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<p>Apologies for not attaching the PDF in my original email. </p>
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<br />From: Debra Isabel Huron <dhuron@sympatico.ca>
<br />Date: January 17, 2017 at 2:00 PM
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<p>In response to Ms. Nielsen's post, I am attaching a PDF that I have used as a handout during a workshop with real estate agents in Ottawa. As a tree activist in the city, my focus is on protecting mature and healthy trees threatened by infill development in the urban core.</p>
<p>Page 1 of the PDF outlines features of the two existing by-laws and page 2 provides details on the changes that Ms. Nielsen has outlined below. She did not mention that it took the city of ottawa almost 4 years to implement a by-law amendment that mandated these changes. What other city in the country has a lag time of 4 years for the staff charged with implementing policy changes to do their jobs? </p>
<p>If I seem frustrated or angry, it's because I am. During the years that these basic implementation features were NOT implemented, many trees were destroyed or damaged so severely they had to be destroyed. </p>
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<br />From: Astrid Nielsen via CANUFNET <canufnet@list.web.net>
<br />Date: January 17, 2017 at 11:29 AM
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Hi Michelle,
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Last May, 2016, the City of Ottawa adopted new infill housing guidelines to help protect trees during infill development. These require a Tree Disclosure Information Report submitted as part of the Building Permit Application process. Details on the location and health of protected trees need to be included on the grading plan for the site. This gives the opportunity for developers and city staff to see the impacts to the tree canopy early on. As far as neighbouring trees are concerned, they are required to be included in the report if they are large enough to be protected under the private tree by-law and their critical root zone extends into the proposed zone of excavation You can check out more at:
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<a href="http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/water-and-environment/trees-and-community-forests#tree-and-infill-development">http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/water-and-environment/trees-and-community-forests#tree-and-infill-development</a>
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Some background....
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The City of Ottawa has both a private tree by-law and a city-tree by-law. The private tree by-law was implemented in 2009 and requires that "distinctive trees", i.e. over 50 cm in diameter on properties less than 1 ha in urban areas need a permit from the City of Ottawa to remove. For properties larger than 1 ha (i.e. mostly subdivision developments), permits are required to remove trees greater than 10 cm.
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Through regular subdivision applications and those files going through Committee of Adjustments, there is opportunity for trees to be captured early in the development process. However, for those infill developments that require only building permits, there was no mechanism to ensure that they are considered during the actual planning stage. Although developers would require Distinctive Tree Permit to remove trees greater than 50 cm, this was done often at the last minute once the plans had all been approved, or once the tree was damaged to the point of no return or because it presented a hazard to construction crews.
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The new infill housing guidelines are the next step in helping to ensure that trees and protection are considered earlier in the planning process. It's not perfect, but a good start. And, it results in better reporting by the applicants as mapping the trees is a requirement.
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I'd be happy to answer any questions about it.
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">__________________________________________</span><br style="font-size: small;" /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Astrid Nielsen</strong></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">MFC, RPF, ISA Certified</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Arborist®</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">+1.613.805.WOOD (9663)</span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dendronforestry.ca">www.dendronforestry.ca</a></span>
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On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Chartier, Michelle (CY - Parks) via CANUFNET <
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">I’m trying to track down samples of city policies or bylaws related to tree protection that effectively balance the protection of established trees and new in-fill building. Saskatoon is currently seeing several large building projects and homes being built in established neighbourhoods where the work site is surrounded by large valuable City trees. We currently have a City Council policy in place that provide Urban Forestry with direction related to tree protection. As part of this policy we do not remove large (>15cm” diameter) healthy trees for development. However we are finding ourselves in a difficult position of attempting to work with construction companies hired to build what does not reasonably allow for preservation or protection of the existing tree(s). In some cases the building footprint requires excavation that will result in ~40%-50% root removal. Often the damage is done on the private property side when our City trees are close to property lines or in some cases straddle property lines (funny how tree roots just don’t respect property lines). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">I know there are several cities that have tree protection bylaws and some also protect private trees. I’m wondering if anyone knows of a really good example that might include standards that include what can and can’t be done on private property adjacent to City trees. I’d also like to know if anyone can share their experience or views (what has worked and what hasn’t worked) with existing Bylaw or policies.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Thanks, </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">City of Saskatoon </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Superintendent - Urban Forestry/Pest Management</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Ph: <a target="_blank">306.975-2537</a> Fax: <a target="_blank">306.975.3034</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:michelle.chartier@saskatoon.ca">michelle.chartier@saskatoon.ca</a></span></p>
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