Richmond HillSite Alteration & EngineeringTrees
A By-Law to Prohibit or Regulate the Injuring or Destruction of Trees on City Lands in the City of Richmond Hill
Published by City of Richmond Hill
This is the City of Richmond Hill’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
- By-law
- Published by
- City of Richmond Hill
- Date
- April, 2025
- Also called
- Trees on City Lands By-law No. 20-25, Municipal Code Chapter 821
- For
- any
- Signed by
- Mayor · City Clerk
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 10
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001 S.O. 2001, c.25, section 135 · Administrative Penalty By-law 69-16 · Standards and Specifications Manual
Overview
The City of Richmond Hill's Trees on City Lands By-law, By-law 20-25, passed under section 135 of the Municipal Act, 2001, repealing By-law 40-07. It defines City Trees, the Tree Protection Zone, arborist reports and tree inventory and preservation plans, and sets the Commissioner's powers over planting, pruning and removal. Articles cover prohibitions, tree planting on City lands, work near a City Tree's protection zone, work orders and remediation, and fines up to $100,000 with administrative penalties. It sits beside the City's Tree Preservation By-law and Site Alteration By-law.
What it covers
- Interpretation
- Application and Administration
- Prohibitions, Tree Planting and Pruning
- Conditions of Permit Approval
- Tree Planting on City Lands
- Protection Against Damage
- Work Orders and Remediation
- Enforcement, Offences and Penalties
- Administrative Monetary Penalties
- General
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