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IN TRYING to regulate the
creation of noise within its
municipal boundaries, West
Vancouver District has come
under fire for the sounds
resulting from the mainte-

“nance of its own golf course. .

WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

By Maureen Curtis

‘Adoption of the new proposed
noise bylaw was delayed again,
April 3, due to outstanding issues
such as the concems of people liv-
ing next to’ the nine-hole
Gleneagles golf course.

‘Coun. Allan Williams tabled the
second reading of the bylaw after
several local residents complained
about the high pitched drone of leaf
blowers and other pieces of power
equipment on the golf course. *

Jack McEwan of St. Georges

Avenue protested any exemption

being built into the bylaw that
would deprive him of the same
enjoyment of his property that the
bylaw is designed to protect else-
where in the municipality.

For instance, the new bylaw.

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restricts construction activity to
hours between 7 a.m, and 7 p.m.

Although the new bylaw is more
restrictive of these noises than the
current one, Richard Robinson of
Gleneagles Drive contended that 6
a.m., the start time proposed for
goif course maintenance, is too
early to for the sound of power
equipment.

According to parks and recre-
ation director Kevin Pike, golf
course staff have to sturt early to
prepare for early golfers, particu-
larly on weekends when they show
up at 4:30 a.m.

Leaf blowers are used to clear
the grass and dry the dew, prior to
mowing.

Pike said that staff try not to
come near the residential proper-
ties that are more vulnerable to
noise until closer to 7 a.m. Leaf
blowers are aiso three times more
efficient than rakes, Pike said.

Due to the varying topography,
some properties are more exposed
to sounds, such as the public
address system that calls waiting
golfers when it is their turn to tee
off.

“It’s like living next to a ham- .

burger stand,” said Roy Dougans,
who collected names for a petition.
Although the Gleaneagles area

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speakers agreed that they all knew
about the golf course when they
purchased property next to it, they
argued that the noise had increased
over recent years,

Mayor Mark Sager surveyed the
Gleneagles area speakers for their
ideas of acceptable regulations and
times and said they would be con-
sidered prior to adoption of the
bylaw. The proposed bylaw sets
out maximum decibel ievels for
residential and non-residential
areas at different times and
Testricts most continuous sounds,
such as shouting or barking, to 15
minutes.

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