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Community safety

Community safety is about how safe people feel and is an important issue of public concern that impacts upon all those who live, work, visit and do business within Marion.

The City of Marion is committed to providing a safe community and work towards creating a safer environment.

Our community Safety Inspectors assist in investigating and resolving requests from the public regarding laws the council is asked to enforce. Our community Safety Inspectors also play a valuable role in community education.

What does Community Safety do?

Our Community Safety Team can assist with:

  • Animal Control - Ensuring the registration and control of dogs and cats, including assistance with dog attacks, nuisance barking issues and the control of other straying or nuisance animals.
  • Parking and Local Laws- Enforcing parking local laws to ensure the safety and convenience for all members of the public, particularly around schools
  • Fire Hazards - Ensuring compliance with the provisions of Fire Hazard Reduction.
  • Local Nuisance - Ensuring a clean and safe community through education and enforcement. Local nuisances are generally grouped into the following main categories:
    • Noise
    • Odour
    • Smoke
    • Dust
    • Littering and illegal dumping
  • By-Laws – enforcing and education in the local laws established by Councils to deal with issues specific to the relevant Council area.
  • Permits

Permits

The community Safety Team issue many permits to residents, please see below for a list of permits.

S18 Exemption - Construction

Under section 19 of the Local Nuisance and Litter Control Act 2016 Council is able to consider the granting of an exemption from local nuisance-causing activities upon application. Exemptions maybe reasonable for short-term activities such as festivals, events or major construction activities where some level of noise, dust, odour or other local nuisance is likely to be unavoidable.

Applications must, however, be accompanied by a nuisance management plan describing the steps that will be taken to prevent, minimize or address any adverse effects on the amenity value of the area concerned and also describing the exceptional circumstances that exist to justify the granting of an exemption.

Local Nuisance S18 Exemption Application

Additional Dogs - Number of Dogs permitted

To maintain a balanced living environment for the enjoyment of all residents, Council has limited the number of dogs permitted on each property.

Residents in a small property can have one dog, whilst residents in a larger property can have two dogs.

A small property is defined as a property involving any self-contained dwelling where the property of part thereof (i.e. flat, home unit, etc) contains a secured unobstructed yard area of less than 100 square metres.

Should a resident wish to keep more than the permitted number of dogs, an application must be submitted. Each application will be investigated by a Community Safety Inspector and each application is judged on its merits. Click the below link to complete the application form and to find more information.

Additional dogs

Additional Cats - Number of cats permitted

The number of cats permitted per residence is two desexed cats.

Residents may apply to the City of Marion for permission to keep more than the permitted number of cats.

Each application will be investigated by a Community Safety Inspector and each application is judged on its merits.

The application form must be completed in full for it to be lodged and assessed.

A Community Safety Inspector will investigate and inspect the property where the cats will be kept.

The approval process may take up to 4 weeks. The City of Marion will advise you of the decision in writing. The approval is only valid for the cats mentioned in the application. The approval may be withdrawn if the City of Marion receives a complaint relating to the cats. Click the below link to complete the application form and to find more information.

Additional Cats

Burning Permit

A Burning permit is issued in accordance with clause 6 of the Environment Protection (Air Quality) Policy 2016 and is required if you are:

  • Burning agriculture or forestry waste.
  • Burning off vegetation for fire prevention or control.
  • Burning dry wood or other dry plant material in a brazier, chiminea or fire pit in the open for domestic heating.
  • Lighting or maintaining a fire in the open using charcoal, dry wood or other plant material for campfire, for other reasons: cultural purposes.

If you wish to apply for a burning permit, please click the below link for access to an application form

Burning Permit

Special Event S18

All parks within the City of Marion are a shared space for the public to use, permission is required if you intend to use the park for any of the following:

- a large public event/activity

- bringing or hiring any additional infrastructure that's not already at the park e.g. staging, fencing, marquees (larger than 3m x 3m), bouncy castles, portable toilets, etc.

