{
 "answer": "In the Regional municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, traffic & streets rules are set by Halifax Regional Municipality Streets By-law S-300, verified 2026-09-27. Fines: not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars. Street obstruction: No person shall make any excavation in a street, obstruct a street, or close off/use a street without a permit. Sidewalk or boulevard use: No driving/riding animals on sidewalk where annoyance; boulevard gardens must comply with Administrative Order; no invasive species.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003141",
 "municipality": "Halifax",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "traffic_streets",
 "label": "Traffic & streets",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.halifax.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Halifax Regional Municipality Streets By-law S-300",
   "category": "traffic_streets",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1997-11-18",
   "document_url": "https://www.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/city-hall/legislation-by-laws/by-laws-300.pdf",
   "summary": "Owners must clear sidewalk snow/ice within 12 hours of a snowfall ending (to bare pavement); no depositing snow on the travelled roadway; no riding/driving horses, cattle, sheep on a sidewalk; no encroaching hedges/tree branches over a street; no street excavation without a permit.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "968deb1a43a81ac655c2b1143f1bcb09f5d1ae0aeeff13d9f96813c9ef781cd1",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "S-300",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/968deb1a43a81ac655c2b1143f1bcb09f5d1ae0aeeff13d9f96813c9ef781cd1.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "street_obstruction": "No person shall make any excavation in a street, obstruct a street, or close off/use a street without a permit.",
    "sidewalk_or_boulevard_use": "No driving/riding animals on sidewalk where annoyance; boulevard gardens must comply with Administrative Order; no invasive species.",
    "fine_range": "not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "street_obstruction": "s. 23(1)(a),(c),(f); s. 30(1)",
    "sidewalk_or_boulevard_use": "s. 7; s. 11B(1); s. 11D",
    "fine_range": "s. 45(1)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/halifax/traffic-streets/bylaw-s-300/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/halifax/traffic-streets/"
}