Servicing Plans

A Servicing Plan is an engineering drawing that shows the proposed layout of water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer infrastructure for a development site. It depicts pipe sizes, invert elevations, connection points, valve and hydrant locations, manholes, and the geometry of the proposed municipal services relative to the site plan and the existing right-of-way.

In Ontario, servicing plans are required for Site Plan Approval and subdivision engineering submissions. They must be coordinated with the Functional Servicing Report and Grading Plan. Drawings are typically prepared at 1:500 or 1:250 scale and include sufficient detail for the municipality to review compliance with its design standards — including watermain loop design, fire flow hydrant coverage, sanitary gravity grades, and storm outlet geometry.

Servicing plans are sealed by a licensed P.Eng. and form part of the formal engineering submission reviewed by municipal works staff. They are later used as the basis for construction drawings and form a condition of Site Plan Agreement execution.

When You Need One

  • Site Plan Approval (SPA) — typically required alongside the FSR
  • Draft plan of subdivision or condominium
  • Development agreement engineering submission
  • Where the municipality’s Site Plan checklist requires servicing drawings
  • Any site with new municipal service connections

What’s Included

  • Proposed watermain layout with pipe sizes, valve, and hydrant locations
  • Sanitary sewer layout with manhole numbering, inverts, and grades
  • Storm sewer layout with catch basins, manholes, and outlet geometry
  • Connection points to existing municipal infrastructure
  • Property line and right-of-way overlay
  • General notes and design standards compliance reference
  • Legend, scale, and P.Eng. seal
“Municipal servicing plan reviews would flag the same issues repeatedly: fire hydrant spacing that didn’t meet the City’s coverage standard, sanitary grades that were technically minimum but impractical for construction, or storm connections that conflicted with planned road works. The engineering details matter — reviewers check the inverts, the grades, and the pipe sizing against the design criteria. Plans that cross-referenced the relevant City standards in their notes moved through faster.”

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