Letter from Dave Podmoroff Re: Tree Removal Permit Application - 40 Knollwood Road

RE: Tree Removal Permit Application – 40 Knollwood Road – Town of View Royal

Thank you for your application to remove one tree located at the above noted address.

Your application to remove the following tree has been denied:

• one (1), 67.0 cm, Douglas Fir tree (Pseudotsuga menziesii), in the backyard.

The reasons for denial are as follows:

• The tree is a protected species.
• The tree appears to be healthy.

As this tree is a protected species in the Town of View Royal’s Tree Protection Bylaw 695, an ISA certified arborist report will be required stating the reasons for this tree to be removed. I am sending send some names of arborists that the Town has used for reports in the past and trust them to be accurate. The people mentioned are consulting arborists only. They provide reports on the status of trees and do not do tree removal.

These are the arborists:

• Tom Talbot at Talbot, Mackenzie & Associates, Consulting Arborists, 250-479-8733
• Julian Dunster at Dunster & Associates, Environmental Consultants Ltd. at 778-433-8465
• Michael Gye & Heidi Krogstad at Urban Forestry Ltd., 250-654-0550

You can use one of these or another ISA certified arborist of your choice. Please note that the cost of the arborist report is your responsibility. Once you have a certified arborist report completed on the tree, please contact me and we will proceed from that point.

If you wish to prune this tree to perform a general clean up, deadwood removal, etc. then by means of this letter, you are permitted to do so. Please insure proper pruning (re: No topping of the tree, proper cuts, etc.) of this tree takes place. This tree is considered a “protected and/or significant tree” in the Town of View Royal, so please use the utmost care in pruning and the amount of material removed should be the absolute minimum.

If you have any other comments, questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at 250-708-2257.

Yours truly,

TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL

Dave Podmoroff Parks Supervisor