Waterloo : Règlement no 2025-028, art. 5.0 — Limitations applicable to specific sources

Limitations applicable to specific sources

• (1) No Person shall, at any time, emit, cause or permit the emission of Sound, which meet all of the following criteria:
• (a) the Sound is from the operation of a residential air conditioning device or a residential pool pump;
• (b) the Point of Reception must be in the BIA or Living Area; and,
• (c) the Sound is in excess of both the Background Sound Level and in excess of a Leq of 50 dBA when measured with a Sound Level Meter by a person empowered to enforce this by-law. For greater certainty, this subsection does not apply to air conditioning units used in connection with institutional, commercial and industrial applications or multi-family Dwellings sharing a common air conditioning device.