A Sydney council will meet this week to consider an urgency motion after its deputy mayor shut down an entire street in the city's inner west for his extravagant wedding.
Millionaire property developer and Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer hired four helicopters to land in a local park, while his fiancee Aysha travelled with a motorcade of motorbikes and luxury cars worth $50 million, when they tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in Lidcombe on Saturday.
Residents of Frances Street, Lidcombe, were informed on Tuesday in a letter-box drop that all vehicles had to be removed from the street on Saturday or they would be towed at their expense.
Auburn Councillor Irene Simms said the action of her council colleague was not authorised.
She said he had permission for a partial but not a full road closure.
She's not impressed with how residents were treated, saying it's embarrassing for the council.
"A lot of people are very unhappy about the letter that was boxed to local residents which is the biggest concern," she told AAP.
"People are very unhappy for being held up by traffic, the people that live near the park (are unhappy) because they think they should have been told it would be landing."
A petition has been launched by residents calling for the sacking of Mr Mehajer, Ms Simms said.
Auburn Council will meet on Wednesday night to consider an emergency motion about the matter.
Residents assumed the letter-box notification was sent out from council, as no name was provided on the document, Ms Simms said.
"It just says `management', there was a mobile number given [on the leaflet] and if you Google it, the number is Queen Street Custom Car Hire," she told AAP on Monday.
"One of the residents rang and was told they weren't at liberty to tell him why the road was being closed.
One of Mr Mehajer's groomsmen, Ibrahim Azam, claimed everyone was happy with how the day went, including the police.
"The police were quite good, we had told everyone," Mr Azam told News Ltd.
"Salim's that type of person he likes to enjoy himself and give others that kind of experience as well."
Police closed Frances Street temporarily on Saturday due to concerns for public safety after a significant number of cars, motorcycles and pedestrians spilled out onto the road.
"The matter is subject to an ongoing police investigation," a NSW police spokesman said.
Mr Mehajer, 29, told KIIS radio station he "doesn't think they've done anything wrong".
"They can investigate all they like, I've got nothing to hide," he said on Monday.
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