HamiltonSite Alteration & EngineeringTrees
Public Tree Preservation and Sustainability Policy
Published by City of Hamilton
This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Hamilton
- Date
- August 10, 2015
- Also called
- Tree Preservation & Sustainability Policy
- Form reference
- Subsection 7(b), Public Tree Protection By-law 15-125
- For
- any
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 9
- Agencies
- Forestry and Horticulture Section, Environmental Services Division
- Instruments
- Public Tree Protection By-law 15-125
Overview
The City of Hamilton Forestry and Horticulture Section's policy on public trees, issued by the Director of Environmental Services under subsection 7(b) of Public Tree Protection By-law 15-125, effective August 10, 2015 and updated May 29, 2017. It applies to work on, in or around a public tree outside a Planning Act process, and covers permit applications, review, issuance and compliance, planting requests on road allowance, development related planting and fees. Schedule “A” sets retention and protective measures; Schedule “B” sets criteria for assessing a tree's condition.
What it covers
- Introduction
- Application
- Definitions
- Permit Applications
- Permit Review
- Permit Issuance
- Permit Compliance
- Planting Requests
- Development Related Planting
- Fees
- Retention and Protective Requirements
- Criteria for Assessing the Condition of Trees
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