{
 "answer": "In the Town of Bracebridge, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: woody perennial plant with DBH greater than 20 centimetres (8 inches); replacement required: Replacement trees may be required as a permit condition; minimum size 3 cm DBH deciduous or 1.5 m height coniferous; securities held for up to 2 years. Source: Tree Cutting By-law 2025-103, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001427",
 "municipality": "Bracebridge",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.bracebridge.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree Cutting By-law 2025-103",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-12-10",
   "document_url": "https://bracebridge.civicweb.net/filepro/document/30869/2025-103%20Tree%20Cutting%20By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a permit to injure/destroy trees 20cm+ DBH within 60m of navigable waterways or 70m of the Highway 11 corridor; fines $250-$1,000 depending on tree type (heritage, wetland, endangered species).",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "5da96f69bb76b5d28053b45954ce0fe93c61db165b2c9d7b79b41040338b3ad6",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5da96f69bb76b5d28053b45954ce0fe93c61db165b2c9d7b79b41040338b3ad6.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "woody perennial plant with DBH greater than 20 centimetres (8 inches)",
    "replacement_required": "Replacement trees may be required as a permit condition; minimum size 3 cm DBH deciduous or 1.5 m height coniferous; securities held for up to 2 years",
    "fine_range": "$250.00 to $1,000.00 per offence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.1 — \"No Person shall permit or cause the Injury or Destruction of a Tree, without first obtaining a Permit\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 3.1 — by-law applies to enumerated lands within the Town, including privately owned lands within Urban Centre, waterfront, and other zones",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1.27 — \"a self-supporting, woody, perennial plant...with a Diameter greater than 20 centimetres (8 inches) DBH\"",
    "replacement_required": "s. 10.3 and s. 10.4 — \"planting of replacement Tree(s) has been imposed as a condition of a Permit\" / \"minimum replacement Tree size is a 3 centimetre (1.2 inch) DBH deciduous Tree, or a 1.5 metre...height coniferous Tree\"",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"D\" — set fines range from $250.00 (s. 4.6, Invasive Tree) to $1,000.00 (s. 7.2 Heritage Tree; s. 7.4 species at risk)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bracebridge/trees/text-5da96f69bb76/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/bracebridge/trees/"
}