{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Sicamous, British Columbia, open burning & fires rules are set by Outdoor Burning Bylaw No. 452, 2002 (consolidated), verified 2026-10-26. Fines: not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). A permit is required. Permit issuer: Council.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000126",
 "municipality": "Sicamous",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://www.sicamous.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Outdoor Burning Bylaw No. 452, 2002 (consolidated)",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2002-04-11",
   "document_url": "https://sicamous.civicweb.net/document/17279",
   "summary": "Stand-alone burning bylaw. Fire pits/barbecues/barrels up to 1 m wide and high allowed with conditions; garden refuse and yard-waste fires only first two weeks of April and last two weeks of October; noxious materials banned; subject to provincial bans; fine up to $10,000. Adopted 2002-04-11.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-burning",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
   "capture_sha256": "c86b291b4719224247ffc789f19e8ec7ba60fb4d0c98a6dc7d3179754d81626f",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-23T22:21:28+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "452",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c86b291b4719224247ffc789f19e8ec7ba60fb4d0c98a6dc7d3179754d81626f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Council",
    "allowed_conditions": "Cooking, warmth, ceremony fires in barbecue, fire pit or burning barrel; garden refuse fires first two weeks April and last two weeks October; land clearing debris by permit.",
    "fine_range": "not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.3.1",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 3.3.2(c)",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 3.1.1; s. 3.2; s. 3.3",
    "fine_range": "s. 6.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/sicamous/open-burning/bylaw-452/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fire Department - District of Sicamous",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.sicamous.ca/live-here/essential-services/fire-department",
   "summary": "District page summarising Outdoor Burning Bylaw 452: size limits, spark arrestors, supervised fires, yard waste burning April and October only.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-burning",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
   "capture_sha256": "442e52538d5a6f339665e34a94ea757d1bcec694579643efff7359110f38f376",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-23T22:21:28+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/442e52538d5a6f339665e34a94ea757d1bcec694579643efff7359110f38f376.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/sicamous/open-burning/fire-department-district-of-sicamous/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/sicamous/open-burning/"
}