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## BYLAW NO. 7 A BYLAW PROHIBITING CERTAIN NOISES
BE IT ENACTED by the Council of Region of Queens Municipality, under the authority of the Municipal Government Act, S.N.S. 1998, Chapter 18, as follows:
1. This bylaw shall be known as Bylaw Number 7 and may be cited as the "Noise Bylaw".
## DEFINITIONS
2. In this bylaw, all words have their normal dictionary meanings, except as follows:
"noise" means any unwanted sound that doesn't happen in a natural environment and can include sounds coming from people, machinery, equipment, residential and commercial properties, as well as industrial places.
## PROHIBITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
3. No person or Corporation shall at any time between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. engage in any activity which is likely to generate noise or sound that unreasonably disturbs the peace and tranquility of a neighbourhood. For the purpose of this section, evidence that one neighbour is unreasonably disturbed by a noise is prima facie evidence that the neighbourhood is unreasonably disturbed by the noise.
## FIXED EXEMPTIONS
## 4. This bylaw does not apply to:
- a. emergency response personnel engaged in the execution of their emergency response duties, including operating comfort centers and emergency shelters with generators;
- b. the emission of sound in connection with any organized traditional, festive or religious activity;
- c. the emission of sound in connection with calls to worship, ringing of bells at places of religious worship, or services of religious worship;
- d. noises in connection with organized athletic or recreational activities in municipal, school, or public park areas, arenas or community centres;
- e. noise caused by the Municipality, Government of Canada, Province of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Power Corporation, and telecommunication companies and their contractors and employees when acting in the reasonable execution of their duties;
6. noises resulting from the operation of any refrigeration unit which is attached to a refrigeration truck if the refrigeration truck is parked on the property of its commercial assessed business or on lands designated for industrial uses; and
- g. any noise emitted from, or associated with, any industrial operation including any noise emitted by or from any equipment or vehicle associated with such Industrial operation on the condition that such noise is emitted from an activity which is within the reasonable scope of the Industrial operation.
## PENALTY
5. Any person or Corporation who contravenes any provision of this bylaw is punishable on summary conviction by a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $10,000 and to imprisonment of not more than 60 days in default of payment thereof.
6. Any person or Corporation who contravenes Section 3 of this bylaw and who is given notice of the contravention may pay to the Municipality, at the place specified in the notice, the sum of $350 within 14 days of the date of the notice and shall thereby avoid prosecution for that contravention.
## REPEAL
7. Noise Bylaw adopted by the Council of Region of Queens Municipality on the 21st day of July 1997, is hereby repealed.
## OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT this bylaw was passed by the Council of Region of Queens Municipality at a duly constituted meeting of said Council held on the 25th day of January, 2022.
SIGNED by the Mayor and Deputy Clerk this 26th day of January, 2022.
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Darker Youn
Mayor
helley Connelly
eputy Cen
First Reading: December 14, 2021
Date of Publication - Notice of Intention to Adopt: December 21, 2021
Second Reading: January 25, 2022
Newspaper - Notice of Passing: January 27, 2022
Filed with Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing: January 31, 2022
## CANADA PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA COUNTY OF QUEENS
- I, Shelley Connolly, Deputy Clerk, of Bangs Falls in the County of Queens, Province of Nova Scotia make oath and say:
- THAT I am the Deputy Clerk of the Region of Queens Municipality;
- THAT hereto attached and marked Exhibit "A"' is a true copy of Bylaw No. 7 - A Bylaw Prohibiting Certain Noises, that was adopted at a meeting of the Council of the Region of Queens Municipality held on the 25th day of January, 2022;
- THAT I have compared the attached bylaw with the original thereof and that it is in all respects a true copy;
- THAT attached hereto and marked Exhibit "B" is a true copy of the notice that was published in the January 27, 2022, edition of the Chronicle Herald;
- THAT I have compared the advertisement marked Exhibit "B" with the original thereof and it is in all respects a true copy thereof.
- THAT the aforementioned bylaw was filed with the Minister of Nova Scotia Department of Municipal Affairs on January 31, 2022.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have affixed my signature and the seal of the Region of Queens Municipality this 31st day of January, 2022.
Shelle
'helley Connolk Deputy Clerk
Convolly
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