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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF GUELPH
By-law Number (2000)-16366
A by-law to prohibit and regulate unusual
noises or noises likely to disturb the
inhabitants of the City of Guelph, and to adopt
Municipal Code Amendment #248, which
amends Chapter 190 of the Corporation of the
City of Guelph's Municipal Code, and to
repeal By-law Number (1998)-15760.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF GUELPH ENACTS
AS FOLLOWS:
SHORT TITLE
1.
This By-law may be cited as the "Noise Control By-law".
INTERPRETATION
2.
For the purposes of this By-law the following terms shall have the corresponding meanings:
"City" means the Corporation of the City of Guelph;
"construction equipment" includes a bulldozer, excavator, trencher, jack hammer, crane,
loader, scraper, paver, compactor, roller, grader, concrete mixer and the like;
"Council" means the Council of the City;
"holiday" means any holiday set out as a holiday in the Retail Business Holidays Act, R.S.O.
1990, Chap. R. 30, or any successor thereof;
"noise" means sound that is of such a volume or nature that it is likely to disturb the
inhabitants of the City of Guelph;
"other area" means all of the area of the City of Guelph set out on Schedule "B" of this By
law which is denoted by shading;
"person" includes a corporation, organization, association, partnership and the like; and
"residential area" means all of the area of the City of Guelph set out on Schedule "B" of this
By-law which is not shaded.
GENERAL EXEMPTIONS
3.-
(1)
This By-law does not apply:
(a)
during an emergency involving the health, safety or welfare of the public;