{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Oak Bay, British Columbia, construction hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on each day except Sunday (new permit); 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on each day except Sunday (renewal permit); exemptions: Emergency vehicles, warning signals, public meetings, church bells, authorized parades, urgent necessity works, Community Care Facilities.; fines: not more than $1,000.00; construction hours: Monday to Saturday, 8:00 o'clock in the morning and 7:00 o'clock in the afternoon. Source: Anti-Noise Bylaw 3210; Power Saws Regulation Bylaw 3152, verified 2026-06-08.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000094",
 "municipality": "Oak Bay",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.oakbay.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Anti-Noise Bylaw 3210",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.oakbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/3210-Anti-Noise-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits and regulates excessive noise within the District of Oak Bay.",
   "capture_sha256": "46e1b81242205e808c7a2e4ae951e0566a2a501515129c2e0f6e31890ed7a74a",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/46e1b81242205e808c7a2e4ae951e0566a2a501515129c2e0f6e31890ed7a74a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "construction_hours": "7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on each day except Sunday (new permit); 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on each day except Sunday (renewal permit)",
    "exemptions": "Emergency vehicles, warning signals, public meetings, church bells, authorized parades, urgent necessity works, Community Care Facilities.",
    "fine_range": "not more than $1,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "construction_hours": "\"between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on each day except Sunday\"; \"between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on each day except Sunday\"",
    "exemptions": "\"the use of bells or chimes by churches\"",
    "fine_range": "\"a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/oak-bay/noise/text-46e1b8124220/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Power Saws Regulation Bylaw 3152",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1976-07-26",
   "document_url": "https://www.oakbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/3152-regulation-power-saws.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the operation of power saws to control noise disturbances in the District of Oak Bay.",
   "capture_sha256": "b57298901919625572c4cb0ba562770a59265e5ad8ad60b613db1798958cbd6d",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b57298901919625572c4cb0ba562770a59265e5ad8ad60b613db1798958cbd6d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "construction_hours": "Monday to Saturday, 8:00 o'clock in the morning and 7:00 o'clock in the afternoon",
    "exemptions": "Operation within a dwelling house is exempt; power saws prohibited all day Sundays on beaches",
    "fine_range": "$50.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "construction_hours": "\"8:00 o'clock in the morning and 7:00 o'clock in the afternoon\"",
    "exemptions": "\"unless such operation takes place within a dwelling house\"",
    "fine_range": "\"a fine of Fifty Dollars ($50.00)\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/oak-bay/noise/text-b57298901919/",
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  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/oak-bay/noise/"
}