{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000329",
 "municipality": "Lethbridge",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.lethbridge.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Burning Bylaw 5858",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2014-01-01",
   "document_url": "https://www.lethbridge.ca/media/wcln2szy/5858-open-burning-bylaw-2014.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates open burning within city limits including backyard fire pits, commercial burn permits, fuel type restrictions, supervision requirements, and fire bans.",
   "capture_sha256": "ae55eabf8b5d3e26b8f02307413432329b866777288d3aa1b7568bbd1367ddb0",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ae55eabf8b5d3e26b8f02307413432329b866777288d3aa1b7568bbd1367ddb0.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Department",
    "allowed_conditions": "Commercial with permit. Residential fire pits/places using clean dry wood, meeting size/distance rules, supervised, wind under 30kmh, outside 01:30-08:00, not during fire ban.",
    "fine_range": "Schedule A: $150.00-$200.00; s. 8.5: max $2,500.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.1; s. 7.2",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 1(l)",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 3.1; s. 5.1; s. 5.3; s. 5.4; s. 6.4; s. 7.2",
    "fine_range": "Schedule A; s. 8.5"
   },
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/lethbridge/open-burning/"
}