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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
City tree policies are nonsense. I have seen it in action as someone working in a garden centre.
When we intensify, generally speaking, all trees are cut down on the property. If not, the roots are cut, which means the tree will go into permanent decline. Then we pave over the lot leaving little suitable space for planting trees.
Then the property owner has to sign an agreement to replace the trees. Often, the agreement stipulates what kind of tree that can be planted or not planted. The tree permitted is often totally unsuitable for the remaining planting space. For example, having a 3 m x 3 m space and requiring a potentially 75 foot maple tree to be planted, instead something better to scale of the location. It is like the City of Ottawa personnel who write these agreements haven't got a clue about trees.
Let's face it, when we pave over property, we will lose tree canopy. So, density is working against tree canopy. We shouldn't kid ourselves. The best we can do is minimize the impact.
As the person trying to sell a tree to a customer with a city tree agreement, I have to shake my head, because it becomes difficult to sell the best tree for the size of the location.
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Agreed. That and demolishing well built brick and solid wood housing for new housing that is often built with lesser quality materials.
The environmental factor needs to the taken into consideration.
The City, Province and Feds are implementing policies that encourage demolishing existing structures and removing tree canopy, but have done nothing to encourage the development of parking lots, strip malls and big box areas.
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