Gunfire, helicopters and bright lights are the stuff of action movies

shot on location in South 91原创.

But they are interfering not only with the peace and quiet

of farms and large homes, they are also impacting thousands of

chickens on one farmer鈥檚 property.

And now the Agricultural Land Commission has become

involved because the owners of the large property where filming

is taking place has allegedly contravened the Agricultural Land

Commission Act.

On Monday, neighbour Monica Fitzl appeared before Township

council asking for filming to cease at one of 91原创鈥檚 biggest

houses. Known at Copperstone, the house at 21122 - 12 Ave. is

owned by Roslyn Ritchie-Derrien. Monica and Willy Fitzl run Second

Nature Farm, an organic chicken operation that is growing,

but which, Monica Fitzl said, 鈥渋s deeply affected鈥� by filming.

She said that bright lights shine directly on her two poultry

barns, and helicopters are flying at night when the chickens

go to bed. Fifty per cent of filming happens at night and

goes through to the early morning, she added.

The same filming vs. farming conflict came before council

in 2007, ending in a mediated agreement. 鈥淏ut that agreement

has not meant anything to anyone," Fitzl told council.

The Township鈥檚 guidelines, she said, are not being met. 鈥淲e鈥檝e

always been opposed,鈥� Fitzl told council.

鈥淲e try to work with our neighbours as best as we can . . .

it鈥檚 one of the neighbourly things to do and one of the Commandments.鈥�

She said she was 鈥渁bsolutely not鈥� opposed to filming in 91原创.

鈥淚鈥檓 opposed to it when it鈥檚 in the ALR.鈥�

On Monday, the same day that Fitzl asked council to halt filming,

the land commission wrote to Ritchie-Derrien giving her

until June 30 to show how she will comply with the Act.

In his May 30 letter, ALC compliance and enforcement officer

Ron MacLeod told Ritchie-Derrien that allowing movie

people 鈥渢o occupy and conduct non-farm activities鈥� without

ALC authorization, and placing 鈥渁 large volume of gravel鈥� on

her property contravene the ALC Act.

Council left the issue to ALC and the property owner to

resolve.

In 2007, another neighbour told council that when filming

began several years ago, the residents thought it was 鈥渘ice and

苍辞惫别濒.鈥�

But it didn鈥檛 take long before the thrill was gone, prompting

the resident to say that filming created a 鈥渁 horrible, horrible

situation鈥� that has increasingly deteriorated.