{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003211",
 "municipality": "Souris",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Prince Edward Island",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
 "official_website": "https://sourispei.com/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Garbage Burning By-law 85-4",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1985-08-12",
   "document_url": "https://sourispei.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Garbage-Burning.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Souris bylaw prohibiting burning of grass or garbage without written Town Council consent and Fire Chief approval; sets fines for violations. Second/final reading August 12, 1985.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T21:53:42+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/fdb0e26dff788ae88b574a147a4e8db36c460236e0500f92ff8709ad467f4c76.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Town Council (prior written consent) and the Fire Chief (approval; determines incinerator type)",
    "allowed_conditions": "Burning/incinerating grass or garbage (commercial, residential, or recreational property) only with prior written Council consent and Fire Chief approval",
    "fine_range": "$50.00 first offence; $100.00 each subsequent offence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "first paragraph",
    "permit_issuer": "first paragraph",
    "allowed_conditions": "first paragraph",
    "fine_range": "second paragraph"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/souris/open-burning/text-fdb0e26dff78/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
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 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/pe/souris/open-burning/"
}