{
 "answer": "In the City of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, where prohibited: Buildings, vehicles for hire, public transit, customer service areas, common areas, swimming beaches, municipal parks/buildings/facilities, and within 7.5 metres of specified areas or openings.; buffer distance: seven point five (7.5) metres; vaping included: True; fines: fine not exceeding $10,000.00. Source: Maple Ridge Smoking Regulation Bylaw No. 6968-2013 (Consolidated with Bylaw 7151-2015), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000075",
 "municipality": "Maple Ridge",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://mapleridge.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Maple Ridge Smoking Regulation Bylaw No. 6968-2013 (Consolidated with Bylaw 7151-2015)",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2014-08-26",
   "document_url": "https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/smoking-regulation-consolidated-bylaw-6968-2013",
   "summary": "Bans smoking at designated swimming beaches, in/near pools, in municipal parks/playgrounds near play areas, and within 7.5 m of doorways or openings into buildings and covered service areas.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "0ed55fc5dd182cf88dd206a22b5e76139b57843687ec5cc24a73d8b9d06c646a",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0ed55fc5dd182cf88dd206a22b5e76139b57843687ec5cc24a73d8b9d06c646a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "Buildings, vehicles for hire, public transit, customer service areas, common areas, swimming beaches, municipal parks/buildings/facilities, and within 7.5 metres of specified areas or openings.",
    "buffer_distance": "seven point five (7.5) metres",
    "vaping_included": true,
    "fine_range": "fine not exceeding $10,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 5.1",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 5.1.8",
    "vaping_included": "s. 4.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 10.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/maple-ridge/smoking-vaping/text-0ed55fc5dd18/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/maple-ridge/smoking-vaping/"
}