Richmond Hill By-law 20-25, s. 2.3 — Commissioner - administration, powers and duties The Commissioner is responsible for the care, maintenance, protection, preservation and removal of City Trees and for the administration of this by-law and is authorized to

Commissioner - administration, powers and duties The Commissioner is responsible for the care, maintenance, protection, preservation and removal of City Trees and for the administration of this by-law and is authorized to:

• a) plant, or cause to be planted, City Trees;
• b) care for and maintain, or cause to be cared for and maintained, any City Tree;
• c) transplant, remove or cause to be transplanted or removed any City Tree where deemed necessary in the public interest;
• d) remove or cause to be removed without notice or compensation to any Person, any object or thing that adversely affects all or a part of a City Tree;
• e) Prune or cause to be Pruned any City Tree the branches of which extend over The Corporation of the City of Richmond Hill any Highway and which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, are hazardous or create an unsafe condition;
• f) implement or cause to be implemented necessary treatments for insect and disease problems associated with City Trees;
• g) remove or cause to be removed, City Trees which are dead, dying, hazardous or

no longer viable to maintain, certified as such by the Commissioner;

• h) remove, Injure or cause the removal or Injury, without notice, of Trees on City Lands as may be required to: facilitate emergency work, certified as such by the Commissioner; or on such occasions as approved by the Commissioner, to facilitate other work by the City;
• i) upon the written request of an adjacent property owner, remove or cause to be removed healthy Trees located on City Lands, provided that the requester includes

a Tree Inventory and Preservation Plan or an Arborist Report satisfactory to the Commissioner, and subject to the requester meeting such other conditions as the Commissioner may impose, including payment of Tree Value, removal and replacement costs and the replanting of a replacement Tree or Trees by the requester;

• j) refuse to permit the removal of Trees located on City Lands;
• k) upon the written request by an adjacent property owner, permit the trimming of Tree roots within the Tree Protection Zone of Trees located within City Lands in accordance with good arboricultural practices causing minimal damage to the Tree and subject to the requester meeting such other conditions as the Commissioner may impose, including payment of Tree Value, removal and replacement costs and the replanting of a replacement Tree or Trees by the requester;
• I) stop any work causing Injury or Destruction to a Tree located on City Lands that is taking place without permission from the Commissioner and/or contrary to the City's Standards and Specifications; and
• m) designate any City Employee to perform any tasks or functions in connection with the Commissioner's powers and duties set out above.