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 "municipality_id": "gx-000005",
 "municipality": "Armstrong",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.cityofarmstrong.bc.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fire Prevention Bylaw No. 1858, 2020 (Consolidated)",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-01-01",
   "document_url": "https://armstrong.civicweb.net/document/132074",
   "summary": "Governs fire prevention and open burning within the City of Armstrong including restrictions on open burning and fire hazard prevention. Consolidated version updated 2024-10-16.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T06:16:30+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/06d106dd20fa2108fab93a5e8926d56e504cc128d6875be4c6eae29cd3563414.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief",
    "allowed_fire_types": [
     "confined fires for cooking, recreational or ceremonial purposes (s. 5.2(a))",
     "agricultural/orchard/golf course burning Nov 1–Apr 30 with permit, max 2 weeks/year, Mon-Fri, 1 hr after sunrise to 4 pm or 2 hrs before sunset"
    ],
    "fine_min": 50,
    "fine_max": 2000
   },
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    "permit_required": "s. 5.1",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 5.4",
    "allowed_fire_types": "s. 5.2(a), 5.4",
    "fine_min": "s. 6.2",
    "fine_max": "s. 6.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/armstrong/open-burning/text-06d106dd20fa/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/armstrong/open-burning/"
}