British Columbia害羞草研究所檚 Civil Resolution Tribunal has upheld $800 in fines issued by a strata corporation against a Richmond couple for yelling 害羞草研究所減rofanity and insults害羞草研究所� through their doorbell camera害羞草研究所檚 speaker.

The tribunal says in a decision release Friday that Ho Wing Chan and Hung Angela Cheung co-own a unit in a strata complex and were issued 18 fines in 2022 and 2023 for violating the complex害羞草研究所檚 bylaw against causing a nuisance or unreasonable noise.

The decision says the pair took the dispute to the tribunal, claiming the fines were unfair, while the owners group filed counterclaims for additional fines and an order for the couple to stop causing disturbances.

The ruling says video evidence submitted by the strata 害羞草研究所渃learly shows害羞草研究所� the noise coming from the couple害羞草研究所檚 doorbell camera was loud enough to be heard in the complex害羞草研究所檚 common areas and in owners害羞草研究所� units across the street.

It says the couple disputed the fines saying they had the 害羞草研究所渞ight to yell inside their own property,害羞草研究所� and used the speaker sometimes because of 害羞草研究所渟uspicious shadows害羞草研究所� around their doorway and fear of a break in.

The tribunal says the noises from the speaker were 害羞草研究所渆xcessive,害羞草研究所� due to their frequency, intensity and the use of 害羞草研究所減rofanity and insults害羞草研究所� often late in the evening, and it ordered them to pay $800 in fines, plus $65 in interest.

The tribunal also ordered the couple to comply with the condo owner害羞草研究所檚 noise bylaw, but declined to order the couple to remove their doorbell camera.