Noise Bylaw No. 50/93 — full text

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A BYLAW FOR THE VILLAGE OF SASKATCHEWAN BEACH FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROHIBITING, ELIMINATING, AND ABATING NOISE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 165 (21) OF THE URBAN MUNICIPALITY ACT The Council of the Village of Saskatchewan Beach in the Province of Saskatchewan enacts as follows: 1. This Bylaw may be cited as "The Noise Bylaw". 2. In this Bylaw, including this Section: 3. (a) "municipality" means the Village of Saskatchewan Beach; 4. (c) "motor vehicle" means "motor vehicle" as defined in The Vehicles Act; 5. (b) "holiday" means any statutory holiday as defined in The hoteray patil net, as suam by the s therepality: 6. (d) "residential building" means a building which is constructed as a dwelling for human beings: 7. (e) "signalling device" means a horn, gong, bell, klaxon. iren or other devide producing an audible sound for the purpose of drawing people's attention to an approaching vehicle, including a bicycle: 8. (f) "weekday" means any day other than a Sunday or holiday. ## GENERAL PROHIBITION 3. (1) Except to the extent it is allowed by this Bylaw, no shall make, or continue to make, or cause to be made, or allow to be made, or allow to be continued to be made, anisloud noise, or any unnecessary noise, or any unusual - (2) 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 detracts from the comfort, health, peace or safety of other persons within the limites of the municipality. - (3) 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 - 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 nodel aircraft driven by an internal combustion engine in ani residential district between the hours of: - (a) 11 o'clock in the evening and 7 o'clock of the next forenoon on weekdays; - (b) ll o'clock inthe evening and 8 o'clock in the forenoon of the following day which is a Sunday or holiday. - Every person who owns, keeps, houses, harbours or allows stay in his premises a dog shall allow such dog to bark excessively or howl excessively. - Sia No person being the owner or occupant of any premises 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 other apparatus, appliance, devise 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 - (2) For the purpose of this Bylaw, "premises" shall mean the area contained within the boundaries of any lot and includes any building situated within such boundaries. Privided, 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. - (3) For the purpose of this Bylaw "occupant" shall mean the occupant or licensee of the premises or any person found on the premises at or around the time when the noise or sound ## CONSTRUCTION NOISES 7. Except in an emergency, no person shall carry on the construction, erection, demolition, alterationor 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 day. 2. 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 steam compressor, 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 10 o'clock in the evening and 7 o'clock in the morning. ## ADVERTISING NOISES - No person shall advertise any event or merchandise by ringing 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 audible means, on any street or other public place or in any building or premises with the intention or result that the sound therefrom shall be or is audible to persons using or frequenting any street or other public place. ## DIESEL MOTORS - 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. ## EXCEPTIONS 11. The provisions of this Bylaw shall not apply to: 2. (a) the ringing of bells in churches, religious establishments and schools: 3. (b) the moderate use of musical sintruments 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; ## PENALTIES guilty orperson who contravenes any provision of this Bylaw is an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a minimum fine of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars and a maximum fine not in excess of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars. Certified a true copy of Bylaw No. 50/93 passed by resolution of Council on the 12th day of August,   Tute ministrator Mayor age mi senator TIA - 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; - the moderate playing of musical instruments appropriate to any religious street service; - the sounding of a factory whistle and similar devises at normal appropriate times; - les or tar the sounding of a general or a particular alarm or warning to announce a fire or other emergency - 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; - any use of sound amplification equipment used by the police, fire department or any ambulance service or public service; - 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 commodius space in connection with any public election meeting, public celebration, or other reasonable gathering; - transit vehicles engaged in normal transit operations.