{
 "answer": "In the City of Cambridge, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: DBH equal to or greater than 20 centimetres; replacement required: In accordance with Schedule \"A\" (trees or cash-in-lieu). Source: Private Tree Preservation By-law 23-105, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001447",
 "municipality": "Cambridge",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.cambridge.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Private Tree Preservation By-law 23-105",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-11-28",
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/cambridge-ca/media/vgmb2yv4/private-tree-preservation-by-law-23-105.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a permit to injure or destroy a private tree with a diameter at breast height of 20 cm or more. Schedule A sets replacement-tree and cash-in-lieu requirements graduated by the size of the tree removed: 1 replacement tree for 20-30 cm, 2 for 31-40 cm, 3 for 41-70 cm and 4 for trees over 70 cm; trees under 20",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "266969ed4119b377b1da654e832988ef856c1c78b57286b5affbc220435c1208",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/266969ed4119b377b1da654e832988ef856c1c78b57286b5affbc220435c1208.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "DBH equal to or greater than 20 centimetres",
    "replacement_required": "In accordance with Schedule \"A\" (trees or cash-in-lieu)",
    "fine_range": "Individuals: $25,000.00-$50,000.00; Corporations: $50,000.00-$100,000.00; Daily: $10,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 2",
    "replacement_required": "s. 21",
    "fine_range": "s. 34, 35, 36"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/cambridge/trees/text-266969ed4119/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/cambridge/trees/"
}