{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003166",
 "municipality": "West Hants",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.westhants.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Outdoor Fires By-law RO-001",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.westhants.ca/government/by-laws-and-policies/by-laws/4083-outdoor-fires-by-law-ro-001-pdf/file",
   "summary": "Governs open-air and outdoor burning across West Hants Regional Municipality. Sets out conditions, prohibitions, and permit requirements for outdoor fires.",
   "capture_sha256": "e5de45394551d393df8df4b777a2fac73d1c05816ecb25e36c5a53318320765f",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e5de45394551d393df8df4b777a2fac73d1c05816ecb25e36c5a53318320765f.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": false,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief (for situations not otherwise defined, via special arrangement)",
    "allowed_conditions": "Permitted without permit: BBQ, acceptable appliance/chiminea, campfire in rural area; rural brush/agricultural burning Mar 15-Oct 15 per NS Forest Act, not within 100 m of other dwelling, 20 m of structure, supervised",
    "fine_range": "$250-$5,000; Notice of Violation $100"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3-4",
    "permit_issuer": "Authority s. 7",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 4(2); s. 4(6); s. 4(7)",
    "fine_range": "s. 8(1); s. 8(2)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/west-hants/open-burning/text-e5de45394551/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/west-hants/open-burning/"
}