Hooting and hollering are now legal in Bracebridge, Ontario. The new measure allows human noises such as "yelling, shouting, hooting or similar noises made by a human" during daytime.
The new bylaw was approved during their council meeting on Wednesday. As per the hooting and hollering ruling, cranked radios are still not allowed during daytime. Likewise, hooting and cheering are banned from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., The Star reported. Stakiw said that inquiries from kids and summer camps led them to review the current law on hooting. However, drunken singing on the main street would still be penalized. Offenders would be issued a ticket.
"Daytime hooting only please," Scott Stakiw, chief bylaw enforcement officer for the Muskoka community said when asked the limitations of the new bylaw. "Years ago, the province came out with a model noise control bylaw and the majority of municipalities in Ontario basically adopted it verbatim."
The new hooting and hollering bylaw received some backlash from some residents. Some suggested that limit for noise must be set at 9 p.m. and not 11 p.m. Despite some resistance from some residents, the bylaw was approved unanimously. Stakiw claimed that the new ruling may cause some trouble to some people. He added he wished Bracebidge won't be erased from the map as the king of Ontario hooting. N an earlier council meeting, the council banned hooting and hollering between 9.p.m. to 7 a.m.
"When reviewing a number of comparator bylaws, it was confirmed that many of the other noise control bylaws either permitted this type of noise during daytime hours or did not prohibit the noise at all within the bylaw. Therefore, the draft bylaw would prohibit this type of noise only between the hours of 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. this would enable incidental noise typically associated with sporting and recreational activities to take place during daytime hours," Stakiw said in an earlier announcement, according to Muskoka Region.
Canadian bylaws also include no whistling in Petrolia, no sirens allowed since 1973, cab drivers can't wear a t-shirt in Halifax and more. What can you say about the new hooting and hollering bylaw in Bracebridge, Ontario?
