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CITY OF COQUITLAM
BYLAW NO. 1233, 1982
Consolidated with amendments in Bylaws:
(1) 2603, 1993; (2) 3999, 2008; (3) 4149, 2010; (4) 4479, 2014; (5) 4739, 2017
NOTE: This is a consolidation for convenience purposes only and does not have the force
of law.
A Bylaw to Regulate Noise Within
the City of Coquitlam
WHEREAS under the provisions of Section 932 (c) of the Municipal Act, being Chapter 290
of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1979, the Council of a municipality is
empowered to enact a bylaw to regulate or prohibit the making or causing of noises or
sounds in or on a highway or elsewhere in the municipality which disturb, or tend to
disturb, the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, or convenience of the neighbourhood,
or of persons in the vicinity, or which the Council believes are objectionable or liable to
disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, or convenience of individuals or the
public, and may make different regulations or prohibitions for different areas of the
municipality;
NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the City of Coquitlam in open meeting
assembled, HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
A.
DEFINITIONS
1. (a) Words defined in the "Motor Vehicle Act" being Chapter 288 of the Revised
Statutes of British Columbia, 1979, and the "Municipal Act", Revised Statutes
of British Columbia, Chapter 290, 1979, shall have the same meaning when
used in this bylaw unless defined in this bylaw or unless the context
otherwise requires.
(b) In this bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires:
(i)
"City" means the City of Coquitlam or the area within the boundaries
thereof as the context may require;
(ii)
"Council" means the Municipal Council of the City of Coquitlam;
(iii)
"Holiday" means a "holiday" as defined by the Interpretation Act, RSBC
1996, c. 238, as amended or replaced from time to time, and includes
Easter Monday;
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(iv)
"Inspector" means the person or persons appointed from time to time
by the Council to enforce and administer this bylaw and shall include
any Peace Officer, or Bylaw Enforcement Officer of the City;
(v)
"Noise" includes any loud outcry, clamour, shouting or movement, or
any sound that is loud or harsh or undesirable;
(v.1) "Owner builder" means "owner builder" as defined by the Homeowner
Protection Act, S.B.C. 1998, c. 31, as amended or replaced from time to
time;
(vi)
"Peace Officer" shall have the same meaning as in the Interpretation
Act being Chapter 206 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia,
1979, plus the person or persons who are appointed to enforce and
administer this bylaw;
(vii) "Person" includes any company, corporation, owner, partnership, firm,
association, society or party;
(viii) "Property" means real property and includes lands, other than a
highway, together with all improvements which have been so affixed
to the lands as to make them in fact and in law a part thereof.
B.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
1. No person shall make or cause, or permit to be made or caused, any noise in or
on a public or private place which disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace,
rest, enjoyment, comfort, or convenience of any person or persons in the
neighbourhood or vicinity.
2. No person being the owner, tenant or occupier of real property shall allow or
permit such real property to be used so that noise or sound which occurs thereon
or emanates therefrom, disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest,
enjoyment, comfort or convenience of any person or persons on the same piece
of property or in the neighbourhood or vicinity.
3. No person shall play or operate any radio, stereophonic equipment or other
instrument or any apparatus for the production or amplification of sound either
in or on private premises or in any public place in such a manner as to disturb the
quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood or
of persons in the vicinity.
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4. No person shall own, keep or harbour any animal or bird which by its cries
unduly disturbs the peace, quiet, rest or tranquility of the surrounding
neighbourhood or the public at large.
5. No hawker, huckster, peddler, news vendor, or other person shall by his
intermittent or reiterated cries disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort
or convenience of individuals or the public.
C.
CONSTRUCTION HOURS
1. No person in the City shall:
(a) on any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, before 07:00 hours or
after 20:00 hours, construct, erect, reconstruct, alter, repair or demolish any
building, structure or thing or excavate or fill in land in any manner which
disturbs the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the
neighbourhood or of persons in the vicinity;
(b) on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, before 09:00 hours or after 18:00 hours,
construct, erect, reconstruct, alter, repair or demolish any building, structure
or thing or excavate or fill in land in any manner which disturbs the quiet,
peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood or of
persons in the vicinity; or
(c) notwithstanding the provisions of sub-sections 1(b), drive piles into the
ground on any Saturday before 09:00 hours or after 17:00 hours.
2. (a) No person in the City shall for profit or gain on a Sunday or holiday construct,
erect, reconstruct, alter, repair or demolish any building, structure or thing,
or excavate or fill in land in any manner which disturbs the quiet, peace, rest,
enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood or of persons in
the vicinity.
(b) For the purposes of section C(2)(a) an owner builder building a new home
shall be deemed to be working for profit or gain.
3. Where it is impossible or impractical to comply with this section C, the Council or
General Manager of Engineering and Public Works may give written approval to
carry on the work that is found to be necessary at designated hours.
Responsibility for obtaining written approval lies with the person carrying on the
work.
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D.
OTHER
1. No person shall operate any outdoor public address system in the City without
first having obtained a permit therefor from the Manager Bylaw & Animal
Control Services of the City.
2. No person shall operate a snow vehicle, motorboat or motorcycle which makes
or causes noise.
3. Nothing contained in this bylaw shall be deemed to apply to any noise made or
caused by any motor vehicle under the control of the Fire Department of the City
while responding to a fire alarm or other emergency or to any noise caused or
made by a police officer or constable in the discharge of his duty, or to any noise
caused or made by the operator of any licensed ambulance while responding to
an emergency call, or to any noise caused or made by equipment operated by or
for the City.
E.
PENALTY SECTION
1. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this bylaw or who suffers or
permits any act or thing to be done in contravention or in violation of any of the
provisions of this bylaw, who neglects to do or refrains from doing anything
required to be done by any of the provisions of this bylaw or who does any act
which violates any of the provisions of this bylaw, is guilty of an offence against
this bylaw and liable to the penalties hereby imposed. Each day that a violation
continues to exist shall constitute a separate offence.
2. Every person who commits an offence against this bylaw is liable to a fine and
penalty of not more than $2,000.00 and not less than $I00.00 for each offence,
and in default of payment thereof, forthwith or within such time as the
presiding Provincial Court Judge shall direct, the fine imposed shall be
recoverable under the provisions of the Offence Act, R.S.B.C. 1979 Chapter 305
and all amendments thereto.
F.
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "City of Coquitlam Noise Regulation
Bylaw No. 1233, 1982".
G.
The City of Coquitlam Noise Regulation Bylaw No. 981, 1960 is hereby repealed.
H.
[EXPIRED]
READ A FIRST TIME the 1st day of February , 1982.
READ A SECOND TIME the 1st day of February , 1982.
READ A THIRD TIME the 1st day of February , 1982.
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RECONSIDERED, FINALLY PASSED and ADOPTED and the Seal of the Corporation
affixed this 15th day of February , 1982.
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MAYOR
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CLERK