{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003100",
 "municipality": "Rothesay",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.rothesay.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law 3-20: Fire Prevention and Protection By-law (amended August 2024)",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.rothesay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024Aug28-3-20-Fire-PreventionandProtectionBy-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Governs fire prevention and protection; regulates open burning and fireworks including prohibitions during burn bans. Amended Aug 28 2024; single enactment date not isolated -> null.",
   "capture_sha256": "e5da5119ce84b9557168cb5240d4db1ad66ab095fa305d32c2fd3ace79683579",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e5da5119ce84b9557168cb5240d4db1ad66ab095fa305d32c2fd3ace79683579.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": false,
    "allowed_conditions": "Recreational fires permitted in contained area, dry seasoned wood, max 1 sq metre, attended at all times, means of extinguishment available, owner consent given.",
    "fine_range": "Administrative penalty up to $175; offence conviction minimum $1,500.00, maximum $5,200.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 14 \"Recreational fires are permitted within the Municipality provided the following conditions are complied with\"",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 14(a)–(f)",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\" (penalty up to $175); s. 39 (max $5,200.00); s. 41(e) (min $1,500.00)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/rothesay/open-burning/text-e5da5119ce84/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/rothesay/open-burning/"
}