{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Lantzville, British Columbia, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: trunk greater than 20 centimetres in diameter measured at a breast height of 1.4 metres; fines: not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) and not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)... fine up to three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). Source: District of Lantzville Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2023, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000068",
 "municipality": "Lantzville",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.lantzville.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "District of Lantzville Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 358, 2023",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-06-26",
   "document_url": "https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID995atID6781.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits cutting down a designated tree (over a set diameter at breast height) without authorization; trees on Development/Building Permit lots may be removed per the permit; larger trees along trails need Council approval.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "e92c35e5031b28e2f9f373b3c144f3bc2c9b99cb4dac542f23da7199f2f611c7",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e92c35e5031b28e2f9f373b3c144f3bc2c9b99cb4dac542f23da7199f2f611c7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "trunk greater than 20 centimetres in diameter measured at a breast height of 1.4 metres",
    "fine_range": "not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) and not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)... fine up to three thousand dollars ($3,000.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.2",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 3.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 2",
    "fine_range": "s. 6(b), s. 6(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/lantzville/trees/text-e92c35e5031b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/lantzville/trees/"
}