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You will require
a street occupation permit prior to starting a demolition, renovation
and/or construction project if you are planning to temporarily occupy
any portion of the public right of way (the area beyond your property
line, i.e. boulevard, sidewalk, roadway or public lane) with any
of the following equipment or material:
- Disposal
bin in roadway or public laneway
- Disposal
bin and drop chutes
- Storage
of materials and equipment
- Moving containers
- Walk-through/staging
scaffold, plywood hoarding or covered-walkway
- Operation
of cherry picker, backhoe, fork lift,
scissor lift, zoom boom etc.
- Hoisting
with mobile crane or boom truck
- Hoisting
by means of a tower crane/helicopter
- Swinging
of boom and counterweight of tower crane including flying of
forms
- Roof hoist
- Pumping
of concrete and concrete mixer
- Storage
of trailer
- De-watering
hose across sidewalk
- Chemical
cleaning or sand blasting
- Swing stages
- Rope, tackle
and/or ladders
- Temporary
asphalt access ramp into construction
site
A permit is
not required to place a disposal bin on the City boulevard (front
lawn) provided you maintain 0.46 meters set back from the rear edge
of the City sidewalk and work is on-going.
Where work involves
the obstruction of pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic, you may
be required to have a Qualified Traffic Control Person(s) or a Pay-Duty
Police Officer(s) to direct traffic. Please contact us first. If
a Pay-Duty Police Officer is required, please call 808-1929 a minimum
of 24 hours in advance to discuss booking and fees.
For demolition,
construction and renovation projects, you are required to provide
confirmation that a permit has been obtained from Urban Development
Services prior to the issuance of the Street Occupation Permit.
It is the responsibility
of the contractor/owner to ensure that the roadways, sidewalks and
public laneways are kept clean of mud/dirt as well as the removal
of snow and ice from the City sidewalk during the winter months.
Most permits
may be obtained upon review of the applicable Municipal Codes and/or
a site inspection. However, some uses of the street allowance (i.e.
for a tower crane, extensive hoarding or road closures) require
the submission of an application. To find out if an application
is required, please contact us.
Street Occupation
Application Requirements
Submission of an application may be required, depending on the use
of the right of way. Contact us for more information.
If your project
requires an application, 3 copies of the site plans must be submitted
for review. The plans must meet the specifications outlined below:
- All plans
must be drawn to scale, and the scale must be noted on the plan
- All relevant
dimensions (i.e. width of sidewalk, back of sidewalk to street/property
lines and to building wall etc.) must be shown
- Tie in
measurements to all above grade installations
- All street
names and municipal addresses must be noted
- All physical
details of the site must be shown (i.e. sidewalk, trees, utility/hydro
poles, fire hydrants, parking meters etc.)
- North arrow
must be shown
- The location
of street/property lines must be noted
- Your proposal
must be clearly indicated
For street,
sidewalk and/or public lane closures, a detailed letter outlining
how the public right of way is to be used, including the duration
of the closure, together with a proposed work schedule, must be
submitted with your application.
Permit fees
Street occupation permit fees are based upon the type of permit
required and the duration of the work. Permits must be obtained
in person and must be paid for when they are issued. Feel free to
contact us if you have any questions regarding the fees which must
accompany your application.
Payment for
a permit can be made by Visa/MasterCard, Interac, cash or cheque.
All cheques must be made payable to the Treasurer, City of Toronto.
Please note
that the fees are subject to change and an annual increase based
on the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Effective July 1, 2010, 13% HST will be applied replacing the 5% GST.
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