{
 "answer": "The Municipal District of Thorhild County, Alberta has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Thorhild County Land Use Bylaw 1194-2015 (Consolidated February 2026), verified 2026-09-27.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000449",
 "municipality": "Thorhild County",
 "status_type": "Municipal District",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.thorhildcounty.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Thorhild County Land Use Bylaw 1194-2015 (Consolidated February 2026)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.thorhildcounty.com/Portals/0/Documents/Bylaws/Land-Use-Bylaw-1194-2015-Consolidated_Feb2026.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a development permit before clearing trees/natural vegetation in campground, recreational and certain lot developments, and lets the Development Authority block removal near environmentally sensitive areas.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "59bfd2ecb9173a10bea3880021a1f8fe3f1524c41feb31d049daf82c0f65ac63",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "1194-2015",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/59bfd2ecb9173a10bea3880021a1f8fe3f1524c41feb31d049daf82c0f65ac63.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "fine_range": "$100.00 for the first offence and $250.00 for a second or subsequent offence; $500.00 for the first offence and $1000.00 for a second or subsequent offence for industrial uses; not less than $125.00, plus court costs, for each offence if prosecuted and convicted."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "fine_range": "s. 5.3(3), s. 5.3(4), s. 5.3(7)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/thorhild-county/trees/bylaw-1194-2015/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/thorhild-county/trees/"
}