Suggest you actually read what was said, the EPA doesn't issue council by-laws - at least last time I looked! Neither does it have any legal standing in the OP's state of NSW. It helps not to be a bush lawyer, best stick to relevance.
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Sorry! I should have said they regulate the rules/laws.
EPA Vic administer powers granted to them in their jurisdiction of Victoria, under legislation (and legislative instruments such as regulations) enacted/allowed by their respective State Parliament - a small but important point.
Environment Protection Authority Victoria's role is to be an effective environmental regulator and an influential authority on environmental impacts.
I suggest you look to what's reality in Australia in 2014! In NSW it's also state government laws regulated by the NSW version of the EPA. What times are residential noise restrictions in place? | Ask Environment Line | NSW Environment & Heritage
Do they overflow much? I note that in MEL (City West Water at least) the disposal charges are just based on consumption. They don't seem to care if a lot of it actually 'evaporated'.![]()
The reality has been as it's always been - which is only those people authorised to enforce laws by warrant or appointment are authorised to carry out such duties and amateurs get themselves into considerable trouble and often expensive legal battles by pretending they have the training, competence and again authority to self appoint themselves to such roles. It's one step away from putting on a tin foil hat and declaring yourself prince of your driveway.
It's not about being the enforcer, it's about abiding by the law! I deal with these sorts of matters on an almost daily baisis.
I'd never personally enforce the law! (unless there was no choice) Heavens !!!
Is that because of the noise? If nobody else can hear it then surely it cannot be a problem?
Whatmeworry where are you living ? It must be a place where the temperature drops to 22 degrees by 11pm.
Surely you jest
We lived right next door to a new development of housing that was built in such a way that the heat inside was immense as soon as even winter Sun was shining. Our bedroom wasn't airconditioned as we planted trees and foliage and we would water them on hot nights and leave our sliding doors open. We happily did that for 20 years until the house next door was knocked down and the new development built. The airconditioner plant was massive for a two storey house and was placed on the other side of our fence just next to our bedroom door. No council regulations meant it stayed on 24/7. There was nothing we could do to stop the constant turning on and turning off. You'd get to sleep and then clunk, it would turn on. Get used to that noise somewhat then clunk, it would turn off again. All night long. They couldn't hear the noise - their bedroom was on the other side of the house upstairs. We had a one storey house and the motor unit was with a few feet of us.
In the end we moved after the first summer. We could not sleep. So I am most certainly not a greenie but please think about what living next door to some of the motors might just be like. Your motor is no doubt strategically placed so you don't hear it but maybe this completely wrecks someone else's sleep. It's not a matter of minding your own business. Our ability to sleep in summer disappeared.
I suggest that such people might see those using their A/C after hours as improving their lives at the expense of others. It's really a very tricky area. But there are laws and regulations.
Why not stick to the laws and regulations or campaign to have them changed?
I am surprised that Adelaide don't have local laws that protect them from noisy neighbours.
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No I don't think so. We have particularly officious greeny neighbours (one is stone deaf) who put letters in our mailbox quoting Council Regulations if on the odd 30 plus night we forget to turn off our ducted AC which is positioned at the side of our house adjacent to their boundary fence/property![]()
I suggest you look to what's reality in Australia in 2014! In NSW it's also state government laws regulated by the NSW version of the EPA. What times are residential noise restrictions in place? | Ask Environment Line | NSW Environment & Heritage
Given that people playing self-appointed enforcer can recklessly break the law with trespass, assault ranging up to and including property damage and murder(!) in their unauthorised role, that is very much a good thing.
We have had selfish neighbours for a long long time.Charming :-| If such people just focused on improving their own lives, they wouldn't be such unhappy people feeling the need to make everyone as bitter and miserable as they are.
Given that people playing self-appointed enforcer can recklessly break the law with trespass, assault ranging up to and including property damage and murder(!) in their unauthorised role, that is very much a good thing.
Have you checked your water bill?? They use huge amounts of water! Once that didn't much matter, but in 2014 Melbourne (and I guess Adelaide) it can be very expensive (unless it's your own water...)
(Edit: They can use >100 litres/hour. So the water supply and disposal costs for that have to be factored in. In MEL that can cost between $4 and $5.80/1000 litres (so > $0.40 to $0.58/hour). Still probably cheaper than electricity ...)