{
 "answer": "The City of Stratford, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Open Fire and Burning By-law 5-2006 ('Open Air Burning By-law', consolidated to November 14, 2017), verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001774",
 "municipality": "Stratford",
 "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.city.stratford.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Fire and Burning By-law 5-2006 ('Open Air Burning By-law', consolidated to November 14, 2017)",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://stratford-ca.govstack.com/media/qeeoyklq/open-fire-and-burning-by-law-5-2006-accessible.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a Fire Chief-issued burn permit for open-air burning in an authorized container (permitted hours 9am-4pm); allows small unpermitted recreational fires (max 0.1 m3) in an outdoor solid-fuel appliance; regulates barbeques and yard-waste/combustible-waste burning.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "29fb59fa9cf4715560b4fcff2c118aeff0075f14214a22c09297ae606c936e5d",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/29fb59fa9cf4715560b4fcff2c118aeff0075f14214a22c09297ae606c936e5d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/stratford/open-burning/text-29fb59fa9cf4/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/stratford/open-burning/"
}