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NORTH VANCOUVER
District Council is lending
an ear to a new noise bylaw
that would set strict decibel
levels for any noise made in
the district.

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The proposed bylaw makes it il- e Child-minding: Service
legal for any noise to exceed 80 000.'sa; :
decibels during the day. oe :
Eighty decibels is the sound a
heavy truck would make on a busy
street. Noises with a reading higher
than 80 decibels are classified as
“annoying’’ and could cause hear-
ing ditmage to people.
The bylaw splits the district into
‘quiet zones’, and ‘activity zones’,
and ‘classifies noises as either ‘con-
tinuous’ or ‘discontinuous’.
Higher noise levels. would be
permitied in activity zones than in
quiet zones. Noises — continuous
of discontinuous — must be lower
during the evening.
i Because a specialist is needed to
operate the sound meter, -the cost
‘of enforcing the proposed bylaw is
estimated at $20,000 a year.
Ald. Stephen McMinn balked at
that cost, saying the price-tag for
enforcement exceeds the average
cost for most other bylaws.
“If the district had to pay
$20,000 for every bylaw,’ said
McMinn, ‘‘we'd -be out of
ousiness. | think that sum is too
much.”
But Ald. Ernie Crist argued that
district’s current noise bylaw —
structured as a ‘‘nuisance’’ type
regulation — is useless.
Crist maintained that no convic-
tions have resulted from the ex-
isting bylaw, because people are

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