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CITY OF RICHMOND
SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT BYLAW NO. 8751
BYLAW NO. 8751
EFFECTIVE DATE - July 11, 2011
CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY
This is a consolidation of the bylaws below. The amendment bylaws have been combined with
the original bylaw for convenience only. This consolidation is not a legal document. Certified
copies of the original bylaws should be consulted for all interpretations and applications of the
bylaws on this subject.
AMENDMENT BYLAW
DATE OF ADOPTION
EFFECTIVE DATE
(If different from Date of Adoption)
Bylaw No. 10685
July 28, 2025
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Bylaw 8751
SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT BYLAW NO. 8751
A bylaw to regulate and require the provision of works and services in connection
with the subdivision and development of land and to establish standards for the
construction and upgrading of dikes
Whereas the City may, under s. 938 of the Local Government Act, regulate and require
the provision of works and services in respect of the subdivision of land, and require as a
condition of the approval of a building permit or a subdivision that the owner of the land
provide works and services on the land being developed or subdivided and on the
adjacent highway, all in accordance with the works and services standards established in
the bylaw; and
Whereas the City may, under s. 939 of the Local Government Act, require that the owner
of land that is to be subdivided or developed provide excess or extended services as
defined in that section; and
Whereas the City may, under s. 69 of the Community Charter, impose requirements on
the owners of dikes or persons undertaking the construction of dikes; and
Whereas the Council of the City may, under s. 154 of the Community Charter, delegate
its powers, duties and functions to an officer or employee of the City;
The Council of the City of Richmond, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
1. In this bylaw,
APPROVING OFFICER
means the person appointed to that position
under the Land Title Act.
BUILDING INSPECTOR
means a person appointed as a building
inspector as defined in Building Bylaw No.
7230.
DEVELOPER
means, as the context requires, the owner of
land in respect of which a subdivision
application or building permit application
has been made.
GENERAL MANAGER,
ENGINEERING AND
PUBLIC WORKS
means the person appointed to that position
by the Council or a person designated by the
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General Manager to act in his or her
absence.
SECURITY
means, in Canadian dollars only,:
(i) cash;
(ii) a clean, unconditional, irrevocable and
automatically renewing letter of credit
drawn on a charter bank or credit union
having a branch in the City of Richmond, at
which demand may be made on the letter of
credit; or
(iii) on application of the Developer and at
the sole discretion of the General Manager,
Engineering and Public Works, an on-
demand surety bond that is (A) without expiry
date and which is in full force and effect until
the conditions therein are satisfied, (B)
provided
by
an
insurer
meeting
the
qualifications set by the City from time to
time, and (C) in the City's standard form.
2. No person shall subdivide land in the City unless the works and services required
by this bylaw have been provided by the Developer to the satisfaction of the
General Manager, Engineering and Public Works, or the Developer has
entered into an agreement with the City to construct and install the required works
and services by a date specified in the agreement, and provided to the City
Security in the amount determined by the Approving Officer in consultation
with the General Manager, Engineering and Public Works, having regard to
the cost of installing and paying for the works and services.
3. Section 2 does not apply:
(a) within the area indicated on Schedule A, in relation to any works and
services other than water distribution systems and sewage collection
systems;
(b) in relation to underground wiring, conduit and vaults, in the case of any
subdivision resulting in the creation of fewer than 2 additional parcels in an
area zoned for single-family residential use only where the electrical and
telecommunication services abutting the parcel being subdivided and all
immediately abutting parcels are above-ground; or
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(c) in relation to works and services of any type, in cases where the General
Manager, Engineering and Public Works determines that the need for
the works or services is not directly attributable to the subdivision, or to
buildings likely to be constructed in the subdivision.
4. No person shall construct a building or structure in the City for which a building
permit is required unless the works and services required by this bylaw have been
provided by the Developer to the satisfaction of the General Manager,
Engineering and Public Works, or the Developer has entered into an agreement
with the City to construct and install the required works and services by a date
specified in the agreement, and provided to the City Security in the amount
determined by the Building Inspector in consultation with the General
Manager, Engineering and Public Works, having regard to the cost of
installing and paying for the works and services.
5. Section 4 does not apply:
(a) within the area indicated on Schedule A, in relation to any works and
services other than water distribution systems and sewage collection
systems;
(b) outside the area indicated on Schedule B, in relation to a building permit
authorizing the construction of a single family dwelling whether or not the
dwelling contains a secondary suite or in relation to the construction of a
two-family dwelling; or
(c) in relation to works and services of any type, in cases where the General
Manager, Engineering and Public Works determines that the need for
the works or services is not directly attributable to the subdivision, to
buildings likely to be constructed in the subdivision, or to the building for
which a building permit application has been made.
