{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003154",
 "municipality": "Pictou",
 "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.townofpictou.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Outdoor Fire By-Law",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-05-30",
   "document_url": "https://townofpictou.ca/797-outdoor-fire-by-law-approved-executed/file",
   "summary": "Regulates outdoor fires and open burning within the Town of Pictou; enacted effective 30 May 2012.",
   "capture_sha256": "ecb21cbca68b7b9fae568eea018aecffe566694068438c2367af786f374f49f5",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ecb21cbca68b7b9fae568eea018aecffe566694068438c2367af786f374f49f5.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief, Fire Inspector or Designate",
    "allowed_conditions": "Outdoor fire only in Acceptable Fire Pit, Outdoor Furnace, or under permit; only seasoned firewood/charcoal; fire pit >25 feet from buildings/property line; responsible adult present; no burning in dry/windy conditions; permit burns 08:00-20:00",
    "fine_range": "first offence $100-$10,000; second $300-$10,000; third $500-$10,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 5; s. 7",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 5",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 5; s. 8; s. 9",
    "fine_range": "s. 14"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/pictou-town/open-burning/text-ecb21cbca68b/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/pictou-town/open-burning/"
}