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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
February 4, 2015
1:00 p.m.
Blaney Room, 1st Floor, Municipal Hall
1.0 CALL TO ORDER
2.0 BYLAWS
Bylaw for Final Reading
Maple Ridge Tree Protection Amending Bylaw No. 7134-2015
To amend existing Maple Ridge Tree Protection Bylaw No. 5896-2000
Final reading
3.0 ADJOURN
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MEETING DECORUM
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CITY OF MAPLE RIDGE
TREE PROTECTION AMENDING BYLAW NO. 7134-2015
A Bylaw to amend the text of Maple Ridge Tree Protection Bylaw No. 5896-2000 as amended
WHEREAS, it is deemed expedient to amend Maple Ridge Tree Protection Bylaw No. 5896-2000 as
amended;
NOW THEREFORE, the Municipal Council of the City of Maple Ridge enacts as follows:
1.This Bylaw may be cited as "Maple Ridge Tree Protection Amending Bylaw No. 7134-2015."
2. Maple Ridge Tree Protection Bylaw No. 5896-2000 is hereby amended by:
a.the deletion of SECTION 4 APPLICATION in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
“This bylaw applies to Trees having a diameter of at least 10 centimetres measured from a
height of 150 centimetres above the natural grade and which are on any parcel of land
within the City of Maple Ridge”.
b.The addition of the following prohibitions, in the correct alphabetical order, to SECTION 5
PROHIBITIONS:
“5.e. Unless a Tree Risk Assessment completed by a Certified Tree Risk Assessor states that
the tree is of high risk to injure people or damage property, no person shall cut or
remove a tree that is:
i.on land owned by the City or in the possession of the City
ii.identified for retention as part of a subdivision approval, development permit or
building permit
iii.within a Forest Reserve
iv. a Wildlife Tree
v.on slopes 25% or greater
vi. within a Watercourse Protection Area
vii. within a Heritage Tree Protection Area
viii. within a Geotechnical Protection Area
c.The deletion of item 6 a. Exemptions, in its entirety and re-numbering the remaining section
accordingly.
READ a first time the 2nd day of February, 2015.
READ a second time the 2nd day of February, 2015.
READ a third time the 2nd day of February, 2015.
ADOPTED the day of , 20 .
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