{
 "answer": "In the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, fees & rates rules are set by User Fees and Service Charges By-law No. 2025-153, verified 2026-08-29. Effective date: January 1, 2026.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001738",
 "municipality": "Sault Ste. Marie",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fees_rates",
 "label": "Fees & rates",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://saultstemarie.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "User Fees and Service Charges By-law No. 2025-153",
   "category": "fees_rates",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://saultstemarie.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2025-153-User-Fees.pdf",
   "summary": "The City's consolidated schedule of user fees and service charges across departments (permits, licences, recreation, etc.).",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "939a4a987aea5492106a653aaae2d51bee394baa67af3117084e5cfcdfb0d6d9",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2025-153",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/939a4a987aea5492106a653aaae2d51bee394baa67af3117084e5cfcdfb0d6d9.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "schedule_scope": "User fees and service charges in Schedules A-I for City departments, including Clerk, Community Development, Engineering, Planning, Building, Finance, Fire, Legal, Public Works.",
    "notable_fees": "Marriage licence $155.00; transit cash fare $3.50; adult monthly transit pass $81.00; public swim adult $5.75; building permit minimum $140.00; landfill tipping fee $92.00/tonne.",
    "effective_date": "January 1, 2026"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "schedule_scope": "s. 1",
    "notable_fees": "Schedule \"A\"; Schedule \"B\"; Schedule \"E\" s. 2; Schedule \"I\"",
    "effective_date": "s. 3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/sault-ste-marie/fees/bylaw-2025-153/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/sault-ste-marie/fees/"
}