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Development Application Guidelines: Tree Management Plan/Study (City-Owned Trees and/or Within 3 Metres of ROW)

Published by City of Hamilton

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Type: Guide
Published by: City of Hamilton
Date: February 20, 2026
Also called: Tree Management Plan/Study (City-owned trees and/or within 3m of ROW)
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 2

Overview

Hamilton's Development Application Guidelines for a Tree Management Plan/Study covering City-owned trees and trees within 3 metres of the right-of-way, last updated February 20, 2026. It describes the plan as showing a development's effects on public trees, with protection, mitigation and removal measures. It names Certified Arborists, Registered Professional Foresters and OALA Landscape Architects as preparers, lists the plan's minimum contents and the data in its Tree Inventory Analysis Table, and refers to the Design and Preservation Manual and the Public Tree Preservation and Sustainability Policy.

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