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Engineering Guidelines for Servicing Land Under Development Applications

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Overview

The City of Hamilton's Engineering Guidelines for Servicing Land Under Development Applications, December 2012, with a separate file of appendices (notes, tables and sketches). The City's Comprehensive Development Guidelines page lists it for applications with draft plan approval before April 27, 2016 and engineering submissions received before June 1, 2017, and the Comprehensive Development Guidelines and Financial Policies Manual for new applications. It covers municipal servicing, sewer, watermain and roadway design criteria, lot grading, construction and inspection, and financial policies such as over-sizing, cost sharing and best efforts recoveries.

What it covers

Introduction
City's Jurisdiction
Municipal Servicing
Preliminary Engineering
Detailed Engineering Design
Engineering Drawings
Sanitary Sewer Design Criteria
Storm Sewer Design Criteria
Watermain Design Criteria
Roadways
Erosion and Sedimentation Control
Easements
On-Street Parking
Standing Water By-Law
City of Hamilton Lot Grading Policy, Criteria and Standards
Construction of Municipal Services
As-Constructed Drawings
Building Permits
Financial Policies
Over-sizing of Infrastructure
Cost Sharing for Frontage
Best Efforts Obligation
Cost Recovery Policies
Appendix 1 - Standard Subdivision Notes
Appendix 2 - Standard Lot Grading Notes
Appendix 3 - Sanitary Sewer Design
Appendix 4 - Storm Sewer Design
Appendix 5 - Standard Details

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