In my neighbourhood we all are on former farmland. From zero I have 4 oaks, three magnolias, 4 hazelnuts, 40 cedars, one tulip, two dogwoods, one stewartia, two beechs, four serviceberries one pecan and numerous others. It seems weird that people cutting down trees would be a problem . We are all planting lots of them. My neighbours lawn now has too much shade to grow grass but he isn’t doing anything about it. He like the thirty year old white oak.
No permit needed for this removal. I asked and they don’t care about the trees in my area. They requested that I replace it with something smaller. I said that I won’t be doing that.
If I lived in the old section of Whitby I would need a permit application and it likely would be rejected
He just needs a grass type that likes shade. It’s easy to grow grass in the shade if you have the right seeds.
Now, if he has a bunch of spruce trees… that’s a different story.
On my one acre, we have seven sycamores, a japanese maple, a red maple, a norway maple, a peach tree, a plum tree, two eastern red buds, a couple of serviceberries, three pawpaws, half a dozen thirty+ foot tall arborvitae, a couple of oak varieties, a weeping cherry we planted that is now taller than our house, and a couple of others I can’t recall off the top of my head. Most other than the sycamores, arborvitae, and maples were planted by us.
You planted trees not native to your area? You sir, are a monster.
Which would those be? The serviceberries, the eastern red buds, the pawpaws, the oaks?
You said that you planted the maples. Japanese and Norwegian.
This year I have cut down four trees bigger than 6 inches diameter for neighbors because they were too close to homes. One was maple two feet from house that was a foot diameter. I actually turned that one into slabs. Another was a Callery pear. Junk tree. To get permits for all that would have been a pita
Ah, no.
Most other than the sycamores, arborvitae, and maples were planted by us.
Not under an Oak, it takes a ton of work for grass to grow well under oak trees.
Isn’t literally the town next to you?
Do you also need a permit to plan trees now?
Either way - more regulation - gotta love NJ. Hopefully the governors of NY and CT don’t catch wind and add more regulations…
I wonder also if there is another filtering/review that the species of tree may matter. ie, they might be ok cutting down a 6" pine, but not approve cutting down an oak.
If so you’d think they list that in the ordinance, but maybe that is something they want to remain flexible and may differ, depending on the property and what other trees are on it.
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Negative. It’s about 10 mi and several tax brackets away.
Reading comprehension is not always my strong suit.
Oshawa is literally the town next to me. We put a fence around Oshawa to keep the animals in the zoo.
A little while ago our city cut down dozens of large, beautiful hundred years old trees to make way for bike lanes. You know, to save the environment.
paw paws are a cool tree/bush. We have three redbuds as well. Stewartia pseudocamillia ought to be used more as it thrives in conditions similar to Japanese maple and has flowers and varigated bark. I love trees. I hope one day they perfect the American Chestnut so we can plant it again.