{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003156",
 "municipality": "Queens",
 "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": "https://www.regionofqueens.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 2 - Burning",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1998-03-16",
   "document_url": "https://www.regionofqueens.com/~documents/route:/download/505/",
   "summary": "Regulates open burning within the Region of Queens Municipality; first reading 16 Feb 1998, second reading/passed 16 Mar 1998.",
   "capture_sha256": "0d14fc10beb86de3064ac283760f39211dab642c6123afd50842b9cb554da345",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0d14fc10beb86de3064ac283760f39211dab642c6123afd50842b9cb554da345.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Chief Officer of the Fire Department for Liverpool (Issuing Authority)",
    "allowed_conditions": "Permit required (Liverpool, Apr 1-Oct 15); fire 30 ft from residence; no burning 10:00 p.m.-9:00 a.m.; residential lots 5:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.; attended; no Municipal Solid Waste",
    "fine_range": "$50-$500; default imprisonment up to 30 days"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4(1)",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 8",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 10(a); s. 10(i); s. 10(j)",
    "fine_range": "s. 12"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/queens/open-burning/text-0d14fc10beb8/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/queens/open-burning/"
}