{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003154",
 "municipality": "Pictou",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.townofpictou.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Noise Control By-Law",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2013-06-05",
   "document_url": "https://townofpictou.ca/796-noise-by-law-executed/file",
   "summary": "Regulates noise disturbances within the Town of Pictou; enacted effective 5 Jun 2013 (executed/signed version).",
   "capture_sha256": "4d67412a10beeb786b2c8e47ee6848b3399e4166d037604fbff469b7e6d7c48a",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4d67412a10beeb786b2c8e47ee6848b3399e4166d037604fbff469b7e6d7c48a.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "Daytime 07:00-22:00; sound limit 65 dBA daytime and 55 dBA nighttime measured at 100 feet",
    "construction_hours": "Construction exempt between 07:00 and 20:00 with a building permit",
    "exemptions": "Town/Province/Canada/NS Power/utility employees; snow removal; emergency personnel; daytime athletic/religious activities; agricultural farm activities; federally regulated transportation",
    "fine_range": "first offence $100-$10,000; second $300-$10,000 (or imprisonment up to 6 months)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "s. 2(e); s. 8",
    "construction_hours": "s. 12(h)",
    "exemptions": "s. 12",
    "fine_range": "s. 23"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/pictou-town/noise/text-4d67412a10be/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/pictou-town/noise/"
}