HORTICULTURE OPERATIONS Horticulture Horticulture Operations enhances the city’s beauty and sustainability by maintaining more than 1,600 horticultural assets , including flower beds, subdivision entry features, decorative flowerpots, hanging baskets and shrub beds. Committed to fostering biodiversity, the team integrates native pollinators, creating vibrant and welcoming neighborhoods for residents and visitors.
Tree removal permits The City is committed to ensuring each tree removed, privately or as part of city-building initiatives, is replaced, maintaining Vaughan’s tree canopy. A private tree removal permit is required to remove a tree that measures 20 centimetres in diameter or greater. Through the Service Vaughan portal, residents can submit an arborist report and apply for a permit to remove one or more trees. These requests are processed within 30 days by Forestry Permitting and Plan Review staff. Should the application qualify for a permit, the applicant must replace the removed tree(s) by replanting on the site or by providing the funds to plant elsewhere or replant in their yard. Forestry Operations also assists with investigations conducted through By-law and Compliance, Licensing and Permit Services to ensure all privately owned trees requiring a permit abide by these policies. Approximately 300 permits were issued in 2024.
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