{
 "answer": "In the City of Williams Lake, British Columbia, open burning & fires rules are set by Fire Protection & Control Bylaw No. 2189, 2013, verified 2026-08-28. Fines: not less than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150) and not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000). Permit issuer: Officers. Allowed conditions: Cooking fires (briquettes), approved campground pits, factory pits (Schedule F), municipal burning, training, special occasion permit.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000159",
 "municipality": "Williams Lake",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://williamslake.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fire Protection & Control Bylaw No. 2189, 2013",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://williamslake.civicweb.net/document/58244",
   "summary": "Bans open-air fires citywide except approved cooking/backyard fire pits and permitted 'special occasion' burning; permits require a contained pit, water source, adult supervision, and extinguishing by 11pm.",
   "adopted_date": "2013-09-10",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "a8aa1965f303ad2c0af77c1d54e7bef44304dde061c55f4dafb88d4b6a7090d2",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2189",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a8aa1965f303ad2c0af77c1d54e7bef44304dde061c55f4dafb88d4b6a7090d2.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_issuer": "Officers",
    "allowed_conditions": "Cooking fires (briquettes), approved campground pits, factory pits (Schedule F), municipal burning, training, special occasion permit.",
    "fine_range": "not less than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150) and not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_issuer": "s. 502",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 501, s. 502",
    "fine_range": "s. 1003(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/williams-lake/open-burning/bylaw-2189/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/williams-lake/open-burning/"
}