Annual Infrastructure Guideline Updates

Annual Updates to the Development Engineering Website and Infrastructure Guidelines

December 2018 to January 2024:

Universal

• Dates - changed to reflect 2024
• Dates - changed to reflect 2023
• Dates - changed to reflect 2021
• Dates - changed to reflect 2020
• Dates - changed to reflect 2019

Water

• Clarified the wording in the guidelines – reflect municipal infrastructure on municipal property and is not intended to conflict with requirements on private property or site plans with respect to the Ontario Building Code
• Clarified that 75 mm diameter service connections are not permitted within municipal lands
• Confirmed all watermain joints shall be restrained in engineered fill application
• Created Service Connection Location details for single detached residential lots
• Updated CKL Approved Manufacturers List
• Correction to pressure for Watermain Commissioning SOP - typo
• New City By-Law 2018-036 - Regulate Water and Wastewater Services
• New Ministry title - Ministry of the Environment Conservation and Parks (MECP)
• Removed references to "Appendix" - now "Supporting Documentation"
• Added Watermain Commissioning Work Plan

Sanitary

• Confirmed that video inspection shall be conducted for all sanitary pipes, both main line sewers and services laterals as per OPSS.MUNI 409 Construction Specification for Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) Inspection of Pipelines prior to the municipality granting permission to proceed with surface asphalt
• Updated parallel installations and crossing clearances to reference Ministry guideline “F-6-1 Procedures to Govern Separation of Sewers and Watermains”
• Updated sanitary sewer testing, low pressure air testing and deflection testing per OPSS.MUNI 410 and video inspection of sanitary sewer laterals
• Added a section for Maintenance hole inflow dishes
• Added language on riser connections for sanitary service laterals
• Added maximum grade of 10% for sanitary laterals
• 5.7 Pipe Deflection - updated to reflect OPSS

Storm and Stormwater

• Clarify the references to site plans – guidelines reflect municipal infrastructure on municipal property
• Update names of Ministries
• Update names of location on website
• Clarify storm events/nomenclature
• Clarify requirements for enhanced protection review
• Update references to documents/supporting material
• Added subdrain requirements to provide confirmation and align with Capital
• Updated concrete requirements for sidewalk and curbs to align with Capital
• Inclusion of federal testing evaluation for any proposed oil and grit separator
• IDF - updated to reflect current as per Kawartha Conservation (KRCA)

Drafting Standards

• Update to confirm Record drawings as per PEO (stamped as recorded information)

Roads

• Added subdrain requirements to provide confirmation and align with Capital
• Updated concrete requirements for sidewalk and curbs to align with Capital
• Updated street sign post requirements to align with Capital
• Added Standard Details to confirm Tree Planting (and Acceptable Tree Species), Emergency Access, Multi-Use Walkway, Street Name Signs, Chain Link Fence, and Privacy Fence
• Reference to segregation requirements included