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The National Building Code is the model building code that forms the basis for all of the provincial building codes. Some jurisdictions create their own code based on the National Building Code, other jurisdictions have adopted the National Building often with supplementary laws or regulations to the requirements in the National Building Code.
In 1987, the City rebuilt the Steps site with new railings, concrete stairs and expanded landings, following the original zig-zag path up the cliff. At this time, the Steps were given the formal name of the "Baldwin Steps" to commemorate the Baldwin family which owned the land before it became a public pathway.
Not all National Topographic System maps strictly follow the National Tiling System's linear grid. Some maps also, as an "overedge", cover land in an area which would otherwise be covered by an adjacent map sheet, simply because the latter area does not contain enough land in Canada to warrant a separate printing. [4] [clarification needed]
The UK equivalent is the concrete step barrier. [citation needed] First tested in 1968 by the then Department of Highways in Ontario, Canada, the Ontario Tall Wall is a variant of the Jersey barrier. [10] Standing at 42 inches (107 cm), it is 10 inches (25 cm) taller than the standard Jersey barrier.
British Columbia uses a minimum setback of 4.5 metres (15 feet) of any building, mobile home, retaining wall, or other structure from all highway rights-of-way under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure unless the building has access from another street, in which case the allowed setback is 3 metres (10 feet). [3]
The bridge was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on 24 June 1988 [2] for its early use of concrete in bridge construction, [8] for being the earliest-known bridge in Canada to be constructed using reinforced concrete, [1] and for its "close association with the Trent-Severn Waterway". [2]
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The Kawartha lakes with Canal Lake in the top left, marked "A". Canal Lake is a lake of Ontario, Canada, situated in the City of Kawartha Lakes. [1] The lake is triangular, roughly 8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi) long and 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) at its widest point, with an area of 2,136 acres (864 ha).