{
 "answer": "In the Town of Deep River, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: minimum four (4) meters at physiological maturity; replacement required: pay the Town the cash value of a replacement tree. Source: By-law Number 31-2025 - A By-law to Provide for the Protection, Preservation, and Management of Trees on Municipal Property, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001482",
 "municipality": "Deep River",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.deepriver.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law Number 31-2025 - A By-law to Provide for the Protection, Preservation, and Management of Trees on Municipal Property",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-11",
   "document_url": "https://www.deepriver.ca/userfiles/file/31-2025%20-%20Tree%20Protection%20%26%20Preservation%20By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a Tree Permit to injure or destroy any tree on municipal property (parks, road allowances, highway corridors) or to work within a tree's critical root zone; watering and light pruning are exempt, as are dead/hazardous trees and Town maintenance. A separate permit is needed to plant on municipal property. Part IV applies township-wide: trees added to the Town's Significant",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "cdd0a22bb41c3d437276624814a438998df82fcf944dd2fa5cb6fd0d375c4935",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/cdd0a22bb41c3d437276624814a438998df82fcf944dd2fa5cb6fd0d375c4935.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "minimum four (4) meters at physiological maturity",
    "replacement_required": "pay the Town the cash value of a replacement tree",
    "boulevard_trees": "Provisions apply to trees on municipal property, including road allowances and highway corridors.",
    "fine_range": "$1,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 12.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1",
    "replacement_required": "s. 4.5",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 2.1",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\" Column 3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/deep-river/trees/text-cdd0a22bb41c/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/deep-river/trees/"
}