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dentistoakville.com den 905-842-6030 90 SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ONTARIO'S TOP NEWSPAPER - 2005-2008 In tune Artscene 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 49 No. 156 MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2011 56 Pages $1.00 (plus tax) "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" M Polar warm up Oakville muffling motorcycles By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Motorcycle enthusiasts will have to quiet down their rides while driving around Oakville or face some steep fines in the near future. Town Council voted Monday, to approve a bylaw, which seeks to muffle excessive motorcycle noise by limiting exactly how much sound a motorcycle in Oakville is allowed to make. Under the bylaw, a motorcycle cannot be operated in Oakville if it emits any sound exceeding 92 dBA A (decibels) from the exhaust outlet as measured at 50 centimetres by means of a sound level meter while the motorcycle is idling. The bylaw also says a one, two, five or six-cylinder motorcycle cannot be driven in Oakville if its noise exceeds 96 dBA (at 2,000 RPM). A three or four-cylinder motorcycle cannot be driven if its noise exceeds 100 dBA (at 5,000 RPM). The bylaw will not be enforced until July 1, 2012 to allow for a public education/awareness campaign. A call for a bylaw to deal with excessive motorcycle noise came from residents near Tim Hortons at 49 Lakeshore Rd. W., where a group of motorcyclists gather on a regular basis in the summer. Other residents have also voiced concern about motorcycles along Lakeshore Road. "The Kensington Retirement Residence is located at 25 Lakeshore Rd. W., and the concern we have there is regarding the unnecessary and excessive noise, which is produced by a small number of f inconsiderate motorcyclists who are travelling both west and east on Lakeshore Road," said A.H. McCallum, a Kensington resident. "The noise problems we have result from some of f the guys, and ladies, too, who sit at the traffic lights, slip their clutches, rev their engines and produce an See Noise page 3 ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVER THE HEAT BEFORE THE COLD: In their annual tradition, as a warm up to the 2012 Polar Bear Dip, organizers Todd and Trent Courage of Oakville hit the hot tub in Coronation Park with Breakfast Television host and friend Jennifer Valentyne. The annual New Year's Day fundraiser that supports World Vision water projects, challenges residents, far and wide, to plunge into Lake Ontario off Coronation Park. For full details, see page 19. Here, The Courage brothers clad in bathrobes, Trent (centre) and Todd (right), pose with event organizer Cheryl Singleton, artist Bert Jackson (who created the polar bear pictured) and long-time dip participant Brian Betsworth.