[2Cdo]

Wada Wada:

and lets put mufflers on all them motorbikes too!

Let's not be too hasty here. I recommend a Royal Commission to study the effect of loud bike pipes on sleeping people before any action is taken. The way these commissions work I will be dead and buried before any results are found!

[2Cdo]

Seriously though, has anyone approached this guy and ASKED him to turn it down? If so, and he still refuses, than Barts approach works wonders. Having done something similar in the past.

[DerbyX]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

Seriously though, has anyone approached this guy and ASKED him to turn it down? If so, and he still refuses, than Barts approach works wonders. Having done something similar in the past.

I think they did or else the RCMP would have never gotten involved. In fact they have probably received a large volume of complaints for them to bother with him this much.

I know when I had large noise issues with my downstairs neighbour calling the police was something I did after talking to him 5 or 6 times. Interestingly enough they explained they had very little powers in this regard (even telling me he didn't have to go to the door when they arrived???) and suggested I take it up with the building owner. You can do that in an apartment building so the good news was he got evicted.

Homeownership eliminates that option.

[2Cdo]

DerbyX DerbyX:

Homeownership eliminates that option.

But home ownership with your nearest neighbour over 150 yards away cuts down on noise complaints!

[andyt]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

Seriously though, has anyone approached this guy and ASKED him to turn it down? If so, and he still refuses, than Barts approach works wonders. Having done something similar in the past.

$1:

"We've issued by-law tickets several times," he told CTV News.

I would consider that asking him to turn it down.

[DerbyX]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

DerbyX DerbyX:

Homeownership eliminates that option.

But home ownership with your nearest neighbour over 150 yards away cuts down on noise complaints!

Can't disagree with that.

[ASLplease]

As a student, I lived in a 4 plex where the breaker panel for the neighbor was in our part of the house. He was famous for cranking up the stereo and falling asleep. One night, we killed his power so we could get some rest.....

....the next morning we turned his power back on, and his stereo resumed to blast loud music

I would have love to witness that moment

[Lemmy]

It's one thing to create noise from time to time. You're alllowed to have a noisy party once in a while. You're allowed to run noisy power tools/equipment once in a while. It's another to be a constant source of nuisance to others. Everyone has the right to "quiet enjoyment" of their property.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

I like D'Archangelo's comment, "I know my rights"

Apparently, he don't

[Regina]

RUEZ RUEZ:

Tricks Tricks:

If he's playing it at night I can understand, but during the day, suck it up.

Sorry no. Everyone deserves to enjoy themselves without having some jackass neighbour disturbing them. Not to mention people like myself who work the graveyard shift and have to try and sleep during the day.

Exactly!

[bootlegga]

Tricks Tricks:

If he's playing it at night I can understand, but during the day, suck it up.

I wonder if your opinion will change when you have a four month old infant in your house...my guess is it will (unless you really enjoy living on an hour of sleep a day).

[bootlegga]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

Seriously though, has anyone approached this guy and ASKED him to turn it down? If so, and he still refuses, than Barts approach works wonders. Having done something similar in the past.

$1:

There were numerous complaints, according to Const. Steve Holmes.

"We've issued by-law tickets several times," he told CTV News.

Sounds like he had plenty of warnings...

[bootlegga]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

I had a neighbor like that when I was a kid. Ran the stereo at ungodly volumes day and night. Then he got a night job and started complaining when I'd mow the lawn at 8am because HE wanted to sleep and HE needed it quiet.

I checked and found it was legal to start using a chain saw at 7am.

For several weeks before I'd go to school I'd be sure to get up and warm up my McCullough 360 'just to make sure it was working'.

My Mom's neighbour's kids used to play rap music (with the bass cranked up) all day long in the summer and it drove her nuts. She asked both them and their parents to turn it down just a bit, but they never did. So she waited until they had a 40th birthday party for the mother one lovely day and went outside, started her lawnmower, cranked it to full throttle and parked it right next the fence. She left it running for an hour, then came out, topped up the gas tank and left it running for another hour. They came over to ask her to turn it off, but she said, oh so sorry, I have to cut my lawn and slammed the door in their faces.

After that, the kids always played their music much quieter.

[BartSimpson]

In Sacramento the police the past few years will put noise ordinance violators on what they call a POP (Problem Oriented Policing). When a complaint is called in on someone who is subject to POP then every available unit from every possible agency responds to the event.

And the violator has to pay two hours labour and expenses for every unit that shows up.

And police helicopters run at around $1500 per hour these days.

Maybe this is a tactic that can be put to good use in Canada?

http://www.popcenter.org/

[PublicAnimalNo9]

A lot will depend on the city about noise bylaws. Some cities have a 24 hour amplified noise bylaw.
Windsor was one of those but it had some problems. My buddy could go out to his "shed" and pound on his drums to his heart's content during daylight hours and the police couldn't really do much about it.
But as soon as we plugged in a guitar and/or bass, if someone complained, the police could do something about it.