August 27, 1998
To:Toronto Community Council
From:Director of Development and Support - Toronto Parks & Recreation, City Hall
Office
Subject:56 Hunter Street, Toronto, Ward 26 (East Toronto) - Municipal Code, Chapter 331,
Article III, Trees
Purpose:
An application for a permit to remove three trees on private property in order to construct a
new house and garage has been filed by Mr. Grant Paisley, Box 85, Goodwood, Ontario,
L0C 1A0, owner of 56 Hunter Street.
Recommendations:
Either 1 or 2 below.
1) Issue a permit for removal of the trees conditional on: i) the issuance of a demolition
permit and a building permit for the construction of a new house and garage at 56 Hunter
Street and ii) the applicant agreeing to plant two replacement maple trees once construction
is completed.
2) Refuse to issue a permit to remove the trees requiring the applicant to redesign or
abandon his plans for construction of a new house and garage.
Comments:
The trees in question are thirty-one and thirty-two centimetre diameter Ailanthus altissima
and a thirty-three centimetre diameter Siberian elm, all in fair condition. The two Ailanthus
trees are located at the northeast and northwest corners of the existing house and as a result,
if a new house is to be constructed, there is no possibility of adequately protecting either tree
during construction. The elm tree is located in an area that conflicts with a proposed garage
and it would also not survive the proposed construction. There are two additional elm trees
on the mutual property line of 56 and 54 Hunter Street that are to be protected if permits are
issued to construct a new garage.
The trees requiring removal for the proposal to take place are common in the City's urban
forest and their removal conditional on replacement planting with two large growing shade
trees such as maple would be an acceptable option in the opinion of urban forestry staff.
A notice of application sign was posted on the property for the required 14 day posting
period, in order to notify the neighbourhood and provide an opportunity for objection to the
application. Two written objections were received in response to the application to remove
the trees in question. Copies of these letters have been forwarded to the Community Council
Secretary for the Community Council to review.
Contact Name:Richard Ubbens
Telephone:(416) 392-1894
Facsimile:(416) 392-6657
e-mail:rubbens@city.toronto.on.ca
(Original signed by RU for SR) TF
Susan Richardson
Director of Development and Support - Toronto Parks & Recreation,
City Hall Office
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bcc:Councillor Sandra Bussin, Suite 20, Toronto City Hall
Councillor Tom Jakobek, Suite 2, Toronto City Hall
John Macintyre, 8th Floor, Metro Hall
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