| permit required | True | s. 8(a): "no person or corporation...shall destroy or Injure any Tree...unless in possession of a valid Permit" |
| applies to private property | True | s. 4(a): "an Owner may remove Trees...on his or her property"; s. 2(c): bylaw applies to all Woodlands ≥0.5 ha and Greenlands |
| protected threshold | All trees (woody perennial reaching ≥4.5m height) within Woodlands ≥0.5 ha or within Greenlands (Environmental Protection, Escarpment Natural Area, or Greenbelt Natural Area per Official Plan); Woodland density thresholds include 1000 trees/ha (any size), 750 trees >5cm DBH/ha, 500 trees >12cm DBH/ha, or 250 trees >20cm DBH/ha | s. 1(v) (Tree definition: ≥4.5m height); s. 1(w) (Woodland density thresholds); s. 2(c)(i)–(ii) (application to Woodlands ≥0.5 ha and Greenlands); s. 1(i) (Greenlands definition) |
| replacement required | Re-planting may be imposed as a condition of a Special Council Permit; upon conviction, court may order rehabilitation, planting/replanting, and maintenance of replanted trees | s. 6(c): "measures such as re-planting of Trees or dedication of an interest in land"; s. 10(c): "court...may order the person or corporation to...plant or replant Trees" |
| fine range | Person: first conviction max $10,000 or $1,000/tree (whichever greater); subsequent max $25,000 or $2,500/tree (whichever greater). Corporation: first max $50,000 or $5,000/tree (whichever greater); subsequent max $100,000 or $10,000/tree (whichever greater) | s. 10(a)(i)–(ii); s. 10(b)(i)–(ii) |
scout note
Prohibits destroying/injuring trees in woodlots over 0.5 hectares and designated Greenlands areas without a Harvesting or Special Council Permit; enacted because the County of Dufferin has no tree bylaw of its own.