{
 "municipality_id": "gx-026039",
 "municipality": "South Kingstown",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Rhode Island",
 "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": "South Kingstown Burn Permit Ordinance",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://southkingstownri.gov/1206/Burn-Permits",
   "summary": "Open burning requires Fire Chief permit. Term I: Oct 1-Feb 28 (7am-11pm). Term II: Mar 1-Sep 30 (5pm-11pm). Only cut brush, untreated wood and leaves allowed. Bonfires 50ft from structures; open fires 25ft from structures, 10ft from property lines. Recreational fires exempt but must be 10ft from property lines.",
   "capture_sha256": "7727a3aa622713a3adf6c6c445cb3f831e88823fea5316c3fd280657d45cc76d",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-06T17:23:21+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7727a3aa622713a3adf6c6c445cb3f831e88823fea5316c3fd280657d45cc76d.html",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "chief of the fire department or his authorized representative",
    "allowed_conditions": "Only cut brush, untreated wood, leaves from permitted address; Term I Oct 1-Feb 28 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.; Term II Mar 1-Sep 30 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.; bonfires >=50 ft from structures"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "No person shall set or maintain any bonfire... without a permit",
    "permit_issuer": "issued by the chief of the fire department",
    "allowed_conditions": "Permits shall only be valid during the following"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/us/ri/south-kingstown/open-burning/text-7727a3aa6227/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/ri/south-kingstown/open-burning/"
}