6. The General Manager, Engineering and Public Works may
(a) from time to time, prescribe the form of agreement to be used where the
City is entering into an agreement pursuant to section 2 or section 4,
provided that each such agreement shall require the Developer to:
i. maintain the works and services for a period specified in the
agreement following completion or substantial completion of
construction, and to repair and make good all defects and
deficiencies appearing in the works and services during that
period;
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ii. provide to the City throughout the maintenance period
performance Security in the amount determined by the General
Manager, Engineering and Public Works;
iii. carry third party liability insurance in an amount and form
acceptable to the General Manager, Engineering and Public
Works, in respect of claims arising out of death, personal injury or
damage arising from the construction of the works and services;
and
iv. indemnify the City and save it harmless in respect of all costs and
expenses it may incur as a result of faulty workmanship or
defective material in the works and services in respect of which the
City has provided notice to the Developer prior to the City's final
acceptance of the works and services;
(b) execute and deliver such agreements on behalf of the City, and
(c) require that such agreements be drafted in a form that is registrable under
s. 219 of the Land Title Act against title to the land being subdivided or
built upon.
7. The works and services required by this bylaw are the following:
(a) highways and lanes, boulevards including street trees and other
landscaping, boulevard crossings, culverts, transit facilities, sidewalks,
walkways, highway and walkway bridges, curbs and gutters, traffic signs
and signals, street lighting and conduit and vaults for underground wiring;
(b) water distribution systems connected to the City's water distribution
system including, without limitation, pipelines, fire hydrant systems, valves
and valve chambers, meters and meter chambers;
(c) sewage collection systems connected to the City's sewage collection
system including, without limitation, gravity mains, forcemains, lift
stations, manholes and sewage holding facilities; and
(d) drainage collection systems connected to the City's drainage collection
system including, without limitation, enclosed storm sewers, catch basins,
manholes, ditches, gates, stormwater retention and detention facilities, and
environmental control facilities.
8. The works and services described in section 7 must, in all cases, be provided on
that portion of any highway or lane immediately adjacent to the parcel that is the
subject of the subdivision or building permit application, as the case may be, or in
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a utility statutory right of way, unless additional requirements are imposed under
section 13.
9. The works and services required by sections 2 and 4 and under section 13 must be
constructed and installed at the cost of the Developer to the standards set out in
Schedules C through H, except to the extent that such standards may have been
varied by development variance permit or board of variance order, and in
accordance with such technical specifications as may be prescribed by the
General Manager, Engineering and Public Works from time to time.
10. If works and services of the type described in section 7 are already in existence on
or in the highway or lane adjacent to a parcel being subdivided or on which a
building is proposed to be constructed or in a utility right of way, and the works
and services do not comply with the standards specified in section 9, the
Developer must alter the works and services so that they comply with the
standards, and the provisions of sections 2 and 4 regarding agreements and
Security apply to the alterations.
11. The General Manager, Engineering and Public Works may require a
Developer to pay to the City, in lieu of constructing or altering works and
services required by this bylaw, cash in the amount determined by the General
Manager to be the cost of designing and constructing or altering the works and
services as of the time of approval of the subdivision or issuance of the building
permit including any land acquisition costs, if the General Manager determines on
the basis of sound civil engineering practice or cost considerations that the works
should be constructed or altered at a later time or concurrently with the
construction or alteration of works and services serving adjacent or nearby parcels
of land, and in such cases the City shall deposit the funds into a reserve fund
established for the construction or alteration of the works and services.
12. The works and services required by this bylaw shall be provided in dedicated
highways, unless the General Manager, Engineering and Public Works has
approved the location of the works and services in a statutory right of way granted
to the City, in which case the statutory right of way, including any required plan
of right of way, must be prepared at the cost of the Developer, in terms
satisfactory to the General Manager, Engineering and Public Works and the
City Solicitor, and deposited concurrently with the deposit of the subdivision plan
in the case of a subdivision application and prior to the issuance of the building
permit in the case of a building permit application. Where an existing utility right
of way is of insufficient width to accommodate the works and services, the
General Manager, Engineering and Public Works may require the granting of
additional right of way area to the City and this section applies to the preparation
and deposit of a revised plan of statutory right of way.
