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Tree Removal - 83 Lavinia Avenue
(High Park)
The Toronto Community Council recommends that a permit be issued for injury of the two trees located at 83 Lavinia Avenue conditional on the applicant agreeing to plant a replacement tree on his property to the satisfaction of the Director of Development and Support, Toronto Parks and Recreation.
The Toronto Community Council submits the following report (February 4, 1998) from the Director, Development and Support, Toronto Parks and Recreation Department:
Purpose:
City Council is required under Municipal Code, Chapter 331, Article III, to decide whether or not to approve an application to injure or destroy trees on private property that are in a healthy condition and thirty centimetres in diameter or greater. The Community Council as a standing Committee of City Council under the procedural bylaw has been authorized to hear public deputations if any and make recommendations to City Council on, among other things, matters covered by tree bylaws which are contained in the above mentioned section of the Municipal Code. An application for a permit to injure two trees on private property to facilitate the construction of a three storey rear addition has been filed by Mr. Troy Wong, 83 Lavinia Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6S 3H9, owner of 83 Lavinia Avenue.
Recommendation:
That Toronto Community Council hear public deputations if any, and recommend that City Council adopt either A or B below.
(A) Refuse to issue a permit to injure the two trees, requiring the applicant to abandon or redesign his plans for an addition; and
(B) Issue a permit for injury of the two trees conditional on the applicant agreeing to plant a replacement tree on his property to the satisfaction of the Director of Development and Support.
Comments:
The trees in question are thirty-three and thirty-four centimetre diameter Norway spruce in fair condition. A private arborist report prepared by Al Miley & Associates, that accompanies this application states that the two trees are in the immediate proximity of a proposed extension to be constructed at the rear of the existing building. The site plan that accompanies the application, prepared by Ellard-Willson Engineering Limited, dated April 24, 1997, indicates that the excavation for the rear addition will come within one metre from the base of both spruce trees. In the opinion of Urban Forestry staff, the construction activity will result in the removal of a substantial portion of the trees root systems and the likelihood of the trees survival will be minimal.
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. No written objections were received in response to the application to injure the trees in question.
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