{
 "answer": "In the Town of Whitby, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Trees in a woodlot, on specified designated lands, or on residential lands 2.02 ha or greater; 'tree' means single-stemmed perennial woody plant reaching at least 6 metres at maturity; woodlot thresholds include trees 5, 12, or 20 cm DBH; replacement required: Director may impose conditions including species, size, number and location of replacement tree(s), planting date, maintenance, or compensation costs for reforestation on property or elsewhere in Municipality; court may also order replanting on conviction. Source: Tree Protection By-law 4640-00, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001824",
 "municipality": "Whitby",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.whitby.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree Protection By-law 4640-00",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2000-06-26",
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/whitby-ca/media/qy0f0qfy/4640-00_tree-protection-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a permit from the Director of Planning before destroying a tree that is in a woodlot, on lands designated Major Open Space, Hazard Land or Environmental Protection/Conservation, within a Mature Woodlands or Environmentally Sensitive Area, identified in an approved tree preservation plan, or on Residential-designated land 2.02 hectares or larger (sec 2). 'Woodlot' means an area of 0.2 hectares",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "dd7085f1300dceed92adf2812fb531f5c439c5e1229474b6f5497dd683f18b3c",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/dd7085f1300dceed92adf2812fb531f5c439c5e1229474b6f5497dd683f18b3c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Trees in a woodlot, on specified designated lands, or on residential lands 2.02 ha or greater; 'tree' means single-stemmed perennial woody plant reaching at least 6 metres at maturity; woodlot thresholds include trees 5, 12, or 20 cm DBH",
    "replacement_required": "Director may impose conditions including species, size, number and location of replacement tree(s), planting date, maintenance, or compensation costs for reforestation on property or elsewhere in Municipality; court may also order replanting on conviction",
    "fine_range": "First conviction: not more than $10,000.00; subsequent conviction: not more than $20,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2: 'No person shall...destroy...any tree...without first obtaining a permit'",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2(f): residential lands 2.02 ha or greater; s. 2(a)-(e): woodlots and designated lands",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1(cc), s. 1(ff), s. 2",
    "replacement_required": "s. 6(5)(a)-(d); s. 10(3)",
    "fine_range": "s. 10(1)(a)-(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/whitby/trees/text-dd7085f1300d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/whitby/trees/"
}