jswizzle3737/ontario_laws_and_regs huggingface dataset:
1. In this Regulation, “Authority” means the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority; “building” means a building or structure of any kind; “fill” means any material used or capable of being used to raise, lower or in any way affect the contours of the ground whether it originated on the site or elsewhere; “fill line” means any line designated as such on the maps referred to in the Schedules; “regional storm” means a storm producing in a forty-eight hour period, in a drainage area of, (a) twenty-five square kilometres or less, a rainfall that has the distribution set out in Table 1, or (b) more than twenty-five square kilometres, a rainfall such that the number of millimetres of rain referred to in each case in Table 1 shall be modified by the percentage amount shown in Column 2 of Table 2, opposite the size of the drainage area set out opposite thereto in Column 1 of Table 2: TABLE 1  73 mm of rain in the first 36 hours


6 mm of rain in the 37th hour


4 mm of rain in the 38th hour


6 mm of rain in the 39th hour


13 mm of rain in the 40th hour


17 mm of rain in the 41st hour


13 mm of rain in the 42nd hour


23 mm of rain in the 43rd hour


13 mm of rain in the 44th hour


13 mm of rain in the 45th hour


53 mm of rain in the 46th hour


38 mm of rain in the 47th hour


13 mm of rain in the 48th hour TABLE 2  Column 1

Column 2


Drainage Area (square kilometres)

Percentage


0 to 25 both inclusive

100.0


26 to 45 both inclusive

99.2


46 to 65 both inclusive

98.2


66 to 90 both inclusive

97.1


91 to 115 both inclusive

96.3


116 to 140 both inclusive

95.4


141 to 165 both inclusive

94.8


166 to 195 both inclusive

94.2


196 to 220 both inclusive

93.5


221 to 245 both inclusive

92.7


246 to 270 both inclusive

92.0


271 to 450 both inclusive

89.4


451 to 575 both inclusive

86.7


576 to 700 both inclusive

84.0


701 to 850 both inclusive

82.4


851 to 1,000 both inclusive

80.8


1,001 to 1,200 both inclusive

79.3


1,201 to 1,500 both inclusive

76.6


1,501 to 1,700 both inclusive

74.4


1,701 to 2,000 both inclusive

73.3


2,001 to 2,200 both inclusive

71.7


2,201 to 2,500 both inclusive

70.2


2,501 to 2,700 both inclusive

69.0


2,701 to 4,500 both inclusive

64.4 “river”, “lake”, “creek”, “stream” or “watercourse” means any river, lake, creek, stream or watercourse under the jurisdiction of the Authority. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 170, s. 1.
2. The areas described in the Schedules are areas in which, in the opinion of the Authority, the control of flooding or pollution or the conservation of land may be affected by the placing or dumping of fill. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 170, s. 2.
3. No person shall, (a) construct any building or permit any building to be constructed in or on a pond or swamp or in any area susceptible to flooding during a regional storm; (b) place or dump fill of any kind or permit fill to be placed or dumped in any area described in the Schedules whether the fill is already located in or upon the area or brought to or on the area from some other place; or (c) straighten, change, divert or interfere in any way with the existing channel of a river, creek, stream or watercourse, except in accordance with a permission issued under section 4. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 170, s. 3.
4. Subject to the Ontario Water Resources Act or to any private interest, the Authority may permit, in writing, the construction of any building or the placing or dumping of fill or the straightening, changing, diverting or interfering with the existing channel of a river, creek, stream or watercourse to which section 3 applies, if, in the opinion of the Authority, the site of the building or the placing or dumping and the method of construction or placing or dumping or the straightening, changing, diverting or interfering with the existing channel will not affect the control of flooding or pollution or the conservation of land. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 170, s. 4.
5. (1) A signed application for permission to construct a building must be filed with the Authority and include, (a) four copies of a plan of the property showing the proposed location of the building, its elevation and the proposed final grade plan; (b) four copies of a complete description of the type of building to be constructed, including drainage details; (c) four copies of a statement of the dates between which the construction will be carried out; and (d) four copies of a statement of the proposed use of the building following completion of the construction. (2) A signed application for permission to place or dump fill must be filed with the Authority and include, (a) four copies of a plan of the property on which fill is to be placed, showing the proposed location of filling, the depth to which it is proposed to fill and the proposed final grade of the land when filling is completed; (b) four copies of a complete description of the type of fill proposed to be placed or dumped; (c) four copies of a statement of the dates between which the placing or dumping will be carried out; and (d) four copies of a statement of the proposed use of the land following completion of placing or dumping. (3) A signed application for permission to straighten, change, divert or interfere in any way with the existing channel of a river, creek, stream or watercourse must be filed with the Authority and include, (a) four copies of a plan on which shall be shown on plan view and cross section the details of such straightening, change, diversion or interference; (b) four copies of a description of the protective measures to be undertaken; (c) four copies of a statement of the dates between which the straightening, changing, diverting or interfering will be carried out; and (d) four copies of a statement of the purpose of the proposed work. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 170, s. 5.