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Tree Removal - 203 Geoffrey Street
(High Park)
The Toronto Community Council recommends that City Council refuse to issue a permit to remove the tree located at 203 Geoffrey Avenue.
The Toronto Community Council submits the following report (February 4, 1998) from the Director, Development and Support, Toronto Parks and Recreation:
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 the owner of 205 Geoffrey Street claims has damaged a concrete driveway has been filed by Mr. Charles Granato, 2 Hambleton Court, Scarborough, Ontario, M1V 4T5, owner of 203 Geoffrey Street.
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 tree 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 seventy centimetre diameter black walnut in good condition. The concrete driveway at 205 Geoffrey Street does show some signs of heaving but whether this is a result of the black walnut trees root system cannot be determined without removing the concrete. If the concrete were to be removed and any surface roots were exposed, these could be pruned professionally by a qualified arborist and a new driveway could then be installed. This option would allow for a significant shade tree to remain in Toronto=s urban forest.
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.
Ms. Vera Kondrachuk, Toronto, Ontario, appeared before the Toronto Community Council in connection with the foregoing matter.
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