Developer illegally chopped town trees for 'exclusive' house

Developer illegally chopped town trees for 'exclusive' house

'They have just done what they wanted regardless of planning law,' said one councillor

Trees cleared from Oxford Heights lot; city ‘has no choice’ – Tri-Cities Dispatch

photo John Olynyk Port Coquitlam is owed 168 replacement trees after a developer cleared a lot on Windermere Avenue in May. The developer applied to subdivide the property into seven lots, stated Port Coquitlam’s director of development services Bruce Irvine. “Under the new provincial regulation, the city has no choice but to approve this development as it fits in the parameters in the legislation,” Irvine added. Port Coquitlam required more tha…