DATE: September 22, 1972

Mayor and Council

Health Committee C 0 Ul N

SEP 2 5 1972

The Health Committee of the City Council met in the Council Chambers of the
City Hall on Thursday, September 21, 1972 and the following items were discussed;

2. Anti Noise By-law - An anti noise by-law draft was circulated to Council
several weeks ago and this was referred to the Health Committee for review.
Ralph Palmer attended the meeting and explained some of the points in the

n the draft and the by-law that has been
Proposed for the Regional District. . Oursdiffers from the Regional By-law in .
the distance at which measurements are taken (20 feet in our by-law as opposed. ..-
te 50 feet in the Regional by-law)and on the point of continuous noise which
is not covered in the Regional by-law. Mr. Palmer feels that this would cover
the situation of continuous truck traffic for instance where an individual truck
would not violate the by-law but a continuous Passing of trucks would constitute
a violation. Mr. Palmer has done sound tests in various parts of the City and
he advises that there is no problem with vehicles complying with the limits in

the by-law.

With regard to enforcement we will require four o
‘which are in the neighbo
Officer,

Council also asked for some indication of the meaning of decimal readings and
the comparative noise of various levels. If it can be arranged we will have some
information on this point,

This by-law was circulated with previous information to Council. A further copy
will be made available to Council members for discussion purposes. The committee
recommends the adoption of the by-law as Prepared subject to review by the City
solicitor. ‘ .