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Smart Bylaws Guide – Use Site Resources Wisely –
Erosion and Sediment Control
A council may
prohibit a person from polluting, obstructing or impeding the flow
of a stream, creek, waterway, watercourse, waterworks, ditch, drain
or sewer, whether or not it is located on private property. A
municipality may also regulate, but not prohibit, the removal and
deposit of soil.
Examples of Erosion and Sediment Control Provisions
Best
Management Practices for Erosion and Sediment Control – Instream
Works
Best
Management Practices for Erosion and Sediment Control – Upland
Works
City
of Kelowna's Hillside Development Audit by UMA Engineering - a
review of the City's 2001 Hillside Development Guidelines (winner of
a 2007 PIBC Award for Excellence in Planning) - addresses guidelines
for protecting valued hillside features against erosion, sliding,
etc. City
of Surrey Erosion and Sediment Control Bylaw 2006 No. 16138 and Plain
Language Erosion/Sediment Website
District
of Lantzville Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw No. 55, 2005
- see especially Section 3.5.2 Rain Water Management and Erosion
Control
Township
of Langley Erosion and Sediment Control Bylaw 2006 No. 4381
District
of Metchosin Bylaw for the Protection and Management of Rain Water
District
of North Vancouver Environmental Protection and Preservation Bylaw
No. 6515 Parts A & B
Examples of Soil Removal and Deposit Provisions
District
of North Vancouver Environmental Protection and Preservation Bylaw
No. 6515 Part C
District
of Metchosin Soil Removal Bylaw Nos. 402 and 465
The City
of Courtenay's Official Community Plan (2007) section 4.10.5
explicitly endorses the Water
Balance Model for managing the natural and built
environment components of a watershed, and requires a minimum depth
of 300mm of topsoil or amended organic soil in all landscaped areas,
lawns and groundcover and around root balls of all trees as well as
in new subdivisions. A depth of 450mm is required for shrubbed
areas.
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