{
 "answer": "In the Town of Amherstburg, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: False; protected threshold: All trees (including shrubs, hedges and woody vegetation) on publicly owned property; no DBH or species threshold stated; replacement required: Person removing a tree must forward replacement value (per ISA formula) to CAO before removal; for utilities/municipal ops, cost of replacing with trees of 80mm–100mm caliper. Source: Public Tree By-law No. 2016-94 (consolidated to By-law 2018-106), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001401",
 "municipality": "Amherstburg",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.amherstburg.ca/en/index.aspx",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Public Tree By-law No. 2016-94 (consolidated to By-law 2018-106)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-10-11",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/amherstburg-006-ca/media/ykaktcs1/2018-106-public-treerm.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the planting, preservation, maintenance and removal of public and boulevard trees, including cleanup of fallen debris. Written Town permission is required to plant in any public place and CAO authorization to remove a public tree, with the tree's replacement value payable before removal; a list of species (black walnut, Manitoba maple, poplar, willow, ash and others) may not be",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "458f61e9d13a2c3dcf7e1122ebd4156681bda8f57145e202b612aa4b71873dc8",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/458f61e9d13a2c3dcf7e1122ebd4156681bda8f57145e202b612aa4b71873dc8.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": false,
    "protected_threshold": "All trees (including shrubs, hedges and woody vegetation) on publicly owned property; no DBH or species threshold stated",
    "replacement_required": "Person removing a tree must forward replacement value (per ISA formula) to CAO before removal; for utilities/municipal ops, cost of replacing with trees of 80mm–100mm caliper",
    "boulevard_trees": "No removal of any tree in a public place without written CAO permission; CAO supervises all planting, care, and removal",
    "fine_range": "Part I: min $500, max $1,000 per offence (total max $10,000 multiple offences); Part III: min $500, max $10,000 per offence (total max $100,000); special fine may exceed $100,000 for economic gain"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 6 — \"without the prior written authorization of the CAO or designate\"; s. 7 — \"without having obtained written permission from the CAO\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "By-law title: \"regulate the planting, preservation, maintenance and removal of public trees\"; s. 6 restricts acts on \"publicly owned property\"",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1(q) — \"Trees includes all shrubs, hedges and woody vegetation\"; s. 6 — \"any tree on publicly owned property\"",
    "replacement_required": "s. 7 — \"shall forward the replacement value of the tree being removed to the CAO before removing such tree (in accordance with accepted formula for tree valuation of the International Society of Arboriculture)\"",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 7 — \"without having obtained written permission from the CAO\"; s. 8(a) — \"planting, care, removal and maintenance of all trees located on publicly owned property...shall be under the supervision of the CAO\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 12(a)(i)–(v)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/amherstburg/trees/text-458f61e9d13a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/amherstburg/trees/"
}