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Right-of-Way Utility Installation & Permit Manual

Published by City of Hamilton

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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

Overview

The City of Hamilton Public Works manual, version COHROW2022, from Geomatics & Corridor Management, for installing utility plant within City streets and rights-of-way. Its chapters cover permit application requirements, the moratorium on newly improved streets, depth of cover, emergency, short-stream and long-stream application streams, above-ground plant, construction requirements, backfill and temporary restoration, and location certificates. Sixteen appendices add permit offices, utility contacts, a tree protection policy, traffic control guidelines, clearance tables, standard drawings, drawing standards and work instructions for municipal consent applications and closures.

What it covers

  • 1.0 Introduction
  • 2.0 Order of Precedence
  • 3.0 Permit Application Requirements
  • 3.3 Moratorium on Newly Improved Streets
  • 4.0 Application Streams
  • 5.0 Above-Ground Plant
  • 6.0 Construction Requirements
  • 7.0 Backfill and Temporary Restoration
  • 8.0 Location Certificates
  • Glossary
  • Permit Application Offices
  • Utility Contacts for Permit Process & Mark-up
  • Temporary Backfill Restoration
  • Standard Compaction Requirements
  • Tree Protection Policy
  • Traffic Control Guidelines for Works Within the Right-of-Way
  • Depth of Cover
  • Long Stream Municipal Consent Permit
  • Permits Required to Perform Work
  • Project Information Sign
  • Vertical and Horizontal Clearance Guidelines
  • Standard Utility Location ROW Drawings
  • Permit Drawing Standards
  • Minimum Location Certificate Requirements
  • Minimum Requirements for Visibility Clearance
  • Work Instruction for Municipal Consent Applications
  • Work Instruction for Municipal Consent Permit Closures
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