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Toronto noise whiners win again with new Sunday Bylaw
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Whatever happened to lazy Sundays in Toronto?
There was a time when all the stores were closed and the city was as quiet downtown as it might be on Christmas Eve.
Those days are long gone of course. But Toronto is bringing back some of that peace and quiet to your neighbourhood, after passing a bylaw that prohibits construction noise at any time on Sunday.
That's silent music to the tortured ears of Mara Marcello, whose weekend reveries are regularly spoiled by the sounds emanating from a lot nearby.
"It's loud," she complains. "The trucks start at 6:30 and it's loud and my whole house is vibrating."
Tests show the noise levels near her home are at 88.2 decibels (db) - about the sound of a constantly rushing highway. Experts say continued exposure to anything near the 85db level can result in hearing loss.
Councillor Karen Stintz advises residents should notice the effects right away.
"It will mean that houses can't get demolished. It will mean granite doesn't get cut. It will mean that there's no backhoes or excavators pouring concrete in a low-rise residential neighbourhood," she explains.
But your peace and quiet comes with a price - the enforced one day delay will make crews a lot busier the other six days and could make you pay a lot more for future construction projects.
"It could definitely increase the cost of renovations if it means more delays for the homeowner and for those who are constructing the projects," confirms Paula Tenuta of the Toronto Homebuilders' Association.
Do-it-yourselfers don't need to worry. Smaller projects like building a deck or fixing your roof won't fall under the new law.
But those who make noise about violating the provisions will hear their money flowing loudly. Fines range as high as $3,500.
But it's not just construction that's constricted. Here's a list of some other activities you're not allowed to do at certain times in T.O. according to anti-noise bylaws.
Toys with electric motors
Prohibited: 9pm-7am, and before 9am on Sundays and stat holidays.
Loudspeakers or other amplification devices
Prohibited: 11pm-7am and before 9am on Sundays and stat holidays.
Release or venting of air, steam or other high pressure noise creating material
Prohibited: 11pm-7am and before 9am on Sundays and stat holidays.
Loading or unpacking containers of materials
Prohibited: 11pm-7am and before 9am on Sundays and stat holidays.
Using any power-driven device Prohibited: 7pm-7am, and before 9am on Sundays and stat holidays.
Power tools, lawn mowers, (excludes snow blowers)
Prohibited: 9pm-7am and before 9am on Sundays and statutory holidays.
Security alarm running for more than 5 minutes.
Prohibited: at all times, seven days a week.
Vehicle repairs
Prohibited: 9pm-7am, all day Sunday and statutory holidays.
Playing loud music
Prohibited: 11pm-7am, and before 9am on Sundays and statutory holidays.
Other noise bylaw facts
It's against the law to deliberately disrupt a religious ceremony by making excessive noise in a place of worship.
You're not supposed to race your car engine anywhere except on a specified track and you can't deliberately squeal your tires.
Insecure loads which bang or crash in a truck or vehicle are prohibited.
Ambulance and emergency road construction are exempt from all the above rules.
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| simms327 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
Toys with electric motors
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reee-tar-ded
although 88 db is pretty high |
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| Abercrombie |
| Reminds me of the bylaws in Kanata. |
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| AdReNaLiNa |
I wish there was a law prohibiting mowing the lawn on sunday morning.. until like 2pm
That kind of noise drives me crazy when I'm trying to sleep in after a night of partying :whip: |
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| Cosmic Fur |
I LOLed. If you don't like living in the city, live in ing Orillia or something. There ain't no noise there.
People are such ing tools. "I'd like to live in downtown TO, but have my neighbourhood as vegetated and quiet as my cottage up north." Can't have both honey. Either you live in peace and quiet, or you don't live in TO. |
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| Wurm |
| Believe me, you don't want to make that trade-off. |
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| oldschool420 |
| :rolleyes: These people are going to bring Toronto down with them. These kind of ideas are ridiculous. You are living in the biggest city of Canada. If we want to get bigger( which we do obviously), we need to allow construction as much as possible. People need to stop being such babies, and as someone else said, if you want the peace & quiet of your cottage... GO TO YOUR COTTAGE! |
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| FunkyGroove |
next thing we know, it's a ban on loud music
I would srsly get pissed off, cos my music is blasting 24/7 |
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| King Luis |
| laws are getting out of hand. they are putting out laws to make a quiet sunday but they can't stop the damn neighbourhood kids from playing hockey around my car and running all over my parents lawn and drive way and hitting our cars.:whip: :whip: :whip: |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
I LOLed. If you don't like living in the city, live in ing Orillia or something. There ain't no noise there.
People are such ing tools. "I'd like to live in downtown TO, but have my neighbourhood as vegetated and quiet as my cottage up north." Can't have both honey. Either you live in peace and quiet, or you don't live in TO. |
Exactly |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by AdReNaLiNa
I wish there was a law prohibiting mowing the lawn on sunday morning.. until like 2pm
That kind of noise drives me crazy when I'm trying to sleep in after a night of partying :whip: |
But what about when the lawn mowers come to you and say that your partying is affecting their sleep?
You cant have it both ways |
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| electro funk |
| seriously though....we will never win this battle. we cause more problems than we prevent and i think the whole city knows that. this will continue to happen non stop. im sorry to say it but is the truth. |
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