The following is a list of most frequently requested by-laws as they relate to licensing by-law and regulation by-law of property standards; parking control; animal control; fees; permits, by-law enforcement, etc.
Name | By-law Number |
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Administrative Monetary Penalty System in Markham |
2024-137 |
Animal Protection and Service By-law | 2018-91 |
Appoint Screening Officers and Hearing Officers for the Administrative Monetary Penalty System | 2015-94 |
Appointment of Municipal Law Enforcement Officers | 2018-74 |
Backflow Prevention Bylaw | 2012-27 |
Building Standards | see below, Building Applicable By-law |
Cannabis By-law— To prohibit the smoking or vaporizing of recreational cannabis in public places in the City of Markham |
2018-135 |
Chief Administrative Officer - To Appoint | 4-2000 |
Community Benefits Charges — To establish Community Benefits Charges | 2022-48 |
Comprehensive Zoning By-Law | 2024-19 |
Conditional Permit Agreements - To Delegate Authority to Staff to Execute | 128-93 |
Decks - Specifications of Residential (for urban expansion areas, see Regulations of Decks By-law 177-96) | 142-95 |
Delegation of Development Approval Authority - To Provide for the Delegation of Development Approval Authority | 2002-202 | 2023-19 | 2023-39 |
Development Charges | see below, Development Charges By-Law |
Emergency Management Plan | 2017-73 |
Emergency Service - To Set Fees for Services Offered by | 2002-181 |
Explanatory Note - A By-law to Amend By-law 177-96, as amended |
2013-108 |
Extended Driveway/Front Yard Parking | 2006-96 |
Fees - To Impose Fees or Charges on Services Provided by the City of Markham | 2002-276 |
Fence - Cost and Height | 277-97 |
Firearms & Bows - To regulate & prohibit the discharge of | 2012-233 |
Fire Service - To Set Fees for Services (Emergency & Non-Emergency) Offered by | 111-98 |
Fires - To Prescribe Times for Setting of | 85-97 |
Garbage - To Establish a Method for Collection and Disposal | 32-95 |
Garbage - To Regulate the Dumping or Disposal of Refuse, Domestic or Industrial Waste | 126-72 |
Home Occupations - To Regulate the Size and Nature of | 53-94 |
Idling Control - Prohibiting Unnecessary Idling within the City of Markham | 2005-192 |
In-Fill Construction By-law – Being a By-law to Address In-fill Construction Activities |
2018-77 |
Keep Markham Beautiful (Maintenance) - To regulate and prescribe standards for the maintenance of private property and municipal boulevards within the City of Markham. | 2017-27 |
Low-Income Seniors Property Tax Assistance Program |
2024-75 |
Licensing, Permit and Service Fees - To Establish | 2012-137 |
Mobile Business Licensing - To Provide for the Licensing and Regulation of Owners, Operators, Drivers and Brokers of Mobile Businesses. | 2022-20 |
Municipal Services - Prohibit the use of land or the erection or use of buildings or structures unless municipal services are available | 2023-106 |
Noise - To Regulate | 2017-74 |
Occupancy - To Provide for the Registration of Two-Unit Residential Occupancies | 308-97 |
Parking Control - To Govern and Control the Parking of Vehicles in the City of Markham | 2005-188 |
Parking Standards - Office consolidation comprised of By-Law 28-97 and amendments | 28-97 |
Parkland Dedication - Conveyance of Land for Park Purposes | 195-90 |
Parks - General Management and Regulation of | 167-92 |
Patio - To Regulate Outdoor Patios Associated With Restaurants | 71-96 |
Planning Applications - Fees for Processing | 211-83 |
Pre-Application Consultation By-Law - For development proponents prior to submission of applications | 2023-107 |
Procedural - To Govern the Proceedings of Council and Committees of Council | 2017-5 |
Property Standards - To Establish Standards for Maintenance and Occupancy of Property | 2017-26 |
Public Nuisances— A By-law To Prohibit And Regulate Public Nuisances |
2018-55 |
Purchasing - To Establish Regulations and Policies | 2017-8 |
Retention of Records - To Establish Schedules of Retention Periods for all Records Kept by the City of Markham | 2017-151 |
Right of Access For Maintenance | 2014-116 |
Road Occupancy By-law - A By-law to regulate the use, alteration, and occupancy of Highways within the City of Markham | 2018-109 |
Satellite Dish - Provisions for Placement of
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276-88
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Secondary Suites — A By-law to Register | 2018-57 |
Sewers - Public/Private - To Regulate Use of
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2014-71
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Shopping Cart - To Prevent and Control the Abandonment on Public Lands | 2008-37 |
Signs - To Prohibit and Regulate Signs and Other Advertising Devices, and Posting of Notices | 2002-94 |
Site Alteration - To regulate or prohibit removal of topsoil, placing or dumping of fill, and alteration of the grade of land within the City of Markham | 2011-232 |
Site Plan Control - To Designate the City of Markham as an Area of | 262-94 |
Smoke Alarms - Installation of | 107-94 |
Smoking - York Region By-law | visit York Region website for more information |
Speed - To Authorize Speed Limits | 2017-104 |
Stationary Business Licensing - To Provide for the Licensing and Regulation Stationary Businesses | 2018-90 |
Swimming Pools - A By-law to regulate the enclosures for privately-owned outdoor pools within the City of Markham | 2015-96 |
Tax Reduction - Heritage Properties - A by-law to provide tax reductions in regards to heritage properties. | 2003-341 |
City-Owned Property - To Regulate the Conduct of Persons Using the Grounds at | 279-96 |
Tree Preservation - To regulate or prohibit the injury or destruction of trees within the City of Markham | 2023-164 |
Water - A By-law to Enact Rules and Regulations Covering the Construction, Operation and Maintenance of a Waterworks System within the serviced area of the City of Markham | 2019-53 |
Zoning - Urban Area | 177-96 |