October 23, 1998

To:Toronto Community Council

From:Commissioner, Economic Development, Culture & Tourism

Subject:3256 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ward 22 (North Toronto) - Municipal Code, Chapter 331, Article III, Trees

Purpose:

An application for a permit to injure two trees on private property in order to build a parking pad between the trees has been filed by Mr. Christopher Barre, Christopher Barre Architect Inc., 1912 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4L 1H5, agent for the owner of 3256 Yonge Street.

Recommendations:

Either 1, or 2 below.

1) Issue a permit for injury to the two Norway maples on the condition that during construction of the parking pad, the applicant agrees to hire an arborist to implement a tree preservation plan prepared by Shady Lane Expert Tree Care Inc., dated September 11, 1998.

2) Refuse to issue a permit for injury requiring the applicant to abandon plans for the parking pad.

Comments:

The trees in question are forty and ninety centimetre diameter Norway maples in fair condition. A third forty-one centimetre diameter Norway maple will also be affected by the proposed parking pad, it is in poor condition and therefore exempt from the private tree bylaw. The proposed parking pad will impact approximately fifty percent of both root systems resulting in injury to both trees. The arborist report prepared by Shady Lane Expert Tree Care Inc., that accompanies this application recommends the implementation of several steps to lessen the impact of the construction on the health of the trees. The construction of the parking pad will injure the two Norway maple trees and if a permit is issued for injury it is essential that an arborist be contracted to implement the recommendations put forth in the arborist=s report to minimize this injury.

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 injure the trees in question. Copies of these letters have been forwarded to the Toronto 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

Joe Halstead

Commissioner, Economic Development, Culture & Tourism

Metro Hall

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bcc:Councillor Anne Johnston, Suite 205, Metro Hall

Councillor Michael Walker, Suite 12, Toronto City Hall

John Macintyre, 8^th Floor, Metro Hall

Andrew Pickett, 5^th Floor, East Tower, City Hall

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