{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003135",
 "municipality": "Colchester",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.colchester.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Outdoor Fire By-law — Chapter 9",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-06-27",
   "document_url": "https://www.colchester.ca/3959-outdoor-fire-by-law-chapter-9-june-2023/file",
   "summary": "Regulates outdoor open fires including burn permits, prohibited conditions, and fire safety rules. Second Reading June 27, 2023.",
   "capture_sha256": "70ffd8656183aa34414793a799d68986f072d96c4959390d92952b6b148f531d",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/70ffd8656183aa34414793a799d68986f072d96c4959390d92952b6b148f531d.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": false,
    "allowed_conditions": "In Designated Fire Districts (Bible Hill etc.) outdoor fires prohibited unless in an Acceptable Fire Pit (max 1m wide) with spark arrestor, only clean dry wood/charcoal, >15 ft from buildings/property line, supervised by suitably-equipped adult, no nuisance",
    "fine_range": "First $500-$1,000; second $1,000-$2,500; third or subsequent $2,500-$5,000 (default imprisonment up to 30 days)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 5; s. 6",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 5(2); s. 6",
    "fine_range": "s. 9(1)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/colchester/open-burning/text-70ffd8656183/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/colchester/open-burning/"
}