The tree management bylaw is being amended increasing the fine to $10,000 per violation up to a maximum of $100,000. B次元官网网址淭he bylaw remains fundamentally unchanged you can still cut down 10 trees per acre,B次元官网网址� said Mayor John Ranns adding some protected trees or cutting down more trees per acre would require an agricultural permit. The district does have a protected tree list and added to the list is B次元官网网址渁ny tree more than one-metre thick at chest heightB次元官网网址� Ranns explained. B次元官网网址淎ny tree on the protected list would need a permit.B次元官网网址� The change in bylaw is the result of a large tree cut that occurred last year. B次元官网网址淚t happened in the uplands area. Someone went in and logged off a whole area ... It destroyed a trail and the value of the trial,B次元官网网址� Ranns said. The new addition to the bylaw is being created to deter people from illegally cutting down trees in the rural district. B次元官网网址淔or some people the fine was just the price of doing business,B次元官网网址� Ranns said. B次元官网网址淣inety-nine per cent of the people in Metchosin donB次元官网网址檛 need a tree bylaw and they are very responsible.B次元官网网址� The bylaw is still awaiting its fourth reading. Previously the maximum fine was $10,000.