{
 "answer": "In the Town of Lincoln, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Public property: trees of any size; private urban area: trees ≥15 cm DBH; private Natural Environment Area: any size; Heritage Trees: any size; replacement required: Replacement trees required per Schedule 'B' ratio by DBH (1 tree for 15–19 cm DBH up to 8 trees for >80 cm DBH); cash-in-lieu at $250/tree (individuals) or $550/tree (corporations) where insufficient space on site. Source: By-law 2025-40 – Destruction or Injuring of Trees Within the Town of Lincoln, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001606",
 "municipality": "Lincoln",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.lincoln.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2025-40 – Destruction or Injuring of Trees Within the Town of Lincoln",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-09-22",
   "document_url": "https://www.lincoln.ca/sites/default/files/2025-11/2025-40%20By-law%20to%20Regulate%20the%20Destruction%20or%20Injuring%20of%20Trees%20Within%20the%20Town%20of%20Lincoln.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a permit to injure or destroy a protected tree - any tree on public property, any tree in a Natural Environment Area, and trees 15 cm DBH or greater on private property in the Urban Area, plus heritage trees and trees on lands under a pending or recently pre-consulted development application. Application fees are $50 per tree for individuals",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "c11c61f98a7c9760ae426637df6c39a2127c66a3adb54f6cdb24aa4283f7b386",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c11c61f98a7c9760ae426637df6c39a2127c66a3adb54f6cdb24aa4283f7b386.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Public property: trees of any size; private urban area: trees ≥15 cm DBH; private Natural Environment Area: any size; Heritage Trees: any size",
    "replacement_required": "Replacement trees required per Schedule 'B' ratio by DBH (1 tree for 15–19 cm DBH up to 8 trees for >80 cm DBH); cash-in-lieu at $250/tree (individuals) or $550/tree (corporations) where insufficient space on site",
    "boulevard_trees": "Public property trees of any size are covered; permit required to injure or destroy any such tree",
    "fine_range": "Individual first conviction: up to $10,000 or $1,000/tree (whichever greater); subsequent: up to $25,000 or $2,500/tree; corporation first: up to $50,000 or $5,000/tree; subsequent: up to $100,000 or $10,000/tree; administrative penalties: $600–$2,000 (individuals), $1,500–$2,000 (corporations)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.1: \"no Person shall Injure or Destroy a Tree...without first obtaining a Permit\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2.2; s. 18.1: \"regulate and prohibit the Injury or Destruction of Trees on private property\"",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 2.1(a); s. 2.2(a)(b)(c); s. 3.2(a)",
    "replacement_required": "Schedule 'B'; s. 9.1(a)(c); Schedule 'C' (application fees appendix): \"Cash-in-lieu of each tree replacement...\"",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 2.1(a): \"To Trees of any size\" on public Property",
    "fine_range": "s. 14.11(a)(b); s. 14.12(a)(b); Schedule 'C' columns 3–5"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/lincoln/trees/text-c11c61f98a7c/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/lincoln/trees/"
}