Noise Complaint / Incident Forms

Resident (Complainant)

Before completing the forms, please consider the following:

• Making noise in itself is not illegal.
• Making noise that disturbs people may be considered illegal provided that there is sufficient evidence to prove that the noise being made is in violation of the Town’s noise control by-law.
• Before contacting the By-law Enforcement Officer consider that your neighbour may not be aware that noise coming from their property is bothering you. If you have a good relationship with your neighbour, it may be possible to resolve the issue by talking to them about it. Often when a neighbour is made aware of the problem they will take steps to rectify it because they too, like most of us, want to be a good neighbour. In the event the neighbour is not co-operative, then further action may be necessary in which case solid evidence will prove critical in order to get the issue resolved.
• Because noise happens all around us on a daily bases and tolerance to noise varies considerably, it is important to be able to clearly demonstrate to the person making the noise (and also to a Court in the event charges have to be laid) that the noise being made is disturbing their neighbour(s). Please contact the By-law Enforcement Officer when you have completed the attached Noise Complaint incident form.

Note: if more than one person in the household is being disturbed, each person must complete their own incident form. If you have any questions please contact the By-law Enforcement Officer, Allen Magee at 613-475-1162 Ext. 121, Monday to Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

Noise Complaint Form

Supporting Evidence:

Note: Please keep track of disturbances by completing the incident form. The information provided will be needed in the event the person causing the disturbance does not take steps to remedy the noise problem.