{
 "answer": "In the City of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: DBH of twenty (20) centimetres or greater; multiple stems combined DBH greater than twenty (20) centimetres; City owned, Replacement, or Retained Trees regardless of size; replacement required: plant one or more Replacement Trees on the same property within six (6) months or Cash In Lieu ($900 or $1,500 per tree). Source: Interim Tree Management Bylaw No. 3035, 2026, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000101",
 "municipality": "Pitt Meadows",
 "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.pittmeadows.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Interim Tree Management Bylaw No. 3035, 2026",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-03-03",
   "document_url": "https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/Interim-Tree-Management-Bylaw-No-3035%2C-2026.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a permit ($50-$300 plus $50/tree) to remove, over-prune, or disturb the critical root zone of a tree; mandates replacement planting or cash-in-lieu ($900-$1,500/tree) and a refundable security deposit for development projects.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "6733a18905bb97b8a9f48792e832053e0091eb851c0096a9b46a0a879b88d62a",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6733a18905bb97b8a9f48792e832053e0091eb851c0096a9b46a0a879b88d62a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "DBH of twenty (20) centimetres or greater; multiple stems combined DBH greater than twenty (20) centimetres; City owned, Replacement, or Retained Trees regardless of size",
    "replacement_required": "plant one or more Replacement Trees on the same property within six (6) months or Cash In Lieu ($900 or $1,500 per tree)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 5.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 6.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 3.28",
    "replacement_required": "s. 9.1; s. 9.6"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/trees/text-6733a18905bb/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/trees/"
}