{
 "answer": "Chatham-Kent, Ontario has no trees & tree removal bylaw on record as of 2026-10-28. Section 3.1(11) prohibits climbing, cutting, removing or damaging trees, shrubs and plants in municipal parks and recreation areas, including allowing animals to damage them. Section 4.1(7) requires written permission for landscape changes.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001465",
 "municipality": "Chatham-Kent",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.chatham-kent.ca/Pages/default.aspx",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Chatham-Kent Parks and Recreation Areas By-law 19-2016",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-03-07",
   "document_url": "https://www.chatham-kent.ca/localgovernment/bylaws/Documents/19-2016.pdf",
   "summary": "Section 3.1(11) prohibits climbing, cutting, removing or damaging trees, shrubs and plants in municipal parks and recreation areas, including allowing animals to damage them. Section 4.1(7) requires written permission for landscape changes.",
   "document_number": "19-2016",
   "notes": "",
   "discovered_by": "thin-cities",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-25",
   "capture_sha256": "d9f1e022810f339d120dc48f19492ebe45c992d3c8886bdb450f18cdeb7b562f",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T01:27:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d9f1e022810f339d120dc48f19492ebe45c992d3c8886bdb450f18cdeb7b562f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/chatham-kent/trees/bylaw-19-2016/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/chatham-kent/trees/"
}