{
 "answer": "In the City of Brant, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: False; replacement required: pay all costs and expenses incurred by the County to plant a replacement tree; boulevard trees: No person shall plant, remove, cut down or injure any tree on a highway without the authority of the Director of Public Works.. Source: By-law 275-99 - Tree Planting and Maintenance on County Highways; Good Forestry Practices By-law 70-21 (as amended by By-law 101-23), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001430",
 "municipality": "Brant",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.brant.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 275-99 - Tree Planting and Maintenance on County Highways",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1999-12-21",
   "document_url": "https://www.brant.ca/media/v2up3taw/bl99_275_tree_maintenance.pdf",
   "summary": "Authorizes the Director of Public Works to manage, remove and replace trees on and adjacent to County of Brant highways (boulevard/street trees), including providing replacement trees to abutting owners.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "3595f8c62a6db69ddae8c7268fe559d00a329d12ccc3e7623fffa918b9223449",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3595f8c62a6db69ddae8c7268fe559d00a329d12ccc3e7623fffa918b9223449.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": false,
    "replacement_required": "pay all costs and expenses incurred by the County to plant a replacement tree",
    "boulevard_trees": "No person shall plant, remove, cut down or injure any tree on a highway without the authority of the Director of Public Works."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 4",
    "replacement_required": "s. 5",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 3; s. 4"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/brant/trees/text-3595f8c62a6d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Good Forestry Practices By-law 70-21 (as amended by By-law 101-23)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.brant.ca/media/fayhlb2u/good-forestry-practices-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits/regulates destruction or injury of trees within and adjacent to natural heritage features in the County of Brant; requires a Good Forestry Practices Permit for harvesting and a Clear Cutting Permit with environmental review for larger removals.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "e83bcc6f448dc63edb175d68716453177caf36f032f40908f82f1616a7ad3f54",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e83bcc6f448dc63edb175d68716453177caf36f032f40908f82f1616a7ad3f54.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "protected_threshold": "trees in natural heritage features and areas; height of at least 4.5 metres",
    "replacement_required": "ratio equal to the greater of: two times the aerial extent of the canopy...; cash-in-lieu option",
    "fine_range": "$500 to $100,000; continuing offence $500 to $10,000 per day"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "Section 3 a) iii.",
    "protected_threshold": "Section 2 a); Section 1 Tree definition",
    "replacement_required": "Section 6 a) vii",
    "fine_range": "Section 14 c) i, ii"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/brant/trees/text-e83bcc6f448d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/brant/trees/"
}