| permit required | yes | s. 5(1): owner wishing to cut, prune, or remove must apply for and obtain a tree permit |
| applies to private property | yes | s. 4(1): No person shall cut, damage, prune or remove any protected tree |
| protected threshold | Any tree with DBH over 30 cm; hedges with any single stem DBH over 30 cm; Garry Oak, Arbutus, Pacific Yew, or Pacific Dogwood over 50 cm in height; trees on slopes >33% over 10 m; trees within 15 m of a watercourse; replacement trees | s. 2 definition of "protected tree": (a)-(g) |
| replacement required | One replacement tree per protected tree removed (1:1 for Part 1 species, 2:1 for Part 2 species); cash-in-lieu of $2,000.00 per tree if lot cannot accommodate replacement | s. 20(4)(a)-(b) and s. 20(7)(b): $2000.00 cash-in-lieu for each replacement tree that cannot be accommodated |
| boulevard trees | Bylaw does not apply to City cutting/pruning/removal on park, highway, or City-owned land | s. 3(2): This Bylaw does not apply to the cutting, pruning or removal of a tree undertaken by or on behalf of the City, on park, highway or land owned or held by the City |
| fine range | Minimum $500.00, not more than $50,000.00 per tree; loss of protected tree: minimum $5,000.00; loss of specimen tree: minimum $10,000.00; ticket fines range from $125.00 to $1,000.00 | s. 32(a)-(c): minimum $500.00 not more than $50,000.00; loss of protected tree minimum $5,000.00; loss of specimen tree minimum $10,000 |
scout note
Requires a permit to remove, damage or work in the protected root zone of a tree on private property; mandates tree replacement and minimum canopy retention for development; in force since July 1, 2021.