{
 "municipality_id": "gx-018355",
 "municipality": "Sparks",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Nevada",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Burning / Fire Prevention — Sparks Fire Department",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://cms7.revize.com/revize/sparksnv/fire_home/fire_prevention/public_education/open_burning_.php",
   "summary": "General public open burning illegal including burn barrels, yard debris, vegetation, garbage, propane torches. Only exception is for agricultural land (one qualifying parcel in city). Red Flag/Red Air Quality days: burning illegal. Legal recreational fires: ≤3 ft diameter/≤2 ft height, 25 ft from structures/fences, in permanent non-combustible fireplace or portable unit 15 ft from structures, screen of 12-gauge wire with...",
   "capture_sha256": "4db0c10a2ef4366958afc362f31c3529387210a6d9589b54da44953189107044",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T06:43:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4db0c10a2ef4366958afc362f31c3529387210a6d9589b54da44953189107044.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Sparks Fire Department (permit conditions per the Sparks Fire Chief)",
    "allowed_conditions": "General open burning illegal (except one agricultural parcel); backyard recreational fires legal if 25 ft from structure, max 3 ft diameter/2 ft height in non-combustible structure with spark screen"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "Open burning is allowed by permit only.",
    "permit_issuer": "A permit from the Sparks Fire Department is required for open burning",
    "allowed_conditions": "Backyard RECREATIONAL Fires are Legal if the following requirements are met"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/us/nv/sparks/open-burning/text-4db0c10a2ef4/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/nv/sparks/open-burning/"
}