London By-law PW-12, s. 6.1 — PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from

PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from:

Police – Fire Services – Ambulance

• (a) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: a vehicle of the London Police Service, provincial or federal police, London Fire Services, or ambulance, while in performance of their duty; Railway – Airport – operations
• (b) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: any activity that is integral to the operation of any railway or airport within the legislative authority of Parliament; Public Necessity - Emergency
• (c) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: a matter of public necessity or public emergency; City Equipment – City Snow Removal - Road Cleaning Equipment - etc
• (d) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: the operation of machines and equipment by or on behalf of the City, including but not limited to snow removal equipment, road cleaning equipment, grass cutting or field maintenance equipment, tree and shrub pruning and mulching equipment, painting machines for crosswalks and highways; Garbage & Recycling Collection / Disposal - City
• (e) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: the collection or disposal of garbage, waste or recyclable material by or on behalf of the City; Signalling Devices
• (f) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: signalling devices utilized as traffic and pedestrian control devices at intersections and crosswalks; City Construction Projects
• (g) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: the operation of equipment in conjunction with City Construction projects, City general maintenance projects, and City emergency maintenance projects; Fireworks – Pyrotechnics
• (h) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: the discharge of consumer fireworks, display fireworks or pyrotechnic special effects fireworks if such discharge complies with the City’s Fireworks By-law; Bells – Clocks – Religious - City
• (i) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: bells, chimes, carillons or clocks associated with religious or public buildings or uses; Industrial Use in Industrial Zone
• (j) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: activities from industrial uses located in lands zoned for industrial use if sound is in accordance with the terms and conditions of a valid Certificate of Approval, provisional Certificate of Approval or other approval issued under the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19, where such approval addresses sound as a source of contamination; Normal Farm Practice
• (k) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: activities as part of a Normal Farm Practice and carried on as part of an Agricultural Operation; Public Utilities
• (l) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: operation of machinery by or on behalf of a public utility where work needs to be done to minimize service interruptions; Work Approval Permit - Streets By-law
• (m) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: operation of construction equipment where the City has issued a Work Approval Permit under the Streets By-law and in issuing such permit the City requires the work to be done to minimize traffic impacts; Public election - gathering - authorized
• (n) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: 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 or other lawful gathering between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; Special Event – compliance with Special Events Policy Manual
• (o) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: a Special Event but only if it is in compliance with the City’s Special Events Policy and Procedures Manual; Community Event (Class 1) – compliance with Community Event (Class 1) Policy
• (p) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: a Community Event (Class 1) but only if it is in compliance with the City’s Community Event (Class 1) Noise Policy; Temporary Noise Permit – Construction – Community Event (Class 2) - Amplified Live Speech
• (q) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: Construction or a Community Event (Class 2) or Amplified Live Speech, but only if a valid temporary noise permit has been issued, and only if the terms and conditions of the temporary noise permit are complied with; Parade - band - authorized
• (r) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: a military or other band in a parade if the parade is operating under written permission of the City; Tradesman - plying call - legitimacy - moderation
• (s) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: any newsboy, pedlar, hawker or petty tradesman plying their calling legitimately and moderately; Snow Removal – Private Property
• (t) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: the use in a reasonable manner of vehicles and equipment when utilized for the clearing and the removal of snow from private property; Animals – City – Police
• (u) PART 6 - EXEMPTIONS Despite any provision of this By-law, this By-law shall not apply to the following sounds arising from: an Animal under the care or control of the City, including but not limited to those located at Storybook Gardens, and animals under the care or control of London Police Service or provincial or federal police.