Standard drawings
Find the standard drawing you require for your project.
On this page:
- Complete standard drawings
- Purpose
- Details directory
- Section 100: General
- Section 200: Roads
- Section 300: Servicing
- Section 400: Lot grading
- Section 500: Accesses, pathways, trails and gates
- Section 600: Signage
- Section 700: Tree protection and plantings
- Section 800: Parks and site furniture
- Section 900: Construction
1.0 Complete standard drawings
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2.0 Purpose
The City of Waterloo has adopted the “Ontario Provincial Standard Drawings and Specifications (OPSS, OPSD)” except where amended, as indicated, in this Manual. The details found in this volume are specific to the City of Waterloo and are intended to be used, on projects, within the City limits.
These details are not sealed by a licensed engineer or landscape architect. The City accepts no liability in the use of these details and the application of these details is the sole responsibility of the licensed engineering practitioner or landscape architect for the project.
3.0 Detail directory
Section 100: General
CW-101 Standard Title Block
Section 200: Roads
CW-201 Typical Road Cross-section
CW-211 Driveway Ramp and Boulevard Details
CW-212 Curb Face Sidewalk Driveway Ramp Detail
CW-221 AODA Sidewalk and Curb Ramp Details
CW-222 Tactile Walking Surface Indicator Depressed Curb Details
CW-223 Depressed Curb Details for Intersections
CW-224 Depressed Curb Details for Midblock Crossings
CW-225 Depressed Curb Details For Roundabouts
CW-226 Depressed Curb Details For Channelized Islands
CW-241 Pedestrian Refuge Island
Section 300: Servicing
CW-301 Service Connection Location Single Lot
CW-302 Service Connection Location Semi Detached Lot
CW-311 Cul-de-Sac Water Servicing
CW-312 Standard Yard Hydrant Detail
CW-321 Tracer Wire General Layout
CW-322 Tracer Wire - Detail #1 Hydrant Leads
CW-323 Tracer Wire - Detail #2 Large Dia. Water Services (100 mm & Greater)
CW-324 Tracer Wire - Detail #3 Residential Water Services (Up to 50 mm)
CW-325 Tracer Wire - Detail #4 Connections to Existing Watermains
CW-331 Standard 15mm Meter Assembly Detail
CW-332 Standard 25mm, 38mm, 50mm, 75mm Meter With Bypass
CW-333 25-50mm WMC Detail
CW-334 75mm-300mm Inline Flow Meter Chamber Details
Section 400: Lot grading
CW-401 Typical Legend For Grading Plan
CW-402 Standard Lot - Development Plan
CW-411 Lot Drainage Type “A”
CW-412 Lot Drainage Type “B”
CW-413 Lot Drainage Type “C”
CW-414 Lot Drainage Type “D”
Section 500: Accesses, pathways, trails and gates
Section 500: Accesses, pathways, trails and gates
CW-501 Asphalt Multi-Use-Path / Trail and Maintenance Access Detail
CW-502 Walkway and Access Block Detail
CW-511 Park / Open Space Access Node Layout
CW-521 Single 1.8m Bollard Gate Detail
CW-522 Double 1.8m Bollard Gate Detail
CW-523 Double 2.3m Bollard Gate Detail
Section 600: Signage
CW-601 Typical Temporary Pre-Construction Park Sign
CW-602 Permanent Park Signage Detail
CW-611 Street Name Signage
CW-621 Stormwater Management Pond Signage
Section 700: Tree protection and plantings
Section 700: Tree protection and plantings
CW-701 Tree Protection Fencing Detail
CW-702 Tree Protection Zone Signage
CW-711 Planting Detail, Shrub/Perennial
CW-721 Planting Detail, Deciduous Tree up to 100 mm Caliper
CW-722 Planting Detail, Deciduous Tree on Slope
CW-725 Planting Detail, Coniferous Tree Planting
CW-726 Planting Detail, Coniferous Tree on Slope
Section 800: Parks and site furniture
Section 800: Parks and site furniture
CW-801 Property Demarcation Post
CW-802 Property Demarcation Post and Living Fence Section
CW-805 Chainlink Fence Detail
CW-811 Accessible Resting Area and Park Bench Detail
CW-812 Single Inverted U Bike Rack
CW-821 Playground Sub-drainage and Concrete Edge Detail
CW-822 Accessible Playground Ramp Detail
CW-831 Standard Garbage Receptacle
CW-832 Dog Waste Containment System
Section 900: Construction
CW-901 Typical Project Sign Board
CW-911 Trench Restoration Detail
CW-912 Asphalt Step Joint Restoration Detail