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 "municipality_id": "gx-026032",
 "municipality": "North Smithfield",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Rhode Island",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
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   "title": "Town of North Smithfield Code of Ordinances - Chapter 8 Health and Sanitation / Article VII Noise (Sections 8-110 through 8-128)",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://ecode360.com/37919751",
   "summary": "Noise ordinance with decibel limits: 53 dBA daytime / 43 dBA nighttime residential. Animal noise restrictions. Construction hours Mon-Fri 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fines $100-$500.",
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of North Smithfield Health and Sanitation Ordinance (PDF)",
   "category": "noise",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.nsmithfieldri.gov/DocumentCenter/View/627/Health-and-Sanitation-PDF",
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   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "Yelling/shouting, loading/unloading, and similar acts prohibited between 10:00 p.m. of one day and 7:00 a.m. of the following day; musical instruments/devices plainly audible at 50 feet prohibited 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.",
    "construction_hours": "Construction, demolition, rock crushing and earthmoving under a valid permit allowed 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday-Friday and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays; prohibited any hour Sunday and legal holidays.",
    "exemptions": "Emergency/emergency-vehicle sound; unamplified human voice; agricultural activities on 10+ acre parcels; military operations; town-sanctioned sporting; legal firearm discharge; town-licensed fireworks; snow removal anytime.",
    "fine_range": "first offense warning; second offense $100.00; $500.00 for all subsequent offenses"
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   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "s. 8-120(5), (8); s. 8-121",
    "construction_hours": "s. 8-114(b)",
    "exemptions": "s. 8-114(a)",
    "fine_range": "s. 8-113(b)"
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}