{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000078",
 "municipality": "Merritt",
 "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://merritt.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Wood Burning Applications and Air Quality Bylaw 2012, 2001",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wood-Burning-Appliances-and-Air-Quality-Bylaw-2012-CONSOLIDATION.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates wood burning appliances and open burning to control air quality in Merritt.",
   "capture_sha256": "a748ac1e000a9fdd2e1993527b5f23c90931a7f1c795007c904a24efe6f22388",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a748ac1e000a9fdd2e1993527b5f23c90931a7f1c795007c904a24efe6f22388.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "allowed_conditions": "Using permitted fuels in certified appliances (not outdoor solid-fuel), when no Air Quality Advisory and temperature warrants heating, unless no other heat.",
    "fine_range": "not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 3, 4(a), 4(b), 5",
    "fine_range": "s. 8(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/merritt/open-burning/text-a748ac1e000a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/merritt/open-burning/"
}