- Alias
- Tree Preservation and Sustainability Policy
- Applies to
- any
- Instruments
- Public Tree Protection By-law 15-125
- Signatories
- director of environmental services
The City of Hamilton's Forestry and Horticulture Section policy on public trees, issued by the Director of Environmental Services under subsection 7(b) of Public Tree Protection By-law 15-125 and applied alongside it. It covers permit applications, review, issuance, conditions and compliance for work on, in or around a public tree, planting requests on road allowance, development related planting, and fees. Schedule “A” sets out retention and protective measures; Schedule “B” lists the criteria the Director may apply in assessing a tree's condition. Effective August 10, 2015, updated May 29, 2017.
What it covers
- Introduction
- Application
- Definitions
- Permit Applications
- Permit Review
- Permit Issuance
- Permit Compliance
- Planting Requests
- Development Related Planting
- Fees
- Schedule “A” Retention and Protective Requirements
- Schedule “B” Criteria for Assessing the Condition of Trees
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- Publisher
- City of Hamilton
- Category
- By-laws · tree
- Published under
- Doing Work Near Tree — the municipality's own heading
- Agencies
- Forestry and Horticulture Section, Environmental Services Division
- Form ref
- subsection 7(b), Public Tree Protection By-law 15-125
- Work types
- tree removal · tree planting · work around public trees
- Required for
- Work performed on, in or around a public tree, and requests to have a tree planted on road allowance
- Document date
- August 10, 2015
- Publisher note
- A Forestry and Horticulture Section policy of the Public Works Department's Environmental Services Division, issued by the Director of Environmental Services.
- Tags
treeby-lawpermitsenvironmental