{
 "answer": "In the Township of Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: All species; DBH ≥ 25 mm (1 inch); capable of reaching height ≥ 4.5 m (15 ft) at physiological maturity; replacement required: Director may require replacement trees (species, size, number, and location) as a discretionary permit condition; no mandatory replacement or cash-in-lieu stated. Source: Tree Conservation By-law 2022-107, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001650",
 "municipality": "Muskoka Lakes",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.muskokalakes.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree Conservation By-law 2022-107",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-09-14",
   "document_url": "https://muskokalakes.civicweb.net/document/172775",
   "summary": "Regulates the harvesting, removal, injuring and destruction of trees on private property, but only on the lands listed in section 2.1: within 91.4 m (300 ft) of a navigable waterway in the Waterfront designation, within 60.9 m (200 ft) of a navigable waterway in an Urban Centre or Community designation, lands zoned Environmental Protection (EP1 and EP1-PSW), lands zoned Scenic",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "29daf39110b8405dfde7e1bf7f1e36ce73c10f6f281bd0adf84fed7047d37afb",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/29daf39110b8405dfde7e1bf7f1e36ce73c10f6f281bd0adf84fed7047d37afb.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "All species; DBH ≥ 25 mm (1 inch); capable of reaching height ≥ 4.5 m (15 ft) at physiological maturity",
    "replacement_required": "Director may require replacement trees (species, size, number, and location) as a discretionary permit condition; no mandatory replacement or cash-in-lieu stated",
    "boulevard_trees": "Trees on Township-owned or controlled land are exempt from this by-law",
    "fine_range": "Minimum $500, maximum $100,000; continuous offences up to $10,000 per day; special fine may exceed $100,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.2",
    "applies_to_private_property": "\"trees on (private) property in the Township of Muskoka Lakes\"",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 3.1(i); definition of \"Tree\"",
    "replacement_required": "s. 8.1(d)(i)3",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 3.1(a)",
    "fine_range": "s. 14.2; s. 14.4; s. 14.7"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/muskoka-lakes/trees/text-29daf39110b8/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/muskoka-lakes/trees/"
}