{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003155",
 "municipality": "Port Hawkesbury",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofporthawkesbury.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Noise Control By-Law",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://townofporthawkesbury.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Noise-Control-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates noise disturbances within the Town of Port Hawkesbury (replaces an earlier noise by-law; signature date left blank, A.D. 2002 era).",
   "capture_sha256": "9b0ddd69a9abf1c0a2796da7691a41db1af7ea716791a43cfe03107c7cc295dd",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9b0ddd69a9abf1c0a2796da7691a41db1af7ea716791a43cfe03107c7cc295dd.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "65 dBA between 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.; 55 dBA between 10:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m.",
    "construction_hours": "Construction exempt between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. for which a building permit has been issued",
    "exemptions": "Town/Canada/NS/NS Power/railway/telecom employees; snow removal; athletic/recreational/school activities 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; religious activities 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; emergency services; agricultural activities",
    "fine_range": "$250.00 per occurrence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "s. 3",
    "construction_hours": "s. 7(3)",
    "exemptions": "s. 6; s. 7",
    "fine_range": "s. 9(2) (final unnumbered penalty section)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/noise/text-9b0ddd69a9ab/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/noise/"
}