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  • Animal control
    • 066-2020 (Consolidated) 
      Buildings and development image heading banner
    • Anti-graffiti 
      • 46-2009 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Backflow Prevention
      • 177-2020 (PDF)
    • Building code, permits and related matters
      • 050-2018 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Building numbering
      • 44-86 (PDF)
    • Cash-in-lieu
      • 168-2022 (PDF)
    • Conveyance of land
      • 168-2022 (PDF)
    • Debris
      • 103-2020 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Development charges
      • 109-2022 (PDF)
    •  Fences – apportionment of costs
      • 175-93 (PDF)
    • Fences – height and description
      • 189-2020 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Property standards
      • 231-2011 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Sewer use
      • 130-2022 (PDF)
    • Smoking
      • 074-2019 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Zoning
      •  001-2021 (Consolidated) (PDF), 190-2022 (PDF), 220-2022 (PDF), 221-2022 (PDF), 250-2022 (PDF), 261-2022 (PDF)

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    • Business Licensing
      • 122-2022 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Notices
      • 394-2002 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Photography permits
      •  169-2020 (PDF)
    • Roadside sales
      • 125-98 (PDF)
    • Signage
      • 140-2018 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Site plan control – city-wide
      • 123-2013 (PDF), 077-2022 (PDF)

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    • Filming event
      • 168-2020 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Fireworks and pyrotechnics
      • 089-2022 (PDF)
    • Nuisance
      • 195-2000 (PDF), 170-2004 (PDF),
         106-2020 (PDF)
    • Temporary Outdoor Patio
      • 096-2020 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Smoking
      •  074-2019 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Special events
      • 045-2018 (Consolidated) (PDF)

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    • Fees and charges
      • 158-2021 (Consolidated) (PDF), 131-2022 (PDF), 208-2022 (PDF), 239-2021 (PDF)
    • Municipal Accommodation Tax, Short-Term Rental
      • 183-2019 (Consolidated) (PDF)

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    • Fences – apportionment of costs
      • 175-93 (PDF) 
    • Fences – height and description
      •  189-2020  (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Long Grass and Weeds
      • 125-2022 (PDF)
    • Snow-clearing
      • 227-2022 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Standing water
      • 143-2003 (PDF)
    • Storage shed and accessory structures
      • 152-2002 (PDF)
      • Note: For the most current zoning information, including any possible site-specific zoning exceptions, please contact the Building Standards department at 905-832-8510.
    • Tree protection
      • 052-2018 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Tree planting, trimming or removal
      • 052-2018 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Water usage
      • 106-2022 (PDF), 155-2021 (PDF)

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    • Anti-graffiti
      • 46-2009 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Debris
      • 103-2020 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Encroachment
      • 034-2017 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Fences – apportionment of costs
      • 175-93 (PDF)
    • Fire burn permit
      • 149-2022 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Fireworks and pyrotechnics
      • 089-2022 (PDF)
    • Littering and dumping
      • 103-2020 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Newspaper box permit 
      • 372-2004 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Ward boundaries
      • 89-2009 (PDF)
    • Waste collection
      • 135-2017 (PDF)
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    • Fireworks and pyrotechnic
      • 089-2022 (PDF)
    • Noise control – technical definitions
      • 121-2021 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Nuisance
      • 195-2000 (PDF), 170-2004 (PDF),
        106-2020 (PDF)
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    • Conveyance of land
      • 139-90 (PDF)
    • Encroachment
      • 034-2017 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Nuisance
      • 195-2000 (PDF), 170-2004 (PDF),
        (PDF), 106-2020 (PDF)
    • Parks
      • 134-95 (PDF), 343-99 (PDF),
        196-2000 (PDF), 283-2002 (PDF),
        116-2009 (PDF), 35-2017 (PDF),
        045-2018 (Consolidated) (PDF),
        059-2019 (PDF), 065-2020 (PDF), 088-2022 (PDF)
    • Smoking
      • 074-2019 (Consolidated) (PDF)

