Saanich By-law 7059, s. 11 — EXEMPT NOISE The provisions of this bylaw shall not apply to

EXEMPT NOISE The provisions of this bylaw shall not apply to:

• (a) 11 EXEMPT NOISE The provisions of this bylaw shall not apply to: 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 square in connection with any duly authorized public meeting, public celebration or other public gathering.
• (b) Any duly authorized parade or performance by a military or other band.
• (c) Any vehicle, machinery or equipment owned, leased or operated by the Municipality, the Police Department or any other public body or owned, leased or operated by a contractor engaged by the Municipality, the Police Department or any other public body while carrying out a public service or carrying out wor k in or on a highway, bridge, park, the Municipal Public Works Yard or other public infrastructure. Noise Suppression Bylaw, 1993, No. 7059
• (d) The sounding of a horn or other signalling device upon any vehicle boat or train where such sounding is properly and necessarily used as a danger or warning signal.
• (e) The erection, demolition, construction, reconstruction, altering or repairing of any building or other structure, or the excavation for such building or structure, provided a valid building permit has been obtained, or the excavating of any street, highway or lane between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on each day except Sunday, or in the case of urgent necessity, at any other time during the week if such work is essential to the health, safety or protection of the public.
• (f) Persons and their agents, servants, and employees or independent contractors under contract therewith and their agents, servants, and employees who are engaged in work of an essential or emergency nature and being done for the primary purpose of ensuring the health, safety or welfare of the residents of the Municipality.
• (g) The use of bells or chimes on churches or any public body.
• (h) Any delivery or collection service between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on each day except Sunday and any statutory holiday in any commercial, industrial or public zone as defined in the Zoning Bylaws of the Municipality, and between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on each day except Sunday and any statutory holiday in all other districts defined in the said Zoning Bylaw.
• (i) Any sound or noise caused by a farming activity carried out in a reasonable manner on farmland between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
• (j) Any sound or noise caused by a farming activity carried out in a reasonable manner on farmland between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if:
• i) in the circumstances it is essential that the activity take place during such hours; or
• ii) the activity must, in accordance with sound farming practice, take place between such hours.
• (k) The use of a lawnmower between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on any day.
• (l) Any sound or noise caused by blasting or the operation of drills, compressors or other equipment used to prepare land for blasting between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on each day except Sunday or a statutory holiday.