{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Meaford, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Any species, deciduous or coniferous, DBH ≥ 10 cm, on a lot larger than 1.0 hectares (2.5 acres); replacement required: Court may order replanting in such manner and within such period as court considers appropriate (no cash-in-lieu stated). Source: Tree Preservation By-law 100-2012, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001632",
 "municipality": "Meaford",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.meaford.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree Preservation By-law 100-2012",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-12-10",
   "document_url": "https://www.meaford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/tree-cutting-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits destroying/injuring a tree without a permit where it is on a tree preservation plan, is a 'public tree', affects flood/erosion control or an Environmentally Protected Area, or is subject to a pending Planning Act application.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "dafc6820225778f58589e07cbed2ffe8e6e94137fafbdc9ac20650108de60ff3",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/dafc6820225778f58589e07cbed2ffe8e6e94137fafbdc9ac20650108de60ff3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Any species, deciduous or coniferous, DBH ≥ 10 cm, on a lot larger than 1.0 hectares (2.5 acres)",
    "replacement_required": "Court may order replanting in such manner and within such period as court considers appropriate (no cash-in-lieu stated)",
    "boulevard_trees": "Public trees on highways or municipal land require prior written Director approval before destruction or defacement",
    "fine_range": "First conviction: ≤$10,000 or $1,000/tree whichever greater; subsequent: ≤$20,000 or $2,500/tree whichever greater; corporations: first ≤$50,000 or $5,000/tree (max $100,000); subsequent ≤$100,000 or $10,000/tree (max $100,000)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2.1: \"No person, shall...destroy...any tree without a permit\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "\"owner\" means the person having the right, title, interest or equity in land",
    "protected_threshold": "definition of \"tree\": \"DBH of at least 10cm...located on a lot larger than 1.0 hectares (2.5 acres)\"",
    "replacement_required": "s. 9.8: \"may order the person to replant or have replanted such trees\"",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 2.1(b) and definition of \"public tree\": \"50 percent or more of its main stem situated on a public park, highway or any lands owned by the Municipality\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 9.5(a), s. 9.5(b), s. 9.6(a), s. 9.6(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/meaford/trees/text-dafc68202257/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/meaford/trees/"
}