{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003155",
 "municipality": "Port Hawkesbury",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofporthawkesbury.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Outdoor Fire By-Law",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-10-02",
   "document_url": "https://townofporthawkesbury.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/OUTDOOR-FIRE-BY-LAW.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates outdoor open fires within the Town of Port Hawkesbury; first reading 4 Sep 2012, second reading 2 Oct 2012.",
   "capture_sha256": "0c9db483d288182d1dffc0842650fd75e18b170398eac6e5147d4dfb87ee9a04",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0c9db483d288182d1dffc0842650fd75e18b170398eac6e5147d4dfb87ee9a04.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief",
    "allowed_conditions": "Outdoor fire only in an acceptable fire pit or wood-burning appliance; only dry seasoned firewood; spark arrestor/screen; located >15 feet (5m) from buildings/property line; responsible adult present; no nuisance",
    "fine_range": "not less than $250.00 and not exceeding $5,000.00 (first $250, second $1,000, third $5,000)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 7",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 7",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 4; s. 6",
    "fine_range": "s. 9; Schedule A"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/open-burning/text-0c9db483d288/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/open-burning/"
}