Hillsborough By-Law No. 22 — Prevention of Excessive Noise — full text

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## A BY-LAW RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF EXCESSIVE NOLSES I THE VILLAGE OF MILESBOROUGII. WIEREAS under the authority of the Municipality Act, R.S.N.B. 1973, c-M-22, Section 11 (1) (L), the Village of lillsborough is authorized to enact a By-law for the purpose of "regulating or prohibiting within the municipality or any defined area thereof the maling of noise likely to cause a public nuisance or othervise disturb inhabitants"; AND WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that such a By-Law be now enacted; BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED !y the Council of the Village of lilisborough, as follows: 1. This By-Law shall be known as By-Law No. 22 and may be cited as the "Noise By-Law" 2. In this By-Law: 2. (a) "Village" means the Village of 111lIshorouch; 3. (h) "Public Address System" means any system of loud speakers, amlifiers, microphones or reproducers, or any combination of such equipment, used in the reproduction or amplification of music, speech or other sounds, when used for communication to or otherwise addressing or entertaining a person or sroup of people, whether the same is mounted upon a vehicle or upon a building or other structure or upon the ground; 4. (c) "Vehicle" means a vehicle that is drawn, propelled, or driven by any means other than by muscular power including, without limiting che generalicy of the foregoing, a motor driven cycle; 5. (d) "Motor driven cycle" meaus a motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels and propelled by a motor and includes a motorcycle, a motor scooter, a moped, a tricycle or a bicycle wich a motor attached. 6. (e) "Street" includes alley, boulevard, bridge, court, footway, higlway, lane, park, nublic drive, "9.1....11. - E 3. The following acts, among others, are hereby declared to be noises which disturb or tend to disturb the peace and tranquility of the Village or any portion thereof: 2. The discharge Into the open air of the exhaust of any stationary internal combustion engine, motor boat or motor vehicle, motor driven cycle, except through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom; 3. The operation of any noice-creating blower power fan or any internal combustion engine, the operation of which causes noise due to the explosion of operating gases or fluids, unless the noise from such blower or fan is muffled and such engine is equipped with a muffler device sufficient to deaden such noise; - (3) The sounding of any sipnalling device, such as the operation of a vehicle horn for a period longer than would be reasonable under the circumstances; - (4) The starting, driving, turning or stopping any vehicle or accelerating the vehicle engine Tilice the velayed at mace say noter In or from the engine, the exhaust system, or the braking system, or from the contact of the tires with the roadway; 4. (1) No person shall, in the Village, make any noise which disturbs or tends to disturb the peace and tranquility of the Village or any portion thereof. - (2) No person shall, in the Village operate or cause, or permit to be operated, any public address system, gramophone, radio or other device or apparatus for reproducing or amplifying sound, the sourids of which are capable of being heard on any street in the Village or in any adjacent dwellinghouse. - (3) No person shall by - (1) fighting, - (11) screaming, - (111) shouting, 12. (1v) swearing, 13. (v) singing or 14. (vi) using insulting or obscene language; while being in a dwelling-house; cause any loud and and unnecessary noise, the sounds of which are capable of being heard on any street in the Village or in any adjacent dwelling-house. 5. Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this By-Law shall be Ilable to a penalty not exceeding FIVE Ilundred Dollars ($ 500=00), an in default of payment thereof, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 60 days, and each day such person contraven or fails to comply shall be deemed a fresh offence.     ORATED AND PASSED CIA Say or Da 98s. Read first time: Read second time: Read third time: Kaly 4,985. tily 4, 1983. july 5, 483. Clerk