Barrie By-law 2006-140, s. 1 — Scope This Publication describes the methods to determine the One Hour Equivalent Sound Level

Scope This Publication describes the methods to determine the One Hour Equivalent Sound Level

• (Leq) of sound caused by road traffic. The road traffic sound level is used to define sound level limits for the purposes of complaint investigation or approval of stationary sources of sound.
• The methods apply at a point of reception in any community where the background sound level is dominated by the sound of road traffic, referred to as “urban hum”. Highly intrusive short duration noise caused by a source such as an aircraft fly-over or a train pass-by is excluded from the determination of this background sound level.