{
 "answer": "In the Town of Mono, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: All trees (woody perennial reaching ≥4.5m height) within Woodlands ≥0.5 ha or within Greenlands (Environmental Protection, Escarpment Natural Area, or Greenbelt Natural Area per Official Plan); Woodland density thresholds include 1000 trees/ha (any size), 750 trees >5cm DBH/ha, 500 trees >12cm DBH/ha, or 250 trees >20cm DBH/ha; replacement required: Re-planting may be imposed as a condition of a Special Council Permit; upon conviction, court may order rehabilitation, planting/replanting, and maintenance of replanted trees. Source: Bylaw to Prohibit or Regulate the Destruction or Injuring of Trees (Bylaw 2014-47), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001643",
 "municipality": "Mono",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofmono.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw to Prohibit or Regulate the Destruction or Injuring of Trees (Bylaw 2014-47)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2014-11-25",
   "document_url": "http://mono.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentDisplay.aspx?Id=27386",
   "summary": "Prohibits destroying/injuring trees in woodlots over 0.5 hectares and designated Greenlands areas without a Harvesting or Special Council Permit; enacted because the County of Dufferin has no tree bylaw of its own.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "3218b7e87086e6153c67cf0dea59620cea93c0f4f05380d662f2ed0b0e8b4bf0",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3218b7e87086e6153c67cf0dea59620cea93c0f4f05380d662f2ed0b0e8b4bf0.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "All trees (woody perennial reaching ≥4.5m height) within Woodlands ≥0.5 ha or within Greenlands (Environmental Protection, Escarpment Natural Area, or Greenbelt Natural Area per Official Plan); Woodland density thresholds include 1000 trees/ha (any size), 750 trees >5cm DBH/ha, 500 trees >12cm DBH/ha, or 250 trees >20cm DBH/ha",
    "replacement_required": "Re-planting may be imposed as a condition of a Special Council Permit; upon conviction, court may order rehabilitation, planting/replanting, and maintenance of replanted trees",
    "fine_range": "Person: first conviction max $10,000 or $1,000/tree (whichever greater); subsequent max $25,000 or $2,500/tree (whichever greater). Corporation: first max $50,000 or $5,000/tree (whichever greater); subsequent max $100,000 or $10,000/tree (whichever greater)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 8(a): \"no person or corporation...shall destroy or Injure any Tree...unless in possession of a valid Permit\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 4(a): \"an Owner may remove Trees...on his or her property\"; s. 2(c): bylaw applies to all Woodlands ≥0.5 ha and Greenlands",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1(v) (Tree definition: ≥4.5m height); s. 1(w) (Woodland density thresholds); s. 2(c)(i)–(ii) (application to Woodlands ≥0.5 ha and Greenlands); s. 1(i) (Greenlands definition)",
    "replacement_required": "s. 6(c): \"measures such as re-planting of Trees or dedication of an interest in land\"; s. 10(c): \"court...may order the person or corporation to...plant or replant Trees\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 10(a)(i)–(ii); s. 10(b)(i)–(ii)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mono/trees/text-3218b7e87086/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/mono/trees/"
}