GUELPH — A proposed public nuisance bylaw is so vague it could see children fined $300 for running lemonade stands or playing with radio-controlled helicopters in a city park, a Guelph committee heard Monday.

Keith Bellairs, a local representative of the Council of Canadians, told members of the operations, transit and emergency services committee the proposed bylaw “doesn’t give us any idea what behaviour you’re looking to address.”

Committee members nonetheless approved the somewhat watered-down bylaw, which had been modified from its original version to remove sections related to public protests, rallies and the distributing of handbills amid concerns those sections might violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

But the remaining elements of the bylaw — which now must be approved by council next Monday — are still contentious.