{
 "answer": "In the City of Powell River, British Columbia, where prohibited: Buildings, vehicles for hire, public transit, shelters, customer service areas, and within six metres of building openings, customer service areas, playgrounds, playing fields, or school yards.; buffer distance: six metres; fines: not less than $100.00 and not more than $2000.00; not exceeding $50.00 for each day such offence continues. Source: Bylaw 2232, 2009 - Smoking Regulation, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000111",
 "municipality": "Powell River",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://powellriver.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 2232, 2009 - Smoking Regulation",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2009-08-20",
   "document_url": "https://powellriver.civicweb.net/document/763",
   "summary": "Bans smoking within 6 metres of doorways/windows/air intakes, transit shelters, playing fields, playgrounds, school yards, and customer service areas.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "7d8615618f747dd7f6e6ba1ab552d14e41190e2dfb6b4990d2690f6a7203ea55",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7d8615618f747dd7f6e6ba1ab552d14e41190e2dfb6b4990d2690f6a7203ea55.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "Buildings, vehicles for hire, public transit, shelters, customer service areas, and within six metres of building openings, customer service areas, playgrounds, playing fields, or school yards.",
    "buffer_distance": "six metres",
    "fine_range": "not less than $100.00 and not more than $2000.00; not exceeding $50.00 for each day such offence continues"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 4.1",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 4.1(e)",
    "fine_range": "s. 12, 13"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/powell-river/smoking-vaping/text-7d8615618f74/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/powell-river/smoking-vaping/"
}