Knowledge Cafe – Do You Hear What I Hear? Accounting for Subjectivity in Community Consultation
Toronto’s Municipal Code 591 defines “noise” as “a sound that a person finds disturbing to their peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience,” and “unreasonable noise” as “any noise that would disturb the peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of a reasonable person in the circumstances” (591-2, 3). Meanwhile, downtown Toronto’s population is growing and densifying. […]