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Tree Removal - 13 and 15 Pine Crescent
(East Toronto)
The Toronto Community Council recommends that City Council refuse to issue a permit to remove the tree located at 13 Pine Crescent, requiring the applicant to abandon or redesign his plans for the proposed development.
The Toronto Community Council reports, for the information of Council, having requested the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services to consult with the applicant to determine whether there are other alternatives available for the proposed development of the property.
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 in order to sever the two parcels of land, with the western portion to be used for the construction thereon of a detached house has been filed by Mr. Martin Stevenson, c\o O & Y Properties, Real Estate Management Services, 2 First Canadian Place, Ste. 2900, Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1B5, owner of 13 & 15 Pine Crescent.
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 abandon or redesign his plans for the proposed development.
(B) Issue a permit for tree removal conditional on
(i) the applicant receiving approval for the redevelopment of the property.
(ii) the applicant planting two 80 millimetre diameter red oak trees as replacement.
Comments:
The tree in question is an eighty-seven centimetre diameter red oak in good condition. The arborist report prepared by Lewis Arnold of Shady Lane Expert Tree Care Inc., states that the red oak tree is in good health. The red oak is native to Toronto=s urban forest and this particular specimen is located adjacent to the designated Glen Stewart ravine and therefore is an important native seed source. The applicant has indicated in a January 28, 1998, letter to Urban Forestry that he will plant two 80 millimetre diameter red oak trees as replacement if permission is granted for the removal of the tree in question.
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. Thirteen written objections were received in response to the application to remove the tree in question. Copies of these letters have been forwarded to the Community Council Secretary for the Community Council to review.
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The Toronto Community Council reports, for the information of Council, having also had before it during consideration of the foregoing matter, the following communications, copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk:
- (February 14, 1998) from Dr. Jeremy Williams;
- (January 26, 1998) from Dr. Jeremy Williams and Ms. Susan Morrison;
- (December 18, 1997) from Mr. Lewis Arnold, Shady Lane Expert Tree Care Inc.; and
- (February 16, 1998) from Mr. Dennis Casaccio nd Ms. Cassandra King.
Mr. Marty Stevenson, Toronto, Ontario appeared before the Toronto Community Council in connection with the foregoing matter.
Copies of the following communications referred to in the foregoing report were forwarded to all Members of the Toronto Community Council with the agenda for its meeting on February 18, 1998, and copies thereof are on file in the office of the City Clerk:
- (January 23, 1998) from Mr. Ken McKay and Ms. Sophie McKay, Sim, Hughes, Ashton & McKay, Barristers and Solicitors;
- (January 23, 1998) from Mr. Dennis Casaccio and Ms. Cassandra King;
- (January 22, 1998) from Mr. Frank Pasquill;
- (January 23, 1998) from Ms. Jeanne K. Service;
- (January 24, 1998) from Ms. Joan Brent;
- (January 26, 1998) from Dr. Jeremy Williams and Ms. Susan Morrison;
- (January 26, 1998) from Mr. Douglas Gilbert;
- (January 26, 1998) from resident of Pine Crescent;
- (January 25, 1998) from Mr. Raymond de Boer;
- (undated) from Ms. Sally Robinson and Mr. Wayne Robinson;
- (January 22, 1998) from Ms. Phebe Langdon and Mr. Wayne Langdon;
- (January 22, 1998) from Mr. Fred Cotthans;
- (January 22, 1998) from resident of Maclean Avenue.
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