{
 "answer": "In the City of Sarnia, Ontario, street obstruction: No person shall, without lawful authority, obstruct, encumber, injure, or foul any street; excavation also prohibited.; sidewalk or boulevard use: No person shall interfere with public travel or use of sidewalks or traffic control devices (s. 3.9).; fines: Minimum $500.00 and maximum $10,000.00 per day; total daily fines not limited to $100,000.00.. Source: Streets By-law 79 of 2021 (as amended by By-law 116 of 2024), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001736",
 "municipality": "Sarnia",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "traffic_streets",
 "label": "Traffic & streets",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.sarnia.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Streets By-law 79 of 2021 (as amended by By-law 116 of 2024)",
   "category": "traffic_streets",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-07-12",
   "document_url": "https://sarnia.civicweb.net/document/40816",
   "summary": "Regulates use of City streets and boulevards, including permitted encroachments (e.g. fences/structures projecting into the right-of-way), prohibits obstructing or excavating streets without authorization, and sets sightline/boulevard-obstruction rules.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "d8a65701730ac1e7665e4b40b5c3196411e836db525920b598ad4a340a587676",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d8a65701730ac1e7665e4b40b5c3196411e836db525920b598ad4a340a587676.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "street_obstruction": "No person shall, without lawful authority, obstruct, encumber, injure, or foul any street; excavation also prohibited.",
    "sidewalk_or_boulevard_use": "No person shall interfere with public travel or use of sidewalks or traffic control devices (s. 3.9).",
    "fine_range": "Minimum $500.00 and maximum $10,000.00 per day; total daily fines not limited to $100,000.00."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "street_obstruction": "s. 3.1, s. 3.2",
    "sidewalk_or_boulevard_use": "s. 3.9",
    "fine_range": "s. 11.7(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/sarnia/traffic-streets/text-d8a65701730a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/sarnia/traffic-streets/"
}