{
 "answer": "In the Town of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, trees & tree removal rules are set by Town of New Glasgow Tree Committee By-law (By-law No. 11), verified 2026-09-27. Fines: not more than two hundred and fifty dollars; or ten dollars for each and every tree so cut, mutilated or defaced, whichever is the more. A permit is required. Boulevard trees: Town may remove hazardous Town trees; no person may cut, deface or mutilate street/park/public trees without Mayor's written consent.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003151",
 "municipality": "New Glasgow",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://newglasgow.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of New Glasgow Tree Committee By-law (By-law No. 11)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1994-10-24",
   "document_url": "http://newglasgow.ca/81-tree-committee-bylaw/file.html",
   "summary": "Tree Committee By-law establishes a 5-member Tree Committee to plan street tree planting and protect Town trees, lets it order removal of hazardous or diseased trees on private land, and makes it an offence to deface, mutilate or cut any tree on a Town street, park or public place without the Mayor's written consent (fine up to $250 or $10",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "63927baa96051718ae4966f49e4f4750d6413cd508d8d5cd359dd94f1b4c8e2a",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "11",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/63927baa96051718ae4966f49e4f4750d6413cd508d8d5cd359dd94f1b4c8e2a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "boulevard_trees": "Town may remove hazardous Town trees; no person may cut, deface or mutilate street/park/public trees without Mayor's written consent.",
    "fine_range": "not more than two hundred and fifty dollars; or ten dollars for each and every tree so cut, mutilated or defaced, whichever is the more"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "173F; \"without having first obtained the written consent of the Mayor\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "173C; \"where a tree or limb thereof on private lands within the Town is, in the opinion of the Commitee, hazardous\"",
    "boulevard_trees": "\"where a tree or limb on lands of the Town is, in the opinion of the Committee, hazardous\"; \"Any person who defaces, mutilates or cuts any tree upon any street, park or public place in the Town\"",
    "fine_range": "173F; \"liable to a penalty of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or ten dollars for each and every tree so cut, mutilated or defaced, whichever is the more\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/new-glasgow/trees/bylaw-11/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/new-glasgow/trees/"
}