{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003458",
 "municipality": "Springdale",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Newfoundland and Labrador",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofspringdale.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Fire By-Law - Town of Springdale",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-09",
   "document_url": "http://townofspringdale.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Open-Fire-By-Law.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates open-air fires, incinerators, and outdoor fireplaces. Approved June 9, 2025; effective June 10, 2025. Requires permits for forest fire season.",
   "capture_sha256": "b65adfd77c7aaca64167d4f95dd6edd41c5082b0abebb9812db4ee819b9c4451",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-06T14:18:25+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b65adfd77c7aaca64167d4f95dd6edd41c5082b0abebb9812db4ee819b9c4451.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Minister or Minister's designate under the Forestry Act (provincial burn permit for clearing land/brush on or within 300m of forest land during forest fire season)",
    "allowed_conditions": "Fire allowed without permit in an incinerator, outdoor fireplace, covered barrel, or outdoor wood-burning unit meeting stated conditions; prohibited when fire weather index is high or extreme.",
    "fine_range": "first offence not less than $100.00 and not more than $1,000.00; subsequent not less than $1,000.00 and not more than $2,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "Permits a.",
    "permit_issuer": "Permits a.",
    "allowed_conditions": "Permits c. and Prohibition",
    "fine_range": "Offence i. and ii."
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nl/springdale/open-burning/text-b65adfd77c7a/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nl/springdale/open-burning/"
}