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## VILLAGE OF DRAKE
## BYLAW NO. 4-94
## A BYLAW TO CONTROL AND REGULATE NOISE
The council of the Village of Drake in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:
1. This Bylaw may be cited
2. as "The Noise Bylaw".
2. In this Bylaw, including this Section:
4. (a) "Municipality" means the Village of Drake;
5. (b) "holiday" means any holiday as defined in The Interpretation
6. Act, or any holiday proclaimed as such by the municipality;
7. (c)
8. "motor vehicle" means a vehicle propelled or driven by any means other than by muscular power;
9. (d) "occupant" means the owner, occupant or licensee of the premises or any person found on the premises or around the time where the noise or sound issues from the premises;
10. (e) "premises" means the area contained within the boundaries of any
11. lot and includes 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;
12. (f) "residential building" means a building-which is constructed as a dwelling for human beings;
- (9) "signalling device" means a horn, gong, bell klaxon, siren or other device producing an audible sound for the purpose of drawing
14. people's attention to an approaching vehicle, including a bicycle;
15. (h) "weekday" means any day other than a holiday.
## GENERAL PROHIBITION
3. (1) 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.
- (2) Except to the extent it is allowed by this Bylaw, no person shall
3. make, or continue to make, or cause to be made or cause to be continued, any noise whatsoever which either annoys, disturbs, injures, endangers or detracts from the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of other persons within the limits of the municipality.
4. (3)
5. What is a loud noise, an unnecessary noise, an unusual noise, or a 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 the Bylaw.
4. Without restricting the generality of Section 3, no person shall operate sound in any residential district between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
5. No person who owns, keeps, houses, harbours or allows to stay in his
8. premises a dog shall allow such dog to bark or howl excessively.
6. 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.
## CONSTRUCIION MOISES
7. Except in an emergency, no person shall carry on construction, erection, demolition, alteration or repair of any type of building, implement, vehicle, piece of equipment, or structure which involves hammering, sawing, drilling or use of any machine, tools or any other equipment capable of creating a sound carried on, after the hour of 12:00 o'clock
2. midnight and before the hour of 6:00 o'clock in the morning of any day.
8. Except in an emergency, no person shall operate or allow to be operated a cement mixer, a cement mixer truck, a compressor, a riveting machine, a trenching machine, a drag line, a jack-hammer or pneumatic drill, a tractor or bulldozer or any other tool, device or machine of a noisy nature, so as to create a noise which may be heard in any residence between the hours of 12:00 o'clock midnight and 6:00 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 amlification of
2. sound, or by any other audible means, on any street or other public place.
## DIESEL MOTORS
10. No person shall allow the diesel motor of a tractor intended to be used
2. for the pulling of a trailer to remain running for longer than 20 minutes while stationary in a residential district.
## EXCEPTIONS
11. The provisions of this Bylaw shall not apply to:
2. (a) The ringing of bells in churches, religious establishments and
3. schools;
4. (b) The moderate use of musical instruments to call attention to an
5. opportunity to contribute to a collection made for a charitable undertaking during the Christmas season or at any other time;
6. (c) The playing of a band, the sounding of a steam whistle, the sounding of motor vehicles' horns or the use of sound amplification
7. equipment used in connection with any parade;
8. (d) The moderate playing of musical instruments appropriate to any religious street service:
9. (e) The sound of a general or a particular alarm or warning to announce a fire or other emergency or disaster;
10. (f) The sounding of a factory whistle and similar devices at normal appropriate times;
- (9) 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;
12. (h) Any use of sound amplification equipment used by the police, fire department or any ambulance service or public service;
13. (i) 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;
14. (j) Transit vehicles engaged in normal transit operations;
15. (k) The sounding of motor vehicle horns when used within reason.
## PENALTIES
12. Any person who contravenes any provision of this Bylaw is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to the penalties imposed in the General Penalty Bylaw of the municipality.
Signed and Sealed this 8th day of December, 1994.
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Mayor
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Blue Achroeder
Clerk
"Certified a True and Correct Copy of Bylaw No. 4-94 passed by the Council for the Village of Drake on the 8th day of December, 1994."
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Elie Detrades.
Elsie Schroeder Clerk