{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001731",
 "municipality": "Richmond Hill",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "http://www.richmondhill.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipal Code Chapter 1055 - Noise By-law No. 43-20, as amended",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-06-24",
   "document_url": "http://www.richmondhill.ca/en/shared-content/resources/documents/Community-Standards-By-laws/1055---Noise.pdf",
   "summary": "By-law to prohibit and regulate certain types of noise within the City of Richmond Hill.",
   "capture_sha256": "6c62c6ff72baf47f4ae7b828c1e922b09f5ad5015c2f415c3f0b5871174fa0a3",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6c62c6ff72baf47f4ae7b828c1e922b09f5ad5015c2f415c3f0b5871174fa0a3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "10 p.m. to 8 a.m. (amplified sound); 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. or 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. weekends (domestic tools/lawn equipment)",
    "construction_hours": "7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday–Saturday, not Sundays or statutory holidays",
    "exemptions": "Emergency vehicles, Corporation operations, provincial/utility projects, farming, film permits, fireworks permits, goods delivery to retail/restaurants/hotels",
    "fine_range": "$1,000–$50,000 first conviction; $2,000–$100,000 subsequent conviction"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "s. 2.2(b), s. 2.3(b), s. 2.5(c)–(d), s. 2.7(a)–(b)",
    "construction_hours": "s. 2.4 — 'From 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. the next day, or All day Sunday and statutory holidays'",
    "exemptions": "Schedule 1, items 1–11",
    "fine_range": "s. 6.7(a)–(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/richmond-hill/noise/text-6c62c6ff72ba/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/richmond-hill/noise/"
}