{
 "answer": "In the Township of Mulmur, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Any woody perennial plant ≥50 mm diameter (measured at 1.37 m above ground) capable of reaching ≥5 m height at maturity; fines: First conviction: $10,000 or $1,000 per tree (whichever greater); subsequent: $25,000 or $2,500 per tree; corporations: $50,000/$5,000 per tree (first), $100,000/$10,000 per tree (subsequent). Source: Tree By-law No. 47-2019, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001649",
 "municipality": "Mulmur",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://mulmur.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree By-law No. 47-2019",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-10-02",
   "document_url": "https://mulmur.ca/content/town-hall/bylaws/tree-by-law-47-2019.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits injuring, destroying, harvesting or clear-cutting trees on any parcel larger than half a hectare without Council approval, on a proposal prepared by a certified arborist or forester. Properties less than 2 hectares in total area are exempt, as are normal farm practices, good forestry practices, firewood for personal use, marked-tree harvesting and removals within 30 m of a building",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "ab93dd9bdd226ed1bd7fcfa83ee01106768674333e2b32de95c1daadbfba2bd1",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ab93dd9bdd226ed1bd7fcfa83ee01106768674333e2b32de95c1daadbfba2bd1.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Any woody perennial plant ≥50 mm diameter (measured at 1.37 m above ground) capable of reaching ≥5 m height at maturity",
    "fine_range": "First conviction: $10,000 or $1,000 per tree (whichever greater); subsequent: $25,000 or $2,500 per tree; corporations: $50,000/$5,000 per tree (first), $100,000/$10,000 per tree (subsequent)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2.1 — \"prior to receiving approval from the Council\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2.1 — \"No person shall injure, destroy or harvest any tree ... on any parcel of land\"",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1.9 — \"larger than 50 mm diameter outside the bark ... at 1.37 metres above the ground\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 5.5, s. 5.6"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mulmur/trees/text-ab93dd9bdd22/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/mulmur/trees/"
}