{
 "answer": "In the City of Saint John, New Brunswick, quiet hours: 21:00-07:00; construction hours: 07:00-21:00; exemptions: City/gov't employees on duty; City-authorized work; athletic/recreational in parks/arenas; traditional/festive/religious activities; Council-authorized community events; emergency vehicles; fines: $1,070.00. Source: By-Law M-22 — A By-Law respecting the Prevention of Excessive Noise in the City of Saint John, verified 2026-06-05.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003102",
 "municipality": "Saint John",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://saintjohn.ca/fr",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law M-22 — A By-Law respecting the Prevention of Excessive Noise in the City of Saint John",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2005-05-18",
   "document_url": "https://saintjohn.ca/sites/default/files/2021-02/Noise%20By-Law.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits excessive noise (Feb 2021 consolidated upload). OCR of the PDF shows readings of 29 March 2005 and 18 May 2005 with third reading/enactment 18 May 2005, repealing a 1983 bylaw. Corrected adopted_date from the prior unsupported 2007-08-27 to 2005-05-18.",
   "capture_sha256": "d67a23efa3e4c3415dd1ba84ee1b8afc0824acdeee3c37f64d47bbb20c04f132",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d67a23efa3e4c3415dd1ba84ee1b8afc0824acdeee3c37f64d47bbb20c04f132.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "21:00-07:00",
    "construction_hours": "07:00-21:00",
    "exemptions": "City/gov't employees on duty; City-authorized work; athletic/recreational in parks/arenas; traditional/festive/religious activities; Council-authorized community events; emergency vehicles",
    "fine_range": "$1,070.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "\"between the hours of 9:00 o'clock in the evening and 7:00 o'clock of the following morning\"",
    "construction_hours": "\"between the hours of 9:00 o'clock in the evening and 7:00 o'clock of the following morning\"",
    "exemptions": "\"noises in connection with athletic and recreational activities\"; \"noises in relation to traditional, festive, and religious activities\"",
    "fine_range": "\"One Thousand and Seventy Dollars ($1,070.00)\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/saint-john/noise/text-d67a23efa3e4/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/saint-john/noise/"
}