The City of Edmonton - bylaw 15442

Edmonton City Council enacts:

1. Bylaw 14600, the Community Standards Bylaw, is amended by this bylaw.
   
2. Section 13 is amended by adding after clause (c):
       (c.1) “motor cycle” has the same meaning as in the Traffic Safety Act, as amended;
   
3. Section 13 is amended by deleting clause (e) and inserting:
   
   (e) “sound level meter” means a device used to measure sound pressure which meets the American National Standards Institute S1.4-1983 (R2006), or the International Electro-Technical Council Standard No. 123, or the British Standard no. 3539 Part 1, or the U.S.A. Standard S1.4-1961.
   
4. Part III is amended by adding after section 18:
       
       18.1 A person shall not operate a motor cycle that is capable of:
   
1. emitting any sound exceeding 92 db(A), as measured at 50 centimetres from the exhaust outlet, while the engine is at idle; or
2.  emitting any sound exceeding 96 db(A), as measured at 50 centimetres from the exhaust outlet, while the engine is at any speed greater than idle.