Caledon By-law 86-110, s. 1(1) — Noise By-law

In this by-law,

• (a) 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;
• (b) 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, pavers, generators, off-highway haulers or trucks, ditchers, compactors and rollers, pumps, concrete mixers, graders, or other material handling equipment;
• (c) 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;
• (d) Council “Council” means the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Caledon; [By-law 2012-016
• (dd) dB(A) effective Feb 14/12] “dB(A)” means the sound pressure measured in decibels using “A” weighted scale of a sound level meter set to slow response; [By-law 2012-016
• (ddd) Decibel effective Feb 14/12] “Decibel” means a unit for expressing the relative intensity of sounds on a scale from zero for the average least perceptible sound to approximately 130 for the average pain level;
• (e) 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;
• (f) 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 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;
• (g) Motorized Conveyance “motorized conveyance” means a conveyance propelled or driven otherwise than by muscular, gravitational or wind power;
• (h) Municipality “municipality” means the land within the geographic limit of the Town of Caledon; [By-law 2012-016
• (i) Noise effective Feb 14/12] “noise” means unwanted sound; [By-law 2012-016
• (ii) Officer effective Feb 14/12] “Officer” means a person appointed by The Corporation of the Town of Caledon for the enforcement of its by-laws and also includes a member of the Ontario Provincial Police Force;
• (j) 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 is received and [By-law 2012-016
• (k) RPM effective Feb 14/12] “RPM” means revolutions per minute; [By-law 2012-016
• (l) Sound Level Meter effective Feb 14/12] “Sound Level Meter” means a device used to measure sound pressure which meets the American National Standards Institute S1.4- 1983(R2006), or the International Electro-Technical Council Standard No. 123, or the British Standard

no. 3539 Part 1, or the U.S.A. Standard S1.4-196, as amended.