Development Standards Manual 2010 - Regina, Saskatchewan

1 Development Standards Manual 2010 This publication is prepared by the City of Regina, Planning and Development Division The Development Standards Manual provides a comprehensive reference of the Acts, Bylaws, policy, Standards , and guidelines required for subdivision Development and servicing within the City of the design of a subdivision is not typical, sound engineering practices shall prevail in order to reach asatisfactory solution. The City of Regina administration is provided the authority to enforce the Standards contained within thismanual through The Cities Act for the Development of roads and utilities and The Planning and DevelopmentAct, 2007 for the approval of applications through the land Development process including land uses .

2 This document is to be used in conjunction with the most current revision of the Standard Construction Specifications Manual for construction as published by the City of Regina, Planning and DevelopmentDivision as well as those documents provided by other City Departments. We trust that this document will continue to be useful to the Construction and Home Building Industry as a reference to servicing subdivisions within the City of Regina. Development Standards Manual first edition was drafted March 26, 1999. Revision DateFall 2009 This 2010 edition of the Development Standards Manual has been reviewed and approved by both the Manager of Infrastructure Development Branch and the Director of Development Engineering Department as part of the Planning and Development Division, within the administration of the City of Regina.

3 _____ _____ Manager of Infrastructure Development Branch Date _____ _____ Director of Development Engineering Department Date Development Standards - Section A ii Section A INTERPRETATION Introduction to Definitions and References .. vi Rules of Grammatical Construction.

4 Vi Word Usage .. vi Abbreviations .. viii Definitions .. ix Section 01 GENERAL INFORMATION General .. 05 Manual Overview .. 07 Development 08 Section 02 land Development PROCESS General .. 15 Concept 16 Subdivision Process.

5 21 Consolidation Applications .. 27 Leasehold Interest Applications .. 28 Severance Applications .. 29 Zoning Amendment Applications .. 32 Contract Zoning Applications .. 37 Discretionary Use Applications .. 42 Special Development Permits .. 47 Section 03 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS General.

6 53 Environmental 53 Water Conservation .. 57 Liquid Waste, Hazardous Waste and Demolition Materials .. 58 Alternative Forms of 60 Section 04 land REQUIREMENTS General .. 65 land 65 Easements and Other Interests .. 69 Other City land Requirements .. 70 TABLE OF CONTENTS Development Standards - Section A iii Section 05 SERVICING FEES FOR land Development General.

7 75 Shared 75 Roadway 76 Section 06 SUBDIVISION SERVICING General .. 83 Servicing Agreement .. 83 Project 89 Section 07 TRANSPORTATION DESIGN General .. 99 Functional Definitions .. 101 Subdivision Design Requirements .. 103 Site Design Requirements.

8 110 Roadway Design Requirements .. 113 Traffic Design Requirements .. 121 Other Design Requirements .. 129 Section 08 WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM General .. 135 Concept Design 137 Detailed Design Standards .. 139 Section 09 STORM WATER COLLECTION SYSTEM General .. 151 Specifications .. 152 Definitions.

9 153 Concept Design 157 Detailed Design Standards .. 161 Section 10 WATER DESIGN General .. 173 Specifications .. 173 Definitions .. 174 Concept Design Standards .. 175 Detailed Design Standards .. 176 Hydraulic Network Analysis .. 182 Development Standards - Section A iv Section 11 WASTE MANAGEMENT General.

10 191 Collection Services for Residential Developments .. 191 Collection Services for Non-Residential Developments .. 193 Site and Building Design Requirements .. 194 Waste Minimization Options .. 195 Section 12 OPEN SPACE Development General .. 203 Development Requirements .. 211 Design Criteria.