{
 "answer": "In the City of Orillia, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Any tree with DBH greater than 5 centimetres (except lots 0.5 hectare or less); replacement required: $350 per replacement tree, maximum $35,000, to the Tree Planting Program (for City road allowance removals under a Development Agreement). Source: Municipal Code Chapter 370 - Tree Conservation, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001683",
 "municipality": "Orillia",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.orillia.ca/en/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipal Code Chapter 370 - Tree Conservation",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://orillia.civicweb.net/document/310446",
   "summary": "No person may destroy or injure any tree with a diameter at breast height greater than 5 centimetres anywhere in the City without first obtaining a permit from the General Manager. The permit requirement does not apply to trees on any lot 0.5 hectare or less in area - which exempts most residential lots - nor to maintenance pruning, trees",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "41e797ca0419b38d0ec6435b66cd989b65602a9777dd87689dc83e2ae5052a61",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/41e797ca0419b38d0ec6435b66cd989b65602a9777dd87689dc83e2ae5052a61.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Any tree with DBH greater than 5 centimetres (except lots 0.5 hectare or less)",
    "replacement_required": "$350 per replacement tree, maximum $35,000, to the Tree Planting Program (for City road allowance removals under a Development Agreement)",
    "boulevard_trees": "Removal of City road allowance trees DBH >5 cm for development requires arborist proposal; costs borne by developer.",
    "fine_range": "First offence: up to $10,000 or $1,000 per tree (whichever greater); second/subsequent: up to $25,000 or $2,500 per tree (whichever greater)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 370.3.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 370.3.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 370.3.1; s. 370.4.1(a)",
    "replacement_required": "s. 370.5.4(3)",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 370.5.4(1), s. 370.5.4(2)",
    "fine_range": "s. 370.6.9(a), s. 370.6.9(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/orillia/trees/text-41e797ca0419/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/orillia/trees/"
}