Sample site report

Latitude: 51.0455062

Site location matched by the geocoder

Legal land location (Dominion Land Survey grid): LSD-10 SEC-15 TWP-024 RGE-01 MER-5 — a survey-grid location, not a title description.

Government of Alberta — Alberta Township System (legal subdivisions)

Zoning designation: CR20-C20/R20 (Commercial - Residential Core)

Calgary open data

Calgary Municipal Development Plan urban structure: Centre City. The MDP urban structure is the city-wide typology; the local statutory plan, where one applies, is listed separately.

Calgary open data

Outside the Calgary Transportation Utility Corridor. Outside the Calgary airport noise exposure contours.

City of Calgary — Transportation Utility Corridor

No commercially approved source is currently integrated for this location. Confirm with the authority.

No source answered this question on this run

Not applicable in this province.

No source answered this question on this run

development permit: decision due within 40 days (calendar days) (legislated decision period, Calgary). Legislated in Municipal Government Act s. 684(1). The clock starts when the applicant receives the acknowledgment that the application is complete (s. 683.1); it can be extended by written agreement (s. 684(2)); if no decision is made in time the applicant may treat the application as refused (s. 684(3)).

Municipal Government Act s. 684(1)

Building footprint mapped at the pin: 11,862 m² footprint, maximum height 57.4 m above ground (Lidar 2020-05-04 to 2020-10-08, quality fair, project AUTO_BUILDING_20230517_Calgary_West_utm11_2020). Mapped footprint only — not a survey, occupancy record or verified building condition.

NRCan — Automatically Extracted Buildings (retrieved 2026-09-28)

Nearest water main: 500 mm

City of Calgary Open Data — Water Mains & Hydrants (Socrata w6h9-w33i / 5qgc-b482) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

Electric utility: ENMAX Power Corporation — 403-514-3000 — Apply / portal: https://www.enmax.com/helping-power-your-project/start-a-project/project-intake-request — As of 2026-07-17: ENMAX Power Network Services Policy: lead time for new/upgraded service can be as much as 18 months when special equipment, major design, or network extensions are required — contact Customer Intake early.

ENMAX Power Corporation (retrieved 2026-09-28)

Calgary engineering design standards: The City of Calgary Design Guidelines for Subdivision Servicing.

Calgary — The City of Calgary Design Guidelines for Subdivision Servicing

Ground elevation: about 1047.0 m — NRCan CDEM model cell value (national model, about 20 m cells; vertical accuracy depends on the source data behind each area and it smooths cliffs and waterfront grades). Screening only — take design elevations from a site survey or LiDAR.

NRCan Canadian Digital Elevation Model (CDEM) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

Drainage area: Central Bow - Jumpingpond (within Bow, Nelson River Drainage Area). A coarse Water Survey of Canada unit from the Atlas of Canada, not a local catchment — delineate the site's drainage area for design.

Atlas of Canada — Drainage Areas of Canada (NRCan / Water Survey of Canada) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

No watercourse feature within 150 m of the site pin in the queried hydrography layer — a no-hit in the available mapping, not a determination that no watercourse exists. Confirm by site survey.

Alberta Base Hydrography — Single Line Network (SLNET) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

A source exists, but its licence is not confirmed for commercial reuse, so it is not used. Confirm with the authority.

No source answered this question on this run

Site is in the Overland Flow zone of City of Calgary — Regulatory Flood Map (Bylaw Flood Hazard)

City of Calgary — Regulatory Flood Map (Bylaw Flood Hazard)

2yr 24-hour design rainfall depth: 38.1 mm — nearest ECCC IDF station Calgary Int L CS (~7.2 km from site)

Environment and Climate Change Canada — IDF Curves v3.40 (nearest station, planning reference)

HOT2000 climate zone (NRCan): CALGARY INTL (AB); HDD18 ≈ 4876 — interpolated screening map, not site-verified

Natural Resources Canada — HOT2000 Climate Zones (EnerGuide / CWEEDS reference stations) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

Soil order: Regosolic — dominant soil MISC.UNDIFF.MINERAL (60% of the polygon, mineral soil), AAFC Soil Landscapes of Canada polygon 798005. Other mapped soils: MAYCROFT 40%. Regional 1:1 million soil landscape mapping (each polygon mixes soils); not a site investigation — confirm with the geotechnical investigation.

