Efforts to enforce daytime camping ban at Kingstons Belle Park thwarted for 2nd day – Kingston [Video]

Efforts to enforce a daytime camping ban at the Belle Park encampment fell short for the second straight day Thursday.

On Wednesday the city started applying a parks use bylaw requiring tents and temporary structures to be taken down an hour after sunrise.

But just like the day before, bylaw enforcement officers backed off after being greeted with a blockade set up by residents and their supporters at Belle Park Thursday morning.

“(It’s) the same thing as yesterday – we showed up, they showed up, they turned away,” said supporter Ivan Stoiljkovic, from the Katarokwi Union of Tenants, who vowed not to leave the site.

“Hopefully the city will come to their senses at some point soon.”

The city announced last month that it would start enforcing a ban on daytime camping in municipally owned parks during the first week of April.

Under the rules, tents and temporary structures must be removed an hour after sunrise but can …