Richmond plywood business issued ticket after noise complaints
Posted March 12, 2024 2:34 pm.
Last Updated March 12, 2024 3:23 pm.
If you live in Richmond, south Vancouver, or south Burnaby and have been annoyed by a loud, jet-plane like noise over the past week, you’re not alone.
The City of Richmond says it has received multiple complaints.
It turns out there’s a plywood business along Vulcan Way near the Fraser River that’s been conducting safety testing on a new boiler but failed to get a noise-exemption permit and did not notify the city beforehand.
The city says the business has since been handed a noise-violation ticket, and has been advised that “no further testing” can take place until a noise exemption permit application is approved.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. This noise is from a business in Richmond conducting safety testing of a new boiler. We are aware of the noise concerns and are following up with the business to take action.
— City of Richmond BC (@Richmond_BC) March 12, 2024
“Be aware that should such an exemption be granted, it will stipulate the days/times when the noise is permitted and require the business to alert the neighbouring community of those days/times. Due to its proximity on the river, that will include residences across the water,” the City of Richmond said in an email Tuesday.
