Municipal Consent is the municipality’s authorization for a utility to occupy a specific location(s) within the municipalities right-of-way. Municipal Consent will only be issued to utility companies, commissions, agencies, other municipalities, or private applicants who have a municipal access agreement with the municipality applied to. The project of adding or modifying the plant is often subject to a Work in Right-of-Way permit.
Additional Conditions and Comments
This permit is subject to the special and general conditions attached to this permit and By-law 2023-21,as amended. A valid copy of the permit with terms and conditions must be available on the work site at all times.
The Municipal Consent does not constitute an approval to execute the work in the right-of-way and is only a technical review approval of the plans and/or the scope of work. If a public utility service has obtained a Municipal Consent, the public utility service or its subcontractor executing the work within the right-of-way will be required to obtain a work in right-of-way permit however will be relieved from the permit fees as set out in the Fees and Charges By-law if paid under the Municipal Consent.