Boulevard maintenance

Knowing who maintains which boulevard can be confusing. To help clarify the procedures on boulevard maintenance, we’ve put together this guide to help you determine who is responsible for different types of boulevards in Oak Bluff West.

What is a boulevard

Before we begin, it is important to note what a boulevard is. A boulevard is characterized by the portion of a road right-of-way on either side of a street. Boulevards are the segment of land between your front and/or side property line and the roadway, lane or sidewalk. The front boulevard area in Oak Bluff West is a minimum of 7.25 meters for rectangular lots, with varying depths for pie shaped lots along a curve.

Municipality maintained boulevards

The Rural Municipality of Macdonald owns all the boulevards in the municipality and maintains the ones that meet the below criteria:

• Boulevards beside a regional street (ex. Bur Oak Boulevard and Horizon Drive)
• Ditches where grass has never been planted
• Boulevards at the rear of a property adjacent to a collector
• Boulevards adjacent to stormwater retention basins/public reserves

Homeowner maintained boulevards

Boulevards that are not maintained by the municipality are the responsibility of the adjacent homeowner to look after. Although a boulevard may be bordering a resident’s property, they do not own the land because services such as public water and sewer infrastructure lay beneath it.

Property owners are responsible for the following boulevard maintenance:

• Homeowners must sod their boulevards - any other type of landscaping material is not allowed in the RM of Macdonald
• Ensuring grass is no more than 15 cm (6 inches) high
• Controlling noxious weeds (weeding and mowing)
• Keeping the boulevard free of garbage

To maintain a healthy boulevard, homeowners are encouraged to water the area, pull weeds by hand and only use government-approved herbicides when needed.

Below are examples of landscaping that is not allowed and landscaping that is allowed within the community: