{
 "answer": "In the City of Courtenay, British Columbia, boulevard trees: street trees be planted for all new streets or street extensions; permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Tree over 20cm Diameter at Breast Height or protected tree (public tree, any size in ESA/Riparian/slope >=30%, protected species >0.5m, covenant protected). Source: Street Tree Planting Bylaw No. 1709, 1993; Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 2850, 2016, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000026",
 "municipality": "Courtenay",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.courtenay.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Street Tree Planting Bylaw No. 1709, 1993",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1993-08-04",
   "document_url": "https://www.courtenay.ca/media/file/street-tree-planting-bylaw-no-1709-1993",
   "summary": "Requires street/boulevard trees to be planted for new streets and subdivisions per City schedules, spaced 15-22 m apart, within 60 days of a Notice to Proceed. Adopted August 1993; exact day illegible in scanned copy.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "2c10ff5e12f3e62e33f90a6c69dac49c884711650e6e92b03a833b1e4fd69aea",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2c10ff5e12f3e62e33f90a6c69dac49c884711650e6e92b03a833b1e4fd69aea.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "boulevard_trees": "street trees be planted for all new streets or street extensions"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/courtenay/trees/text-2c10ff5e12f3/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 2850, 2016",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2017-05-15",
   "document_url": "https://www.courtenay.ca/media/file/2850-tree-protection-bylaw",
   "summary": "Regulates injury and removal of protected trees and requires tree planting associated with private development, aiming to protect a target tree density across City properties.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "58863c8ca87f131a722ab5122dc54f8d11aa45b5103753e7f426b74bbee0113e",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/58863c8ca87f131a722ab5122dc54f8d11aa45b5103753e7f426b74bbee0113e.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Tree over 20cm Diameter at Breast Height or protected tree (public tree, any size in ESA/Riparian/slope >=30%, protected species >0.5m, covenant protected)",
    "replacement_required": "1:1 hazardous, 3:1 protected species/ESA hazardous/greenfield density, 4:1 unpermitted removal; $300 cash-in-lieu for density target",
    "boulevard_trees": "Defined as public trees and protected trees; permit required for removal.",
    "fine_range": "Up to $1,000 (Municipal Ticket); up to $10,000 (Offence Act proceeding)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 5.2",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 5.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 5.2; s. 3",
    "replacement_required": "s. 10.1; s. 9.1; s. 14.1(c)",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 3; s. 5.2",
    "fine_range": "s. 19.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/courtenay/trees/text-58863c8ca87f/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/courtenay/trees/"
}