{
 "answer": "In the City of Sarnia, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: All trees, shrubs, and woody vegetation in any public place; no minimum size or species threshold for protection; replacement required: Person removing a tree shall forward replacement value to the City before removal; for municipal operations, replacement with trees of 10 cm (4 inch) caliper. Source: By-law to Regulate the Planting, Maintenance and Removal of Trees in Public Places within the City of Sarnia (By-law of 1992 - by-law number illegible in scanned original), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001736",
 "municipality": "Sarnia",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.sarnia.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law to Regulate the Planting, Maintenance and Removal of Trees in Public Places within the City of Sarnia (By-law of 1992 - by-law number illegible in scanned original)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1992-02-24",
   "document_url": "https://sarnia.civicweb.net/document/40827",
   "summary": "Regulates the planting, maintenance and removal of trees on municipal/public property in Sarnia; prohibits injuring or removing City-owned trees without authorization; violators may be charged the tree's replacement value.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "0ed8848507fc0937699cb85994b84821ccd4e5b21e99d92483291029696b62bd",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0ed8848507fc0937699cb85994b84821ccd4e5b21e99d92483291029696b62bd.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "All trees, shrubs, and woody vegetation in any public place; no minimum size or species threshold for protection",
    "replacement_required": "Person removing a tree shall forward replacement value to the City before removal; for municipal operations, replacement with trees of 10 cm (4 inch) caliper",
    "boulevard_trees": "No planting without Arborist written permission; prohibited species include Silver/Manitoba Maple, Poplar, Willow, Spruce, Pine, Chinese Elm"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 7: \"without first having obtained the written permission of the Arborist\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 4(b); s. 5: owner notified of requirement to remove dangerous tree overhanging public place",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1(i): \"Trees includes all shrubs and woody vegetation now or hereafter found on any public place\"",
    "replacement_required": "s. 7: \"shall forward the replacement value of the tree being removed to the City before removing such tree\" and \"replacing the same with suitable trees of a caliper of 10 centimeters (4 inches)\"",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 2; s. 3(b)(i)-(v)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/sarnia/trees/text-0ed8848507fc/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/sarnia/trees/"
}