{
 "answer": "In the Town of Newmarket, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Trees equal to or greater than 20 centimetres in diameter at breast height (DBH) or at grade on private property; replacement required: Construction: Aggregate Inch Method (aggregate DBH of removed trees equals DBH of replacement trees); non-construction: one replacement tree per tree removed, or cash-in-lieu payment per Fees & Charges By-law. Source: Private Tree Protection By-law 2022-10; Woodlot Preservation By-law 2007-71, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001655",
 "municipality": "Newmarket",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.newmarket.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Private Tree Protection By-law 2022-10",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-02-07",
   "document_url": "https://www.newmarket.ca/media/file/private-tree-protection-bylaw-consolidation",
   "summary": "Requires a Private Tree Permit before injuring or destroying any tree 20 cm or greater in diameter at breast height (or at grade) on private property in the Town; smaller trees are not covered. Removal of a qualifying tree is allowed where it is dead, hazardous, a nuisance tree, ordered removed under the Property Standards By-law, or needed to facilitate",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "4ef95a0e8e2f6996ce64c60aae1f6254b72ede330cf38e75dcade344aac7dfe2",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4ef95a0e8e2f6996ce64c60aae1f6254b72ede330cf38e75dcade344aac7dfe2.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Trees equal to or greater than 20 centimetres in diameter at breast height (DBH) or at grade on private property",
    "replacement_required": "Construction: Aggregate Inch Method (aggregate DBH of removed trees equals DBH of replacement trees); non-construction: one replacement tree per tree removed, or cash-in-lieu payment per Fees & Charges By-law",
    "fine_range": "Administrative penalties under By-law 2019-62; fines under Provincial Offences Act, 1990"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 3.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 3.1",
    "replacement_required": "s. 5.12(a); s. 5.13(a)(b)",
    "fine_range": "s. 9.1; s. 9.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/newmarket/trees/text-4ef95a0e8e2f/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Woodlot Preservation By-law 2007-71",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2007-06-25",
   "document_url": "https://www.newmarket.ca/media/file/2007-71-prohibit-or-regulate-destruction-woodlot-trees",
   "summary": "Prohibits or regulates destruction/injury of trees in designated woodlot areas in the Town, supporting environmental protection and urban forestry.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "40e43786a0ab2c1d2b14fb0075465f5a4eb18e2bea4d9f4e8fcc7b1b4212c917",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/40e43786a0ab2c1d2b14fb0075465f5a4eb18e2bea4d9f4e8fcc7b1b4212c917.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Any tree within a woodlot (designated on Schedule 'A'); tree defined as woody perennial plant capable of reaching 4.5 metres height at physiological maturity",
    "replacement_required": "Replacement tree planting and maintenance required on-site per approved landscaping plan; where not physically possible, replacement trees at another suitable location or payment into Town's Replacement Tree Planting Fund at cost per street tree planting per Fees and Charges By-Law",
    "fine_range": "First conviction: not less than $850 (upper limit OCR garbled); continuing offence: not less than $500 and not more than $10,000 per day, total may exceed $100,000; multiple offence: up to $10,000 per included offence (s. 13.5(c) heavily garbled)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 3.1; s. 5.4",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1.1(i); s. 1.1(n)",
    "replacement_required": "s. 7.1(e)(f)",
    "fine_range": "s. 13.5(a)(b)(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/newmarket/trees/text-40e43786a0ab/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/newmarket/trees/"
}