{
 "answer": "In the Town of Leader, Saskatchewan, trees & tree removal rules are set by Town of Leader Bylaw No. 07/23 (Urban Forestry Bylaw), verified 2026-09-27. A permit is required. Protected threshold: mature height greater than five (5) meters.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000713",
 "municipality": "Leader",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Saskatchewan",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://leader.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Leader Bylaw No. 07/23 (Urban Forestry Bylaw)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://leader.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Urban-Forestry-Program-Bylaw-07-23.pdf",
   "summary": "Establishes an Urban Forestry Program protecting boulevard and public trees: prohibits cutting, pruning, altering or removing a public tree, or damaging tree-protection barriers/markers, without Town permits and approvals.",
   "discovered_by": "sk-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-29",
   "capture_sha256": "6a2d9b36c9194301f096f49e134daa8189347c3559b5dc14fe48b48d9ed39058",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-29T14:36:52+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "07/23",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6a2d9b36c9194301f096f49e134daa8189347c3559b5dc14fe48b48d9ed39058.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "mature height greater than five (5) meters",
    "replacement_required": "When a public tree is removed from a park, the Town must replace the tree with a similar tree in the same location; or plant a more suitable tree in the same location, on adjoining land, or in a different suitable location. Removal may be approved with property owner or developer incurring the cost of the removal and planting of a new approved tree.",
    "boulevard_trees": "Town may plant boulevard trees; owners may plant adjacent boulevard trees per Boulevard Tree Incentive Policy; removal requests require written request to Administrator."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "\"Requests for removal of public trees located on the boulevard adjacent to private property\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "\"The owner of a private property shall not\"",
    "protected_threshold": "Part II, definition of 'Tree'",
    "replacement_required": "Part IV s.5; Part IV s.8(c)",
    "boulevard_trees": "\"Property owners may plant trees on the boulevard adjacent to their property\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/leader/trees/bylaw-07-23/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/sk/leader/trees/"
}