{
 "answer": "The City of Waterloo, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Open Air Fire Bylaw No. 2011-124, verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001812",
 "municipality": "Waterloo",
 "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.waterloo.ca",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Air Fire Bylaw No. 2011-124",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.waterloo.ca/bylaws-and-enforcement/bylaw-directory/open-air-fire-bylaw/",
   "summary": "Prohibits solid-fuel open-air fires citywide at any time absent written Fire Chief exemption (30+ days advance application, fee); exemptions include Region/City operations and the Laurel Creek campsite; fines from $400 up to $25,000+.",
   "adopted_date": "2011-11-07",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "5904bc6e766dfbb84eb481654449a76c8e53b7d3004cc2c542375874b7dea335",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5904bc6e766dfbb84eb481654449a76c8e53b7d3004cc2c542375874b7dea335.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/waterloo/open-burning/text-5904bc6e766d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/waterloo/open-burning/"
}