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<div><font color="#0033CC">Hi Adrina, I am not sure if I am using the most current Canufnet posting address so I am copying this to you as well. Hopefully you will post this request on Canufnet. Respondents can reply directly to me if they wish but this information
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<div><font color="#0033CC">The City of London is revising its current private and public tree by-laws. In support of the proposed measures and expected increase in administration and enforcement requirements I have been asked to quantify what staff resources
other municipalities have to manage their by-laws. If you would please take a couple of minutes to provide the following information, it would be a great help. </font></div>
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<div><font color="#0033CC"><b><u>Private tree </u></b><b><u>B</u></b><b><u>y-law</u></b><b><u> </u></b></font></div>
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<li>Does your by-law cover all trees or do you have a separate woodland by-law and other tree by-law? </li><li>How many permit requests do you receive per year for each type of by-law?</li><li>Of the permit requests, how many actually result in permits being issued?</li><li>How many trees (and their size or range of sizes if applicable) per year do you allow to be removed without a permit? What issues does this pose for administration?</li><li>What is the minimum size tree protected by the tree by-law?</li></font>
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<div><font color="#0033CC"><b><u>City Tree By-law</u></b></font></div>
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<li>Do you allow residents to plant trees on boulevards? If so under what conditions?</li><li>How many requests for planting on boulevards do you get per year? How many of them result in permits being issued?</li></font>
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<div><font color="#0033CC">How many administrative, professional/technical and enforcement staff does your municipality have to manage these by-laws?</font></div>
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<div><font color="#0033CC">Thank you for taking the time to reply to this survey.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#0033CC">Ivan Listar, R.P.F.</font></div>
<div><font color="#0033CC">Manager, Urban Forestry</font></div>
<div><font color="#0033CC">Planning Services, Environmental and Parks Planning</font></div>
<div><font color="#0033CC">383 Richmond Street, Suite 1102 </font></div>
<div><font color="#0033CC">London, Ontario N6A 4L9</font></div>
<div><font color="#0033CC">Phone: 519-661-2500 Ext 4977</font></div>
<div><font color="#0033CC">Fax: 519-963-1483</font></div>
<div><font color="#0033CC">Email: <a href="mailto:ilistar@london.ca"><u>ilistar@london.ca</u></a></font></div>
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