TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL 
 
BYLAW NO. 523 
 
CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE 
 
(Amendment Bylaws No. 852 and 1031) 
 
A BYLAW TO REGULATE AND PROHIBIT 
THE MAKING OR CAUSING OF NOISE, NUISANCE OR SOUNDS 
WITHIN THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL 
 
 
The Municipal Council of the Town of View Royal, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 
 
1. 
This Bylaw may be cited as "Noise Control Bylaw, 2003, No. 523". 
 
2. 
DEFINITIONS 
 
 
"Bylaw Enforcement Officer" means any persons appointed as such by the Council; 
 
 
"Council" means the Municipal Council of the Town of View Royal; 
 
 
"Town" means the Town of View Royal; 
 
 
"Utility" includes gas, water, sewer, electrical, telephone, cable broadcasting service. 
 
3. 
GENERAL REGULATIONS 
 
 
(i) 
No person shall make or cause to be made any noise or sound in or on a highway or 
elsewhere in the Town which disturb, or tend to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, 
comfort, or convenience of the neighbourhood, or of persons in the vicinity, or which the 
Council believes are objectionable or liable to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, 
comfort or convenience of individuals or the public. 
 
 
(ii) 
No person shall play or operate any radio, tape recorder, audio playback machine, 
stereophonic equipment or other instrument or any apparatus for the production or 
amplification of sound in or on private premises, or in or on any public place in such a 
manner as to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, or convenience of any 
person or persons on the same piece of property or in the neighbourhood or vicinity. 
 
 
(iii) 
No person shall own, possess, keep, or harbour any dog which by its repeated barking 
disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, or convenience of 
any person or persons in the neighbourhood or vicinity. 
 
 
(iv) 
No person shall own, possess, keep or harbour any animal or bird which by its cries 
disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of any 
person or persons in the neighbourhood or vicinity. 
 
 
(v) 
No hawker, huckster, peddler, newsvendor or other person shall, by his intermittent or 
reiterated cries, disturb or tend to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, or 
convenience of any person or persons in the neighbourhood or vicinity. 
 
 
(vi) 
No person shall operate a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or motor boat, which makes or 
causes noise which disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, 

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or convenience of any person or persons in the neighbourhood or vicinity. 
 
 
(vii) 
No person shall, for profit or gain, undertake the erection, demolition, construction, 
reconstruction or alteration or repair of any building or structure, or the excavation or filling 
in of any land within the Town on a Sunday or statutory holiday.   
 
4. 
EXCEPTIONS 
 
 
1. 
General 
 
 
 
Nothing in this Bylaw shall preclude: 
 
 
 
(i) 
the operation of emergency equipment or any emergency vehicle; or 
 
 
 
(ii) 
any act of maintenance or repair being carried out by employees or contractors of 
the Town, the Ministry of Transportation and Highways, or any public or private 
utility; or 
 
 
 
(iii) 
any repairs to property of an emergency nature; or 
 
 
 
(iv) 
snow removal or washing/cleaning operations, provided that in the case of private 
parking lots such actions are commenced as soon as is practicable after the close 
of business for the day; or 
 
 
 
(v) 
the operation of a public transportation system; or 
 
 
 
(vi) 
the operation or use of any public address system required under a building or fire 
code; or 
 
 
 
(vii) 
any person from functioning within the limits of a permit issued under the Streets 
Bylaw No. 980, 2019, as amended, of the Town; or 
(Amendment Bylaw No. 1031, 2019) 
 
 
 
(viii) 
the erection, demolition, construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of 
buildings or structures, or the excavation or filling in of any land, between the hours 
of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., except as otherwise specified in Section 3.(vii) of this 
Bylaw.  
 
 
 
(ix) 
Where it is impossible or impractical to comply with paragraphs 3(vii) or 4.(1)(viii) 
of this Bylaw, the Mayor may give written approval to carry on the work that is 
found necessary at designated hours. Responsibility for obtaining written 
approval lies with the person carrying on the work. 
 
 
 
(x) 
any construction being carried out by employees or contractors of the Town. 
(Amendment Bylaw No. 852, 2013) 
 
5. 
RIGHT OF ENTRY 
 
 
The Bylaw Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized to enter, at all reasonable times, on any 
property subject to this Bylaw, to ascertain whether the regulations or directions in this Bylaw are 
being observed. 
 
6. 
PENALTY SECTION 
 
 
(i) 
Every person who violates any of the provisions of this Bylaw or who suffers or permits any 

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act or thing to be done in contravention or in violation of any of the provisions of this bylaw, 
or who neglects to do or refrains from doing anything required to be done by any of the 
provisions of this Bylaw, is guilty of an offence against this Bylaw and liable to the penalties 
hereby imposed.  
 
 
 
Each hour that a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offence.   
 
 
 
(ii) 
A person who commits an offence against this Bylaw is liable to the maximum penalties 
prescribed in the Offence Act, and to a fine of not less than $200.00 for each offence 
together with the costs of conviction.  
 
7. 
REPEAL 
 
 
The Town of View Royal Bylaw No. 117, cited as "Noise Control Bylaw, 1992, No. 117, and all 
amendments thereto, are hereby repealed.  
 
8. 
SEVERABILITY 
 
 
If any section, subsection, or paragraph of this Bylaw is found invalid by a decision of a Court of 
competent jurisdiction, the invalid section, subsection, or paragraph shall be severed without effect 
on the remainder of the Bylaw. 
 
 
 
READ A  FIRST TIME THIS 
 
16TH 
 
DAY OF 
SEPTEMBER 
 
, 2003 
 
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 
 
16TH 
 
DAY OF 
SEPTEMBER 
 
, 2003 
 
READ A  THIRD TIME THIS 
 
16TH 
 
DAY OF 
SEPTEMBER 
 
, 2003 
 
 
RECONSIDERED, FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND 
THE CLERK AND SEALED WITH THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL THIS 7th DAY OF 
OCTOBER, 2003. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAYOR 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CLERK