{
 "answer": "In the District municipality of East Hants, Nova Scotia, traffic & streets rules are set by Municipality of East Hants By-law IO-100, Winter Road & Sidewalk Snow Clearing & Maintenance, verified 2026-09-27. Fines: not less than two hundred dollars ($200) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000); $100 within 14 days. Street obstruction: No person shall park or leave standing a Vehicle upon a Public Road where it is obstructing snow removal or other winter maintenance activities. Sidewalk or boulevard use: No person shall clear or cause to have cleared snow from a private road or driveway onto a Sidewalk.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003139",
 "municipality": "East Hants",
 "status_type": "District municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "traffic_streets",
 "label": "Traffic & streets",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.easthants.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of East Hants By-law IO-100, Winter Road & Sidewalk Snow Clearing & Maintenance",
   "category": "traffic_streets",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2015-12-16",
   "document_url": "https://www.easthants.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Bylaw-IO-100-Winter-Road-Amended.pdf",
   "summary": "Bans clearing private snow onto a public road and parking/leaving a vehicle where it obstructs snow removal or winter maintenance on a public road; violators can be ordered to remove the obstruction or have it done/impounded at their expense.",
   "notes": "Original adoption 2015-12-16; a further amendment was read/enacted 2016-01-27/2016-02-24 per the same document's adoption log.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "e2046b8de4618eccd5eb639c0a592baea6b245b56c79b1a828d794c5b84d7ae4",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "IO-100",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e2046b8de4618eccd5eb639c0a592baea6b245b56c79b1a828d794c5b84d7ae4.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "street_obstruction": "No person shall park or leave standing a Vehicle upon a Public Road where it is obstructing snow removal or other winter maintenance activities.",
    "sidewalk_or_boulevard_use": "No person shall clear or cause to have cleared snow from a private road or driveway onto a Sidewalk.",
    "fine_range": "not less than two hundred dollars ($200) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000); $100 within 14 days"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "street_obstruction": "s. 3.2",
    "sidewalk_or_boulevard_use": "s. 4.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 5.1; s. 5.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/east-hants/traffic-streets/bylaw-io-100/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/east-hants/traffic-streets/"
}