{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003144",
 "municipality": "Kings",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.countyofkings.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 63 — Open Burning and Smoke Control",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.countyofkings.ca/upload/All_Uploads/COUNCIL/Bylaws/By-law%2063%20Open%20Burning%20and%20Smoke%20Control.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates open burning and smoke control within the Municipality of the County of Kings to address burning, odours, and fumes.",
   "capture_sha256": "0fe6cd1adcf6923f734542eddfe1cb249b52cb81ea1448b7addaa173e91b9513",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0fe6cd1adcf6923f734542eddfe1cb249b52cb81ea1448b7addaa173e91b9513.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": false,
    "allowed_conditions": "recreational fire of clean firewood in acceptable fire pit/decorative appliance 10 ft (3m) from buildings/property line, adult 19+ present, extinguisher available, no nuisance; brush piles up to 10x10x6 ft 40 ft from buildings; land-clearing/agricultural debris within NSDNR time-of-day restrictions, 300 ft from occupancies",
    "fine_range": "not less than $100 and not more than $5,000; $100 penalty payment within 14 days"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "Sections 5-6 (no permit scheme stated)",
    "allowed_conditions": "ss. 5.3, 5.4, 6.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 8.1-8.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/kings/open-burning/text-0fe6cd1adcf6/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/kings/open-burning/"
}