7.1.1 Highways, rail lines and railyards

Provisions

• Borough by-laws must control the use of a site or the occupation of a building for residential purposes or as a public facility (for housing, health, education or worship purposes) on a lot adjacent to a highway, railway or railyard, in order to limit noise nuisances.
• The provisions aimed at limiting noise levels must include provisions addressing elements such as:
• The minimum distance between a building and a noise source;
• The creation of a berm or screen to block noise;
• The location of structures on the site;
• The architecture of buildings: the arrangement of rooms, the number, dimensions and orientation of openings, etc.

7.1.2 Montréal – Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

Provisions

• Borough by-laws must forbid the construction or occupation of a building for residential purposes or as a public facility (for housing, health, education or worship purposes) on a lot within a zone whose noise exposure forecast (NEF) level is above 40 NEF, as identified in illustration 2.7.2 entitled "Land use constraints related to the airport."
• Borough by-laws must forbid the construction or occupation of a building for residential purposes or as a public facility (for housing, health, education or worship purposes) on a site or on a group of vacant lots adjacent to the airport or to an employment area, as illustrated on Map 3.1.1 entitled "Land Use Designation" and inside an area whose noise exposure forecast (NEF) level is between 35 and 40 NEF, as identified in illustration 2.7.2 entitled "Land use constraints related to the airport."