{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Clarington, Ontario, trees & tree removal rules are set by Clarington Woodlot Preservation By-law 97-35, consolidated November 22, 2021, verified 2026-10-28. Fines: not more than $10,000.00 on a first conviction; not more than $20,000.00 on any subsequent conviction. A permit is required.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001469",
 "municipality": "Clarington",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.clarington.net",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Clarington Woodlot Preservation By-law 97-35, consolidated November 22, 2021",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1997-04-14",
   "document_url": "https://weblink.clarington.net/WebLink/0/edoc/369714/97-35%20-%20Consolidated%20as%20of%202021-11-22.pdf",
   "summary": "Sections 3–4 regulate tree destruction in mapped areas, including woodlots of at least 0.2 hectares meeting tree-density thresholds, Environmental Protection Areas and land within 120 metres of identified wetlands. Permits and exemptions govern removal.",
   "document_number": "97-35",
   "notes": "",
   "discovered_by": "thin-cities",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-25",
   "capture_sha256": "90dd6f5c31f31673cb6ce119b3ea7ef9078e3bef92f8b1a56d3ce77d14049fd7",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T01:27:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/90dd6f5c31f31673cb6ce119b3ea7ef9078e3bef92f8b1a56d3ce77d14049fd7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Any species of single-stemmed perennial woody plant that has reached or can reach 6 m at physiological maturity; woodlot means an area 0.2 ha or greater with not less than 200 trees of any size, or 150 trees >5 cm DBH, or 100 trees >12 cm DBH, or 50 trees >20 cm DBH in 0.2 ha; also any tree in an Environmental Protection Area or within 120 m of a wetland.",
    "replacement_required": "Permit conditions may include replacement trees to be planted, planting date, and maintenance; Schedule \"E\" condition 2 requires specified trees to be replanted in accordance with replanting plans approved by the Director. No cash-in-lieu stated.",
    "fine_range": "not more than $10,000.00 on a first conviction; not more than $20,000.00 on any subsequent conviction"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 4.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 2 (TREE; WOODLOT); s. 3.1",
    "replacement_required": "s. 7.5.1; Schedule \"E\", condition 2",
    "fine_range": "s. 11.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/clarington/trees/bylaw-97-35/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/clarington/trees/"
}