{
 "answer": "The City of St. Thomas, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: By-Law 138-2003 - Open Burn, verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001770",
 "municipality": "St. Thomas",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.stthomas.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law 138-2003 - Open Burn",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.stthomas.ca/common/pages/GetFile.ashx?key=IWS%2fAGGb",
   "summary": "The City's open-air burning bylaw: prohibits/regulates outdoor fires and burning within St. Thomas, including permit requirements and exemptions such as small recreational fires.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "7d38291ea4d00069beeb2adf399b4d142ef8d9fc7458d7c300d300bddf47e938",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "adopted_date": "2003-10-06",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7d38291ea4d00069beeb2adf399b4d142ef8d9fc7458d7c300d300bddf47e938.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/st-thomas/open-burning/text-7d38291ea4d0/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/st-thomas/open-burning/"
}