{
 "answer": "The Town of Chelsea, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Town of Chelsea Civil Ordinance Regulating the Disposal of Solid Waste Through Open Burning and Incineration, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028499",
 "municipality": "Chelsea",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://www.chelseavt.org",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Chelsea Civil Ordinance Regulating the Disposal of Solid Waste Through Open Burning and Incineration",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.chelseavt.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Burn-Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates open burning/incineration of solid waste; states it becomes effective October 5, 2002 (60 days after adoption), so adoption occurred roughly early August 2002 - exact adoption date not separately stated.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/chelsea/open-burning/"
}