How to solve the problem of disturbing residents? , someone sang in the middle of the night, and played the saxophone at 4 a.m.... after the park opened 24 hours a day

As more and more parks in Shanghai are open 24 hours free of charge, it is becoming the norm to be able to enjoy the park as a public space around the clock. However, to this day, whether the park should be open 24 hours a day is still a controversial topic - in addition to considerations of cost and necessity, many citizens are worried about the new problems that will arise after the park is opened 24 hours a day.

In July and August last year, Yangpu District launched a collection of people's suggestions when promoting 24-hour park opening. The results show that among citizens’ concerns about 24-hour opening, “whether it will cause noise pollution” was mentioned most frequently. This concern is not unfounded: complaints from "12345" show that some parks are close to communities, and after being opened 24 hours a day, noise disturbances such as "singing" and "instrumental playing" occurred late at night, leading to complaints from residents.

For many parks that started to open 24 hours a day in the second half of last year, the coming summer will be the real test: the number of visitors will definitely increase significantly on summer nights. How can we manage the order of the park opening at night?

Someone playing saxophone at 4am? "By chance"

Ms. Li, a resident of the "Meiguili" community in Minhang District, strongly opposes the demolition of the wall of Zhuzhai Park in front of her home and the implementation of 24-hour opening, because the noise of square dancing in the park has always been a "worry" for residents. "Will the noise nuisance intensify after it is opened 24 hours a day?" Sure enough, on March 19, after high-pitched singing came from the park in the early morning, Ms. Li called again to complain.

Huihuili Community is located on the west side of Zhuzhai Park, separated only by a river. Therefore, any slight movement in the park can be heard clearly in the community, which is especially obvious late at night. Ms. Li sent a video that she opened the window and filmed after hearing the singing on March 19. In the video, Zhuzhai Park was dark and it was impossible to tell whether anyone was there. But amidst the whistling wind, a man was singing loudly, and the volume suddenly increased at the climax... Ms. Li said that the video was taken at 2 o'clock in the morning. She recalled that the singers were several young people who probably went into the park to relax after drinking late at night and started singing on a whim. After being woken up, she called "110", and the police quickly arrived to stop several people's disturbing behavior.

△Zhuzhai Park and Huihuili Community are only separated by a river.

This is not the first time that Zhuzhai Park has caused trouble to the residents of Huihuili Community since it opened 24 hours a day. In Ms. Li’s memory, as early as November last year, when the park opened 24 hours a day, someone entered the park at 4 a.m. to play the saxophone. "After the 24-hour opening, the time for the elderly to enter the park for morning exercises has been advanced. Taking a walk is acceptable, but playing musical instruments so early is too noisy." After residents complained, the park also stepped in to stop it.

After opening 24 hours, are there many similar disturbances to residents? On the morning of April 8, reporters came to Zhuzhai Park to learn about the situation. The park is not big and can be walked around in more than 10 minutes, but it has water features, walking trails, basketball courts, squares and pavilions, and it is quite exquisitely arranged. Click on the map and you will see the park densely surrounding the community, which shows how valuable this leisure space is to the residents. At about 8 o'clock in the morning, despite the rain, there were still many residents walking in the park holding umbrellas.

On the side of the park near the Huihuili community, a decibel meter is very conspicuous. It can not only display the noise intensity value in real time, but also immediately sound an alarm once the noise exceeds the standard. The decibel meter is very new and looks like it was newly installed after opening 24 hours a day. At the park management office, the reporter’s speculation was confirmed: Because it is too close to a residential area, the park has added some hardware to control noise at night. For example, two more decibel meters were installed on the basis of the existing two decibel meters; the park also purchased 9 additional cameras to cover previously monitored blind spots such as areas near water bodies.

△On the side of Zhuzhai Park close to Huihuili Community, a newly installed decibel meter is used to monitor the noise in the park. When the noise exceeds the standard, a warning sound will be emitted to avoid affecting the rest of residents in the community.

△The picture shows the 9 cameras added to Zhuzhai Park for 24-hour opening, covering the originally monitored blind spots near the water area.

The security guard at the gate guard room told reporters that there will be one security guard on duty at night. If any disturbing behavior is discovered during surveillance or inspection, the security guard will discourage it. "However, the weather has been cold since it opened 24 hours a day last year. Generally speaking, there are not many people coming at night, and the disturbance to the residents is also an accidental phenomenon." The security guard told reporters that the park will still turn off the lights at 9 pm, that is, although it is open at night, there is no lighting in the park. . "Who's going to be so dark?" This is actually a "disguised" closure of the park. Otherwise, the activities of people will be uncontrollable and the noise will be even worse.

△Looking from the Meiguili Community, Zhuzhai Park is pitch black at night. Although the park is open at night, it does not provide lighting.

However, as the weather gets hotter, park management expressed their concerns: Will more people come to visit the park at night? Will the nuisance of residents intensify? Will there be any safety hazard if there is no lighting? Regarding these issues, the on-site management person in charge of the park expressed that he was unsure.

It's a park at night, it's different from the daytime

Regarding Zhuzhai Park's 24-hour opening, Ms. Li questioned "what's the point" in her complaint.

Why are city parks open 24 hours a day? The purpose is to provide citizens with all-weather public space and not exclude some citizens due to time constraints. Especially in central urban areas where living space is narrow, the significance of this policy to benefit the people is unquestionable. However, if the software and hardware are not in place, there is no "quality" guarantee for opening at night, or if management is not in place but causes trouble to surrounding residents, then the significance of 24-hour opening will indeed be compromised.

