{
 "answer": "In the City of Belleville, Ontario, open burning & fires rules are set by Open Air Burning By-law No. 2025-118, verified 2026-08-28. A permit is required. Permit issuer: Fire Chief or designate.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001419",
 "municipality": "Belleville",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.city.belleville.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Open Air Burning By-law No. 2025-118",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-23",
   "document_url": "https://www.belleville.ca/home-and-property/by-law-and-animal-services/commonly-requested-by-laws/#Open_Air_Burning_By-law",
   "summary": "Requires a burn permit for open-air fires; defines and sets size/height limits for agricultural, recreational and other fire types; sets rules for barbecues/approved devices. Repeals prior By-law 2021-12.",
   "capture_sha256": "47395e3d931740c716ffee99317ded340877e176fbd8f41988ec733b444faea8",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "discovered_by": "bylaws-bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": null,
   "document_number": "2025-118",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/47395e3d931740c716ffee99317ded340877e176fbd8f41988ec733b444faea8.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief or designate",
    "allowed_conditions": "Requires burn permit; campfires and outdoor fireplaces in Zone A between 5 pm–11 pm; agricultural fires sunrise–sunset; prohibited during total burn ban or winds exceeding 24 kph."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "\"No person shall conduct or permit open air burning without obtaining a permit as outlined in Part 5\"",
    "permit_issuer": "\"The Fire Chief/designate shall review the request for a burn permit\"",
    "allowed_conditions": "Part 4 – Campfires; Part 4 – Fire in an Outdoor Fireplace; Part 4 – Agricultural Fire; s. 3.5 (wind speed 24 kph)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/belleville/open-burning/bylaw-2025-118/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/belleville/open-burning/"
}