Burlington By-law 040-2022, s. 5.1(a) — Private Tree By-law

no Person shall, without obtaining a tree permit under this By-law:

• injure or destroy a tree, or cause or permit the injury or destruction of a tree with a DBH of 20cm or greater.

Where a tree has been injured or destroyed and a DBH measurement is no longer possible, then the tree stump will be measured at grade. If the tree stump measurement is 20cm at grade then the provisions of this Bylaw apply;

• (b) injure or destroy, or cause or permit the injury or destruction of a heritage tree, unless they also receive approval to do so under the requirements of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O 1990, c. O.18;
• (c) injure or destroy, or cause or permit the injury or destruction of any tree listed under the provincial Endangered Species Act, 2007, c. 6 or those tree species provided protection by the federal Species at Risk Act, 2002, S.C. 2002, c. 29, unless they also receive approval to do so under the requirements of the provincial Endangered Species Act, 2007, c. 6 or the federal Species at Risk Act, 2002, S.C. 2002, c. 29; or,
• (d) injure or destroy a replacement tree.