Category: Tree Protection By-Law

New updated content: 2026-04-15 15:31:40 Councillor Lo, representing Barrhaven East, tabled a notice of motion at the Environment and Climate Change Committee of February 25 that would essentially invalidate the Tree Protection Bylaw by giving homeowners the right to remove trees of any size or condition from their properties. Should this motion ever make it to Committee, the Greenspace Alliance will strongly oppose it, along with its many tree-loving partners

New updated content: 2025-02-28 11:27:47 Paul reported on a correspondence exchange with Martha Copestake of the Natural Systems unit at City Hall concerning a Heritage Tree bylaw. She confirms that considering such a bylaw is still in their work program but was not included in the current four-year planning period. Rather, it will be included with other outstanding items from the Urban Forest Management Plan in the next planning period

New updated content: 2024-12-19 12:45:51 Staff has sent a memo to Council regarding their communications with the Normal Farm Practices Board of Ontario, which was in response to a staff direction provided as a result of the Tewin deforestation. It was the invocation of the agricultural exemption that was used as justification for not applying the Tree Protection Bylaw or the Site Alteration Bylaw to this clear cut by the

New updated content: 2018-04-23 11:06:41 report from April 19th CAFES meeting Kate attended this meeting on behalf of the GA. The main outcome of the meeting unfortunately seems to have been the disappointment of the participants that Martha Copestake, the City Forester, did not attend although it was expected she would. This does not bode well for public consultation on this issue and a letter of concern will be drafted