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Owner's Undertaking Lot Grading

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: Form
Published by: City of Hamilton
Date: August 23, 2023
Also called: Building Division's Owner’s Undertaking Lot Grading Form
Form reference: City of Hamilton Grading and Drainage Policies
For: any
Signed by: owner · grading consultant
Building types: All building types
Pages: 2
Instruments: City of Hamilton Grading and Drainage Policies · Ontario Building Code Article 9.14.6.1. · Ontario Building Code Article 3.1.18.1. · Comprehensive Development Guidelines and Financial Policies Manual

Overview

The City of Hamilton Building Division's joint undertaking on lot grading, signed by the owner and by the grading consultant retained to prepare the grading plan and provide general review. Four numbered warranties cover the plan itself, the Lot Grading Certificate Declaration and as-built plan that follow, replacing a consultant who stops partway, and grading altered after the permit file closes. A second page sets out the City's grading and drainage policies and fifteen lettered items the plan shows, from swale location to garage floor elevation.

What it covers

A. Project Information
B. Owner Information
C. Grading Consultant Information and Declaration
Grading Plan – Minimum Requirements

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