Barrie By-law 2006-140, s. 13(2) — Noise By-law

Excluded Sources Specific sources or facilities:

• Construction activities;
• Transportation corridors, i.e. roadways and railways;
• Residential air conditioning devices including air conditioners and hear pumps;
• Gas stations;
• Auditory warning devices required or authorized by law or in accordance with goods safety practices;
• Occasional movement of vehicles on the property such as infrequent delivery of goods to convenience stores, fast food restaurants, etc. Other noise sources, normally addressed in a qualitative manner in municipal noise by-laws:
• The operation of auditory signaling devices, including but not limited so the ringing of bells or gongs and the blowing of horns or sirens or whistles, or the production, reproduction or amplification of any similar sounds by electronic means;
• Noise produced by animals kept as domestic pets such as dogs barking;
• Tools and devices used by occupants for domestic purposes such as domestic power tools, radios and televisions, etc., or activities associated with domestic situations such as domestic quarrels, noisy parties etc;
• Noise resulting from gathering of people at facilities such as restaurants and parks. Activities related go essential service and maintenance of public facilities such as but not limited to roadways, parks and sewers, including snow removal, road cleaning, road repair and maintenance, lawn mowing and maintenance, sewage removal, garbage collection, etc.

A.4 Predictable Worst Case Impact The assessment of noise impact requires the determination of the “predictable worst case” impact. The “predictable worst case” impact assessment should establish the largest noise excess produced by the source over the applicable limit. The assessment should reflect a planned and predictable mode of operation of the stationary source. It is important to emphasize that the “predictable worst case” impact does not necessarily mean that the sound level of the source is highest; it means that the excess over the limit is largest. For example, the excess over the applicable limit at night may be larger even if the day-time sound level produced by the source is higher. By-law 2006-140 55 Office Consolidation The Corporation of the City of Barrie Noise By-law

A.5 Definitions In the interpretation of Publication NPC-205, the following definitions are of particular relevance:

•  Ancillary Transportation Facilities “Ancillary transportation facilities” mean subsidiary locations where operations and activities associated with the housing of transportation equipment (or personnel) take place. Examples of ancillary transportation facilities include, but are not limited to, substations, vehicle storage arid maintenance facilities, fans, fan and vent shafts, mechanical equipment plants, emergency services buildings, etc.  Construction “Construction” includes erection, alteration, repair, dismantling, demolition, structural maintenance, painting, moving, land clearing, earth moving, grading, excavating, the laying of pipe and conduit whether above or below ground level, street and highway building, concreting, equipment installation and alteration and the structural installation of construction components and materials in any form or for any purpose, and includes any work in connection therewith;
• “construction” excludes activities associated with the operation at waste and snow disposal sites;
•  Construction Equipment Construction equipment means any equipment or device designed and intended for use in construction, or material handling including but not limited to, air compressors, pile drivers, pneumatic or hydraulic tools, bulldozers, tractors, excavators, trenchers, cranes, derricks, loaders, scrapers, payers, generators, off-highway haulers or trucks, ditchers, compactors and rollers, pumps, concrete mixers, graders, or other material handling equipment;
•  Conveyance “Conveyance” includes a vehicle and any other device employed to transport a person or persons or goods from place to place but does not include any such device or vehicle if operated only within the premises of

a person;  Highway “Highway” includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle designed and intended for, or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles;  Motor Vehicle “Motor vehicle” includes an automobile, motorcycle and any other vehicle propelled or driven otherwise than by muscular power, but does not include the cars of diesel, electric or steam railways, or other motor vehicles running only upon rails, or a motorized snow vehicle, traction engine, farm tractor, self-propelled implement of husbandry or road- building machine within the meaning of the Highway Traffic Act;  Motorized Conveyance “Motorized conveyance” means a conveyance propelled or driven otherwise than by muscular, gravitational or wind power:

•  Noise “Noise” means unwanted sound;
• By-law 2006-140 56 Office Consolidation The Corporation of the City of Barrie Noise By-law  Point of Reception “Point of reception” means any point on the premises of a person where sound or vibration originating from other than those premises as received. For the purpose of approval of new sources, including verifying compliance with Section 9 of the Environmental Protection Act, the point of reception may be located on any of the following existing or zoned for future use premises:
• permanent or seasonal residences, hotels/motels, nursing/retirement homes, rental residences, hospitals, camp grounds, and noise sensitive buildings such as schools and places of worship. For equipment/facilities proposed on premises such as nursing/retirement homes, rental residences, hospitals, and schools, the point of reception may be located on the same premises.  Stationary Source “Stationary source” and a source of sound which does not normally move from place to place and includes the premises of a person as one stationary source, unless the dominant source of sound on those premises is construction or a conveyance.  Urban Hum Means aggregate sound of many unidentifiable, mostly road traffic related noise sources. By-law 2006-140 57 Office Consolidation The Corporation of the City of Barrie Noise By-law PUBLICATION NPC-206 SOUND LEVELS DUE TO ROAD TRAFFIC TABLE OF CONTENTS