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Town of Kentville Bylaw 201
NOISE
BE IT ENACTED by the Council of Town of Kentville under the authority of the
Municipal Government Act, Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1998, Chapter 18, and
amendments thereto as follows:
1.
SHORT TITLE
This Bylaw shall be known as Bylaw 201 and may be cited as the "Noise
Bylaw".
2.
DEFINITIONS
2.1. "debris" refers to any scattered, abandoned, leftover or unwanted
materials from lands, whose placement or delivery may pose a threat or
nuisance to individuals or neighbourhoods, and includes physical
objects like building materials, construction waste, tree branches and
bushes, inorganic materials, rocks, gravel, soils, and similar.
2.2. "industrial operation" refers to any use of lands that are zoned as
Industrial under the Town's Land Use Bylaw, where the use of land,
buildings, or structures is for the manufacturing, processing, fabricating
or assembly of raw material or goods, warehousing or bulk storage of
goods and related accessory uses.
2.3. "noise" means any unwanted sound that doesn't happen in a natural
environment and can include sounds coming from people, machinery,
equipment, residential and commercial properties, as well as industrial
places."
2.4. "Town" means Town of Kentville.
3.
PROHIBITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
3.1 No person or Corporation shall at any time between the hours of 10:00
p.m. and 7:00 a.m. engage in any activity which is likely to generate
noise or sound that unreasonably disturbs the peace and tranquility of
a neighbourhood. For the purpose of this section, evidence that one
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neighbour is unreasonably disturbed by a noise is prima facie evidence
that the neighbourhood is unreasonably disturbed by the noise.
3.2 Notwithstanding Section 3.1, no person or Corporation shall create any
noise which unreasonably disturbs the peace and tranquility of a
residential neighbourhood by the dumping or placement of debris not
generated from the same property outside the hours of 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.
4.
FIXED EXEMPTIONS
This bylaw shall not apply to:
a.
emergency response personnel engaged in the execution of their
emergency response duties plus ground search and rescue teams,
including operating comfort centres and emergency shelters with
generators;
b.
the emission of sound in connection with any organized traditional,
festive or religious activity;
c.
the emission of sound in connection with calls to worship, ringing of
bells at places of religious worship, or services of religious worship;
d.
noises in connection with organized athletic or recreational activities in
municipal, school, or public park areas, arenas, or community centres;
e.
noise caused by the Town, Government of Canada, Province of Nova
Scotia, Nova Scotia Power, or authorized telecommunications
companies and their contractors and employees when acting in the
reasonable execution of their duties;
f.
noises resulting from the operation of any refrigeration unit which is
attached to a refrigeration truck or refrigeration truck body if the
refrigeration truck or refrigeration truck body is parked on the property
of its commercially assessed business or on lands designated for
industrial uses;
g.
any noise emitted from, or associated with, any industrial operation
including any noise emitted by or from any equipment or vehicle
associated with such industrial operation on the condition that such
noise is emitted from an activity which is within the reasonable scope
of the Industrial operation; and
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h.
noises emitted from audible pedestrian signals.
5.
PENALTY
a.
Any person or Corporation who contravenes any provision of this
bylaw is punishable on summary conviction by a fine of not less than
$500 and not more than $2,000, and to imprisonment of not more than
thirty (30) days in default of payment thereof.
b. Any person or Corporation who contravenes Section 3 of this bylaw
and who is given notice of the contravention may pay to the Town, at
the place specified in the notice, the sum of $500 within 14 days of the
date of the notice and shall thereby avoid prosecution for that
contravention.
6.
REPEAL
Town of Kentville Noise Bylaw, Chapter 107, approved by Council on the
26th day of September, 2022, including any amendments thereto, is hereby
repealed.
Town of Kentville Noise Bylaw, Chapter 102, Schedule 1 Temporary Noise
Exemption Permit Application, is hereby repealed.
CLERK'S ANNOTATION FOR OFFICIAL BYLAW BOOK
Date of first reading:
October 27, 2025
Date of advertisement of Notice of Intent to Consider: October 29, 2025
Date of second reading:
November 24, 2025
Date of advertisement of Passage of Bylaw:
April 10, 2026
Date of mailing a certified copy to Minister:
April 13, 2026
Effective Date:
April 10, 2026
I certify that this Noise Bylaw was adopted by Council of the Town of Kentville on
the 24th day of November, 2025, and published as indicated above.
SIGNED by the Mayor and Clerk this 13th day of April 2026.
Original signed by Andrew Zebian
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Mayor
Original signed by Chris McNeill
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Clerk