{
 "answer": "In the Town of Ajax, Ontario, trees & tree removal rules are set by Ajax Tree Protection By-law 137-2006, office consolidation, verified 2026-10-28. A permit is required. Protected threshold: Any living tree on lands designated in Section 4.2. Replacement required: Replanting plan may be required; replacement trees or cash in lieu may be required.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001395",
 "municipality": "Ajax",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.ajax.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ajax Tree Protection By-law 137-2006, office consolidation",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2006-10-10",
   "document_url": "https://ajax.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/By-law-137-2006-Tree-Bylaw-Office-Consolidation.pdf",
   "summary": "Sections 4.1–4.2 require permits to injure or destroy living trees on mapped lands and designated environmental protection, open-space and park lands, including land zoned Private Open Space. Section 5 provides exemptions.",
   "document_number": "137-2006",
   "notes": "January 2014 consolidation linked by current municipal bylaw search; applies to specified areas rather than every private lot.",
   "discovered_by": "thin-cities",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-25",
   "capture_sha256": "2ecda320b6f6302f233e066f5ebda2f15059641ea6740b8d112f2a77282892c5",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T01:27:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2ecda320b6f6302f233e066f5ebda2f15059641ea6740b8d112f2a77282892c5.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Any living tree on lands designated in Section 4.2",
    "replacement_required": "Replanting plan may be required; replacement trees or cash in lieu may be required",
    "fine_range": "First conviction: not more than $10,000 or $1,000 per tree, whichever is greater; subsequent conviction: not more than $25,000 or $2,500 per tree, whichever is greater; corporations: $50,000 or $5,000 per tree under 13.1(a), and $100,000 or $10,000 per tree under 13.1(b)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 3.1(n)",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 4.1",
    "replacement_required": "s. 7.2; s. 8.1(a); s. 9.1–9.2",
    "fine_range": "s. 13.1(a)-(b), 13.2(a)-(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/ajax/trees/bylaw-137-2006/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ajax Boulevard Tree Protection By-law 65-2021",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-10-18",
   "document_url": "https://ajax.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/By-law-65-2021-Boulevard-Tree-Protection-By-Law.pdf",
   "summary": "Sections 3 and 5 prohibit planting, injuring, destroying or removing boulevard trees. Construction or excavation is restricted within one metre of trees up to 20 centimetres diameter and two metres of larger trees.",
   "document_number": "65-2021",
   "notes": "",
   "discovered_by": "thin-cities",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-25",
   "capture_sha256": "6ccfeb83bb125bf6c93a19feb8727e364096d4a98143f0c11cd31a0217e9a657",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T01:27:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6ccfeb83bb125bf6c93a19feb8727e364096d4a98143f0c11cd31a0217e9a657.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/ajax/trees/bylaw-65-2021/",
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  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/ajax/trees/"
}