AAFC — Soil Landscapes of Canada v3.2 (1:1 million), polygon 798005 (retrieved 2026-09-28)

Surficial geology unit: GLo — Glaciolacustrine offshore sediments

GSC — Surficial Geology (NRCan) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

Mapped at the site in the Alberta Geological Survey bedrock geology map (~1:1,000,000): Paskapoo Formation, upper (Tp-u), Paleocene bedrock subcrop (at the site). The formation that subcrops beneath the surficial deposits at map scale — not its depth, its lithology at the site, or a boundary position. Depth to bedrock and rock type need site boreholes.

Alberta Geological Survey — Bedrock Geology of Alberta (DIG 2004-0033, ~1:1,000,000) (retrieved 2026-09-27)

A source exists, but its licence is not confirmed for commercial reuse, so it is not used. Confirm with the authority.

No source answered this question on this run

A source exists, but its licence is not confirmed for commercial reuse, so it is not used. Confirm with the authority.

No source answered this question on this run

Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) (2% in 50 yr): 0.113 g

NRCan — NBC 2020 / 2025 Seismic Hazard Tool (2% in 50 yr, Site Class C) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

1 species or community recorded within about 500 m of the site in Alberta's ACIMS records (rare elements tracked by provincial rank; no legal status is published): Labrador violet (Viola labradorica) (vascular plant, Alberta rank S2). ACIMS publishes only non-sensitive occurrences and only holds what has been surveyed and reported, so the list may be incomplete.

Alberta Conservation Information Management System (ACIMS) — non-sensitive element occurrences (retrieved 2026-09-28)

CPCAD screening did not intersect a protected or conserved area at this point.

Environment and Climate Change Canada - CPCAD (retrieved 2026-09-28)

FCSI lists 14 federal contaminated site(s) within 10 km, nearest first: Mewata Armoury — Active — Low Priority for Action — BTEXs (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene); PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon); Metal, metalloid, and organometallic; Other organics in soil; not available — ~2347 m away; Manhattan Building — Closed — Not a Priority for Action — ~3623 m away; Elbow River below Glenmore Dam — Closed — Not a Priority for Action — PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon); Metal, metalloid, and organometallic in surface water; sediment; surface soil — ~4453 m away.

Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory (FCSI) — ISC ArcGIS (retrieved 2026-09-28)

No burned-area perimeter mapped within 5 km of the site (NRCan CWFIS — National Burned Area Composite (NBAC), fire seasons 1972 onward).

NRCan CWFIS — National Burned Area Composite (NBAC) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

Alberta heritage sensitivity: HRV 1 (historic period); also listed at this point: HRV 5 (archaeological, historic period)

Alberta Listing of Historic Resources (public MapServer) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

Historic treaty area: Treaty 7 (1877)

Indigenous Services Canada — Historic Treaty Boundaries (open data) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

Nearest mapped road: Local / Street (3 Street), ~56 m from the site pin — the class as published in the Statistics Canada — National Road Network (NRN), NOT a formal AASHTO functional class.

Statistics Canada — National Road Network (NRN) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

Municipal AADT (2024): 24,000 vehicles/day at the counted location nearest the site (MACLEOD3, ~114 m away) — City of Calgary — Traffic Volumes for 2024 (open data). Nearest of 20 counted locations within ~400 m in the source; roads the source did not count are not represented. A count of an existing road, NOT a project trip-generation figure.

City of Calgary — Traffic Volumes for 2024 (open data) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

20 scheduled Calgary Transit stops within 400 m. Nearest Calgary Transit stops: NB 3 ST @ 7 AV SE (stop 8653), ~64 m, routes 1, 117, 131, 151, MP; NB 3 ST @ 7 AV SE (stop 2653), ~69 m, route 302; EB City Hall/Bow Valley College (Free Fare Zone) (stop 6831), ~86 m, routes 201, 202; WB City Hall/Bow Valley College (Free Fare Zone) (stop 6822), ~95 m, routes 201, 202; EB 9 AV @ Macleod TR SE (stop 9802), ~141 m, routes 1, 302, MP; 15 more. From Calgary Transit GTFS feed (Calgary Transit: service 2026-09-15 to 2026-12-20, downloaded 2026-09-26). Scheduled service in the published GTFS feed; not real-time, and not a guarantee of frequency or hours.

Calgary Transit GTFS schedule feed (retrieved 2026-09-26)