{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003135",
 "municipality": "Colchester",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.colchester.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Neighbourhood Nuisance By-law — Chapter 2",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-05-30",
   "document_url": "https://www.colchester.ca/4245-neighbourhood-nuisance-by-law-chapter-2-may-2024/file",
   "summary": "Regulates neighbourhood nuisance including noise disturbances across the Municipality of the County of Colchester. Second Reading May 30, 2024.",
   "capture_sha256": "4c478072bbc7451ed0c12f1964e46c540724313a8219e05e9b6068f358e10b16",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4c478072bbc7451ed0c12f1964e46c540724313a8219e05e9b6068f358e10b16.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "construction_hours": "Heavy-equipment construction within 150m of a dwelling prohibited outside: Weekdays 7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; Saturday 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.; Sunday and holidays 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (unless CAO exemption)",
    "exemptions": "Emergency response/vehicles; businesses operating lawfully and appropriately; lawful recreation; community events",
    "fine_range": "First offence $300-$10,000; second $700-$10,000; third or subsequent $1,000-$10,000 (or imprisonment up to 1 year)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "construction_hours": "s. 4(c)",
    "exemptions": "s. 5",
    "fine_range": "s. 7"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/colchester/noise/text-4c478072bbc7/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/colchester/noise/"
}