{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001704",
 "municipality": "Petrolia",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://town.petrolia.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Burning By-law 2013",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://town.petrolia.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/openburningbylaw2013.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted municipal bylaw or regulation categorized as open burning.",
   "capture_sha256": "e8589765d0b3606a1efd60025f4ec0b9ea8810bf4f28798905d14d2ec035a6cd",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e8589765d0b3606a1efd60025f4ec0b9ea8810bf4f28798905d14d2ec035a6cd.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Town of Petrolia Municipal Office",
    "allowed_conditions": "Cooking/Recreational Fires permitted without permit in safe location with supervision and acceptable materials; Open Fires require permit, daylight hours, own property, not during High Risk/Poor Air Quality periods",
    "fine_range": "Set fines $200.00–$500.00 per offence (Schedule B); maximum $5,000.00 under the Provincial Offences Act"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 10(a)",
    "permit_issuer": "\"from the Town of Petrolia Municipal Office\"",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 5 (Cooking Fires), s. 10 (Open Fires); \"not required for Cooking Fires or Recreational Fires\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 13: \"fine not exceeding $5,000.00\"; Schedule \"B\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/petrolia/open-burning/text-e8589765d0b3/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/petrolia/open-burning/"
}