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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>As you are in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:place></st1:City>,
land use planning is under the Planning Act. That legislation has several
sections that enable planners to protect trees...the most direct being through
"site plan control" (section 41). That section enables (under s.
41(7)(6) conditions of subdivision approval to specify the retention or
addition of:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>" Walls, fences, hedges, trees, shrubs or other
groundcover or facilities for the landscaping of the lands or the protection of
adjoining lands".<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>You need to talk to the Commissioner of Planning
ASAP.....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have as a PDF, a short piece on using existing
legislation in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place>
to protect trees. Email me if you are interested.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:12.0pt'>~Barb <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Barbara Heidenreich<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Natural Heritage Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ontario</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><span
lang=EN-CA> Heritage Trust<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt'>10 Adelaide
Street East, Suite 202</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><span
lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt'>Toronto</span></font></st1:City><span
lang=EN-CA>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">M5C 1J3</st1:PostalCode></span></st1:place><span
lang=EN-CA> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Telephone: 416-314-4918<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fax: 416-325-5071<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>E-mail: barbara.heidenreich@heritagetrust.on.ca<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Websites: www.heritagetrust.on.ca I
www.doorsopenontario.on.ca <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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