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13. The Council delegates to the General Manager, Engineering and Public Works
the powers of the Council under the Local Government Act to:
(a) require a Developer to construct excess or extended services as defined in
section 939 of the Act;
(b) determine whether the cost to the City to provide the excess or extended
services would be excessive and, in that event, that the cost must be paid
by the Developer;
(c) determine the benefit of the excess or extended service that may be
attributed to each of the parcels of land that will be served by the services;
and
(d) impose latecomer charges under section 939 of the Act including interest
at the rate established by Excess or Extended Services and Latecomer
Payment Interest Rate Establishment Bylaw No. 6936 or any successor
bylaw.
14. For the purpose of section 13, the General Manager, Engineering and Public
Works may execute and deliver on behalf of the City agreements with
Developers regarding the collection and remittance of latecomer charges, which
agreements may be combined with works and services agreements as referred to
in sections 2 and 4.
15. Where a subdivision or building permit application in complete form was made
prior to the adoption of this bylaw,
(a) in respect of the matters dealt with in section 11 of this bylaw, the
subdivision may be approved or the building permit issued in accordance
with the bylaws repealed by this bylaw, provided the subdivision is
approved or the building permit is issued no later than 24 months after the
adoption of this bylaw, and
(b) in respect of all other matters dealt with in this bylaw, the subdivision may
be approved or the building permit issued in accordance with the bylaws
repealed by this bylaw, provided the subdivision is approved or the
building permit is issued no later than 12 months after the adoption of this
bylaw,
unless the applicant has requested in writing that the application be considered
and approved in accordance with this bylaw.
16. No person shall construct or repair or modify any dike or any embankment, wall,
fill, piling, pump, gate, floodbox, pipe, sluice, culvert, canal, ditch, drain or any
other thing that is constructed, assembled or installed to prevent the flooding of
land, unless the works comply with Schedule H.
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17. The following bylaws are repealed:
(a) Subdivision Bylaw No. 6530;
(b) Richmond Off-Site Works and Services Bylaw No. 5720.
18. This bylaw may be cited as "Subdivision and Development Bylaw No. 8751".
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SECOND READING
THIRD READING
ADOPTED
MAYOR
CORPORATE OFFICER
CITY OF
RICHMOND
APPROVED
for content by
originating
dept.
APPROVED
for legality
by Solicitor
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SCHEDULE A to BYLAW NO. 8751
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SCHEDULE B to BYLAW NO. 8751
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SCHEDULE C to BYLAW NO. 8751
HIGHWAY STANDARDS -Road Cross Section Requirements
Road Classification
Road Dedication
Pavement Width
Sidewalks/
Edge Treatment
Curb/Gutter
1. Arterial (Undivided)
24.0 m (min) at
mid-block
+ 1.8 m (per Bike
lane)
+ 3.0 m (per
parking bay)
+ 3.3 m (at
intersection per
left turn bay)
+ 1.2 m (divided
arterial per centre
median)
14.0 m (min) at
mid-block
+ 1.8 m (per Bike
lane)
+ 3.0 m (per parking
bay)
+ 3.3 m (at
intersection per left
turn bay)
+ 1.2 m (divided
arterial per centre
median)
Both sides with
lighting/planting
strips. Sidewalk
to be on the
outside of the
lighting/planting
strips, away from
pavement.
Barrier curb on
both sides and
raised median
2. Collector (Residential)
20.4 m
11.2 m
Both sides with
boulevards
Barrier curb on
both sides
3. Local/Collector
(Industrial/Commercial)
21.2 m
12.0 m
Both sides with
boulevards
Barrier curb on
both sides
4. Local Residential
(Multi Family/Townhouse)
20.4 m
11.2 m
Both sides with
boulevards
Barrier curb on
both sides
5. Local Residential
(Single Family)
17.7 m
8.5 m
Both sides with
boulevards
Barrier curb on
both sides
6. Cul-de-sac Residential
(Single Family)
17.7 m at throat
and 17.7 m bulb
radius
8.5 m at throat and
13m bulb radius
Both sides and
around the radius.
Blvds on both
sides
Barrier curb on
both sides around
bulb
7. Cul-de-sac Residential
(Multi Family/Townhouse)
20.4 m at throat
and 19 m bulb
radius
11.2 m at throat and
13m bulb radius
Both sides and
around the radius.
Blvds on both
sides
Barrier curb on
both sides around
bulb
8. Cul-de-sac
(Industrial/Commercial)
21.2 m at throat
and 19 m bulb
radius
12 m at throat and
15m bulb radius
Both sides and
around the radius.
