{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003131",
 "municipality": "Cape Breton",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.cbrm.ns.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Burning By-law No. B-400",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1999-05-18",
   "document_url": "https://cbrm.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/B-400-Burning-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates open-air burning within CBRM; consolidates former municipalities' burning bylaws. Passed and adopted by Council May 18 1999.",
   "capture_sha256": "0261f7cd451c9a5b2fed19e0796af92a67dfe761289380936ce90cd7e0f3f366",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0261f7cd451c9a5b2fed19e0796af92a67dfe761289380936ce90cd7e0f3f366.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief",
    "allowed_conditions": "Permitted areas (Schedule A) with permit; no burning before 8:00 a.m., fires extinguished by 9:00 p.m.; material 15 m from combustibles; not rubber/oil/plastic",
    "fine_range": "$100-$5,000; default imprisonment up to 30 days"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4(2)",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 2(d); s. 5",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 6(i); s. 6(c); s. 6(b)",
    "fine_range": "s. 7(1)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/cape-breton/open-burning/text-0261f7cd451c/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/cape-breton/open-burning/"
}