Nackawic-Millville, New Brunswick
· adopted 2003-09-15
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TOWN OF NACKAWIC A BY-LAW RESPECTING DISTURBANCE BY NOISE NO. S-6
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BY-LAW NO. S-6
A BY-LAW RESPECTING DISTURBANCE BY NOISE
IN THE TOWN OF NACKAWIC
BE IT ENACTED by the Council of the Town of Nackawic as follows:
1.
Title
This by-law may be cited as "The Town of Nackawic Noise By-law".
2.
General
2.01
No person shall make, or permit to be made, any noise within the Town of
Nackawic likely to cause a public disturbance or otherwise disturb the inhabitants of the
Town of Nackawic.
2.02
Without restricting the generality of subsection 2.01, a noise likely to cause public
disturbance or otherwise disturb the inhabitants of the Town of Nackawic, shall be
deemed to be any noise or sounds of such volume or of such nature as to cause
annoyance to residents of the Town including shouting, singing, whistling, music, motor
vehicles (including motorcycles and motor bikes), snowmobiles, pneumatic hammers,
construction equipment and machinery, and animal noises.
2.03
This by-law shall not apply to:
(a)
pneumatic hammers, construction equipment and machinery, or vehicles of
business and trade between seven o'clock in the forenoon and ten o'clock in the afternoon
from Monday to Saturday, inclusive;
b)
agents, contractors, servants or employees of the Town of Nackawic while
engaged in the execution of their duties;
c)
snow removal equipment;
d)
emergency vehicles or other emergency equipment;
e)
any person, association, organization, corporation, or event that has obtained an
approval authorized by Council so long as that person or party is acting within the terms
of such approval.
TOWN OF NACKAWIC A BY-LAW RESPECTING DISTURBANCE BY NOISE NO. S-6
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2.04
No person shall wantonly, wilfully or unlawfully disturb the good order or
harmony of any religious service or public meeting, or of any public gathering or
assemblage of persons for amusement or recreation, lawfully held within the Town.
2.05
No person shall, in the Town, 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 sounds of which are capable of being heard on any street in the
Town or in any adjacent dwelling-house.
3.
Penalty Provision
Every person who violates any provision of this by-law is guilty of an offence and is
liable on conviction to a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not more than
Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
4.
Repeal Provision
4.01
By-Law No. 70-87, A By-Law Respecting The Disturbance Of The Inhabitants
Of The Town of Nackawic Or The Causing Of A Public Nuisance Therein By Noise,
passed by Town Council on November 2, 1987, is hereby repealed.
4.02
The repeal of By-Law No. 70-87, A By-Law Respecting The Disturbance Of The
Inhabitants Of The Town of Nackawic Or The Causing Of A Public Nuisance Therein By
Noise, shall not affect any penalty, forfeiture or liability, incurred before such repeal or
any proceeding for enforcing the same completed or pending at the time of repeal; nor
shall it repeal, defeat, disturb, invalidate or prejudicially affect any matter or thing
whatsoever completed, existing or pending at the time of repeal.
TOWN OF NACKAWIC A BY-LAW RESPECTING DISTURBANCE BY NOISE NO. S-6
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DULY PASSED AND ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF NACKAWIC ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2003.
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Robert G. Connors, Mayor
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Nancy Cronkhite, Chief Administrative Officer
First Reading:
September 2, 2003
Second Reading:
September 15, 2003
Third Reading:
September 15, 2003