{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001608",
 "municipality": "Loyalist",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "https://www.loyalist.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Air Burning By-law 2021-070",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-11-08",
   "document_url": "https://www.loyalist.ca/council-and-administration/by-laws-and-enforcement/open-air-burning-by-law/",
   "summary": "Regulates open air burning, fire permits, burn conditions, prohibited materials, setbacks, supervision, and fire bans. Came into force November 8, 2021.",
   "capture_sha256": "af4ae77a515b80b0fa9922f3de8e14cdbabad35d1783623e0b9db9c61ad7184d",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/af4ae77a515b80b0fa9922f3de8e14cdbabad35d1783623e0b9db9c61ad7184d.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief",
    "allowed_conditions": "Campfires and outdoor fireplaces permitted without permit if ≤60cm diameter, clean dry wood, ≥4m from structures, supervised, no burn ban in effect."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 13: 'No person shall conduct a brush fire without obtaining a permit as outlined in Part 5'",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 18(a): 'may apply for an open-air fire permit to the Fire Chief'",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 11, s. 12"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/loyalist/open-burning/text-af4ae77a515b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/loyalist/open-burning/"
}