{
 "answer": "In the Municipal District of Mountain View County, Alberta, trees & tree removal rules are set by Mountain View County Land Use Bylaw No. 10/24, verified 2026-09-27. A permit is required.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000351",
 "municipality": "Mountain View County",
 "status_type": "Municipal District",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.mountainviewcounty.com",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Mountain View County Land Use Bylaw No. 10/24",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-05-22",
   "document_url": "https://mountainviewcounty.com/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=f6c90560-6c28-45e5-b304-6659710d78a4",
   "summary": "Section 10.15 requires a Development Permit and a Registered Professional Forester's harvesting plan for Selective Logging or Tree Clearing/Clear Cutting, and lets the County restrict logging hours (7am-7pm Mon-Sat, none Sun/holidays) and require a Road Use Agreement.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "3c9fa3c2ab82031bbbfd971bcc950e6beefe7f672d1b0f8ff60d071a4f3d3686",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "10/24",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3c9fa3c2ab82031bbbfd971bcc950e6beefe7f672d1b0f8ff60d071a4f3d3686.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "fine_range": "not more than $10,000; specified penalties: Residential Development $750/$1,000/$1,500/$2,500; Commercial/Industrial Development $3,000/$4,000/$6,000/$8,000; Signage $350/$500/$1,000/$5,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2.5 (definition of Tree Clearing/Clear Cutting)",
    "fine_range": "\"liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $10,000\"; \"The Specified Penalties for contravention of any provision of this bylaw\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/mountain-view-county/trees/bylaw-10-24/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/mountain-view-county/trees/"
}