West Kelowna district council has voted to silence an original sound of summer, banning the iconic music coming from local ice cream trucks.
The new bylaw was approved by a majority of councillors, who don't see the move as an attack on a beloved tradition.
"I'm not sure that we're going to be taking that away. I think you've got to consider who lives here. There's other folks that live here and some are upset by noise," councillor Carol Zanon told CTV News.
Councillor Bryden Winsby voted against the bylaw, and says he's unhappy about what his colleagues have done.
"I think that part of it too is, are we really a no-fun city? Music and noise can be part of a vibrant community. You take all of those things away, what have you done?" he said.
For the family behind Scooter's Ice Cream trucks, the decision appears to be a threat to the bottom line.
"It will certainly decrease my sales by a lot, because that's our form of advertising. That's what we do," owner Kathy Erickson said.
Her daughter Tarra agrees.
"It's our way of finding business, so I think the music really helps a lot. If there's no music, how are they going to know that we're here?" she said.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Kent Molgat
