{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003149",
 "municipality": "Middleton",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.discovermiddleton.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Noise By-Law (No. 209)",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-12-18",
   "document_url": "https://www.discovermiddleton.ca/government/bylaws/209-noise-by-law/file",
   "summary": "Town of Middleton Noise Bylaw (Chapter 54); second reading and passing December 18, 2023. Repeals the prior Orderly and Peaceful Conduct Bylaw. Regulates noise disturbances within town limits.",
   "capture_sha256": "f017059edd82bcd1bb0d1a2d13cd9976d12cad7dfd2a55358d2ebc41d5d59844",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f017059edd82bcd1bb0d1a2d13cd9976d12cad7dfd2a55358d2ebc41d5d59844.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "Greater than 70 dBA prohibited before 7:00am or after 11:00pm; greater than 90 dBA at other times",
    "exemptions": "Emergency response personnel/vehicles; Town/government/utility employees 7am-10pm; organized athletic/recreational/festival activities; pedestrian signals; religious worship; traditional/festive celebrations",
    "fine_range": "Fine(s) as defined in the Fees and Fines Policy"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "s. 6",
    "exemptions": "s. 7; s. 8",
    "fine_range": "s. 10"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/middleton/noise/text-f017059edd82/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/middleton/noise/"
}