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    • Debris
      • 103-2020 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Encroachment
      • 034-2017 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Fireworks and pyrotechnics
      • 089-2022 (PDF)
    • Newspaper box permit
      • 372-2004 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Property standards
      • 231-2011 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Sewer use
      • 130-2022 (PDF)
    • Short-Term Rental
      • 158-2019 (Consolidated) (PDF), 239-2022 (PDF)
    • Municipal Accommodation Tax, Short-Term Rental
      • 183-2019 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Standing water
      • 143-2003 (PDF)
    • Storage shed and accessory structures
      • 152-2002 (PDF)
      • Note: For the most current zoning information, including any possible site-specific zoning exceptions, please contact the Building Standards department at 905-832-8510.
    • Waste collection
      • 135-2017 (PDF)

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    • Idling of vehicles
      • 170-2004 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Parking
      • 064-2019 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Traffic
      • 284-94 (PDF), 271-2001 (PDF), 047-2019 (PDF), 048-2019 (PDF), 084-2019 (PDF), 112-2019 (PDF), 116-2019 (PDF), 120-2019 (PDF),169-2019 (PDF), 181-2019 (PDF),046-2020 (PDF) 047-2020​ (PDF),
        078-2020 (PDF), 100-2021 (PDF), 101-2021 (PDF), 102-2021 (PDF), 138-2021 (PDF), 162-2021 (PDF), 015-2022 (PDF), 048-2022 (PDF), 062-2022 (PDF), 063-2022 (PDF), 064-2022 (PDF), 065-2022 (PDF), 066-2022 (PDF), 105-2022 (PDF), 142-2022 (PDF), 143-2022 (PDF), 150-2022 (PDF), 237-2022 (PDF), 238-2022 (PDF)

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    • Administrative Monetary Penalties
      • 063-2019 (Consolidated)
    • COVID-19 Emergency
      • 037-2020​ (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Fill dumping
      • 189-96 (PDF), 44-2004 (PDF), 265-2006 (PDF), 7-2017 (PDF), 164-2019 (PDF)
    • Firearms
      • 123-2016 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Fortification of land
      • 328-2003 (PDF)
    • Lobbyist Registry
      • 165-2017 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Procedure
      • 7-2011 (Consolidated) (PDF)
    • Ward boundaries
      • 89-2009 (PDF)
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            Office of the City Clerk

            Phone: 905-832-2281 ext. 8905

            Email: clerks@vaughan.ca

            Location:
            Vaughan City Hall, Level 100
            2141 Major Mackenzie Dr.
            Vaughan, ON  L6A 1T1


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            Permit Services

            City Page Online

            Property by-laws

            Office of the City Clerk

            Zoning and Planning

    ​City staff also enforce some regulations of the Regional Municipality of York, such as the Parking and Stopping on Regional Roads By-laws. 
    To view by-laws on Regional matters, please visit the Region’s website here.
     

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    008-2023 A By-law to confirm the proceedings of Council at its meeting on January 24, 2023.
    007-2023 A By-law to amend City of Vaughan By-law 1-88.
    006-2023 A By-law to amend City of Vaughan By-law 1-88, as amended by By-law 159-2022.
    005-2023 A By-law to amend City of Vaughan By-law 1-88, as amended by By-law 033-2019.
    004-2023 A By-law to exempt parts of Plan 65M-4719 from the provisions of Part Lot Control.
    003-2023 A By-law to authorize the temporary borrowing of amounts that shall not exceed $227,700,000 from January 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023 and $113,500,000 from October 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.
    002-2023 A By-law to provide for the issuance of the 2023 interim property tax billing.
    001-2023 A By-law to designate by Number an amendment to City of Vaughan By-law 1-88, as amended, as effected by the Ontario Land Tribunal
    264-2022 A By-law to confirm the proceedings of Council at its meeting on December 13, 2022.
    263-2022 A By-law to Stop Up and Close the portion of Barons Street located at east of Barons Street and the north of East Corner Boulevard.
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