{
 "answer": "The Town of Highgate, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Highgate Tree Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028550",
 "municipality": "Highgate",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Highgate Tree Ordinance",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.highgatevt.org/vertical/sites/%7B27DD8364-9602-460E-9A11-4C6436D74153%7D/uploads/Tree_Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Establishes a Tree Warden and regulates preservation/removal of trees in town rights-of-way and on public property. Public hearing noticed August 26, 1992 for a September 1992 hearing; the final signature page's exact adoption date is blank/illegible in the posted scan.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/highgate/trees/"
}