Living
Site Plan or Survey Requirements
Use the following checklist to ensure your site plan or survey is complete. A sample site plan is shown below.
Note that all measurements must be shown in metres. The inclusion of Imperial measures is optional.
The survey or site plan must show:
- Existing buildings: width, length, use (shown as A on the drawing below)
- Proposed building: width, length, use (B)
- Exterior side yard dimensions - street side for corner lots (C)
- Interior side yard dimensions (D)
- Rear side yard dimensions (E)
- Existing building yard dimensions - front and side (F)
- Overall property dimensions (G)
- Distance between the existing house and the proposed building, including deck (H)
- Driveway location: this may not be less than 9 metres (30 feet) from the intersection of the property lines along the two streets (I)
- Easements or rights of way (J)
