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Development Application Guidelines: Karst Assessment / Karst Contingency Plan
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
- February 13, 2026
- Also called
- Karst Assessment/Karst Contingency Plan
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 3
- Agencies
- Hamilton Conservation Authority · Conservation Halton · Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority · Grand River Conservation Authority
Overview
Hamilton's Development Application Guidelines for a Karst Assessment / Karst Contingency Plan, last updated February 13, 2026, for development in areas of known or suspected karst. It describes the assessment as identifying karst features, their geological, hydrological and hydrogeological character, and the hazards and risks they bring to development. It sets out five stages: Background Information Review, Site Inspection, Summary Report, Subsurface Investigation, and Analysis and Detailed Report. Its references include the Eramosa Karst inventory, and Natural Heritage staff and the conservation authorities are named as reviewers.
What it covers
- Purpose
- Prepared By
- Contents
- Stage 1 - Background Information Review
- Stage 2 - Site Inspection
- Stage 3 - Summary Report
- Stage 4 - Subsurface Investigation
- Stage 5 - Analysis and Detailed Report
- Other Information
- Reviewed and Approved By
- Contact
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