{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Kincardine, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Native trees (species listed in Schedule A) with DBH of 10 cm or greater; replacement required: Replanting/replacement required; where not physically possible on site, planting at another suitable location or cash in lieu equal to cost of replanting and maintaining trees for two years. Source: By-law to Regulate Native Trees on Private Property, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001582",
 "municipality": "Kincardine",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.kincardine.net/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law to Regulate Native Trees on Private Property",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-05-08",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kincardine-005-ca/media/34mj44o3/24-072-by-law-to-regulate-native-trees-on-private-property.pdf?id=211192&dbid=0&repo=KINCARDINE",
   "summary": "By-law 2024-072 requires a permit to injure or destroy a native tree (species listed in Schedule A) with a diameter at breast height of 10 cm or more on private land in Kincardine. Exemptions include trees under 10 cm DBH; trees under 20 cm DBH on a residential-zoned lot of 0.5 ha or less with an existing dwelling, or on",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "c1d8b526f69f6ea861e7b009b2b8658ba74909fa480fbd2ff1ee2d227ae5255d",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c1d8b526f69f6ea861e7b009b2b8658ba74909fa480fbd2ff1ee2d227ae5255d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Native trees (species listed in Schedule A) with DBH of 10 cm or greater",
    "replacement_required": "Replanting/replacement required; where not physically possible on site, planting at another suitable location or cash in lieu equal to cost of replanting and maintaining trees for two years",
    "fine_range": "Minimum $1,000 to maximum $100,000; special fine up to $200,000; continuing offence minimum $1,000/day maximum $10,000/day"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4: \"Except in accordance and compliance with the terms and conditions of a valid Permit\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 3: \"This By-law shall apply to all native trees situated on all private lands\"",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 3: \"native trees situated on all private lands...that have a DBH of ten (10) cm or greater and that are species as listed in 'Schedule A'\"",
    "replacement_required": "s. 6(d): \"where replacement planting is not physically possible on site, the Director may require planting at another suitable location or accept a cash in lieu payment in the amount equal to the cost of replanting and maintaining the trees for a period of two years\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 16: \"minimum fine of $1,000.00 and a maximum fine of $100,000.00\"; s. 17: continuing offence \"minimum fine of $1,000.00 and a maximum fine of $10,000.00\" per day; s. 18: \"special fine of maximum $200,000.00\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kincardine/trees/text-c1d8b526f69f/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/kincardine/trees/"
}