{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003157",
 "municipality": "Richmond",
 "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.richmondcounty.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law 065 — Noise Control",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.richmondcounty.ca/council/by-laws/1427-by-law-65-noise-1/file.html",
   "summary": "Noise Control By-law (#65) of the Municipality of the County of Richmond, enacted under MGA s.172. Regulates noise within county boundaries.",
   "capture_sha256": "7acc805945a88033bd8874c0ac9fab1777b8dbc612cd01b1da12bf4501fa79be",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7acc805945a88033bd8874c0ac9fab1777b8dbc612cd01b1da12bf4501fa79be.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "No activity disturbing peace between 12 AM (midnight) and 7 AM; sound systems audible in another dwelling unit prohibited",
    "construction_hours": "Construction exempt between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. for which a building permit has been issued",
    "exemptions": "Municipality/Canada/NS/NS Power/telecom employees; snow removal for health facility access; athletic/recreational/school activities 7 a.m.-12 a.m.; religious activities 7 a.m.-12 a.m.; emergency measures; agricultural activities",
    "fine_range": "not less than $50.00 and not more than $200.00; default imprisonment up to 60 days"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "s. 4; s. 4.1",
    "construction_hours": "s. 7.3",
    "exemptions": "s. 6; s. 7",
    "fine_range": "s. 9"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/richmond/noise/text-7acc805945a8/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/richmond/noise/"
}