{
 "answer": "In the Town of Huntsville, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: False; protected threshold: Deciduous or Coniferous trees with minimum height 2.0 metres and minimum diameter 45 millimetres at 1 metre above ground; fines: not less than $500.00 and not more than $5,000 per offence. Source: By-law 2002-18 to Prohibit or Regulate the Injuring or Destruction of Trees on Municipal Lands, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001562",
 "municipality": "Huntsville",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.huntsville.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2002-18 to Prohibit or Regulate the Injuring or Destruction of Trees on Municipal Lands",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2002-02-28",
   "document_url": "https://huntsvilleon.civicweb.net/document/92217",
   "summary": "Prohibits injuring or destroying any tree (min. 2.0m height, 45mm diameter) on Municipal Lands without written approval from the Manager of Parks/Director of Physical Services; each tree is a separate offence. Applies to municipal lands, not private property.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "71bda3e500653614d07eb50a3936d3bb12b3398adb4840b571e0bc8d73f276bb",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/71bda3e500653614d07eb50a3936d3bb12b3398adb4840b571e0bc8d73f276bb.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": false,
    "protected_threshold": "Deciduous or Coniferous trees with minimum height 2.0 metres and minimum diameter 45 millimetres at 1 metre above ground",
    "fine_range": "not less than $500.00 and not more than $5,000 per offence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2.1: \"without written approval from Manager of Parks and the Director of Physical Services\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2.1: \"any tree on Municipal Lands in the Town of Huntsville\"",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1.1: \"minimum height of 2.0 metres (6.5 feet) and a minimum diameter of 45 millimetres (1.7 inches) at a point of one metre above ground level\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 4: \"not less than $500.00 and not more than $5,000. per offence\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/huntsville/trees/text-71bda3e50065/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/huntsville/trees/"
}