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Development Application Guidelines: Shoreline Assessment Study / Coastal Engineers Study
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
- Shoreline Assessment Study/Coastal Engineers Study
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 2
- Agencies
- Hamilton Conservation Authority · Conservation Halton · Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority · Grand River Conservation Authority
Overview
Hamilton's Development Application Guidelines for a Shoreline Assessment Study / Coastal Engineers Study, last updated February 13, 2026, assessing the risks of development near the Lake Ontario shoreline, in or near a shoreline hazard area. It defines that area as including shoreline flooding, shoreline erosion and slope stability, and dynamic beach hazards, and lists the study contents, from field data and hazard calculations to setbacks or shoreline protection works and a plan of the hazard limits. A coastal Professional Engineer is named as preparer.
What it covers
- Purpose
- Prepared By
- Contents
- Other Information
- Reviewed and Approved By
- Contact
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