{
 "answer": "In the Township of The Archipelago, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Any living stemmed perennial woody plant with DBH of 15 cm (6 in.) or greater; also all native shoreline vegetation within 7.5 m (24.6 ft.) of the highwater mark of any navigable waterbody; replacement required: Manager may impose condition 'Requiring that replacement trees be planted' as part of a site-specific exemption approval; no mandatory replacement or cash-in-lieu requirement stated. Source: By-law No. 2025-05 - Tree Preservation By-law, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001787",
 "municipality": "The Archipelago",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.thearchipelago.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 2025-05 - Tree Preservation By-law",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-01-17",
   "document_url": "https://www.thearchipelago.on.ca/uploads/dm/61578/Tree_Preservation_Bylaw",
   "summary": "Applies only to lands zoned Coastal/Island Residential (CR), Inland Lakes Residential (IR), General Residential (GR) and to the environmental-protection zones NS, NSC, ES, ES1 and ES2 (s.3). Prohibits clear cutting of trees on those lands, and prohibits destroying or injuring native shoreline vegetation or healthy trees (DBH 15cm or greater) within 7.5m of the highwater mark of a navigable waterbody,",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "25be3af381f8b4737b8f8727af293f8e0d1d224d5653c27c14ffeab491ed1ece",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/25be3af381f8b4737b8f8727af293f8e0d1d224d5653c27c14ffeab491ed1ece.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Any living stemmed perennial woody plant with DBH of 15 cm (6 in.) or greater; also all native shoreline vegetation within 7.5 m (24.6 ft.) of the highwater mark of any navigable waterbody",
    "replacement_required": "Manager may impose condition 'Requiring that replacement trees be planted' as part of a site-specific exemption approval; no mandatory replacement or cash-in-lieu requirement stated",
    "fine_range": "First conviction: not more than $10,000; second or subsequent conviction: not more than $100,000; continuing offence: not more than $10,000 per day. Schedule 'A' set fines: $900.00 (most offences), $1,000.00 (fail to comply with Order)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4(a), s. 4(b), s. 7(a) — Owner must submit written request for site-specific exemption for non-exempt activities",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 3(a)(ii) — lands zoned Coastal/Island Residential (CR), Inland Lakes Residential (IR), General Residential (GR)",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 2(a)(xxxii) — \"any living species of a stemmed perennial woody plant, with a Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) of 15cm (6 in.) or greater\"; s. 2(a)(xvii) and s. 4(b) for native shoreline vegetation within 7.5 m of highwater mark",
    "replacement_required": "s. 7(i)(i) — \"Requiring that replacement trees be planted\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 11(a)(i)–(iii); Schedule 'A' to By-law 2025-05"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/the-archipelago/trees/text-25be3af381f8/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/the-archipelago/trees/"
}