{
 "answer": "In the Village of Alert Bay, British Columbia, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Wildlife trees; Hazard Boundary trees; trunk circumference greater than 31.5 centimeters; boulevard trees: Excluded if on municipal park, highway or utility right of way. Source: Alert Bay Tree Cutting Regulation Bylaw No. 763, 2015, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000003",
 "municipality": "Alert Bay",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://alertbay.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Alert Bay Tree Cutting Regulation Bylaw No. 763, 2015",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2015-03-09",
   "document_url": "https://alertbay.civicweb.net:/document/3021/Bylaw%20763-%20Tree%20cutting%20bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a permit to cut any tree with trunk circumference over 31.5cm (about 10cm diameter), with additional rules for designated wildlife trees (heron/crane/eagle nesting) and trees within the mapped hazard/slope boundary.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "53be24b5fcb8ab0f89b6d548be6aff0c7c031dd0065b21f812bca71b0bb7a28b",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/53be24b5fcb8ab0f89b6d548be6aff0c7c031dd0065b21f812bca71b0bb7a28b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Wildlife trees; Hazard Boundary trees; trunk circumference greater than 31.5 centimeters",
    "boulevard_trees": "Excluded if on municipal park, highway or utility right of way"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.3",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 3.1(c)",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 3.1; s. 3.2",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 3.1(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/alert-bay/trees/text-53be24b5fcb8/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/alert-bay/trees/"
}