Engineering and landscape manual

Welcome to the Comprehensive Engineering and Landscape Manual

This manual combines the city’s engineering and landscape design guidelines and standards into a single document. It provides policies, procedures and standards for development and infrastructure projects.

The online manual is the city's way of providing the most accurate and up-to-date version of our manual. Instructions on how to access a PDF version are provided on each volume page. Version updates can be viewed in Volume 1.

Volume 1: Introduction

Volume 1: Introduction

  1. Purpose
  2. Volume structure
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Disclaimer
  5. Updates
  6. General
  7. Climate adaptation equity
  8. Integrated Planning and Public Works Department
  9. Applicable legislation
  10. Approval from outside agencies
  11. Applicable bylaws
  12. Additional background information and guidelines
  13. Requirement for design professionals

Volume 2: Process

  1. Purpose
  2. City contact
  3. Site plan
  4. Subdivision
  5. Capital projects - linear infrastructure
  6. General construction and assumption
  7. General inspection requirements
  8. Development monitoring

Volume 3: Drawing and report requirements

Volume 3: Drawing and report requirements

  1. Purpose
  2. Submission requirements
  3. Drawing standards
  4. Drawing requirements
  5. Reports
  6. Cost estimates

Volume 4: Transportation

Volume 4: Transportation

  1. Purpose
  2. Roadwork
  3. Sidewalks and boulevards
  4. Active transportation
  5. Signage
  6. Lighting

Volume 5: Underground servicing, grading and utilities

Volume 5: Underground servicing, grading and utilities

  1. Purpose
  2. DGSSMS
  3. Third-party approvals
  4. General servicing
  5. Watermains
  6. Sanitary
  7. Grading
  8. Other

Volume 6: stormwater management

Volume 6: stormwater management

  1. Purpose
  2. Background documents
  3. Design criteria
  4. Stormwater management report
  5. Storm ponds

Volume  7: Landscape architecture

Volume  7: Landscape architecture

  1. Purpose
  2. Site plan
  3. New subdivision park and open space
  4. Capital projects

Standard drawings

Standard drawings

  1. Complete standard drawings
  2. Purpose
  3. Detail directory
  4. Section 100: General
  5. Section 200: Roads
  6. Section 300: Servicing
  7. Section 400: Lot grading
  8. Section 500: Accesses, pathways, trails and gates
  9. Section 600: Signage
  10. Section 700: Tree protection and plantings
  11. Section 800: Parks and site furniture
  12. Section 900: Construction

Appendices

  1. V2-A - General information
  2. V2-B - Forms
  3. V2-C - Site Plan Agreement
  4. V2-D - Sample ownership transfer letters
  5. V2-E - Development monitoring protocol
  6. V7-A - Vegetation management plan and landscape plan checklist for site plan review
  7. V7-B - Site plan: tree protection or removal by location
  8. V7-C - Preferred street tree species
  9. V7-D - Stock room price list
  10. V7-E - Site inspection report form
  11. V7-F - Substantial completion certificate
  12. V7-G - Final acceptance certificates
  13. V7-H - Site inspection form

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