s e v e n i s a j o u r n e y

Someone has apparently decided to quietly set up a brothel on a yacht in Chaffers Marina, which for non-locals is adjacent to the Park Formerly Known as Chaffers Park, near our old apartment (they used to have a farmers market there on Sundays, but it’s all being torn up now, to be replaced by what promises to be a much nicer park). Brothels are, you’ll recall, legal here. However, the residents of Chaffers Marina reckon it’s a family neighborhood (in that there are several families living on boats there), and the people who have their boats there but don’t live on them are also concerned about “the sorts of people” whom the brothel will attract, and who will then be hanging around their unoccupied boats at all hours.

How do you “zone” a marina, I wonder ? I mean, it’s zoned for boats, right ? Interesting question. I wonder if I can find out more trawling through the Council website.