{
 "answer": "In the City of Salmon Arm, British Columbia, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: minimum trunk circumference of 30.0 centimetres (cm); Landscape Trees in Schedule \"A\"; replacement required: Replace trees upon violation; maintain tree density for development; cash-in-lieu permitted. Source: Tree Protection Bylaw No. 4637, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000123",
 "municipality": "Salmon Arm",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://salmonarm.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree Protection Bylaw No. 4637",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-06-24",
   "document_url": "https://www.salmonarm.ca/DocumentCenter/View/223",
   "summary": "Requires a permit to cut/remove any tree with 30cm+ trunk circumference (measured at 1.5m), with limited exemptions for hazard trees; repeals the prior Tree Removal and Protection Bylaw No. 2305.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "b2938341cba9d66747c7a28230f63e8bdd8abcccea37851cfe52b300dd798cbc",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b2938341cba9d66747c7a28230f63e8bdd8abcccea37851cfe52b300dd798cbc.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "minimum trunk circumference of 30.0 centimetres (cm); Landscape Trees in Schedule \"A\"",
    "replacement_required": "Replace trees upon violation; maintain tree density for development; cash-in-lieu permitted",
    "boulevard_trees": "Exempt from provisions if on park, highway or utility right-of-way"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 2, s. 4.3",
    "replacement_required": "s. 8.1, s. 8.4, s. 8.6(c)",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 3(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/salmon-arm/trees/text-b2938341cba9/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/salmon-arm/trees/"
}