{
 "answer": "In the City of Colwood, British Columbia, permit required: False; allowed conditions: Charcoal/gas/propane appliances, food smoking, firefighter training, City community events supervised by Fire Department; appliances between dawn and 10pm, not during high/extreme forest fire rating.; fines: $200.00 per offence (prohibited burning, burning in contravention, burning of prohibited materials); summary conviction up to $10,000.00; plus fire service response fees from $35.00–$800.00 per hour. Source: Outdoor Burning Restrictions Bylaw, verified 2026-06-08.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000023",
 "municipality": "Colwood",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.colwood.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Outdoor Burning Restrictions Bylaw",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://colwood.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentDisplay.aspx?ID=2349",
   "summary": "Restricts and regulates outdoor open burning within the City of Colwood.",
   "capture_sha256": "02e9686baa05209b4bcab00e969258923c3ded37c92ccde36ee8d65abacdada0",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-12T02:48:21+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/02e9686baa05209b4bcab00e969258923c3ded37c92ccde36ee8d65abacdada0.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": false,
    "allowed_conditions": "Charcoal/gas/propane appliances, food smoking, firefighter training, City community events supervised by Fire Department; appliances between dawn and 10pm, not during high/extreme forest fire rating.",
    "fine_range": "$200.00 per offence (prohibited burning, burning in contravention, burning of prohibited materials); summary conviction up to $10,000.00; plus fire service response fees from $35.00–$800.00 per hour"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.2.e.7: \"No permit shall be required.\"",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 4.2(a)–(d), s. 4.2.e.5–6",
    "fine_range": "s. 5; Appendix A, sections 1 and 2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/colwood/open-burning/text-02e9686baa05/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/colwood/open-burning/"
}