{
 "answer": "In the Municipal District of Parkland County, Alberta, trees & tree removal rules are set by Parkland County Land Use Bylaw 2025-12, verified 2026-09-27. A permit is required.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000386",
 "municipality": "Parkland 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://parklandcounty.com",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Parkland County Land Use Bylaw 2025-12",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-05-27",
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/parklandcounty-017-ca/media/npdd13ls/2025-12.pdf",
   "summary": "Tree clearing is a Discretionary Use requiring a Development Permit; banned within 30m of a water body's top-of-bank or a slope 15% grade or greater; exempt for major agriculture, tree farms, an approved building footprint, public utilities/roads and natural resource development.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "baf4e3aeb78074f0cb37b74ab614a207180e35da75f9ea982d57b62f0a3ffa21",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2025-12",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/baf4e3aeb78074f0cb37b74ab614a207180e35da75f9ea982d57b62f0a3ffa21.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "Tree clearing is a Discretionary Use and requires a Development Permit",
    "applies_to_private_property": "This Bylaw applies to all lands and Buildings within the corporate limits"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/parkland-county/trees/bylaw-2025-12/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/parkland-county/trees/"
}