{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000189",
 "municipality": "Birch Cove",
 "status_type": "Summer Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.birchcove.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "171-25 Fire Bylaw",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://birchcove.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/171-25-Fire-Bylaw-11-23-25.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates fire use and open burning within Birch Cove.",
   "capture_sha256": "2ad1e099a44da54db60fdc574932cfa9e1ad7773f4dc79072ad82c00c26057c6",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2ad1e099a44da54db60fdc574932cfa9e1ad7773f4dc79072ad82c00c26057c6.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Summer Village (CAO), in consultation with the Fire Chief",
    "allowed_conditions": "Recreational fire in Acceptable Fire Pit/Fireplace or CSA-certified BBQ/portable appliance or propane/natural gas fire table on residential parcel only, supervised, flame ≤1m, no Prohibited Debris",
    "fine_range": "$250.00 (first offence, most violations) to $10,000.00 (summary conviction maximum); specified penalties range $250–$5,000 depending on offence and repetition"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "\"unless the Person has obtained an Approval pursuant to this Bylaw\"",
    "permit_issuer": "\"issued by the Summer Village in consultation with the Fire Chief\"",
    "allowed_conditions": "\"a Recreational Fire within an Acceptable Recreational Fire Pit or Acceptable Fireplace\"",
    "fine_range": "\"liable on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/birch-cove/open-burning/text-2ad1e099a44d/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/birch-cove/open-burning/"
}