Amendment of Local Laws

Local Laws exist to protect safety and amenity in a municipality.

Warrnambool City Council’s Local Laws have been reviewed and revised.

The result is a clearer, more streamlined draft document.

While the laws have been reviewed, they still cover the same important issues including waste disposal, the keeping of animals and conduct in public places.

New Local Laws have been added where gaps existed and some Local Laws which were redundant or unenforceable have been deleted.

Schedules and maps from the laws have been removed and this has streamlined the document. This content will instead be hosted on Council's website which negates the need to amend the Local Laws whenever Council wishes to make changes to matters like prohibited alcohol areas or off-leash dog areas.

Council’s six existing amenity related Local Laws (Local Laws Two through Seven) have now been condensed into one new Local Law entitled Community Amenity Local Law.

Local Laws that have been superseded by State legislation such as the Road Safety Act 1986, Road Safety Road Rules 2017, Impounding of Livestock Act 1994 etc, have been removed.

This does not diminish Council’s ability to enforce these matters as it can continue to do so under this legislation.

The Saleyards Local Law may be replaced by a procedures manual. The Airport Local Law was unenforceable as it related to land that is located outside the Municipality and its management is covered by Civil Aviation Safety Authority legislation. The airport can be adequately managed in the absence of the Airport Local Law.

The revised Draft Local Laws can be viewed via the link to the right.

You can have your say on the draft laws via the comment box below.

Submissions close on November 8.