Blvds on both
sides
Barrier curb on
both sides around
bulb
9. Service Lane
(City Centre)
9.0 m
7.5 m
One Side with
lighting strip
Rollover curbs on
both sides
10. Service Lane
(Non-City Centre)
6.0 m
5.1 m
Rollover curbs on
both sides
11. Emergency Fire/Access
Lane
6.0 m (7.5m in
City Centre)
As required
Fence on both
sides
12. Walkway
3.0 m
3.0 m
Fence on both
sides
13. Partial Road
12.65 m
6.0 m
Sidewalk and
boulevard on one
side
Barrier curb on
one side
14. Other: As per OCP
as per OCP
as per OCP
as per OCP
as per OCP
Note:
The amount of road dedication assumes a 1.5 m wide sidewalk (where applicable). Additional
road dedications will be required in pedestrian-oriented area, where sidewalk widths of 2.0 m (minimum)
are required.
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Schedule C to Bylaw No 8751: Richmond Road Classification Map
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SCHEDULE D to BYLAW NO. 8751
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM STANDARDS
Provide a water distribution system capable of providing the greater of:
(a)
An adequate water supply for fire fighting, concurrent with water flow sufficient to
meet maximum day demand; or
(b)
Water flow sufficient to meet peak hour demand;
Every water distribution system must be designed to convey adequate supply for consumption
and fire protection demands at a pressure appropriate for the intended use of the land.
Fire Flow Demand
The fire flows presented are minimum levels of protection. The Consultant must determine
whether the fire flow required for the proposed development will exceed these minimum required
flows. Approval of the General Manger of Engineering and Public Works is required when the
required fire flow for the proposed development exceeds the minimums.
All fire flows are to be available to the furthest distance within the site from the service location
and/or at the point of highest elevation.
The minimum required fire flows for different land uses is provided in Table D.1.
Table D.1 Fire Flows
Zone
Required Fire Flow (l/s)
Single & Two Family Homes
95
Townhouses
220
Condo/Apartment
220
Commercial
200
Industrial/Institutional
250
Where the proposed development is connected to the City's water distribution system that
provides fire flows lower than listed in Table D.1, approval of the General Manager,
Engineering and Public Works and Public Works is required for the following:
the development will be required to either upgrade the water supply system sufficiently to
provide the water flow; or
the development will be required to reduce the fire protection requirements of the
proposed development to match the level of protection afforded by the City's water
distribution system.
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SCHEDULE E to BYLAW NO. 8751
SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM STANDARDS
The total design sewage flow shall be based on the greater of a) ultimate population densities and
land use designations as outlined in the Official Community Plan for the entire catchment area, or
b) for the planned development for the entire catchment area. Sanitary sewers shall be designed
to convey the calculated peak sewage flows, including an allowance for inflow and infiltration.
Sanitary sewers shall be designed to the following:
minimum design velocity:
0.6m/s
pipe capacity - new sewers:
design peak wet weather flow rate not to exceed 50% of
the full pipe capacity
pipe capacity - existing sewers: design peak wet weather flow rate not to exceed 90% of
the full pipe capacity
Forcemains shall be designed to the following:
minimum design velocity:
0.9m/s
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SCHEDULE F to BYLAW NO. 8751
DRAINAGE SYSTEM STANDARDS
Provides a covered storm water collection system capable of handling run off for 10-year return
period storm as determined by the Short Duration Rainfall Intensity - Duration - Frequency chart
attached hereto.
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SCHEDULE G to BYLAW NO. 8751
ROADWAY LIGHTING
The Illuminance Method shall be used to determine average maintained lux for various road and
area classifications depending on the pavement type used and uniformity ration as specified in
ANSI/IESNA RP-8-00 (Reaffirmed 2005).
To determine the required illumination levels, the designer shall confirm the road and area
classification with the General Manager, Engineering and Public Works.
Some projects will require that lighting be provided for sidewalks, walkways and Laneways. In
these instances, the illumination levels and uniformity ratios shall be determined by the General
Manager, Engineering and Public Works.
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SCHEDULE H to BYLAW NO. 8751
DIKING
Dikes shall be designed in accordance with the following:
"Fraser River Hydraulic Model Update Final Report, March 2008";
"Dike Design and Construction Guide: Best Management Practices for British
Columbia", updated January 2011; and
"Projected Sea Level Changes for British Columbia in the 21st Century", December 2008