{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001812",
 "municipality": "Waterloo",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "http://www.waterloo.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Noise Bylaw 2025-028",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-05-26",
   "document_url": "https://www.waterloo.ca/bylaws-and-enforcement/bylaw-directory/noise-bylaw/",
   "summary": "City of Waterloo Noise By-law 2025-028, full consolidated text on waterloo.ca; last passed by council May 26, 2025, in force June 1, 2025.",
   "capture_sha256": "4636ec34e115e6f5ad9752617e70deaf3a46f8dd4678afecbac695c29832b018",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4636ec34e115e6f5ad9752617e70deaf3a46f8dd4678afecbac695c29832b018.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "23:00 one day to 07:00 next day (09:00 on Sundays)",
    "construction_hours": "07:00 to 19:00 (prohibited all day Sundays and Statutory Holidays)",
    "exemptions": "Government Work, emergency vehicles, snow clearing, religious bells, accessibility signals, City-Sanctioned Community Events, emergency health/safety measures",
    "fine_range": "$25,000 first offence; $50,000 subsequent (individuals); $50,000 first; $100,000 subsequent (corporations); plus $10,000/day continuing"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "Schedule 1, item 8: \"23:00 one day to 07:00 next day (09:00 on Sundays)\"",
    "construction_hours": "Schedule 1, item 10: \"All day Sundays and Statutory Holidays. 19:00 one day to 07:00 next day otherwise\"",
    "exemptions": "s. 6.0 (subsections 1–7)",
    "fine_range": "s. 9.1(2), s. 9.1(3), s. 9.1(4)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/waterloo/noise/text-4636ec34e115/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/waterloo/noise/"
}