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ANTI -NOISE REGULATIONS
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PUBLISHED
BY AUTHORITY
The following Regulations have been
made by the Town Pasadena under Section 414(
2)(
ee)
of
the _
1999,
1
1999, c -M.
24.
Mayor
Short Title
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Anti - Noise Regulations of the Town of Pasadena.
Definitions
2.
In these Regulations:
i) "
Council" means the Town Council
of the Town of Pasadena.
ii) "
Motor Vehicle" means a motor vehicle
as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, RSNL
1990, c H-
3,
whether registered or not.
iii) "
Noise" means
any loud outcry, barking, clamour, shouting, or movement which
has
an unpleasant
effect on the sense of a person
or persons, or any sound
that
is loud, harsh, or undesirable
and which
has an unpleasant
effect on the senses
of a person or persons, including those produced by a Sound System.
iv) "
Person" means
a natural person or any other legal entity.
v) "
Property" means
any private or public real property within the Town, including
land, together with all improvements which have been so affixed to the land as to
make them in fact and in law a part thereof.
vi) "
Quiet
Enjoyment" means
the
reasonable
expectation
of quiet, peace, rest,
enjoyment, and comfort of any Person.
vii) "
Regulations" means these Anti -Noise Regulations.
viii) "
Sound
System" means
any form
of radio, stereophonic equipment, or other
instrument or any apparatus for the production
or amplification of sound.
ix) "
Town" means the Town of Pasadena.
General Prohibitions
3.
No Person shall make or cause, or permit to be made or caused, any Noise in or on any
Property which
unreasonably disturbs
the Quiet Enjoyment
of any
other
Person
or
Persons
in the vicinity.
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Temporal
Prohibitions
4.
Between the hours of 10:
00 PM and 7:
00 AM daily, no Person shall, on any Property within
the Town:
i)
use
or
operate
a
lawn
mower, chain
saw, snowmobile, all
terrain
vehicle,
machinery, vehicle or any other equipment, implement
or device, Sound System,
or musical instrument of any nature whatsoever which is likely to disturb the Quiet
Enjoyment of any Person;
ii)
load, unload, deliver, collect, pack, unpack
or otherwise
handle any containers,
products, materials, or refuse
whatsoever
which
is likely to disturb
the
Quiet
Enjoyment
of Persons in any residential
area; or
iii)
construct, erect, reconstruct, alter, repair, or demolish any building, structure, or
thing
or excavate or fill in land in any manner which
unreasonable disturbs the
quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, or convenience
of any Person,
without the written approval of the Town.
Motor Vehicle Prohibitions
5.
No Person shall sound a Motor Vehicle horn or other signaling device required by law any
more than is reasonably necessary for the warning
and safety of traffic and pedestrians.
6.
No
Person
shall
cause
the squealing
of tires
or brakes
of
a
Motor Vehicle
by the
unnecessary, excessive or rapid braking, turning, or setting in motion of a Motor Vehicle.
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No Person shall operate
a Motor Vehicle that contains an engine, exhaust system, or other
apparatus
or accessory, which produces
noise
or sounds
which are unreasonably
loud or
explosive.
Animal
Prohibition
8.
No person shall keep or maintain, or permit to be kept or maintained, upon any Property,
any animal, or animals which by frequent
or long -continued
noise disturbs
the Quiet
Enjoyment of any Person. The noise from any such animal or animals that disturbs two or
more persons residing
in separate residences adjacent to any property on which such
animals are kept or maintained, or three or more persons residing in separate residences
in close proximity
to the property
on which
such animals are kept or maintained
is prima
facie evidence of a violation of this Section 8.
Exceptions
9.
Nothing in these regulations
shall be deemed to prohibit:
i)
the sounding of any siren, horn, or signaling device on any ambulance, police, fire,
public service or emergency vehicle while responding
to a call;
ii)
the ringing of church bells or chimes within normal hours;
iii)
the sounding of industrial horns or whistles;
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iv)
the operation of heavy equipment, public works equipment in the maintenance
or
repair of streets, water and sewage systems or in snow clearing; or
v)
the Council from:
a)
granting
a special permit for a specified period of time; or
b)
waiving these Regulations,
for special events, including
but not limited to festivals, concerts, parades, and
similar public events.
Offense
10.
A person
who contravenes
or fails
to comply with these Regulations
is upon summary
conviction guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than $ 100 and
not more
than $ 1,
000 or to a term of imprisonment
of not more than six months or to both the fine
and the imprisonment.
Severability
11.
It is hereby declared that if a court of competent jurisdiction should declare any Section or
part of a Section
of these Regulations to be invalid, the remainder
of these Regulations
shall remain valid and in full force and effect.
Coming Into Force
12.
These Regulations were adopted and passed by Council at a meeting held on the 3rd day
of October, 2022 and are effective
as of that date.
i)
Amended
CC c -
Motion
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