We had a similar situation a few years ago. It never got as far as bylaw, but there was a series of hand-written letters from a neighbour (other half of the duplex) and probably would have gone as far as bylaw/fines if it didn't get resolved.
My roommate at the time was a drummer. He was practicing inside the house with no dampers or really much of any soundproofing. It was all at seemingly "reasonable" hours. Usually middle of the day on his days off or in early evening like you, OP.
Eventually we got a letter from the neighbour who apparently worked the night shift so the middle of the day was their time to sleep. So my roommate spent however much money on the dampening pads, which I thought took a lot of the noise away. Sure enough a few days after that we got a letter saying that apparently wasn't enough and the vibrations (probably from the kickstand) were still too bothersome. The neighbour noticed we had a garage so they suggested my roommate move the drums in there and see if that was better. Problem was that we didn't have use of the garage since our landlord used it for storage. My roommate had to go so far as to work out a deal with our landlord for use of the garage and also worked out some times that worked with the neighbours, and that was the solution.
Having experienced this situation as a bit of a bystander, I could definitely understand both parties (my roommate who had a passion for drumming and wanted to play, as well as the neighbour and myself who could hear/feel the noise being made). It personally didn't bother me since it was all reasonable times for me, I didn't have a family or kids, and I really don't mind loud noises or music. I could most certainly see how it could be very unpleasant for others though, especially if you worked the night shift like our neighbour did.
Now to your situation. Seeing the posts so far, and having experienced similar circumstances, I have to agree mostly with CaptainCrunch. Frankly, you don't know which neighbour it is, what their particular situation is, why drumming at that hour is bothersome to them (and believe me, drums can be noticeable from almost a block away), or why they went to bylaw before trying to contact you first. I understand the first reaction of thinking of them as cowards or tattletales or other such things. However, there's lots of reasons why they might not feel comfortable confronting you about it. For our neighbour, they wrote us a letter instead of knocking on thecdoor because they were away at most reasonable visiting hours. As CaptainCrunch says, they could be elderly, a single woman, disabled, had a past bad experience with dealing with a neighbour, or just plain non-confrontational or not sociable by nature. In this day and age, it's just a reality that people aren't as willing or are hesitant to knock on doors or lean over fences and talk to people they don't know for all sorts of reasons.
I'm not saying you shouldn't go knocking on doors yourself, because that's what eventually led to the solution in our case. I'm just saying that it isn't a lot of people's first avenue toward solving such problems, and many people have understandable reasons for that being the case.
All that said, I would suggest you not aggravate the situation more by continuing drumming for the time being. I would try knocking on doors and politely trying to work a solution out with whichever neighbour it is (find a reasonable time). If that doesn't work, or there's no reasonable time that works for you, I think you should be prepared to spend some money on dampening pads.
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