{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000111",
 "municipality": "Powell River",
 "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://powellriver.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Residential Backyard Burning Bylaw No. 1931, 2001 (Consolidated)",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2001-01-01",
   "document_url": "https://powellriver.civicweb.net/document/709/",
   "summary": "Governs residential backyard burning in Powell River; requires a $25 permit, limits burning to yard debris, prohibits household garbage burning; non-compliance may result in a $2,000 fine.",
   "capture_sha256": "d048157b8629dcfa97367e5c3e19d2f4827bdce43c97f38bb1d6d7c8750edfea",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T06:16:30+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d048157b8629dcfa97367e5c3e19d2f4827bdce43c97f38bb1d6d7c8750edfea.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief",
    "allowed_conditions": "dry garden refuse only, 09:00-15:00, April 1-30 and November 1-30, Ventilation Index forecast 'good'",
    "fine_range": "not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3(c)(e)",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 3(c)",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 3(e)(iii)(iv), s. 6",
    "fine_range": "s. 10(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/powell-river/open-burning/text-d048157b8629/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/powell-river/open-burning/"
}