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VILLAGE OF CHAUVIN
BY-LAW NO. 2020-01
NOISE CONTROL BYLAW
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council deems it necessary to provide for the protection and
enhancement of the well-being of the Community in relation to noise within the Village of
Chauvin;
AND WHEREAS, the Municipal Council may by By-law, regulate, prohibit and impose
requirements in relation to noise that is liable to disturb the quiet, peace, rest enjoyment, comfort
or convenience of individuals or the public;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Village of Chauvin, in the Province of Alberta,
hereby ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Title
This Bylaw may be cited as "The Noise By-law."
2. Repeal
Noise Control By-law No. 98-04 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
3. Definitions
In this By-law:
3.1 BYLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER means a By-law Enforcement Officer appointed by
the Village pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, to enforce the Village's By-laws and
includes a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and when authorized, a Special
Constable.
3.2 COUNCIL means the Council of the Village of Chauvin.
3.3 VILLAGE means the Village of Chauvin or the area continued within the boundaries of the
Village of Chauvin
3.4 LAND USE BY-LAW means the Land Use By-law #98-01 of the Village of Chauvin, as
amended from time to time or any By-law passed in substitution for or in addition to By-law
98-01.
3.5 MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATOR means the Municipal Administrator or the Chief
Appointed Official of the Village of Chauvin and anyone acting or authorized by the Municipal
Administrator to act on his or her behalf.
3.6 NOISE means any sound which either annoys or disturbs Person, or which injures,
endangers or detracts from the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of a Person within the
boundary of the Village.
3.7 OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES means an Off-Highway Vehicle as defined in the "Off-
Highway Vehicle Act, R.S.A. 1980, as amended.
3.8 PERSON includes an individual, partnership, corporation, trustee, executive or
administrator.
3.9 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING means a building which is constructed as a dwelling for
human beings and includes a hotel or motel.
3.10 SIGNALING DEVICES means a horn, gong, bell, klaxon or other device producing an
audible sound for the purpose of drawing a person's attention to an approaching vehicle,
including a bicycle.
4. Prohibited Noises and Sounds
(1) No person, or owner, tenant or occupier of real property may make or cause,
or permit to be made or caused, any noise or sound including amplified music
which disturbs the quiet, peace, rest enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the
neighborhood or person(s) in the vicinity.
(2) No person may keep any animal or bird which by its calls, cries, barks, or
other noises disturbs the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, or convenience of
the neighborhood or of person(s) in the vicinity.
5. Objectionable noises and sounds
(1) Any calls cries, barks or other noises made by an animal which are audible
outside the premises or parcel where the animal is kept between the hours of
10:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. or the sound made by any animal or bird continually,
sporadically or erratically at any time of the day for any period of time in excess
of ten minutes; and
(2) Any amplified music or speech which is audible outside the parcel, premises
or location where it originates or is reproduced, between the hours of 10:00 p.m.
and 6:30 a.m.; and no person may cause or permit such noises or sounds to be
made.
3) Where a person has care and control of a motor vehicle of any type on a street
in a residential zone at any time operates it in such a way as to unduly disturb the
residents of that street, they are guilty of an offence under this By-law in addition
to and not in substitution for any offence of which they may be guilty under the
Highway Traffic Act.
4) No person shall operate any powered equipment in a residential zone between
the hours of:
Weekdays - 6:30 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Weekends - 6:30 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
6. Exemptions
This Bylaw does not apply to:
1) police, fire ambulance or other emergency vehicles proceeding upon an
emergency;
2) the excavation, construction, or infrastructure work of any kind, or repairing
of bridges, streets, highways or lands by the Village of Chauvin or by the Ministry
of Transportation and Highways or agents acting on their behalf;
3) the operation of maintenance, lawn mowing or power gardening equipment by
the Village of Chauvin or the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure or
agent acting on their behalf;
4) snow removal or street cleaning operations by the Village, Ministry of
Transportation, or contractors hired by local business or residential properties;
5) the placement, demolition, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, of
any building, structure or thing between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.;
6) the operation of a public address system required under a building or fire code;
7) the use of bells or chimes for the announcing of public worship services;
8) the sounding of a horn or other signaling device upon any vehicle, boat or
train where such sounding is properly and necessarily used as a danger or warning
signal;
9) a lawnmower, power gardening equipment, or power tools operated between
the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.;
10) the use, in a reasonable manner, of any apparatus or mechanism for the
amplification of the human voice or of music in a public place in connection with
any duly authorized public meeting, public celebration or other public gathering;
11) Persons and their agents, servants, and employees or independent contractors
under contract therewith and their agents, servants and employees who are
engaged in work of an essential or emergency nature and being done for the
primary purpose of ensuring the health, safety or welfare of the residents of the
Municipality;
12) Commercial or Industrial business operations undertaking their usual
operations in Commercial zones.
7. Offences and Penalties
1) Any person who contravenes any provision of this Bylaw, or who suffers or
permits any act or thing to be done in contravention of any provision of this
Bylaw, or who neglects to do or refrains from doing anything required to be done
by any provision of this Bylaw, commits an offence against this Bylaw and is
subject to:
(a) a minimum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and a maximum of Five
Thousand Dollars ($5000.00).
b) under no circumstances shall any Person contravening any provision of
this By-law be subject to the penalty of imprisonment.
8. Severability
If any portion of this Bylaw is held to be invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity does not affect the remaining portions of the Bylaw.
This by-law becomes effective on January 1, 2020.
Read a first time this day of , 2020.
Read a second time this day of , 2020.
By unanimous consent of council, read a third time and passed this day of
, 2020.
Mayor
Acting CAO