{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003161",
 "municipality": "Stellarton",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.stellarton.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Noise Control By-Law #54",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-03-09",
   "document_url": "https://www.stellarton.ca/by-laws-1/733-noise-control-by-law/file.html",
   "summary": "Noise Control By-law #54 of the Town of Stellarton, enacted effective March 9, 2020. Regulates excessive or disturbing noise.",
   "capture_sha256": "e84ea73b135915ebc7a833024377e8366672424d80fd2b88481b39c753e1fa1e",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e84ea73b135915ebc7a833024377e8366672424d80fd2b88481b39c753e1fa1e.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "Nighttime (22:00-07:00) limit 65 dBA at 100 ft; Daytime (07:00-22:00) limit 75 dBA at 100 ft",
    "construction_hours": "Construction exempt 07:00-20:00 with building permit",
    "exemptions": "Town/government/utility employees; snow removal; emergency response; daytime athletic/recreation/school and religious activities; agriculture; permitted parades/festivals",
    "fine_range": "First $100-$10,000; second $300-$10,000; third+ $500-$10,000 (or imprisonment up to 6 months)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "s. 8(a)-(b)",
    "construction_hours": "s. 12(h)",
    "exemptions": "s. 12",
    "fine_range": "s. 25"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/stellarton/noise/text-e84ea73b1359/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/stellarton/noise/"
}