{
 "answer": "In the City of Windsor, Ontario, applies to private property: False; boulevard trees: No person shall destroy or injure trees on a highway or Corporation-owned lands.; fines: First conviction: not more than $10,000 or $1,000 per tree (whichever is greater); subsequent conviction: not more than $25,000 or $2,500 per tree; corporations: up to $50,000/$5,000 per tree (first), $100,000/$10,000 per tree (subsequent). Source: By-law 135-2004 (Regulate the Planting of Trees and Prohibit the Destruction or Injuring of Trees on Highways), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001830",
 "municipality": "Windsor",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.citywindsor.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 135-2004 (Regulate the Planting of Trees and Prohibit the Destruction or Injuring of Trees on Highways)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2004-05-10",
   "document_url": "https://www.citywindsor.ca/Documents/city-hall/by-laws-online/By-law%20135-2004.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits destroying or injuring trees on highways or city-owned land; bans planting nuisance species (poplar, willow, thorny honey locust, Manitoba maple) on highways; fines up to $10,000/$1,000 per tree (higher for corporations).",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "e48108b07b6bf2be540ee9cbd25024c733e3a030a51c9a30695e77f3d2f1233c",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e48108b07b6bf2be540ee9cbd25024c733e3a030a51c9a30695e77f3d2f1233c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "applies_to_private_property": false,
    "boulevard_trees": "No person shall destroy or injure trees on a highway or Corporation-owned lands.",
    "fine_range": "First conviction: not more than $10,000 or $1,000 per tree (whichever is greater); subsequent conviction: not more than $25,000 or $2,500 per tree; corporations: up to $50,000/$5,000 per tree (first), $100,000/$10,000 per tree (subsequent)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2(b): trimming of trees planted upon the highway or upon private property where the branches extend over a highway",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 5: No person shall destroy or injure trees on a highway",
    "fine_range": "s. 6(i)(a), 6(i)(b), 6(ii)(a), 6(ii)(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/windsor/trees/text-e48108b07b6b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/windsor/trees/"
}