I sold a piece of vacant land prime for development in Downtown Toronto after much effort of resolving tree issues, not to mention other concerns or objections by neighbours on this matter. When the seller first purchased the land 12 years ago, there were several trees on the land which were only saplings at the time. The trees matured over the years and any buyer who wanted to purchase and develop the land will have to go through permit appllication process at the Department of Forestry if their design required to have the tree removed. There is one tree which sat bang in the middle of the site.There were in total four or five trees that would need to be reviewed by the City of Toronto Urban Forestry if they were candidate for removal.
My seller went through a series of due diligence at the city and several meetings with city officials, and obtained a new survey and an arborist report that showed the trees and the condition of each tree.
Toronto has a bylaw which protects privately-owned trees on private property which measure 30 cm in diameter or more as measured at 1.4 m above ground level. A permit is required to injure or destroy such a tree. In order to receive approval from Urban Forestry Services of the City of Toronto to injure or destroy a protected tree, an arborist report is required.
For more information, contact Urban Forestry at 416-338-TREE or visit www.toronto.ca/trees/operations.htm.
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