Was worth a shot...

Myke's 'blob.

Was worth a shot... Sat, Aug 11. 2007

Last night, from 9PM till at least 2AM I heard a near-incessant 'back-up beep' from some distant vehicle. Drove me up the wall. If I didn't own my E5s, I'd've had a very lousy night's sleep. (And it was very irritating working until I put 'em in at 2)

Tonight - same damn thing! Instantly my frustration bloomed, so I grabbed my camera and set out to find the source as I figured there was little point in lodging a noise by-law complaint until I could give a better description than "I hear beeping."

Well I found the source - it's the rollers they're using to repave ("resurface") The Transitway; The stretch between Walkley Road and Heron Road - which is actually quite far - but obviously I can hear it in my house, which is almost at Hunt Club road. >Grumble<

Since loitering around either station (with a big camera and flash) didn't get me any attention, I called 311, The City's By-Law Enforcement and lodged a complaint. Fiona, the girl who took my call was quite sympathetic, although when I told here there were likely several hundred to a thousand homes between the work-site and my home and that I'd be surprised if I was the first to complain... she didn't let on that there'd been any others. She did tell me that I could call back on Monday and find out what'd happened. It turns out that if there's no exemption filed, that By-Law can force the offenders to shutdown and be fined $305 to $5000.

A few minutes later, a By-Law Enforcement Officer called me to inquire further as to the nature of the complaint, I got all excited when she mentioned that she didn't see an exemption filed - so I asked what might happen, she simply stated that they'd be shut down. (And she totally had the 'tough-sh!t' attitude about it too - awesome! :-)

Unfortunately, she just called back again to tell me there is an exemption, but they they should be finishing this morning. $DEITY I hope she's right. :-(

Curiously, while researching this, I noticed in the By-Law that...
EXHAUST FAN, EXHAUST SYSTEM, INTAKE FAN GENERATORS, COMMERCIAL DRYER OR SIMILAR DEVICE
5. (1) No person shall use or operate or cause to be used or operated any exhaust fan, exhaust system, intake fan, generators, dryer in a commercial car wash or similar device which includes combustion exhaust of a high efficiency furnace, the noise from which has a level greater than 50 dBA when measured at the point of reception.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person using or operating a portable generator in a residential area in an emergency situation.

So the cop was totally being a jerk when I was asking about running my generator back in the spring when the power around mWare went out. Probably just didn't want to have to deal with the potential complaints. Guess I shouldn't be so accommodating until I'm about to get in trouble.

Sigh. Don't mind me - I'm just putting together a playlist of what to listen to tonight... and listening to beeping...

Beep

Beep

Beep

Beep

Beep

Beep

*gah*
Posted by Mike Geiger in Complaints, NCR Comments: (3) Trackbacks: (0)

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#1 - Faye 2007-08-13 14:44 - (Reply)

So I suppose, that by looking at this you can see how I found it, see what I looked at, what pictures I DIDN'T look at, and how long I looked at it all! Kinda creepy you know...
Oh yeah, and I'm sure this comment will be logged until 2036 when you message me a comment I made when I was 25 years old!

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#2 - Condor Counter 2007-08-13 16:08 - (Reply)

Well the bus transitway pavement has been getting so bumpy that it was almost impossible to work my BlackBerry or Palm touchscreen as the OC Transpo bus was roaring along at 80 kph between Walkley and Heron. The parallel O-Train was so much smoother. However thanks to all the paving and beeping, the ride on the nice new pavement this morning was much smoother and quieter!

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#2.1 - Mike Geiger 2007-08-13 18:24 - (Reply)

Thanks, love you too dad.

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