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 "municipality_id": "gx-000052",
 "municipality": "Houston",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.houston.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Burning & Air Quality Bylaw No. 947, 2006 (As Amended)",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.houston.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID97atID558.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates open burning and air quality within the Village of Houston.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b9e5a81b4a70f62d71708fbb5e1f755bf4ec96e84baaf6d192b3d0b06753781a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief",
    "allowed_conditions": "lots greater than one hectare, separation of thirty (30) metres, venting index fifty-five (55) or greater, air quality index not below twenty-five (25), 7:00 a.m. to sunset",
    "fine_range": "not less than $50.00 and not more than $500.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.7",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 3.7",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 3.8, s. 3.10",
    "fine_range": "s. 4.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/houston/open-burning/text-b9e5a81b4a70/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/houston/open-burning/"
}