{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Wells, British Columbia, permit required: True; protected threshold: diameter of at least 10 centimetres when measured from a height of 15 centimetres above the natural grade of the land; replacement required: proposed replanting plan indicating location, species, size and number of trees, bushes and shrubs which are to be planted; fines: not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Source: District of Wells Zoning Bylaw No. 26, 2000, Section 3.17 Tree Protection, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000154",
 "municipality": "Wells",
 "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://www.wells.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "District of Wells Zoning Bylaw No. 26, 2000, Section 3.17 Tree Protection",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379",
   "summary": "Requires a tree cutting permit ($25-$100 by number of trees) to remove, cut or harm a tree within the mapped Tree Protection Area; application needs a site plan and a replanting plan; exempts Forest Land Reserve land.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "3c6dd30501050c7cefddf528fa7e1d8f379016fe805107c42ba76489258f88b8",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3c6dd30501050c7cefddf528fa7e1d8f379016fe805107c42ba76489258f88b8.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "protected_threshold": "diameter of at least 10 centimetres when measured from a height of 15 centimetres above the natural grade of the land",
    "replacement_required": "proposed replanting plan indicating location, species, size and number of trees, bushes and shrubs which are to be planted",
    "fine_range": "not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.17(b)",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 2.3(176)",
    "replacement_required": "s. 3.17(c)",
    "fine_range": "s. 1.2.4"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/wells/trees/text-3c6dd3050105/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/wells/trees/"
}