{
 "answer": "In the Township of Centre Wellington, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: False; protected threshold: any species of woody perennial plant including its root system reaching a minimum height of three (3) metres; replacement required: payment of compensation value for each tree to be removed... or submission of compensation planting plan to the satisfaction of the Township. Source: By-law 2022-57 - Public Tree By-law, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001459",
 "municipality": "Centre Wellington",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.centrewellington.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2022-57 - Public Tree By-law",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-07-18",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/centrewellington-004-ca/media/p3slcrwp/22-57.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates planting, care, maintenance, injury and removal of Township-owned (street/boulevard) trees; establishes a permit process for removal/replacement and compensation for tree loss.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "0a4500aa1a34fae05bbabb535634d3d02fe39b164a39adea0ef432852d4214e2",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0a4500aa1a34fae05bbabb535634d3d02fe39b164a39adea0ef432852d4214e2.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": false,
    "protected_threshold": "any species of woody perennial plant including its root system reaching a minimum height of three (3) metres",
    "replacement_required": "payment of compensation value for each tree to be removed... or submission of compensation planting plan to the satisfaction of the Township",
    "boulevard_trees": "Township streets are Township property; permit required to injure, destroy or remove trees located thereon.",
    "fine_range": "first offence, to a fine not more than $50,000.00; second offence... not more than $100,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.1(a)",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 11.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1.1(x)",
    "replacement_required": "s. 4.1(f)",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 1.1(v); s. 3.1(a)",
    "fine_range": "s. 8.4(a)-(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/centre-wellington/trees/text-0a4500aa1a34/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/centre-wellington/trees/"
}