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title: "Maple Ridge noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines"
question: "What are the noise rules and quiet hours?"
place: Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
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category: Bylaws, noise and complaints
owner: municipal
owner_body: City of Maple Ridge
sources_read: 2026-11-05
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# Maple Ridge noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines

**Question:** What are the noise rules and quiet hours?

**Short answer:** Maple Ridge's Noise Control Bylaw bans noise that disturbs the neighbourhood, with no fixed nightly quiet hours. Commercial or industrial construction that disturbs residents is banned from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday to Saturday and all day on Sundays and statutory holidays. Report noise to 604-467-7305.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (City of Maple Ridge, https://www.mapleridge.ca)  
**Cost:** Disturbing or animal noise: $300 bylaw notice ($250 within 14 days, $350 after 28 days). Construction outside allowed times or engine noise: $400 ($350 early, $450 late).  
**Where:**
- Phone: Bylaw, Licensing and Community Safety, 604-467-7305
- Email: Bylaws, Bylaws@MapleRidge.ca
- Online: Bylaw complaint form, https://www.mapleridge.ca/form/bylaw-complaint-form

## Key facts

- **General rule:** No one may make or allow any noise that disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood or people nearby. Owners and occupiers must not let their property be used that way, and must not let an animal or bird disturb others.
  - Source: [Noise Control Bylaw No. 5122-1994, s. 3, 4, 5](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/noise-bylaw-no-5122-1994)
  - Official wording: "any noise or sound which disturbs or tends to disturb the" … "No owner or occupier of property shall allow that property to be used so that a noise or" … "by its calls, cries, barks or other noise, disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Quiet hours:** None set. The Noise Control Bylaw sets no fixed quiet hours for ordinary noise.
- **Construction hours:** Commercial or industrial construction, repair, demolition, road work or excavation that disturbs residents of a residential zone is banned from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday to Saturday, and all day on Sundays and statutory holidays. A Bylaw Enforcement Officer may give written consent for other hours.
  - Source: [Noise Control Bylaw No. 5122-1994, s. 6, 7](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/noise-bylaw-no-5122-1994)
  - Official wording: "commercial or industrial" … "between the hours of nine o’clock in the evening and seven o’clock in the morning on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and not at all on Sunday and Statutory Holidays" … "may be performed outside the stipulated hours and days if prior written"
  - Source: [Bylaw Enforcement, Construction Noise](https://www.mapleridge.ca/community-safety/bylaw-enforcement)
  - Official wording: "Temporary Construction Noise is permitted Monday to Saturday between the hours of 7:00 am & 9:00 pm and not at all on Sunday or Statutory Holidays"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Other limits:** No decibel limit found. Commercial vehicle operation or major repairs in a residential zone that disturb the neighbourhood are banned. Exempt: emergency vehicles, City works, public transit, approved events, and lawn mowers or power garden equipment 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays and statutory holidays.
  - Source: [Noise Control Bylaw No. 5122-1994, s. 8, 9](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/noise-bylaw-no-5122-1994)
  - Official wording: "No person shall carry on or suffer or permit to be carried on in any residential zone the" … "a lawn mower or power gardening equipment between the hours of seven o’clock in the" … "and between the hours of nine o’clock in the morning and nine o’clock in the evening on Sunday and Statutory Holidays"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Who to call, business hours:** Bylaw, Licensing & Community Safety Department, 604-467-7305. Complaints need your name, address and phone number, plus the type of noise and its dates, times and duration; anonymous complaints are not accepted. File online (mapleridge.ca/report), by email at bylaws@mapleridge.ca, or with the complaint form.
  - Source: [Bylaw Enforcement, Noise; How to File a Bylaw Complaint](https://www.mapleridge.ca/community-safety/bylaw-enforcement)
  - Official wording: "please print off and complete our complaint form or contact the Bylaw, Licensing & Community Safety Department at 604-467-7305." … "A reminder that we do not accept anonymous complaints." … "by email at bylaws@mapleridge.ca"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Who to call, after hours:** Not confirmed. No after-hours noise complaint line was found on the City's pages.
- **Fine:** Noise that disturbs (s. 3, 4) or animal noise (s. 5): $300 bylaw notice ($250 if paid within 14 days, $350 after 28 days). Construction outside allowed times (s. 6) or engine noise (s. 8): $400 ($350 early, $450 late). Municipal tickets list the same $300 and $400, with $150 and $200 if paid within 30 days.
  - Source: [Bylaw Notice Enforcement (Consolidated) Bylaw No. 7626-2020, Schedule A, Schedule A, Part 14](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/bylaw-notice-enforcement-consolidated-bylaw-no-7626-2020)
  - Official wording: "5122-1994 3 Noise Which Disturbs $300 $250 $350 No" … "5122-1994 8 Engine Noise $400 $350 $450 No"
  - Source: [Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 6929-2012 (Consolidated), Schedule 14](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/ticket-information-utilization-bylaw-no-6929-2012-consolidated)
  - Official wording: "Noise Which Disturbs 3 $300.00 $150" … "Construction contrary to Time Restriction 6 $400.00 $200"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Bylaw:** Maple Ridge Noise Control By-law No. 5122-1994
  - Source: [Noise Control Bylaw No. 5122-1994, s. 1](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/noise-bylaw-no-5122-1994)
  - Official wording: "Maple Ridge Noise Control By-law No. 5122-1994"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06

