{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001630",
 "municipality": "McMurrich/Monteith",
 "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.mcmurrichmonteith.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "2003 Setting of Fires By-Law",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/af131183/files/uploaded/2003%2BSetting%2Bof%2BFires%2BBy-Law.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates setting fires in the township.",
   "capture_sha256": "0020a256331ecab852cae550d107eba8b9ae34cd30de95c2c29d45453bf07ba1",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0020a256331ecab852cae550d107eba8b9ae34cd30de95c2c29d45453bf07ba1.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Municipal Office or a designated permit issuer; Fire Chief for special approvals",
    "allowed_conditions": "Cooking/warmth fires allowed without permit if on bare rock/non-combustible site, 2m from flammables, not exceeding 1m height and diameter, and no Total Fire Ban.",
    "fine_range": "$100.00 to $300.00 per offence; emergency vehicle charges $300.00/vehicle/first hour, $120.00/vehicle/additional half hour"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 1.2 \"No person shall start a fire outdoors for any purpose other than cooking or obtaining warmth except under the authority of a Fire Permit\"",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 9.2 \"Permits for setting a fire outdoors can be obtained at the Municipal Office or a designated permit issuer\"; s. 10.1 \"the Municipal Fire Chief may approve an outdoor fire and issue a Fire Permit\"",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 8 \"a person may start a fire outdoors during the Fire Season without a permit for cooking and/or warmth if\"",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mcmurrich-monteith/open-burning/text-0020a256331e/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/mcmurrich-monteith/open-burning/"
}