Soil Removal & Deposit Permit

A Soil Removal and Deposit Permit is required when removing or depositing any amount of soil from or onto any property in the City of Abbotsford. Soil can refer to clay, silt, sand, gravel, cobbles, boulders, peat or any substance of which land is naturally composed down to, and including, bedrock.

The City of Abbotsford's Soil Removal and Deposit Bylaw, 2003 regulates the movement of soil within the City limits. The purpose of this Bylaw is to ensure no harmful effects are made to the environment, City property or private property.

Soil Removal & Deposit Permit Application

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Step 1: Site Information

Please click and download the Registered Owner Authorization Form, print it and have it signed by all registered owners in order to complete this application. 

Is the property located in the Agricultural Land Reserve?

Step 2: Application Information

Step 3: Project Information

Will you be removing soil?
Will you be depositing soil?

Step 4: Property Owner Information

Registered Owner
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Registered Owner 2
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Registered Owner 3
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Registered Owner 4
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Registered Owner 5
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Registered Owner 6
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Section 5: Required Documents

A State of Title Certificate for the lands from or upon which it is intended to remove soil or deposit soil, issued not more than seven days prior to the date of application

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Scaled site plan showing the location of proposed soil activity

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Scaled cross sections cut through the proposed soil activity area showing depth of work, the finished grade and the proposed slopes

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20 MB limit.
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An outline of the proposed program for stripping, storage and redistribution of topsoil during the proposed soil removal or deposit operation

One file only.
20 MB limit.
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An outline of the proposed rehabilitation of the proposed soil removal or deposit site showing the vegetation cover of all disturbed lands

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20 MB limit.
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A proposed mapped truck route for access to and from the subject lands

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20 MB limit.
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A scaled drawing giving indication to the proposed drainage on the subject lands

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20 MB limit.
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Upload any relevant documents

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20 MB limit.
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Step 6: Declaration

Upon approval of this application I/we hereby agree to fulfill the following conditions prior to the issuance of a permit:

1. Deposit security with the City of Abbotsford in the amount prescribed in the Soil and Removal Bylaw.
2. Pay the permit fee payable to the City of Abbotsford at the Bylaw rate of $0.82 per cubic meter.
I/We declare that the above information is correct and that I am/we are aware of the terms and conditions of the Soil Removal and Deposit Bylaw No. 1228-2003, and will abide by the regulations and requirements imposed by the said bylaw and any permit issued to me/us in connection with the proposed soil removal/soil deposit operation.
I agree that by typing my name in the application name fields and clicking the "submit" button below that I am effectively signing this application.
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