{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001559",
 "municipality": "Horton",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.hortontownship.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Air Burning By-law 2016-23",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.hortontownship.ca/userfiles/file/cs/1752159956_432862867.pdf",
   "summary": "Official township PDF regulating open-air burning and related permit, fee, and enforcement provisions.",
   "capture_sha256": "4bc171a8b59ce992bac0c1abed49faee2845cea628c6b48c6cff0436e6f735bf",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4bc171a8b59ce992bac0c1abed49faee2845cea628c6b48c6cff0436e6f735bf.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief or Deputy Fire Chief",
    "allowed_conditions": "Permitted outside Fire Season (Nov 1-Mar 31). Open Air Fire requires Permit. Campfires in Approved Pit exempt. Burn Barrels allowed in Rural Zone with 100m setback.",
    "fine_range": "$250.00 to $450.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2.1(b)",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 2.1(b)",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 2.1(a), s. 2.1(b), s. 2.3(a)",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/horton/open-burning/text-4bc171a8b59c/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/horton/open-burning/"
}