{
 "answer": "In the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: False; replacement required: City shall replace the Removed healthy Street Tree with another Street Tree pursuant to the criteria described in the Street Tree Policy; boulevard trees: All Street Trees on municipal rights of way are regulated; removal requires Tree Warden approval and cost-sharing.. Source: By-law 2022-123 - Prohibit and Regulate the Destruction or Injuring of Street Trees, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001533",
 "municipality": "Greater Sudbury",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.greatersudbury.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2022-123 - Prohibit and Regulate the Destruction or Injuring of Street Trees",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-08-09",
   "document_url": "https://www.greatersudbury.ca/city-hall/by-laws/by-law-pdfs-en/by-law-2022-123/",
   "summary": "Prohibits and regulates destroying or injuring street trees on municipal rights-of-way; governs planting, maintenance and removal of City-owned trees.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "6a6d6898a5b649c703cd2e39672ed121663b37f06aaea68b9659b0d76cd9a597",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6a6d6898a5b649c703cd2e39672ed121663b37f06aaea68b9659b0d76cd9a597.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": false,
    "replacement_required": "City shall replace the Removed healthy Street Tree with another Street Tree pursuant to the criteria described in the Street Tree Policy",
    "boulevard_trees": "All Street Trees on municipal rights of way are regulated; removal requires Tree Warden approval and cost-sharing."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.(1)(d) — no Person shall plant or cause to be planted a Tree on City land without first having obtained the written permission of the Tree Warden; s. 5.(1)-(2) — removal of healthy Street Tree requires submission of request form and Tree Warden approval",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2 — 'This By-law applies to all Street Trees within the geographic limitations of the City'",
    "replacement_required": "s. 5.(7) — 'the City shall replace the Removed healthy Street Tree with another Street Tree pursuant to the criteria described in the Street Tree Policy'",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 2 — 'This By-law applies to all Street Trees'; s. 1.(l) defines Street to include boulevard"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/greater-sudbury/trees/text-6a6d6898a5b6/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/greater-sudbury/trees/"
}