Servitudes

The Servitude Question - September 2026

Tonight, you will be asked to approve two servitudes relating to the project.

01

Infrastructure Servitude

Under the current arrangement, the co-owners remain responsible for the costs associated with the repair and maintenance of the aqueduct, sewer system, and drainage infrastructure located beneath the street, including in the event of a malfunction or pipe failure.

The proposed infrastructure servitude would transfer responsibility for the repair and maintenance of this infrastructure to the City of Laval, thereby removing this potential financial liability from the co-owners.

02

Reduced Right-of-Passage Servitude

The second servitude concerns a substantially reduced pedestrian right of passage, located entirely along one side of the project, adjacent to the Groupe Sélection senior residence.

Rather than creating a passage through the project, it provides only a short pedestrian connection between the existing walking path on Étienne-Lavoie and the waterfront path that continues toward the senior residence.

This significantly limits the impact of the right of passage on the project while maintaining the required pedestrian connection.

It does not cut through the project, and its impact on the property has been eliminated.

Plans for Approval

The attached plans provide:

  • a visual representation showing the location and extent of the two servitudes; and
  • the corresponding legal technical plan defining the servitudes for approval.

The objective tonight is straightforward: transfer responsibility for the municipal infrastructure away from the co-owners and substantially reduce and relocate the pedestrian right of passage so that its impact on the project is minimized.

Satellite plan showing the infrastructure servitude and reduced pedestrian right of passage at Aquablu
Satellite view showing the infrastructure servitude in blue and the reduced pedestrian right of passage in green.
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Approved technical documents

Metrica technical plan 14685 showing the servitude to be acquired

Technical plan · 1 page

Technical Plan 14685

Metrica plan defining the location, measurements, and boundaries of the proposed servitude.

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Legal technical description accompanying plan 14685

Legal description · 4 pages

Technical Description 14685

The corresponding legal description defining the affected parcels, bearings, distances, and surface areas.

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Certified Metrica technical plan 16469 showing the servitude to be acquired

Certified plan · 1 page

Technical Plan 16469

Metrica plan defining the location, measurements, and boundaries of the servitude to be acquired.

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Certified legal technical description for plan 16469

Legal description · 2 pages

Technical Description 16469

The corresponding legal description defining the affected parcels, bearings, distances, and surface areas.

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