April 23rd, 2024

At their meeting on April 8th, Council gave final adoption to the new Erosion and Sediment Control Bylaw. This includes several changes to improve City processes around the ESC Bylaw by harmonizing permitting requirements and amending the ESC permit trigger from 2,000 m2 of property area to 4,000 m2 of developable area.  

The applied changes include: 

• An ESC permit required for larger developments (greater than 4,000 m2 or those with multi-level parkades) and simplified stipulated ESC measures for smaller developments; 
• One ESC process for all developments requiring Servicing Agreements with a professional reliance model for plan preparation; and 
• A simplified approach for ESC security bonding. 

Additional information can be found in the full staff report.