{
 "answer": "In the Town of Fort Erie, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: >10 cm DBH in Natural Heritage System; ≥30 cm DBH in Urban Boundary; Heritage Trees (any size); any size on Planning Application lands; any size on public property; replacement required: Residential: 1:1 basis; Planning Act applications: 1–5 trees per Table B.1 by DBH; cash-in-lieu max $150,000.00 per 5.5 ha site, $30,000.00 per additional hectare where replanting not feasible. Source: Tree By-law 27-2026 (repeals By-law 33-2024), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001514",
 "municipality": "Fort Erie",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.forterie.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree By-law 27-2026 (repeals By-law 33-2024)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-04-27",
   "document_url": "https://www2.forterie.ca/bylaws/2026-027/$FILE/27-2026%20Regulare%20Destruction%20and%20Inuring%20of%20Trees%20and%20Repeal%20By-law%2033-2024.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits injuring/destroying protected trees (>=30 cm DBH in urban areas, >=10 cm DBH in the Natural Heritage System) without a permit; permit and administrative-penalty system; replacement-tree ratios by trunk diameter.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "f952a209c86e71ab0f37b829148523b81ac7d4371bbee8f35e6a372c089060c9",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f952a209c86e71ab0f37b829148523b81ac7d4371bbee8f35e6a372c089060c9.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": ">10 cm DBH in Natural Heritage System; ≥30 cm DBH in Urban Boundary; Heritage Trees (any size); any size on Planning Application lands; any size on public property",
    "replacement_required": "Residential: 1:1 basis; Planning Act applications: 1–5 trees per Table B.1 by DBH; cash-in-lieu max $150,000.00 per 5.5 ha site, $30,000.00 per additional hectare where replanting not feasible",
    "boulevard_trees": "Public property trees of any size are regulated; activities undertaken by the municipality are exempt",
    "fine_range": "Administrative Penalties $350–$10,000 (tiered); injure/destroy without permit: $1,500; stump removal without permit: $4,500/$9,000/$10,000 (Tiers 1–3)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 5.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 3.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 3.1.1; s. 3.1.2; s. 3.1.3; s. 3.2.1",
    "replacement_required": "s. 9.1.1; Schedule \"B\"",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 3.2.1; s. 4.1.1",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/fort-erie/trees/text-f952a209c86e/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/fort-erie/trees/"
}