Artichoke pizza has been closed for a few weeks while the owner has been on holidays. The improvement in air quality inside my unit is really noticeable!
This has really made me focus on having the effluent from the burning be cleaned up once and for all. To this end I have phoned council on the 22nd May and obtained the original DA's which I will upload in the next few days. I have also phoned Kogarah council today to see what is happening regards inspections.
Below is a copy of an email I sent to council on Wednesday 6th June 2012
Hello council staff,
I am a resident of The Strand Penshurst.
I
have lived in this residence for over four years without incident, I am
writing today because the proprietor of Artichoke wood fired pizza
Richard has been on holidays for the past two weeks and my quality of
life is noticeably improved in that time. This is due elimination of
smoke from his regular wood burning activity.
Since
the start of this year 2012 I have been working with the proprietor of
Artichoke pizza (6 The Strand) to eliminate the impact of commercial
quantities wood burning impacting myself and other residents. The
burning of wood creates intrusive amounts of smoke that permeates all
living areas of my flat. This includes bedroom, bathroom, kitchen,
lounge areas.
This is of major concern to myself and other residents due to the ongoing and permanent nature of wood burning operations.
I
raised a complaint with council a few weeks ago after speaking with
Richard who after numerous complaints of mine and other residents told
me he doesn't care that it is not his problem, he has the approval and
talk to council.
I would like to start a process with the objective of clean air free from smoke in the local area.
I think we have some options to achieve this
- council and residents allow the permit to lapse after a period of time e.g. 3 years
- council and residents agree to some form of compensation for Richard and prohibit the burning of wood or other combustibles. That is revoke the right to burn wood for the purpose of baking pizza.
- Richard agrees that an electric oven is a suitable alternative.
I
believe that the proximity or residents homes to the chimney or flue
and volume of effluent discharged is inappropriate. The flue is below
the level of the units and on many occasion discharges smoke waste into a
kind of trap around the back of residential units, where laundry lines
and windows are present.
I also believe
there are many other significantly better alternatives for commercial
activity than one that discharges so much waste and is highly unpleasant
onto third parties, the bicycle shop and cafe are good examples of
this.
Thank you for your consideration.
Best Regards
Mark
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