{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001611",
 "municipality": "Machar",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "https://townshipofmachar.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Air Burning By-law No. 39-12",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://townshipofmachar.ca/uploads/documents/by-laws/b-l-open-air-burning.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates open air fires, including camp fires, outdoor fireplaces, permits, fire bans, nuisance smoke, supervision, and safety conditions.",
   "capture_sha256": "31ceb39ab775e45d0980f699ae47439eedd0f07592d570ec0e295f7be8374dca",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/31ceb39ab775e45d0980f699ae47439eedd0f07592d570ec0e295f7be8374dca.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief",
    "allowed_conditions": "Camp fires ≤0.3m³ and outdoor fireplaces permitted without permit if ≥5m from structures, wind ≤20km/h, no nuisance, extinguishment available, constant watch maintained.",
    "fine_range": "$200.00 per offence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2.1",
    "permit_issuer": "\"a Permit issued by the Fire Chief\"",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 3.1, s. 3.2",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/machar/open-burning/text-31ceb39ab775/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/machar/open-burning/"
}