{
 "answer": "In the Town of Gravenhurst, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: any woody perennial plant with a diameter greater than 20 centimetres (8 inches) DBH; replacement required: court or officer may order rehabilitation of land or planting/replanting of trees in such manner and within such period as considered appropriate, including silvicultural treatment. Source: By-law 2014-26 - Being a by-law of The Corporation of the Town of Gravenhurst to conserve, prohibit, protect, restrict, and regulate the harvesting, removal, injuring, damaging and destruction of trees on private property in the Town of Gravenhurst, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001530",
 "municipality": "Gravenhurst",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.gravenhurst.ca/en/doing-business/doing-business2.aspx",
 "documents": [
  {
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2014-26 - Being a by-law of The Corporation of the Town of Gravenhurst to conserve, prohibit, protect, restrict, and regulate the harvesting, removal, injuring, damaging and destruction of trees on private property in the Town of Gravenhurst",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/gravenhurst-005-ca/media/fubjeyn1/2014-026-tree-preservation.pdf",
   "summary": "Tree preservation by-law regulating the harvesting, removal, injuring, damaging and destruction of trees on private property, enacted under Municipal Act s.135 - which the by-law's own recital describes as the power to prohibit or regulate tree destruction in areas that are less than one hectare in area. A permit is required to injure or destroy trees, supported where required by",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "d7fe0f6432191bc81060b74ba15737c76c40a1db7ac6490b0e0be140ad62b735",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d7fe0f6432191bc81060b74ba15737c76c40a1db7ac6490b0e0be140ad62b735.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "any woody perennial plant with a diameter greater than 20 centimetres (8 inches) DBH",
    "replacement_required": "court or officer may order rehabilitation of land or planting/replanting of trees in such manner and within such period as considered appropriate, including silvicultural treatment",
    "fine_range": "first conviction: up to $10,000; subsequent convictions: up to $25,000 each; corporations: up to $50,000 or $5,000 per tree (whichever greater), subsequent: up to $100,000 or $10,000 per tree"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3(1) \"unless a Permit to injure or destroy has been obtained from the Town\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "preamble: \"regulate the harvesting, removal, injuring damaging and destruction of trees on private property\"",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1(1)(u) \"a plant of any species of woody perennial plant including its root system with a diameter greater than 20 centimeters (8 inches) DBH\"",
    "replacement_required": "s. 15(6) \"order the person to rehabilitate the land or to plant or replant trees in such a manner any within such a period as the court considers appropriate\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 15(4)–(5)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/gravenhurst/trees/text-d7fe0f643219/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/gravenhurst/trees/"
}