Bylaw No. 1734 - Langford Noise Suppression Bylaw Amendment No. 5, 2017

CITY OF LANGFORD

A BYLAW TO AMEND CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT BYLAW NO. 961, A BYLAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE ABATEMENT AND CONTROL OF OBJECTIONABLE NOISE IN THE CITY OF LANGFORD, 2017.

The Council of the City of Langford, in open meeting assembled, hereby enacts as follows:

1. Amendments to The Noise Suppression By-law, 1981

a. By replacing the words “District of Langford” with the words “City of Langford”;

b. By deleting subsection 3(8) and replacing it with the following:

3(8) Blasting and rock drilling
(a) no person shall detonate any explosives, ignite an explosive device, crush rocks, mechanically break rock (including jackhammering), or undertake any coring or drilling for rock blasting:
i. anywhere within the City of Langford on Sundays and Statutory Holidays; or
ii. on land within a zone belonging to the Rural Residential Zones, Residential Zones or Multiple Residential Zones zone categories under the Langford Zoning Bylaw on Saturdays, Sundays or Statutory Holidays; or
iii. on land within a zone belonging to the Rural Residential Zones, Residential Zones or Multiple Residential Zones zone categories under the Langford Zoning Bylaw before 8:00 a.m. or after 4:30 p.m. on any weekday.

c. By deleting subsections 5(2) and 5(3) and replacing them with the following:

(2) A person who contravenes this by-law by doing any act which it forbids, or failing to do any act which it requires to be done, is guilty of an offence and is liable upon summary conviction to a fine of not less than $50.00 and not more than $10,000.00. A separate offence shall be deemed to be committed upon each day during and in which the contravention occurs or continues.
(3) Despite subsection 5(2), a person who contravenes section 3(8) of this by-law is liable upon summary conviction to a fine of not less than $1,000.00 and not more than $10,000.00 for each detonation, ignition, or other prohibited act or undertaking.
(4) The penalties imposed under this section shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other penalty or remedy imposed by this by-law or any other statute, law or regulation.

2. Citation

This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as “Langford Noise Suppression Bylaw Amendment No. 5, 2017”.

READ A FIRST TIME this 14th day of August, 2017.

READ A SECOND TIME this 5th day of September, 2017.

READ A THIRD TIME this 5th day of September, 2017.

ADOPTED this

day of , 2017.

MAYOR

        (Certified Correct)

CORPORATE OFFICER

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