{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of North Saanich, British Columbia, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Tree: DBH 20 centimetres (8 inches)+ (10cm in DPA); Protected Species: DBH 10 centimetres+; Significant Tree: DBH 60 cm (24 inches)+; District Tree: any size; replacement required: 2 Replacement Trees per removed Tree (3 for Significant); $250 cash-in-lieu per tree if cannot plant on lot ($700 for subdivision); District Trees require cash compensation per Schedule D. Source: Tree Protection Bylaw No. 1548, 2022, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000090",
 "municipality": "North Saanich",
 "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.northsaanich.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree Protection Bylaw No. 1548, 2022",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-10-03",
   "document_url": "https://northsaanich.ca/wp-content/uploads/Tree-Protection-Bylaw-1548.pdf",
   "summary": "Provides for protection, preservation and regulation of trees; requires tree permits for removal, sets replacement tree and compensation requirements, and deters clear-cutting of treed lots.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "8b7a3521ea31c877acce110aea4fd03d8872f02f1f2b33ce44ea724f502304c0",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8b7a3521ea31c877acce110aea4fd03d8872f02f1f2b33ce44ea724f502304c0.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Tree: DBH 20 centimetres (8 inches)+ (10cm in DPA); Protected Species: DBH 10 centimetres+; Significant Tree: DBH 60 cm (24 inches)+; District Tree: any size",
    "replacement_required": "2 Replacement Trees per removed Tree (3 for Significant); $250 cash-in-lieu per tree if cannot plant on lot ($700 for subdivision); District Trees require cash compensation per Schedule D",
    "boulevard_trees": "District Trees require cash compensation per Schedule D upon removal.",
    "fine_range": "$500.00-$50,000.00 (general); $5,000.00-$50,000.00 (Tree loss); $10,000-$50,000 (Significant Tree loss)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1 Definitions",
    "replacement_required": "s. 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 12.2(c)",
    "fine_range": "s. 16.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/north-saanich/trees/text-8b7a3521ea31/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/north-saanich/trees/"
}