{
 "answer": "The Rural municipality of Eastern Kings, Prince Edward Island has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Rural Municipality of Eastern Kings Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw (Zoning & Subdivision Control Bylaw), verified 2026-09-27.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003187",
 "municipality": "Eastern Kings",
 "status_type": "Rural municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Prince Edward Island",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.easternkingspei.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Rural Municipality of Eastern Kings Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw (Zoning & Subdivision Control Bylaw)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://easternkingspei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/RMEK-Development-Bylaw-Effective-2024.01.29.pdf",
   "summary": "In the Environmental Overlay Zone, any landscaping requires a permit and no person may cut down trees or disturb natural ground cover without first submitting a landscape plan to the Development Officer (8.7.2).",
   "discovered_by": "pe-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "b224aaa4fff4b63bce467d1fa502ef5b50db7f47e67cdae990c54055ab3ead37",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:08:46+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b224aaa4fff4b63bce467d1fa502ef5b50db7f47e67cdae990c54055ab3ead37.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "fine_range": "first conviction: fine not exceeding $2,000; subsequent conviction: fine of not more than $400 for each day upon which the contravention has continued after the day on which they were first convicted"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "fine_range": "11.1; \"on a first conviction, to a fine not exceeding $2,000\"; \"on a subsequent conviction, to a fine of not more than $400 for each day\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/eastern-kings/trees/rural-municipality-of-eastern-kings-subdivision-and/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/pe/eastern-kings/trees/"
}