What does Kingston's Tree By-law cover on a private lot?

The City's page says a tree permit is needed for a tree with a trunk 15 cm or more across at 1.37 metres above the ground, for a tree on municipal property, in an Environmental Protection Area or Open Space designated in the Official Plan, protected by a Tree Preservation and Protection Plan, listed as at risk, or of a distinctive species in Schedule A of the by-law, such as black walnut or ginkgo, and when a Planning Act application is pending or was pre-consulted in the past two years. An Interim Woodland Preservation By-law also prohibits clear-cutting unless specifically permitted.

For the city's urban area the page says a residential property built before the Tree By-law, or created through a subdivision, consent, part lot control or condominium plan, needs no tree permit unless the tree is in an Environmental Protection Area or Significant Woodland. A tree in the road right-of-way is the City's, and removing it without permission breaks the by-law. A rule summary doesn't say who owns a given tree or how wide its trunk is.

• Tree bylaw and permits: the City's page: when a permit is needed and the urban residential exemption
• Tree By-law 2018-15: the by-law text, for reference

Tree and ravine limits is in the free check as a summary of the City's rule, from our hand-kept table, with a link to the City's page. It is a rule for the city, not a survey of the trees on a lot.

Free check: pick “Tree and ravine limits” See the sample report