{
 "municipality_id": "gx-026046",
 "municipality": "Woonsocket",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Rhode Island",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Woonsocket Chapter 14 — Miscellaneous Offenses and Provisions (Noise Ordinance)",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Woonsocket-ri/books/code/woonc14.htm",
   "summary": "Noise ordinance prohibits plainly audible sound across property lines. Animal noise: continuous 15 minutes or intermittent 30+ minutes plainly audible is a violation. Truck idling >10 minutes for vehicles >6,000 lbs prohibited if audible to residents. Construction equipment prohibited weekdays 9pm-7am and weekends 5pm Sat-7am Mon. Penalties: $100/$200/$300-500.",
   "capture_sha256": "5aaca365eae69abbc8d135e62add88bbfa0b813604eb500217b8afdae0f53c90",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-06T17:23:21+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5aaca365eae69abbc8d135e62add88bbfa0b813604eb500217b8afdae0f53c90.html",
   "facts": {
    "construction_hours": "weekdays from 9:00 PM to 7:00 AM; weekends from 5:00 PM Saturday through 7:00 AM Monday (operation of outdoor construction/earth moving equipment NOT permitted during these hours)",
    "exemptions": "emergency/public safety vehicles, city/utility vehicles, permitted public activities; emergency utility/roadway work",
    "fine_range": "$100 for the first offense; $200 second offense within one calendar year; not less than $300 nor more than $500 for third and subsequent offense"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "construction_hours": "Sec. 14-5(e)(3)",
    "exemptions": "Sec. 14-5(a) and 14-5(e)(4)",
    "fine_range": "Sec. 14-5(g)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/us/ri/woonsocket/noise/text-5aaca365eae6/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/ri/woonsocket/noise/"
}