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I talked with the by-law officer today and she was really friendly. The biggest question I had got answered and that was about mitigating the problem. I told her I would put up some insulation, put some pillows in the base drum, etc. etc. to dampen the sound. I asked her what the repercussion would be if it wasn't seen as "mitigitating enough" and she said honestly very little. The section 27(2) is very vague and completely subjective - apparently they hardly ever give out fines because honestly a neighbour could complain about their neighbour sneezing too loudly.

She said as long as I do what I can it should be fine because the onus is then on the neighbour to go to court or something. I told her that if a next time happens where they lodge a complaint to suggest them coming to speak with me about the issue...that I won't bite their head off and am a reasonable guy. She slipped up and said him so I don't know which neighbour it is, otherwise I'd go speak to them about it now.

Either way she was very friendly with me and assured me that if I put some effort into the situation it would be fine. And she said she'd come listen to me sometime...haha.