{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000263",
 "municipality": "Duchess",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.villageofduchess.com",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Noise Bylaw",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://villageofduchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/514-23-Noise-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates noise disturbances and sets permissible noise levels within Duchess (Bylaw 514-23).",
   "capture_sha256": "8e29b7c0c121dcdcb732b447a2737c207a8185efc04b20f52d452774e230fc00",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8e29b7c0c121dcdcb732b447a2737c207a8185efc04b20f52d452774e230fc00.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "22:00-07:00 weekdays, 22:00-09:00 weekends/holidays",
    "construction_hours": "07:00-22:00 weekdays, 09:00-22:00 weekends",
    "exemptions": "Snow clearing 24h after snowfall; Village Public Works; emergencies; church bells daytime; parades with permit; industrial uses on designated premises",
    "fine_range": "$250; $400 (2nd or subsequent offence in one year); up to $10,000 on conviction"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "\"means the period beginning at 10:00 pm and ending the following\"",
    "construction_hours": "\"any construction project before 7:00 am or after 10:00 pm on a weekday\"",
    "exemptions": "\"does not apply to the Village of Duchess Public Works Department\"",
    "fine_range": "\"to a fine of not more than $10,000\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/duchess/noise/text-8e29b7c0c121/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/duchess/noise/"
}