Winnipeg : Règlement no 1/2008, art. 66(a) — Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

emergency sirens and signals used during an emergency by an ambulance, fire vehicle or police vehicle;

• (b) sound produced in the course of constructing, maintaining, rehabilitating or otherwise working on a street or property owned by the City of Winnipeg;
• (c) military bands or parades or other parades operating under a permit issued under the Traffic By-law or a successor by-law;
• (d) activities normally associated with By-law No. 1/2008 44
• (i) places of religious worship, religious retreat and religious instruction that qualify for a partial exemption from real property taxation under clause 22(1)(i) of The Municipal Assessment Act; and
• (ii) public schools, as that term is used in The Public Schools Act, and private schools, as that term is used in The Education Administration Act; including worship services, children’s play and school -sponsored activities on school yards, and the ringing of church or school bells.
• (e) sound producing devices used during the month of December for the rendering of Christmas carols;
• (f) aircraft and railway rolling stock;
• (g) an activity, work or undertaking performed by or through the City in respect of public services, facilities or installations;
• (h) an activity for which a permit has been issued by the designated employee under this Part. Noise nuisance prohibited 67(1) Except to the extent permitted under this By-law, a person must not make or continue, or cause to be made or continued, or own or harbour an animal that makes:
• (a) an unreasonably loud, unnecessary or excessive noise or sound;
• (b) a noise or sound which unreasonably disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of a reasonable individual of ordinary sensitivity; or
• (c) a noise or sound which is so harsh, prolongued, unnatural or unusual in time and place so as to occasion unreasonable discomfort to any individual or so as to detrimentally affect residential properties or places of business. 67(2) In determining whether a noise or sound has been made which contravenes subsection (1), the following factors, among others, may be taken into account:
• (a) the time of day and day of the week on which the noise or sound was made;
• (b) the nature and use of the area from which the noise or sound emanates and the nature and use of the area at which it is received;
• (c) the nature of the event or activity producing the noise or sound; By-law No. 1/2008 45
• (d) the volume, duration and nature of the sound, including whether it is recurrent, intermittent or constant; and
• (e) the ‘A’ weighted sound level of the noise or sound and the ambient sound level, if measured, but not ‘B’, ‘C’ or ‘linear’ weighted sound levels.