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Comprehensive Development Guidelines and Financial Policies Manual

Published by City of Hamilton

This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice

Type: Guide
Published by: City of Hamilton
Date: 2019
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 278

Overview

The City of Hamilton's 2019 Comprehensive Development Guidelines and Financial Policies Manual, its engineering and process manual for subdivisions and site plans. It runs from the draft plan process, reports and studies, engineering submissions, drawings, construction, inspections, fees and securities, through design guidelines for roads, watermains, sanitary and storm sewers, stormwater management, streetlighting, utilities, lot grading and Canada Post installations, to financial policies on cost sharing and cost recovery. Appendices include the watermain hydraulic report, IDF curves and design storms, and approved plant species.

What it covers

Subdivision
Site Plans
Roads
Watermains
Sanitary Sewers
Storm Sewers
Stormwater Management
Streetlighting
Utilities
Lot Grading
Canada Post Installation
Financial Policies
Appendix A - Watermain Hydraulic Report
Appendix G – IDF Curves / Design Storms

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