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Private Tree Preservation and Protection By-law related to Development Applications

Published by Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville

This is the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville’s document, as published on its website on 16 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice

Type
Form
Published by
Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
Date
7th day of June, 2023
Also called
Private Tree By-law
Form reference
Section 135 (1) of the Municipal Act, 2001
For
owner
Signed by
Iain Lovatt, Mayor · Kristina Lepik, Acting Clerk
Building types
All building types
Pages
10
Instruments
Municipal Act, 2001 · Planning Act, 1990 · Ontario Heritage Act · Region's Forest Conservation By-law No. 2013-68

Overview

By-law 2023-060-RE of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, short-titled the Private Tree Preservation and Protection By-law related to Development Applications and passed June 7, 2023. It protects private, heritage and mature trees — 30 cm DSH or more — in Secondary Plan settlement areas such as the Community of Stouffville, Gormley and Ballantrae-Musselman Lake, through site plan, subdivision and consent approvals. It sets tree protection hoarding radii, mature tree relocation and removal, replacement ratios of 3:1 and 5:1 or cash-in-lieu, submission materials, exemptions, enforcement and fines from $500 to $100,000.

What it covers

  • 1. DEFINITIONS
  • 2. SCOPE/ APPLICABILITY
  • 2.2. PROTECTION OF PRIVATE TREES
  • 2.3. RELOCATION OF MATURE TREES
  • 2.4. REMOVAL/CUTTING OF MATURE TREES
  • 3. IMPLEMENTATION
  • 4. EXEMPTIONS
  • 5. DELEGATED AUTHORITY
  • 6. ENFORCEMENT
  • 7. PENALTY
  • 8. SEVERABILITY
  • 9. SHORT TITLE
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