{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario, noise & nuisance rules are set by Municipality of Port Hope By-law 47-2025 - Noise By-law, verified 2026-10-26. Quiet hours: 11:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. (9:00 a.m. on Sunday and Holidays).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001711",
 "municipality": "Port Hope",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://www.porthope.ca/",
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   "title": "Municipality of Port Hope By-law 47-2025 - Noise By-law",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-11-18",
   "document_url": "https://www.porthope.ca/en/your-municipal-government/resources/By-Laws/By-Laws/_Frequently-Requested-By-Laws/By-law%2047-2025%20-%20Noise%20By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Port Hope Noise By-law 47-2025 (s.3.2): music, shouting, barking 11pm-7am (to 9am Sun/holidays); domestic power tools and lawnmowers 9pm-7am (9am Sun/holidays); construction equipment 7pm-7am Mon-Sat and all day Sundays/holidays. Exempts emergencies, snow removal, municipal works, approved events, farming. Exemptions up to 90 days by Manager, longer by Council. Fine up to $5,000 first offence.",
   "discovered_by": "on-noise",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
   "capture_sha256": "e30ad6941d155ab490759c95c4ded1fab4fb82a22134bf7ce7936c87706c7f90",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-24T00:13:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "47-2025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e30ad6941d155ab490759c95c4ded1fab4fb82a22134bf7ce7936c87706c7f90.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "11:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. (9:00 a.m. on Sunday and Holidays)",
    "exemptions": "Emergency measures, emergency vehicles, snow plowing/removal, street sweeping, municipal operations, approved events, agricultural/farm activities, lawful fireworks.",
    "fine_range": "first conviction: not more than $5,000; second/subsequent: not more than $10,000; continuing: not more than $1,000 per day; multiple: more than $1,000 per offence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "s. 3.2(a)-(e)",
    "exemptions": "s. 4",
    "fine_range": "s. 8(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/port-hope/noise/bylaw-47-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law Enforcement - Municipality of Port Hope",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.porthope.ca/en/living-here/by-law-enforcement.aspx",
   "summary": "Enforcement office page.",
   "discovered_by": "on-noise",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
   "capture_sha256": "0f9a1ffd6263d26e179fc049e9e8b56ceed39b8e874403820f60608d67fdfc72",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-24T00:13:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0f9a1ffd6263d26e179fc049e9e8b56ceed39b8e874403820f60608d67fdfc72.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/port-hope/property-maintenance/by-law-enforcement/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": false,
   "title": "Port Hope Council Approves New Noise Bylaw (Today's Northumberland)",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "news",
   "status": "unknown",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://todaysnorthumberland.ca/?p=132877",
   "summary": "Nov 2025 news: council passed a new noise by-law replacing the 1996 one; 11 p.m. curfew, no decibel readings, municipal infrastructure exemptions.",
   "discovered_by": "onbc-noisewater",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "05c58ae2fc9f4ae58b1333d65f014bb35db33fe3b2b33e0b678a544f49b4b774",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T04:50:23+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/05c58ae2fc9f4ae58b1333d65f014bb35db33fe3b2b33e0b678a544f49b4b774.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/port-hope/noise/port-hope-council-approves-new-noise-bylaw/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/port-hope/noise/"
}