THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY oF PORT Co. TOA
a penn ete PORT CO

BY-LAW So.

A Be-law to regulate nofae or sound within the City of Pere
Coquitian,
The Munteipal Council ef the Cazcoration of tae City of Pest
Cesuitlan, fn open Seeting assembled, enacts os follows:
i. In thie Sy~law, unless the Context otherwise requir
"A" means the "A" scale and “slow” mater reading of a gcund level
meter,
“Agricultural Zone” weane the area of the Ciry so designated ix
the “City of Port Coquitlam Zoning By-law, 1953, Ne. $18".
“City” means the munte {pal area comprised within the tountartes
of the City of Fore Coquitlar or The Cotporarion of the City of
Port Coquitlas as the context may require,

City so designated ia the
“Etev of Pore Coquitian Zontng By-law, 1969, No. 918°,
“Continuous Noise" means any noise continuing for a period or

periods totalling more than three sinures in aay fifteea einute
petica£ of tire,

“fontinuous Sound" means any sound continuing for a period or
petiods totallicg mere than three ainutes in any fiftecn afnute
patiod of tine,

“Council” means the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the
City of Port Coquitian,

“d8” means a decibel which te a watt of level which denotes the
Tatio betveen two quantities that are praporcional to power, the
nunder of decibels corresponding to the ratio of two amounts of
power {4 ten tines che logarithe to the bace 20 of this ratio.
“Yfehvay" Includes every highuay within che meaning of the “Hixtway
Act", ant every Toad, atreet, lane, thesoughfere, bridge, public wy,
ov cieht-of vay destyned or intented tor or used by the peneral
public for che paosage Of vehicles, and every private pleca or
Petasgeway to which the public, for the purpose of the p king or
servicing of vehicles, tas access or fs invited, and eve houlevard

and sidewalk.

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“Induntriad Zono” means the eres of the City ac designated 11 the
"City of Pore Coguitlan Zoning Sy-lav, 1969, to. og",
“Institutional Zone" seans the stem of the City ao desiznated in the
“City of Port Coquitlam Zoning dy-law, 1969, No. 93a",

“Inspector” seans a Person uppointed from tine to ting by the Council

or by the Medical Health Offteer co anforce the provistons ef this

By-law.

“Nolse or Sound Level” means the noise or sound level {a decibels as
weasured on the A ceale vhich ie the weighted sound pressure level
meter whose weighting characteristics are spoctiied tn the letese
revision of the Americas Standards Aasoc{ation sta: ard on sound
level meters. The teference pressure is 9.9092 sicrobar, the
Tnternations} reference pressure ox euch revition as ray ccecur fron
time to tine.

“Non-continuoup Noize" weens cay nolee continutag for less thea
three ainutes,

any,

HOM~continuone Sound” means soy sound continuous for tess chan

three einutes.
“Pence Officer shall have the meaning assizned bo the Interpretation
Act, being Chapter 199 of the Revised Statutes of British Coluabis,
1969.
"Ferson™ includes any natural persons, company, corporation, ourers,
partnership, fira, association, or soclety,
“Property” meane land, impravensnes, or land and insrovenents.
“Residential Zone” neans the area of the City so designated in che
"City of Port Coquitlam Zoning By-law, 1969, No. 918",
“Jound Level Meter" neana a device which ceets the Interaztfonal
Electro-Technical Comstseion Standard No. 123, or the Beicfsh
Standard No. 3539 part 2, ot the U.S.A. Standard Si.4 = 198%.
2. Words to which a special definition has not heen assigned by Section
L. of this Ay-low shail, unless the context othervise requitee, heve the sane
meaning ga set out in the Municipal Act or the Motor Vehicle Act of the
Province and tf the cine word be defined in Loth of those Acts “be meaning
assigned by the Yunis (pal Act shall take Preference.