{
 "answer": "In the City of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, permit required: True; applies to private property: False. Source: City of Corner Brook Tree By-Law, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003288",
 "municipality": "Corner Brook",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Newfoundland and Labrador",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.cornerbrook.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "City of Corner Brook Tree By-Law",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2008-04-21",
   "document_url": "https://www.cornerbrook.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Tree-By-Law_Redacted.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a Council/Director permit to plant, remove, prune or otherwise damage any public tree; bans depositing harmful materials or fire near public trees, and requires protective barriers around trees during nearby construction work. Repeals the 1988 Tree By-law.",
   "discovered_by": "nl-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "f4004b4becf75a0894bb12b0609b5fea19f8161c98df50509a9b0734e4a1dd62",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T15:31:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f4004b4becf75a0894bb12b0609b5fea19f8161c98df50509a9b0734e4a1dd62.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": false
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3 / s. 5(1): \"without first having obtained a permit\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2(f): \"Public Tree\" means any tree on Public Land; no private tree protections stated"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nl/corner-brook/trees/text-f4004b4becf7/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nl/corner-brook/trees/"
}