{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Port Hardy, British Columbia, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Tree: one and one half (1.5) metres or more in height. Municipal lands: Softwood under twelve and one half (12.5) cm exempt.; replacement required: replace that tree: a) with two trees if... within five (5) metres... b) with one tree if... five (5) metres or more. Source: District of Port Hardy Tree Protection Bylaw No. 24-2005, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000107",
 "municipality": "Port Hardy",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://porthardy.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "District of Port Hardy Tree Protection Bylaw No. 24-2005",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2005-10-11",
   "document_url": "https://porthardy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/c3fd1965-18d3-4ae2-b426-53584cd648de24-2005_tree_protection.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates cutting/removal of trees on District property and in identified sensitive areas of Port Hardy; cutting requires a permit.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "94332d3682200ab86d34b0b9ced28580d4c7ca7c04b4488efb2ffc80a214caf6",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/94332d3682200ab86d34b0b9ced28580d4c7ca7c04b4488efb2ffc80a214caf6.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Tree: one and one half (1.5) metres or more in height. Municipal lands: Softwood under twelve and one half (12.5) cm exempt.",
    "replacement_required": "replace that tree: a) with two trees if... within five (5) metres... b) with one tree if... five (5) metres or more",
    "fine_range": "minimum fine of One Hundred Dollars ($100)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 7",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 13(a)",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 3; s. 4; s. 5(d)",
    "replacement_required": "s. 11",
    "fine_range": "s. 15(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/port-hardy/trees/text-94332d368220/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/port-hardy/trees/"
}