Administrative Order 2021-003-OP, Respecting Amendments to Municipal Design Guidelines | Halifax.ca

(g) The acceptance by the Municipality of the design of proposed municipal infrastructure does not relieve the Engineer of Record of the responsibility for proper design nor does it imply that the Municipality has checked the design exhaustively for compliance with this document or any other standards. [...] (h) Where the Municipality has accepted a design that does not comply with the Guidelines, and where the Engineer of Record has not brought variations from the Guidelines to the attention of the Municipal Engineer, it is expected that the provisions of the Guidelines still stand. [...] This includes removal of the guide rail, removal of the temporary bulb or tee (if one exists), installation of the remaining services (wastewater and stormwater mains, water main, curbs, etc.), grading the existing surface, and the installation and the installation of gravels and asphalt to finish the road. [...] (g) The designer shall follow ecological requirements from Nova Scotia Environment, and shall consider the design of road networks to minimize the impact on the ecological integrity of an area, so as to maintain wildlife habitats, biodiversity and landscape connectivity, in accordance with the Municipality’s Regional Municipal Planning Strategy and the Halifax Green Network Plan. [...] Where the wastewater / stormwater easement is within a walkway, the easement shall be a minimum width of 6.0 m as per Halifax Water guidelines, and the easement shall be granted to Halifax Water prior to the transfer of ownership of the walkway to the Municipality.