During the interview, Zhudi Park staff revealed that complaints increased after many parks in Minhang District opened 24 hours a day. So, how should the night park be opened? Since October last year, Yangpu District has taken the lead in the city to open all district parks to the public 24 hours a day. How is the actual situation? On the evening of April 9, the reporter went to Huangxing Park, the largest district-owned park in Yangpu District, to experience it on the spot.

Next to the entrance gate on Yingkou Road of Huangxing Park, there is a sign "Yangpu District Parks 24-hour Opening Agreement", which states: from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day is the night time for visiting the park. Mainly focus on quiet leisure activities such as walking and enjoying the cool air, and no audio entertainment activities are allowed. Below the convention, there is a nighttime tour guide map. On the map, a black line is drawn along the main channel surrounding the park. As a recommended tour route, there are multiple red areas on both sides of the line. Park security explained This is an area that is closed off at night.

△Beside the entrance gate at the Yingkou Road gate of Huangxing Park, a sign "Yangpu District Parks 24-hour Opening Convention" lists the relevant requirements for the park to be open at night.

At about 8 p.m., long after the previous closing time of 7:30, residents were still entering the park in twos and threes. For many people, this is their leisure time after dinner. If the park had not been opened 24 hours a day, they would not have had the opportunity to enjoy the other side of the park: stepping into Huangxing Park, the hustle and bustle of the city is blocked out. The park trail with street lights on is the main area for nighttime visitors, either nearby residents walking together or night runners wearing headphones. I can occasionally hear the chatter and laughter of people walking, but I can't hear the noise of square dancing that is common in some parks. Did the above-mentioned "convention" play a role? The security guards said that after the agreement was widely publicized, they would persuade square dancers to leave at 6pm every night to ensure the quietness of the park at night and not cause trouble to surrounding residential areas.

△At nearly 9 o'clock in the evening, many residents were still walking and jogging in Huangxing Park.

The reporter noticed that during the night opening hours, many areas such as the playground and cruise ship pier were blocked by fences, preventing residents from entering. Lights are installed around the artificial lake in the middle of the park to remind park visitors to pay attention to safety. In a corner of the lake, many people were sitting on benches enjoying the night view. The security guard patrolling on the side told reporters that electronic fences were installed around the lake. When activated at night, a warning sound would sound if citizens got too close to the water fence. At the same time, It will be displayed in the monitoring system to remind security guards to pay attention. In addition, according to the park management, in order to ensure the safety and order of night tours, the park has arranged a total of 10 security guards to be on duty at night, and 22 patrol points must also clock in every 2 hours...

△During the night opening hours, many areas of Huangxing Park such as the playground and cruise ship pier are blocked by fences.

"The park is a daytime park during the day, and the park is a nighttime park at night." The person in charge of Huangxing Park said that nighttime visits to the park must be mainly for quiet leisure and exercise activities. This functional positioning determines the management method of the park opening at night, which is different from the park during the day. Same.

△At the corner of the artificial lake in Huangxing Park, many people are sitting on benches to enjoy the night view.

How to open up must be evaluated first, and the rules must be explained first.

How to respond to complaints and concerns from citizens? At the beginning of the 24-hour opening of city parks in Shanghai, Yu Xun, a professor at East China University of Political Science and Law, once submitted a people's suggestion. In view of the conflicts that may arise from the 24-hour opening of urban parks, he suggested that before opening, in addition to improving hardware facilities, , government functional departments must formulate specific opening plans and management systems, clarify the division of responsibilities of various local departments, and formulate emergency plans for emergencies; after opening up, they must focus on strengthening daily management, and deal with issues such as those in close proximity to residential areas and ecologically sensitive areas. Areas that should be open at night can be managed by delineating non-open areas at night. The park authorities must also establish a linkage mechanism with various local departments to ensure that the park, which is open 24 hours a day, is orderly and safe.

△Although it is open 24 hours a day, the old version of "Instructions" and "Tips" are still displayed at the entrance of Zhudi Park in Minhang District, and no new regulations have been made for 24-hour opening.

The "one park, one policy" opening model adopted by Yangpu District for the 24-hour opening of district-owned parks is worthy of reference for other parks in the city.

The so-called "one park, one policy" means that each park should be evaluated before opening 24 hours a day to find out the functional positioning of the park, and take into account possible conflict risks after opening, so as to divide open areas and closed areas at night. , clarify the management measures for nighttime garden tours, regulate citizens’ nighttime garden tours, and make them public. All district-owned parks in Yangpu District are close to residential areas, so no audio entertainment activities are allowed after 6 p.m. "The rules must be stated in advance"; at the same time, each park should also be informed before opening 24 hours a day. The local urban management, district police station and other departments negotiated and held a discussion meeting to clarify the management responsibilities of each department in the 24-hour opening of the park and write it into the "opening plan". "After the park is open 24 hours a day, it not only relies on the management of the greening department, but also tests the co-management and co-governance of the society," said a person in charge of the Yangpu District Greening Management Affairs Center.

Listening to the chirping of cicadas and watching the starry sky, summer is the peak of the night park experience. We look forward to the smooth and orderly opening of the night park to bring more sense of gain to Shencheng citizens.

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