{"id":5620,"date":"2016-03-29T13:42:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T13:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.niagaralaw.ca\/?p=5620"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:41:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:41:19","slug":"municipal-lawyers-stcatharines-noisebylaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/municipal-lawyers-stcatharines-noisebylaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Hooting and Hollering Now Legal in Bracebridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yelling<\/a>If you find yourself in Bracebridge, Ontario, and you experience something that makes you want to let out a yell \u2013 go ahead!\u00a0 Hooting and hollering are now permissible in city limits, with some restrictions.<\/p>\n

In a recent town council meeting, the Bracebridge Council unanimously approved a noise control bylaw that permits \u201cyelling, shouting, hooting or similar noises made by a human.\u201d\u00a0 However, hooting & hollering and any similar such noises are prohibited in the town between the hours of 11 pm and 7am.<\/p>\n

Mayor Graydon Smith declined to provide an example of either hooting or hollering, saying it was subjective and \u201cup to the ears of the citizens\u201d to determine.<\/p>\n

Some Councilors wanted an earlier \u2018quiet limit\u2019 of 9pm.\u00a0 However, Councillor Barb McMurray (a self-described \u201cpretty good hooter\u201d) pushed for the limit to be 11pm.\u00a0 McMurray felt that Council would be \u201cgiving people duct tape across their mouths\u201d with a 9pm noise curfew.<\/p>\n

Peter deMos, a business owner in Bracebridge, acknowledged that while some limits were necessary to preserve the peaceful atmosphere people go to Bracebridge for, that shouldn\u2019t mean that all noise should be banned.\u00a0 \u201cPeople are going to hoot and holler around a campfire at 1opm because they\u2019re on vacation and that should be cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hooting and hollering may be permissible.\u00a0 However, the legal status of a \u00a0brouhaha, hubbub, uproar, hullabaloo, fracas, melee, or hurly-burly are not explicitly covered by the Bracebridge bylaw.\u00a0 For any of those, you should use your best judgement.<\/p>\n

Or, if you are concerned about bylaws and bylaw enforcement you can contact the municipal law team at Daniel & Partners LLP<\/a>. \u00a0We have assisted municipalities in drafting and prosecuting Noise By-Laws. \u00a0We have also acted on behalf of landowners, developers, public interest groups, and citizens in seeking exemptions from, and in defending against provincial offences charged laid pursuant to Noise By-Laws. \u00a0Our team of municipal lawyers<\/a> has vast experience that gives them a unique understanding of by-law enforcement and prosecution. \u00a0If you require assistance with municipal law, contact us, as we can provide opinions and advice on all issues effecting or concerning municipal government.<\/p>\n

Blog post written by Karen Shedden, NCA Candidate\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you find yourself in Bracebridge, Ontario, and you experience something that makes you want to let out a yell \u2013 go ahead!\u00a0 Hooting and hollering are now permissible in city limits, with some restrictions. In a recent town council meeting, the Bracebridge Council unanimously approved a noise control bylaw that permits \u201cyelling, shouting, hooting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8127,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5620\/revisions\/8127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}