City of North Vancouver will install noise-monitoring stations in different areas of CNV to monitor noise trends, following a motion by Councillor Tony Valente.
It hasn’t been decided where the stations will be installed, but Coun. Valente says there will likely be noise monitoring on Lonsdale Avenue.
CNV staff will also talk to experts to review noise issues in the city and then report back on creating a Noise Advisory Task Force.
Coun. Valente says his work on noise started during his experience dealing with the Waterfront Industrial Noise Committee and the Port on the Low Level Road Project back in 2010.
He said he continued to push for improvements following his election to council in 2018.
“This is something I have been hearing about for years in the City. We have tended to locate our new higher density residences on arterial streets and close to industry. The City has done much to address noise through higher building standards and other considerations, but we still hear from residents,” he said.
“Many have reached out to me about rail noise, construction noise, and perhaps most telling is traffic noise from motor vehicles. Motor vehicle noise mostly from vehicles with modified exhausts discourages people from walking or even just enjoying their patios across the City.”
As part of its noise-mitigation strategy, the staff will also amend the Noise Control Bylaw for council to include an ‘assessment of tonal and impulsive content’ of sound to be considered in any noise complaint assessment.
Tonal noise is a noise source which will emits noise that is concentrated in narrow part of the spectrum or contains a high portion of energy at a single frequency.
Examples of sources that can cause tonal noise include circular saws, fans, compressors, motors and transformers. Most have moving parts that rotate or vibrate at a given audible frequency.
CNV began to regulate noise in 1952, and adopted a bylaw in 1987, which has only seen limited amendments until now.
“Dealing with noise is critical not just because it is annoying, but because it is second only to air quality as a major health impact to people living in cities,” Valente says.
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