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Green Standards and Guidelines for Site Servicing (Stormwater)
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
- October 9 2024
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 25
Overview
The City of Hamilton's Green Standards and Guidelines for Site Servicing (Stormwater), version 1.0, approved by Council on October 9, 2024, for managing stormwater on development sites through low impact development (LID). It defines green infrastructure, natural infrastructure and LID, summarizes the consultant WSP's Green Standards and Guidelines Report, and sets out goals and objectives, provincial LID guidance, the City's Water Quality Retention Target and application hierarchy, and design guidance for common LID practices, with case studies and a Site Works Certification Form for LID.
What it covers
- Introduction
- GSG Goals & Objectives
- Provincial LID Guidance
- City of Hamilton LID Guidance
- City of Hamilton Water Quality Retention Target
- Design Guidance of LID BMP Practices
- City of Hamilton Case Studies
- Appendix B - Site Works Certification Form - LID
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