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Development Application Guidelines: Species Habitat Assessment
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
- Species Habitat Assessment
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 12
Overview
Hamilton's Development Application Guidelines for a Species Habitat Assessment, last updated February 13, 2026, a study of Species at Risk, rare species and Significant Wildlife Habitat on or near a development site, often part of an Environmental Impact Statement. It covers scoping, background review with preliminary Species at Risk screening and a significant wildlife habitat review, and field surveys for plants, breeding, migratory and overwintering birds, reptiles, salamanders, bats, other mammals, insects, terrestrial crayfish and aquatic species. Analysis, documentation and a five-step procedure follow, with Natural Heritage staff as reviewers.
What it covers
- Purpose
- Prepared By
- Contents
- Scoping a Species Habitat Assessment
- Background Review
- Preliminary Species at Risk Screening
- Preliminary Significant Wildlife Habitat Review
- Field Surveys
- Botanical Survey
- Breeding Birds
- Migratory and Overwintering Birds
- Reptiles
- Salamanders
- Bats
- Other Mammals
- Insects
- Terrestrial Crayfish
- Aquatic Species
- Analysis and Conclusions
- Documentation
- Procedure
- Reviewed and Approved By
- Contact
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