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Tree Removal - 149 Lascelles Blvd.
(North Toronto)
The Toronto Community Council recommends that a permit be issued for tree removal at 149 Lascelles Boulevard conditional on the applicant agreeing to plant a replacement tree on her 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 remove one tree on private property that has caused damage to a garage has been filed by Ms. Susan Wain, 149 Lascelles Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, M5P 2E7, owner of 149 Lascelles Boulevard.
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, requiring the applicant to explore alternative solutions with respect to the garage.
(B) Issue a permit for tree removal conditional on the applicant agreeing to plant a replacement tree on her property to the satisfaction of the Director of Development and Support.
Comments:
The tree in question is a seventy-eight centimetre diameter silver maple in fair condition. The arborist report prepared by Michael McIsaac that accompanies this application states that the overall health of the tree is good, but that it is growing into the roof and wall on the north side of the garage causing damage. The silver maple is a common tree in Toronto=s urban forest. This particular specimen will grow approximately twenty to forty centimetres more in diameter which would result in further damage to the existing garage. There is sufficient space in the rear yard for the planting of a large growing replacement tree.
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.
Mr. Will Giffen, Toronto, Ontario appeared before the Toronto Community Council in connection with the foregoing matter.
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