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 "municipality": "Cumberland",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/",
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   "title": "By-Law to Amend the Noise By-Law 23-01",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-05-24",
   "document_url": "https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/government/by-laws/2349-by-law-to-amend-the-noise-by-law-23-01/file.html",
   "summary": "2023 amendment to Noise By-Law 09-01 for the Municipality of the County of Cumberland. Second Reading May 24, 2023; comes into force upon publication.",
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   "facts": {
    "exemptions": "Replaces s. 6(3): noise caused by the Municipality, Government of Canada, Province of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Power Inc., and telecommunication companies and their contractors/employees acting in the reasonable execution of their duties"
   },
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    "exemptions": "s. 2"
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  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Noise By-Law 09-01 (amended via 23-01, May 2023)",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2009-06-24",
   "document_url": "https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/government/by-laws/2348-noise-by-law-09-01-amended-may-2023/file.html",
   "summary": "Noise By-Law of the Municipality of the County of Cumberland (By-Law 09-01), amended in 2023 via By-Law 23-01. Second reading June 24, 2009.",
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   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "Schedule A Part 4 activities (power tools for domestic purposes, chainsaws, yelling/shouting/screaming) prohibited before 6:00 a.m. and after 10:00 p.m.; fireworks prohibited before 6:00 p.m. and after Midnight (Part 3)",
    "exemptions": "Emergency response; essential-services repair; festive/religious activities (Canada Day, New Year's Eve, religious holidays); calls to worship; municipality/utility work; lawful commercial/forestry/fishing/agriculture/permitted construction; organized park recreation (except 1am-6am); sanctioned community events",
    "fine_range": "$200-$2,000 and imprisonment up to 14 days; $100 payment in lieu within 14 days"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "Schedule A Part 4; Part 3",
    "exemptions": "s. 5; s. 6",
    "fine_range": "s. 14; s. 15"
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/cumberland/noise/"
}