[supafamous]

Yep, it's Vancouver (East Van) and the city bylaw is pretty vague - in fact, it makes it sound like it's just a case of a permit and a replacement tree being planted but I think we all know that it isn't the case. The bylaw says that if your building plans show that the tree interferes then it can be removed but there's enough stories about these situations that say that is totally not true.

Is it a deal breaker? Maybe, I'll have to see the lot in person this weekend to see how much pain it'd cause for the laneway. I want to build a 1 story laneway with a garage if possible and if we have to build around the tree that's going to cut a lot into the backyard.

I'm checking with one of the builders I'm considering to get their opinion, my agent thinks it's going to be problematic.