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Tree Removal - 487 Soudan Avenue
(North Toronto)
The Toronto Community Council recommends that City Council refuse to issue a permit to remove the tree located at 487 Soudan Avenue.
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 remove one tree on private property that has caused property damage and frustration between neighbours due to falling fruit has been filed by Mr. James A. Dick, 487 Soudan Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4S 1X1, owner of 487 Soudan 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 remove the tree.
(B) Issue a permit for removal 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 tree in question is a forty-nine centimetre diameter black walnut in good condition. The tree is located at the rear of the garage for 487 Soudan Avenue and the branches overhang the garages and driveways for both 483 and 487 Soudan Avenue. The black walnut tree is native to Southern Ontario and a significant species in Toronto=s urban forest. The species can tolerate a variety of soil conditions and is an excellent shade tree. The fruit of the black walnut can reach the size of a tennis ball and may be an inconvenience when it falls from the branches in the autumn.
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 remove the tree in question.
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