100 Mile House tree removal rules and permits
Do I need permission to cut down a tree on my property?
The District of 100 Mile House's posted bylaws have no tree-cutting permit for private land. In a development permit area, such as the Environmentally Sensitive area near streams, a Council-approved development permit is required before construction or alteration. Trees in parks are protected.
Key facts
| When a permit is needed | The District's posted bylaws have no tree-cutting permit. In designated development permit areas, including the Environmentally Sensitive area near streams, a development permit approved by Council is required before any construction or alteration.Development Permits, Development Permits page; Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1465, OCP s. 17.2.5(ii) · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingDevelopment Permits must be approved and issued by resolution of Council prior to any construction or alteration taking place on property. Environmentally Sensitive Development Permit Area The assessment is required if the development is proposed within 30 |
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| Exemptions | In the Environmentally Sensitive development permit area, no permit is needed for farm operations in the ALR, or for removal of dangerous trees or invasive species.Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1465, OCP s. 17.2.4(i), (vii) · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingAny farm operation in the ALR as defined in Removal of dangerous trees and/or removal or |
| Fee | Not confirmed. The District's posted bylaws do not include a permit to cut a tree on private land, and no fee is stated. |
| Replacement trees | Not confirmed. No replacement-planting rule is stated in the District's posted bylaws. |
| City trees | In a park, community facility or boulevard, nobody may cut, remove or destroy any natural park feature, which includes any tree. A boulevard counts as a park under the bylaw.Parks and Community Facilities Bylaw No. 1467, Parks and Community Facilities Bylaw, s. 5.1(a) and definition · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingcut, break, remove or in any way destroy, damage or deface any natural park means any tree, shrub, herb, flower, grass, turf, plant or boulevards, play fields, linear parks, skateboard parks, hiking/biking/riding trails, |
| Fine | Not confirmed. The District's site does not post bylaw ticket amounts for trees. |
| Bylaw | Official Community Plan Bylaw 1465 (development permit areas); Parks and Community Facilities Bylaw No. 1467 (trees in parks)Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1465, cover; Parks and Community Facilities Bylaw No. 1467, title · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingOfficial Community Plan BYLAW 1465 A bylaw to regulate the use of parks, public spaces, and community facilities |
How it works
The District's posted bylaws do not include a permit to cut a tree on private land, and no fee or replacement-planting rule is stated. The Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1465 does set development permit areas. In those, including the Environmentally Sensitive area near streams, a development permit approved by Council is required before any construction or alteration. The plan does not say whether removing a tree counts as development there.
Steps
- Find out if your lot is in a development permit area, especially near a stream. Call the District office at 250-395-2434.
- If it is, ask Planning before cutting whether you need a development permit.
- Check that the tree is on your lot and not on a boulevard or in a park.
Good to know
- In the Environmentally Sensitive area, no development permit is needed for farm operations in the Agricultural Land Reserve, or for removal of dangerous trees or invasive species. This exempts the development permit only; it is not a tree-cutting permit exemption.
- In a park, community facility or boulevard, nobody may cut, remove or destroy any natural park feature, which includes any tree. Under the Parks and Community Facilities Bylaw No. 1467, a boulevard counts as a park.
- Court fines under the Parks Bylaw are $500 to $10,000. The District's site does not post bylaw ticket amounts for trees.
Official forms and pages
The same question in other places
Williams Lake · Barriere · Clearwater · Ashcroft · Lillooet · Kamloops
Sources
- Development Permits, District of 100 Mile House (read 2026-11-08)
- Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1465 (PDF), District of 100 Mile House (read 2026-11-08)
- Parks and Community Facilities Bylaw No. 1467 (PDF), District of 100 Mile House (read 2026-11-08)
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