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 "municipality_id": "gx-026035",
 "municipality": "Providence",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Rhode Island",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "City of Providence Municipal Code - Chapter 16 Noise / Section 16-97 Residential Zone Equipment",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://library.municode.com/ri/providence/codes/code_of_ordinances",
   "summary": "Machinery and leaf blowers in residential zones limited to 55 dBA overnight / 65 dBA daytime.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-06T17:23:21+00:00",
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   "is_official": false,
   "title": "City of Providence Municipal Code - Chapter 16 Offenses / Article III Noise Control",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://providencenoiseproject.org/laws/providence-municipal-code/",
   "summary": "Noise control with decibel limits: residential 65 dBA daytime / 55 dBA nighttime. Construction prohibited 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. Amplified sound max 75 dB. Hospital quiet zones within 300 ft.",
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   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "Residential: 65 dBA 7:00 a.m. to 9:59 p.m. / 55 dBA 10:00 p.m. to 6:59 a.m.",
    "construction_hours": "construction/repair unlawful 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. (special permit from director of public works required)",
    "exemptions": "Emergency work; utility service restoration. No special permit required for emergency work."
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   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "Sec. 16-93(c) Sounds Levels by Receiving Land Use table",
    "construction_hours": "Sec. 16-98",
    "exemptions": "Sec. 16-98"
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}