{
 "answer": "The City of Victoria, British Columbia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Tree Protection Bylaw No. 21-035, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000151",
 "municipality": "Victoria",
 "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.victoria.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree Protection Bylaw No. 21-035",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-03-18",
   "document_url": "https://www.victoria.ca/media/3094",
   "summary": "Requires a permit to remove, damage or work in the protected root zone of a tree on private property; mandates tree replacement and minimum canopy retention for development; in force since July 1, 2021.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "a904537688d005d8f52754aaa0fff4939b8c30323c2fc2eaee7b0e662c4a9112",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a904537688d005d8f52754aaa0fff4939b8c30323c2fc2eaee7b0e662c4a9112.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/victoria/trees/text-a904537688d0/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/victoria/trees/"
}