What does New Tecumseth's tree by-law cover?

The Town's By-law 2022-063 makes it an offence to injure, destroy or remove a protected tree, and defines a protected tree as a Town tree, a designated significant or heritage tree, or a tree of 20 centimetres or more in diameter at 1.4 metres that is part of a development in the Town. The Town's page says a Town tree is any tree all or partly on Town land, such as the road allowance or a park, and that development includes site plans, subdivisions and site alteration and fill applications; its tree permit application covers work on a Town tree.

The County of Simcoe's Forest Conservation By-law 6894, enacted in April 2021, applies to woodlands on a property of one hectare (2.47 acres) or more: harvesting, injuring or destroying trees there needs a County permit unless the by-law exempts the work, as it does for some clearing for a building that has a building permit. The County says the by-law doesn't regulate properties under a hectare, or stop owners cutting wood for their own use while the forest remains a woodland. A rule summary says which trees a by-law covers; it doesn't say who owns a given tree or how wide its trunk is.

• Trees & Urban Spaces: the Town's page on protected trees, the Tree Management Policy and the tree permit
• Tree By-law 2022-063: the by-law to regulate the removal and injury of protected trees (PDF)
• County of Simcoe Forest Conservation By-law: the County's page on what the by-law regulates, and what it doesn't
• Forest Conservation By-law No. 6894: the County by-law, enacted 13 April 2021 (PDF)

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

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