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 91Ƶthough 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.91Ƶ
Surrey RCMP Const. Sarbjit Sangha told the Now-Leader that city bylaws officers will be paying the newlyweds a visit today.
91ƵThe 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,91Ƶ she said.
A chopper was also heard flying overhead after the music died down.
91ƵIt might have been another news chopper,91Ƶ Sangha said, 91ƵI don91Ƶt know if our Air 1 was up last night.91Ƶ
Wow...a ferris wheel in the backyard! That's "low key" for sure! 🤦🏻91Ƶ♀️
91Ƶ Yvonne Chiang (@YvonneChiang)
Sounds like a covid super spreader event. Cool, cool, cool, cool.
91Ƶ mbsunshine (@mbsunshine)
Indian weddings are long overdue for a reckoning.
91Ƶ 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.
91Ƶ Joey Hansen (@joeydhansen)
It91Ƶs all good. There weren91Ƶt any political signs so bylaw enforcement Friday show up.
91Ƶ Greg (@GregviiGreg)
91Ƶ 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.
91ƵA few vehicles were towed from the street as well.91Ƶ
Sangha said the bylaws enforcement department is taking the lead on this.
91ƵWe91Ƶre letting bylaws deal with it and we91Ƶre 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 people91Ƶs enjoyment of the property and noise complaints are usually dealt with with the fines,91Ƶ she said. 91ƵI know they are going to issue fines to the homeowners.91Ƶ
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.
91ƵAs they91Ƶre needed we can basically draw from that pool of people again,91Ƶ she said. 91ƵThere91Ƶs not much to enforce at this point.91Ƶ
Sangha said Wednesday that there are still Mounties on that team but 91Ƶwe will deploy them only if necessary.
91ƵThis has nothing to do with COVID so far, it91Ƶs just noise complaints that we91Ƶve been dealing with,91Ƶ she said. 91ƵWe had a lot of calls for noise complaints but nobody said anything about how many people were inside. I think it wasn91Ƶt the people, it was the noise of the people that was the issue.91Ƶ
Police received as many as 40 noise complaints related to the wedding celebration, which was held in Surrey91Ƶs Clayton Heights neighbourhood, in the area of 192 Street and about 78 Avenue.
91ƵThat91Ƶs excessive, and that91Ƶs why our members attended with bylaws and bylaws said they91Ƶd go in the morning, I think they didn91Ƶt want to deal with it last night.91Ƶ
She said it was apparently difficult to contact the homeowners at that time.
91ƵOther people still have to go to work, they91Ƶve 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.91Ƶ
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