{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of South Bruce, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; replacement required: attempt to plant 1 or 2 trees for each tree removed, if possible, depending on budget; boulevard trees: Trees on municipal road allowance removed or trimmed at municipality's expense for municipal purposes.. Source: By-law #2022-17 - Being a By-Law to Authorize the Adoption of a Municipal Tree Maintenance Policy, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001752",
 "municipality": "South Bruce",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.town.southbruce.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law #2022-17 - Being a By-Law to Authorize the Adoption of a Municipal Tree Maintenance Policy",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.southbruce.ca/media/vnkk3ajl/by-law-2022-17-tree-maintenance-policy-1.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopts the Municipality's Tree Maintenance Policy as Schedule A. Unless authorized by the Municipality, no person may remove, cut down, deface, damage or injure a tree on municipally owned land, attach anything to it, or alter soil levels around it; the Municipality invoices $200 per tree for a contravention, plus stumping, wood and replacement costs. Sets the process for requesting",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "aa9b1331a8e2b7afe5cdff29052dd56f10bb78d147e5d3584f0fc2dc366495d2",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/aa9b1331a8e2b7afe5cdff29052dd56f10bb78d147e5d3584f0fc2dc366495d2.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "replacement_required": "attempt to plant 1 or 2 trees for each tree removed, if possible, depending on budget",
    "boulevard_trees": "Trees on municipal road allowance removed or trimmed at municipality's expense for municipal purposes.",
    "fine_range": "$200.00 per tree"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "\"Unless authorized by the Municipality, a person shall not do, cause, or permit to be done\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "\"Trees may be removed from the road allowance and/or private property when\"",
    "replacement_required": "\"We will attempt to plant 1 or 2 trees for each tree removed, if possible, depending on budget\"",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 8, \"For Municipal purposes\"",
    "fine_range": "\"A fine of $200.00/per tree will be charged and invoiced to the individual\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/south-bruce/trees/text-aa9b1331a8e2/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/south-bruce/trees/"
}