{
 "answer": "Sooke, British Columbia has no trees & tree removal bylaw on record as of 2026-10-26. Informational page on public tree care and FireSmart; no tree protection or removal permit bylaw mentioned.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000131",
 "municipality": "Sooke",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://sooke.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Urban Forest and Tree Care (District of Sooke)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.sooke.ca/programs-services/environmental-services/urban-forest-and-tree-care/",
   "summary": "Informational page on public tree care and FireSmart; no tree protection or removal permit bylaw mentioned.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-3cat",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "069d3b9f169248141a73385fd5c2879b9e9da0a5ed012b27195b356e3fc953a8",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T17:26:44+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/069d3b9f169248141a73385fd5c2879b9e9da0a5ed012b27195b356e3fc953a8.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/sooke/trees/urban-forest-and-tree-care/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/sooke/trees/"
}