{
 "answer": "In the City of Regina, Saskatchewan, trees & tree removal rules are set by City of Regina Forestry Bylaw No. 2002-48, verified 2026-09-27. Fines: not exceeding $2,000.00 (individual); not exceeding $5,000.00 (corporation). Protected threshold: Established Tree on Public Land; Tree defined as living woody plant with one or more stems, minimum caliper width 2.5 cm and minimum height 1.5 m. Boulevard trees: No person other than Director shall damage, disturb, prune or remove any Public Tree; overhanging Street trees pruned to at least six metres.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000833",
 "municipality": "Regina",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Saskatchewan",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://regina.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "City of Regina Forestry Bylaw No. 2002-48",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2002-05-27",
   "document_url": "https://openregina.ca/dataset/84d2ef35-3534-46a4-9051-b8c437656069/resource/20af7d85-0c20-471c-92b9-5666714a16f0/download/2002-48c15.pdf",
   "summary": "Bars removing any established tree on public land without authorization; an Officer may order removal of a Hazard, Infected, Nuisance, Dangerous or Dutch-Elm-Disease-affected tree; requestor pays removal/relocation costs for a discretionary removal.",
   "discovered_by": "sk-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-29",
   "capture_sha256": "8611f72f432ef288301a04f562d27449467f7ec30c05c7973d4d812952679cc5",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-29T14:36:52+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2002-48",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8611f72f432ef288301a04f562d27449467f7ec30c05c7973d4d812952679cc5.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Established Tree on Public Land; Tree defined as living woody plant with one or more stems, minimum caliper width 2.5 cm and minimum height 1.5 m",
    "boulevard_trees": "No person other than Director shall damage, disturb, prune or remove any Public Tree; overhanging Street trees pruned to at least six metres",
    "fine_range": "not exceeding $2,000.00 (individual); not exceeding $5,000.00 (corporation)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 7",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1 'Tree'; s. 3(1)",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 4(1)(b); s. 11(1)",
    "fine_range": "s. 13(a)-(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/regina/trees/bylaw-2002-48/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/sk/regina/trees/"
}