{
 "answer": "In the City of Richmond, British Columbia, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: dbh of at least 20 centimetres and height of at least 4.5 metres; or any size in ESA/City land; replacement required: one (1) or more replacement trees per Schedule A; cash-in-lieu to Tree Compensation Fund if security deposit drawn. Source: Tree Protection Bylaw No. 8057 (Consolidated), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000119",
 "municipality": "Richmond",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://richmond.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree Protection Bylaw No. 8057 (Consolidated)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://richmond.ca/__shared/assets/BL_8057_Consolidated_with_ABL_1071578098.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a permit to cut/remove trees of 20cm+ DBH generally; defines a 'significant tree' as 92.0cm DBH (36in) or greater, triggering mandatory replacement-tree planting and penalties for unlawful removal.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "738ef6ca3e875b06e722afbfd982c4aba5d93695b14089272fffcd4f0ed086d4",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/738ef6ca3e875b06e722afbfd982c4aba5d93695b14089272fffcd4f0ed086d4.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "dbh of at least 20 centimetres and height of at least 4.5 metres; or any size in ESA/City land",
    "replacement_required": "one (1) or more replacement trees per Schedule A; cash-in-lieu to Tree Compensation Fund if security deposit drawn",
    "boulevard_trees": "Applies to City-owned trees; permit required to cut/remove; protection barriers required during adjacent works.",
    "fine_range": "not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.1.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 1.1(b)",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 2.1 TREE",
    "replacement_required": "s. 4.3.1; Schedule A; s. 4.4.2",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 1.1(a); s. 5.2.5",
    "fine_range": "s. 7.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/richmond/trees/text-738ef6ca3e87/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/richmond/trees/"
}