ammenda)of not less than one hundred euro (€100)

and not more than five hundred euro (€500).

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE LOCALITY

OF MELLIEĦA (MELLIEĦA LOCAL COUNCIL)

Renumbered/

Amended by

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT

L.C.B.L. 37/04/

(CAP. 363)

2020. Application Form Outdoor Activities within the locality of Mellieħa (Mellieħa Local

Council) Bye-Laws, 2017

The Executive Secretary,

Mellieħa Local Council

Permission is hereby being requested in terms of the above-cited Bye-laws for the

following activity

Date/s: ____________________________

Time: ___________________________

Activity

Barbecue

Camping

Caravan

 more than 100

Number of attendees

0 to 15

16 to 50

51 to 100

 Voluntary Organisation

Site (has to be marked on a site plan)

I hereby undertake to abide by all conditions which the Council may deem fit to

impose as well as to clean the site immediately after the activity

(Signature)

Name : ________________________________

ID card no: _________________

Adresss: _______ ______________________________________________________

Tel:_______________________

Kunsill Lokali ta-Mellieħa

1.

2.

3. Fee Paid

Receipt Number

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE LOCALITY

OF MELLIEĦA (MELLIEĦA LOCAL COUNCIL)

STAMP

(Executive Secretary)

Renumbered by

L.C.B.L. 37/04/

(Bye- Law 4.4)

2020. The fees to be paid for a permit to be issued under these

Bye Laws shall be as follows

For each day during which outdoor cooking would be held

€5

Sohowever that

For each day which an activity would be held when it would be foreseen that the activity

will be attended by more than fifteen persons.

€10

For each day which an activity would be held when it would be foreseen that the activity

will be attended by more then fifty persons

€15

For each day which an activity would be held when it would be foreseen that the activity

will be attended by more than one hundred persons.

€50

When the activity is organised by a Voluntary Organisation as defined by the Voluntary

Organisations Act

NIL.