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## NORTHERN VILLAGE OF AIR RONGE BYLAW NO. 234/04
## A BYLAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF NOISE
The Council of the Northern Village of Air Ronge, in the Province of Saskatchewan, pursuant to Section 97 of The Northern Municipalities Act, enacts as follows:
1. This Bylaw may be cited as "The Noise Bylaw".
## Definitions
2. In this Bylaw, including this section:
- a) "holiday" means any statutory holiday as defined in The Interpretation Act and amendments thereto, or any holiday proclaimed as such by the Village;
- b) "motor vehicle" means "motor vehicle" as defined in The Vehicle Administration Act;
- c) "residential building" means a building which is constructed as a dwelling for human beings;
- d) "signaling device" means a horn, gong, bell, klaxon, siren, or other device producing an audible sound for the purpose of drawing people's attention to an approaching vehicle, including a bicycle;
- e) "weekday" means any day other than a Sunday or holiday.
- f) "Village" means the Northern Village of Air Ronge.
## General Prohibition
3. a) Except to the extent it is allowed by this Bylaw, no person shall make, or continue to make, or cause to be made, or allow to be made, or allow to be continued to be made, any loud noise, or any unnecessary noise, or any unusual noise.
- b) Except to the extent it is allowed by this Bylaw, no person shall make, or continue to make, or cause to be made or cause to be continued, or allow to be made, or allow to be continued, any noise whatsoever which either annoys, disturbs, injures, endangers, or limits of the Village.
- c) What is a loud noise, an unnecessary noise, an unusual noise, or a noise which annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of other persons is a question of fact for a court which hears a prosecution of an offence against this Bylaw.
## Domestic Noises
4. Without restricting the generality of Section 3, no person shall operate or allow to be operated a lawn mower of any kind, or a snow-clearing device powered by an engine of any type or model aircraft driven by an internal combustion engine in any residential district between the hours of:
- a) 10 o'clock in the evening and 7 o'clock of the next forenoon on weekdays;
- b) 10 o'clock in the evening and 9 o'clock in the forenoon of the following day which is a Sunday or holiday.
5. No person who owns, keeps, houses, harbours, or allows to stay in his/her premises a dog shall allow such dog to bark excessively or howl excessively.
- a) No person being the owner or occupant of any premises shall operate, or permit to be operated, or suffer to be operated, or allow to be operated, play or allow to be played, any radio, phonograph, record player, tape recorder, television set, musical instrument, or any other apparatus, appliance, device, or machine used for the production or amplification of sound, either in or on private premises in a residential district in such a manner that the same can be easily heard by an individual or member of the public who is not on the same premises from which such noise or sound emanates.
- b) For the purpose of this Bylaw, "premises" shall mean the area contained within the boundaries of any lot and include any building situated within such boundaries. Provided, however, that where any building contains more than one dwelling unit, each dwelling unit, or common area of such building and the land surrounding the building within the boundaries of the lot shall be deemed to be separate premises
- c) For the purpose of this Bylaw, , "occupant" shall mean the owner, occupant, or licensee of the premises or any person found on the premises at or around the time when the noise or sound issues from the premises.
## Construction Noises
7. Except in an emergency, no person shall carry on the construction, erection, demolition, alteration, or repair of any type of building or structure which involves hammering, sawing, drilling, or the use of any machine, tools, or any other equipment capable of creating a sound beyond the boundaries of the site on which the activity is being carried on, after the hour of 10 o'clock in the evening and before the hour of 7 o'clock in the morning of any
8. Except in an emergency, no person shall operate or allow to be operated a cement mixer, a cement mixer truck, a gravel crusher, a riveting machine, a trenching machine, a drag line, an air or steam compressor, a jack hammer or pneumatic drill, a tractor or bulldozer or any other tools, device, or machine in any residence between the hours of 10 o'clock in the evening and 7 o'clock in the morning.
## Advertising Noises
9. No person shall advertise any event or merchandise by ringing bells, blowing whistles, calling loudly, playing music, playing any type of musical instrument, playing or using any type of noise-making instrument, or by the use of loud speakers or other devices for the amplification of sound, or by any other audible means, on any street or other public place or in any building or premises with the intention or result that the sound there-from shall be or is audible to persons using or frequenting any street or other public place.
## Diesel Motors
10. No person shall allow the diesel motor on a tractor which pulls a trailer or on a semi-trailer truck to remain running for longer than 20 minutes while the tractor-trailer, or tractor alone, is stationary in a residential district.
## Engine Brakes
11. No person shall engage, operate, apply, or otherwise use an engine brake on any vehicle being driven within the Village except in an emergency where it is necessary in the circumstances to do so.
## Exceptions
12. The provisions of this Bylaw shall not apply to:
- a) the ringing of bells in churches, religious establishments, and schools;
- b) the moderate use of musical instruments to call attention to an opportunity to contribute to a collection made for a charitable undertaking during the Christmas season or at any other time;
- c) the playing of a band, the sounding of a steam whistle, the sounding of motor vehicles horns, or the use of sound-amplification equipment used in connection with any parade;
- d) the moderate playing of musical instruments appropriate to any religious street service;
- e) the sounding of a general or a particular alarm or warning to announce a fire or other emergency or disaster;
- f) the sounding of a factory whistle and similar devices at normal appropriate times;
- g) the sounding of police whistles or the sirens on any vehicle used by the police or fire department or on any ambulance or public service vehicle;
- h) any use of sound-amplification equipment used by the police, fire department, or any ambulance service or public service;
10. the use in a reasonable manner of any apparatus or mechanism for the amplification of the human voice or of music in a public park or any other commodious space in connection with any public election, meeting, public celebration, or other reasonable gathering
## Penalties
- Any person who contravenes any provision of this Bylaw is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction:
- a) for a first offence, to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00); and
- b) for a second offence, to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00); and
- c) for a third and every subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).
## General
14. This Bylaw shall come into force and take effect upon approval by the Minister of Government Relations.
15. Bylaw #75/87 and Bylaw #166/98 are hereby repealed.
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VILLAGE OF
ORTHERN
Mayor
NORTHERN
BILLAGE OF
HIE ROMER
Seal
MON 22, 2005
Dated
гаши
Silit
Administrator
"certified a true copy of Bylaw No. 234/04 adopted by resolution of Council on September 15, 2004.
Souse Baht (administrator)
Deputy Minister or Designate for and on behalf of the Minister of Government Relations