## How it works

Under the [Noise Control Bylaw No. 5122-1994](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/noise-bylaw-no-5122-1994), no one may make or allow noise that disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood or people nearby. Owners and occupiers must not let their property be used that way, and must not let an animal or bird disturb others. The City's Bylaw Enforcement page says the bylaw is in effect 24 hours a day. The bylaw sets no fixed quiet hours for ordinary noise and no decibel limit.

## Steps

1. Note the type of noise and its dates, times and duration.
2. Complain online at mapleridge.ca/report, by email at bylaws@mapleridge.ca, by phone at 604-467-7305, or with the complaint form. Include your name, address and phone number; anonymous complaints are not accepted.

## Good to know

- Commercial or industrial construction, repair, demolition, road work or excavation that disturbs residents of a residential zone is banned from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday to Saturday, and all day on Sundays and statutory holidays. A Bylaw Enforcement Officer may give written consent for other hours.
- Commercial vehicle operation or major repairs in a residential zone that disturb the neighbourhood are banned.
- Exempt: emergency vehicles, City works, public transit, approved events, and lawn mowers or power garden equipment from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays and statutory holidays.
- No after-hours noise complaint line was found on the City's pages.
- Municipal tickets list the same $300 and $400 amounts, with $150 and $200 if paid within 30 days ([Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 6929-2012](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/ticket-information-utilization-bylaw-no-6929-2012-consolidated)). The bylaw's court fine is not less than $100.

## Official forms and pages

- [Maple Ridge Noise Control Bylaw No. 5122-1994 (PDF)](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/noise-bylaw-no-5122-1994)
- [Noise relaxation application (construction outside allowed hours)](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/noise-relaxation-application)

## Related questions

- [Maple Ridge bylaw fines and how tickets work](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/bylaw-fines.md)

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- [Noise bylaws in British Columbia: quiet hours, construction hours and fines by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/noise-rules.md)
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## Sources

- [Noise Control Bylaw No. 5122-1994, City of Maple Ridge](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/noise-bylaw-no-5122-1994) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Bylaw Enforcement, City of Maple Ridge](https://www.mapleridge.ca/community-safety/bylaw-enforcement) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Bylaw Notice Enforcement (Consolidated) Bylaw No. 7626-2020, Schedule A](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/bylaw-notice-enforcement-consolidated-bylaw-no-7626-2020) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 6929-2012 (Consolidated) (PDF)](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/ticket-information-utilization-bylaw-no-6929-2012-consolidated) (read 2026-11-05)

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