New Westminster : Règlement no 6520, art. 2(a) — Noise Bylaw

in the absence of specific provisions to the contrary, words used in this Bylaw shall have the meaning, if any, given to them by definition in the Community Charter SBC 2003, c. 26 or, if not defined therein, the meaning, if any, given to them by definition in the Motor Vehicle Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c.318;

• (b) “A” means the “A” Scale and “Slow” meter reading of a sound level meter; BYLAW 8082, 2019 Act means the Community Charter SBC 2003, c. 26, as amended from time to time; BYLAW 8082, 2019 activity zone means every area of the Municipality which is not specifically designated as a quiet zone in Schedule “B” attached to and forming part of this Bylaw; continuous noise means any noise continuing for a period or periods totalling in excess of three minutes in any fifteen minute period of time; Corporation means the Corporation of the City of New Westminster, a municipal corporation duly created by Letters Patent issued on December 24, 1872; Council means the City Council of the Corporation duly constituted pursuant to the provisions of the Act; daytime means that time period from 7:01 a.m. to 9:59 p.m., local time; dB means a decibel which is a unit of sound level denoting the ratio between two quantities that are proportional to power, the number of decibels corresponding to the ratio of two amounts of power is 10 times the logarithm to the base 10 of this ratio; emergency vehicle means an emergency vehicle as defined by the Motor Vehicle Act R.S.B.C. 1996 c.318; highway, in addition to the meaning given to it by the Act, includes every private place or passageway to which the public, for the purpose of parking or servicing vehicles is permitted and also includes boulevards and sidewalks, but does not include parking areas in quiet zones; BYLAW 8082, 2019 Inspector means those persons appointed from time to time by the Council of the Corporation as Bylaw Enforcement Officer, Bylaw Inspector, Licence Inspector or Manager, Licensing and Integrated Services; motor vehicle means a motor vehicle as defined by the Motor Vehicle Act R.S.B.C. 1996 c.318; Municipality means the geographic area over which the Corporation is the municipal government; night means that period from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., local time; noise level means the level of noise or sound measured in dBs on the “A” Scale, which is to say the “A” weighted network and Slow response of a sound level meter; non-continuous noise means any noise or sound which is not defined as

a continuous noise; peace officer has the meaning given to it by the Interpretation Act R.S.B.C. 1996 c.238 and amendments thereto; person includes a natural person, company, corporation, owner, partnership, firm, association, society, party or other like entity; power equipment means any equipment or machinery used in lawn and garden care or in building and property maintenance, and includes but is not limited to leaf blowers, edge trimmers, line trimmers, chippers, rototillers, lawnmowers, pressure washers and hand-operated tools; BYLAW 8082, 2019 quiet zone means those areas within the Municipality which are so designated from time to time in Schedule “B” which is attached to and forms part of this Bylaw; real property does not include highways but does include all other land and all improvements which have been affixed to land; sound level meter means a device which meets the International Electro- Technical Commission Standard No. 123 or the British Standard No. 3539 Part 1 or the United States of America Standard A.N.S.I. S1.4-1971 or the C.S.A. Standard Z107.1-1973. PROHIBITION