<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17364">Tree removal permits are required. Here is the link to the Region's tree by-law. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17364"><a href="http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/abouttheenvironment/treebylaw.asp?_mid_=17359" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17441" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/abouttheenvironment/treebylaw.asp?_mid_=17359</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17364"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17364">Technically if the work is being done by City or Regional officials they have an exemption to the permit process. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17365"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17366">Tree removal during bird breeding season is generally prohibited because it violates the Migratory bird act. That season runs from usually from Mid-March to August. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17366"><a href="https://www.ec.gc.ca/paom-itmb/default.asp?lang=En&n=4F39A78F-1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17387">https://www.ec.gc.ca/paom-itmb/default.asp?lang=En&n=4F39A78F-1</a><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17522"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17366"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17366">If threatened or endangered birds are known to be in the area it would be reasonable to assume it would require a proper bird breeding study first before trees and buildings are removed. If the old house was home to barn swallows, barn owls or chimney swifts that demolition would be a violation of the Species At Risk Act. It's habitat destruction. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17366"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17366">Lulu </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17366"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17366"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17343"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17120" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17119"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17118"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17445"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17444"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Al Daigen <apdaigen@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Louisette Lanteigne' <butterflybluelu@rogers.com>; "'GREN >'" <all@gren.ca> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 29, 2016 2:39 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Can anyone bring me quickly up to speed on the rules for chopping down trees in Kitchener?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17117"><br><div id="yiv4706392686"><style><!--
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--></style><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17116"><div class="yiv4706392686WordSection1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17115"><div class="yiv4706392686MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17342"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#1F497D;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17341">On Highland Road, west of Fischer Hallman, a parcel of land with a farmhouse and several mature maples on it was recently sold.</span></div><div class="yiv4706392686MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17340"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#1F497D;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17339">The house was demolished and then, several weeks later, all these maples were chopped down, leaving just stumps and trunks standing. The sign on the lot gives notice that a zoning change has been applied for.</span></div><div class="yiv4706392686MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17338"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv4706392686MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17337"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Is this all kosher, or do I smell a rat?</span></div><div class="yiv4706392686MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv4706392686MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17336"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Regards,</span></div><div class="yiv4706392686MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456770490028_17114"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Al Daigen</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;"></span></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>