<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Since I am not Canadian, I don't know your laws but I do know tree.<div><br></div><div>The critical thing here is that whatever has to be done to remedy the situation should not do irreparable damage to the tree, thus all the things I proposed in my previous emails.</div><div><br></div><div>Since it's a publicly owned tree, there should be a mechanism which would require a procedure that would protect the resource as a valuable public asset. If someone who only knows sewer lines is allowed to do the work without ensuring that the tree's side of it is dealt with professionally and correctly, there will be irreparable damage done to the root system</div><div><br></div><div>Of course, the damage will not be evident immediately. It will be years down the road but there will be a negative result from the ripping of roots that are attached to the tree. </div><div><br></div><div>Naomi Zürcher<br><br><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2px solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: owen croy via CANUFNET <canufnet@list.web.net>
<br>Sent: Apr 10, 2019 3:50 PM
<br>To: Canadian Urban Forest Network <canufnet@list.web.net>
<br>Cc: owen croy <urbanforestryguy@gmail.com>
<br>Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Tree roots in sewer lines
<br><br><div dir="ltr">Lindsay:<div><br></div><div>It doesn't sound as if you were enforcing the by-law with respect to removing roots from sewer line laterals, and if nothing changes, won't be enforcing it in the future. </div><div><br></div><div>Some risk managers, managers of by-law enforcement and city solicitors suggest not cluttering up by-laws with extra language that deals with events are where complaints from the public are unlikely to arise, and which would not likely be enforced should they actually happen. If a complaint does come in to by-law enforcement about the pruning of roots inside a lateral pipe (and it likely would not), they can simply choose to not enforce the by-law.</div><div><br></div><div>Owen Croy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 06:57, Lindsay Button via CANUFNET <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m interested in your thoughts on a matter we are dealing with here at the City of Kitchener. Our legal department is recommending we amend our City Tree By-law to create an exception which would allow people to cut roots of municipal
trees, for the purpose of unblocking sewer laterals. We have fairly standard language that states
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">no person is permitted to prune or remove any part of a City tree, and legal is arguing that people who clear roots from sewers are technically in violation of the by-law.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone encountered this argument and how was it resolved?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks for your input! <u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(69,80,82)">Lindsay Button</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(69,80,82)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(69,80,82)">Urban Forest Technologist | Parks and Cemeteries | City of Kitchener<br>
519-741-2600 x4181 | TTY 1-866-969-9994 | <a target="_blank" href="mailto:lindsay.button@kitchener.ca">lindsay.button@kitchener.ca</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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