Nanaimo By-law 4750, s. 3(a) — Noise Control Bylaw

Playing or operating any radio, stereophonic equipment, television receiving set or other instrument or any apparatus for the production or amplification of sound, where the noise or sound is clearly audible at a point of reception in a residential area between the hours of 11:00 p.m. one day and 9:00 a.m. the following day.

• (b) Harbouring or keeping any animal or bird which persistently cries, barks, or howls.
• (c) Being in the care or control of any vehicle, except for buses and trucks, which creates or emits a noise or sound which is audible beyond 150 metres in any direction from the vehicle. Bylaw 4750 - Consolidated
• (d) Idling or continuously running of a diesel engine, a truck or bus for more than 15 minutes at the same location, except, where the truck or bus is located within a garage or depot intended to be used for the long term parking of that vehicle.
• (e) Erecting, demolishing constructing, reconstructing, altering or repairing of any building or other structure within the Municipality or the excavating of any street, highway, lane or other land before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday and before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m., on Sundays and Statutory Holidays.
• (f) Using a lawnmower or rototiller before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.
• (g) Loading, unloading, delivering, collection, packing, unpacking, or otherwise handling any containers, products, materials, or refuse whatsoever before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. in any residential area.
• (h) Creating noise or sound by blasting or the operation of drills, compressors or other equipment used to prepare land for blasting before 7:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday and at all times on Sundays and Statutory Holidays. 4.(2) No person shall make or cause or permit to be made a noise or sound described in Subsection (1).