- providing or hiring professional catering e.g. a food/coffee truck/van

- requiring vehicle access to the park

- requiring adjoining roads to be closed for your event/activity

- signage or banners to promote and/or identify your event/activity

- hiring entertainment e.g. petting zoo, face painting, etc.

- filming (professional) e.g. TV show, etc.

Please find application below

Special Event Permit Application Form

Sale of Produce

An permit is required for the Temporary sale of Produce on council land.

Please find application below

Sale of Produce on Council Land Application

Mini Skip and Shipping Containers

A permit is required to deposit materials, place a temporary rubbish disposal unit or Shipping container on council owned land.

Mini skip and Shipping Container Application Form

Residential Parking Permits

What is a Residential Parking Exemption Permit?

A permit is available where the parking adjacent to your home is restricted by time limitations, for example where there is a 2-hour parking zone near your home.

A residential permit does not allow the holder of that permit to park where restrictions other than a time limit restriction applies, for example, it does not permit parking on a yellow line or in a no stopping area. Residents can apply for 1 permit per household.

Please note that holding a permit does not guarantee a parking space in the street for which it is issued.

Conditions of use apply for a Residential Parking Exemption Permit including that the permit must be displayed on the left-hand side of the dashboard and the permit only applies on the street or road listed on the permit until the expiry date shown. Residential Parking Permits are not issued to heavy or long vehicles (Please refer to the Australian Road Rules Dictionary for definition of heavy and long vehicles).

Full conditions of use are available in the application form. Click the below link to complete

Residential parking exemption permits

Prescribed Animals

From 1 January 2023, permission is required to keep either a rooster or peacock that is 2 months or older, as they are now considered to be prescribed animals. Applications prior to this date will still be accepted. More information on this can be found Under Keeping of prescribed animals - (By-Law no.7 Animal Management).

Residents may apply to the City of Marion for permission to keep a prescribed animal. The application form below must be completed in full for it to be lodged and assessed.

A Community Safety Inspector will then investigate and inspect the property where the birds will be kept. The property will be inspected for the purpose of assessing the suitability of the premises to keep these animals.

The approval process may take up to 4 weeks. More information can be found under Birds and poultry.

Prescribed Animal Application Form

Emergency and Community Contacts

Council works in partnership with a range of stakeholders to improve community safety, more information on useful resources can be found below.

Safety resources

The South Australian Police have safety and security advice resources available on many topics including:

  • Personal safety
  • Internet safety
  • Identity theft and fraud
  • Home safety
  • Property security
  • Business safety and security
  • Holiday safety
  • Vehicle security

To obtain this information please visit the South Australian Police website.

Neighbourhood Watch

You can play an important role by joining a local WatchSA group. WatchSA is a program organised by the community in partnership with the South Australian Police.

The essence of WatchSA is to encourage people to think 'crime prevention' in their own neighbourhood and to take positive steps to stay safe and to prevent themselves and their neighbours from becoming victims of crime.

For more information about your local WatchSA group, contact your local police station or visit Neighbourhood Watch - Home (police.sa.gov.au).

Dry zones

The City of Marion has a number of dry zones. These are areas that have been declared alcohol free to reduce alcohol related public anti social behaviour and increase the sense of safety in the community. Dry zones are enforced by the police.

For information relating to Dry Zones within the City of Marion visit our dry zone regulation page.

Graffiti prevention and removal

The City of Marion acknowledges and accepts that graffiti is a crime that defaces the clean and safe image of this City. Marion Council’s Graffiti Prevention Program aims to prevent and reduce the incidence of graffiti.

The program operates by encouraging community involvement in the rapid removal of graffiti and the reporting of incidents to the most appropriate authority.

For more information go to our graffiti prevention and removal page.

Reporting crime

If you have information about criminal activity and wish to remain anonymous when reporting it, call Crime Stoppers or visit the Crime Stoppers website.

Further information

For further information, please contact:

City of Marion

Post: PO Box 21, Park Holme SA 5043

In person: 245 Sturt Road, Sturt SA 5047