{
 "answer": "In the Town of Grand Valley, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; replacement required: Private owners encouraged but not required to replace; developers required to include provisions for replacing trees in approved development plans; boulevard trees: No person shall injure, destroy, remove or cut down a highway tree without council authority by resolution. Source: By-law 2019-10 - Protecting and Enhancing Grand Valley's Tree Canopy and Natural Vegetation, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001529",
 "municipality": "Grand Valley",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofgrandvalley.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2019-10 - Protecting and Enhancing Grand Valley's Tree Canopy and Natural Vegetation",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-02-12",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/townofgrandvalley-004-ca/media/dchpyyiv/2019-10.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits injuring, destroying, removing or cutting down trees on any highway/boulevard within the Town without Council authorization; fine up to $3,000; encourages tree replacement and native-species planting on private property.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "8169b0eb5e9c847e997c00c9d6dae22784f84dd090b13e0e5e1a0d0dc5825761",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8169b0eb5e9c847e997c00c9d6dae22784f84dd090b13e0e5e1a0d0dc5825761.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "replacement_required": "Private owners encouraged but not required to replace; developers required to include provisions for replacing trees in approved development plans",
    "boulevard_trees": "No person shall injure, destroy, remove or cut down a highway tree without council authority by resolution",
    "fine_range": "a fine of not more than $3,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3: \"unless the authority of the Council of the Town of Grand Valley is obtained by resolution\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2: \"Every owner of a tree within the Town shall take steps to preserve the tree canopy\"",
    "replacement_required": "s. 2: \"encouraged to replace the tree\"; s. 9: \"require developers to include provisions for preserving, replacing and enhancing trees\"",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 3",
    "fine_range": "s. 4: \"a fine of not more than $3,000.00\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/grand-valley/trees/text-8169b0eb5e9c/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/grand-valley/trees/"
}