{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003122",
 "municipality": "Amherst",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.amherst.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fires and Burning of Materials By-Law C-07",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.amherst.ca/government/bylaws/6514-c-07-fires-and-burning-of-materials-by-law/file.html",
   "summary": "Regulates open burning and disposal of materials by fire within the Town of Amherst; sets out permit requirements and restrictions on burning.",
   "capture_sha256": "9eca8c8c0fa3b5af99fbcbfec95cafd9f4c4bef8196b77c858f2ea77088c23d5",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9eca8c8c0fa3b5af99fbcbfec95cafd9f4c4bef8196b77c858f2ea77088c23d5.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": false,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief (special burning permit for situations not defined in by-law)",
    "allowed_conditions": "Only recreational outdoor burning appliances allowed without permit; clean dry untreated wood; fire max 60 cm wide/45 cm high; 4.75 m from dwelling/property line; no burn if wind over 25 km/h or NSDNRR burn ban",
    "fine_range": "First $250; second $500; third $1,000; fourth $1,500 (statutory $100-$10,000)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 5",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 3; s. 4(e); s. 4(g)",
    "fine_range": "s. 7"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/amherst/open-burning/text-9eca8c8c0fa3/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/amherst/open-burning/"
}