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REFERENCES: Survey monuments are protected by both federal and provincial
laws due to their significance.
The Criminal Code of Canada R.S. 1985, c. C-46 under Part XI, Sec. 442 and 443
states, “Everyone who wilfully pulls down, defaces, alters or removes anything
planted or set up as the boundary line or part of the boundary line of land is
guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.”
City of Winnipeg Survey Infrastructure Protection Program
The City of Winnipeg coined the phrase "Survey Infrastructure," which placed
the survey fabric on par with the other municipal infrastructures (i.e., sewer
and water, hydro and gas, etc.). It is critical to recognize that survey
infrastructures are just as important and require the same amount of
protection.
The BC Land Survey Act [RSBC 1996] Chapter 247 governs the parameters that
should be taken into consideration when planning a development.
1-3 INCLUSION OF UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE ON DEVELOPMENT
PLANS
PRACTICE STATEMENT: Development plans that involve the development of
real property should include the designation of existing and both proposed
above and underground utility infrastructures. A development plan, for the
purpose of this section, relates to official plans, re-zonings, draft plans of
subdivisions and condominiums, and site plans.
PRACTICE DESCRIPTION: A development plan requires having certain
information before it can be filed with the appropriate municipality prior to the
development of land. The plan should include the locations of both the above
and underground facilities that cross over the land described in the plan. This
practice is to help notify developers and the public about the existence of
infrastructure facilities. It would also alert facility owners/ operators of the
need to communicate with the developers in order to facilitate planning for the
lands that complements the utility infrastructure.
Facility and utility owners should maintain accurate and timely records of their
abandoned and out-of-service plants. The development plans need to identify
any of these types of plants that are no longer in use, along with the existing,
future, and proposed facilities.
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