{
 "answer": "The City of St. Catharines, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Open Air Fires By-law No. 2015-29, verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001766",
 "municipality": "St. Catharines",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "http://www.stcatharines.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Air Fires By-law No. 2015-29",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://stcatharines.civicweb.net/document/25546/",
   "summary": "Regulates setting and maintaining open-air/backyard fires: cooking fires only, 8am-11pm, charcoal/untreated dry wood only, 3m clearance, constant attendance; bans chimeneas, firepits and yard-waste burning outside those terms; propane/gas appliances exempt.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "ca35c6cfe94d74bbb6c3044c662cd63bd94c6530383be5852de5e96947812f05",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ca35c6cfe94d74bbb6c3044c662cd63bd94c6530383be5852de5e96947812f05.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/st-catharines/open-burning/text-ca35c6cfe94d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/st-catharines/open-burning/"
}