{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000212",
 "municipality": "Cardston",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.cardston.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 1612 Burning (backyard fire regulations)",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.cardston.ca/public/download/files/116836",
   "summary": "Regulates backyard burning, open fires, and fire pit use within residential areas of Cardston.",
   "capture_sha256": "3ec980b054b81e547cab616a9d03ac0cb5baf133c57993831b8bca64e4209072",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3ec980b054b81e547cab616a9d03ac0cb5baf133c57993831b8bca64e4209072.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Department or By-Law Officer",
    "allowed_conditions": "Permit required for open fire. Fire pits, fireplaces, BBQs allowed if compliant. No burning if wind >30km/h, after sunset/before sunrise, or under fire ban.",
    "fine_range": "$50.00, $75.00, $100.00 (Schedule A); not exceeding Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars (s. 11.b)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.b",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 3.b",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 3.b, s. 6, s. 7, s. 3.e, s. 5.c, s. 9.c",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\", s. 11.b"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/cardston/open-burning/text-3ec980b054b8/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/cardston/open-burning/"
}