By-law library

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This library contains PDF copies of most by-laws enacted by the City of Vaughan since 2011. Please note that by-laws may be amended or repealed from time to time. For help locating by-laws and status of by-laws, please contact Clerks@vaughan.ca

Animal Control 066-2020 (Consolidated)

 

Anti-graffiti 46-2009 (Consolidated)

Backflow Prevention 177-2020 (Consolidated)

Building numbering 44-86

Cash-in-lieu 168-2022

Conveyance of land 168-2022

Debris 103-2020 (Consolidated)

Development charges 109-2022

Fences – apportionment of costs 175-93

Fences – height and description 189-2020 (Consolidated)

Property standards 231-2011 (Consolidated), 005-2025

Sewer use 025-2024 (Consolidated)

Smoking 074-2019 (Consolidated)

Zoning 001-2021 (Consolidated), 194-2023, 206-2023, 213-2023, 217-2023, 005-2024, 009-2024, 011-2024, 018-2024, 036-2024, 038-2024, 149-2024, 155-2024, 156-2024, 157-2024, 166-2024, 173-2024, 174-2024, 175-2024, 176-2024, 179-2024, 183-2024, 189-2024, 190-2024, 194-2024, 195-2024, 197-2024, 198-2024, 199-2024, 200-2024, 201-2024, 202-2024, 203-2024, 209-2024, 212-2024, 220-2024, 221-2024, 222-2024, 233-2024, 241-2024, 243-2024, 246-2024, 248-2024, 003-2025, 007-2025, 008-2025, 009-2025, 

Business Licensing 122-2022 (Consolidated)

Photography permits 169-2020 (Consolidated)

Signage 140-2018 (Consolidated)

Site plan control - city wide 123-2013, 077-2022, 064-2024

Filming event 168-2020 (Consolidated)

Fireworks and pyrotechnics 089-2022 (Consolidated)

Nuisance 124-2024 (Consolidated)

Smoking 074-2019 (Consolidated)

Special Events 045-2018 (Consolidated)

 

Fees and Charges 251-2024

Municipal Accommodation Tax, Short-Term Rental 183-2019 (Consolidated)

Fences - apportionment of costs 175-93

Fences - height and description 189-2020 (Consolidated)

Long grass and weeds 125-2022 (Consolidated)

Standing water 143-2003

Storage shed and accessory structures 152-2002 *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)

Tree planting, trimming or removal 052-2018 (Consolidated)

Water usage 024-2024 (Consolidated)

Anti-graffiti 46-2009 (Consolidated)

Debris 103-2020 (Consolidated)

Fences - apportionment of costs 175-93

Fire burn permit 157-2023 (Consolidated)

Fireworks and pyrotechnics 089-2022 (Consolidated)

Littering and dumping 103-2020 (Consolidated)

Ward boundaries 89-2009

Waste collection 121-2024 (Consolidated)

Fireworks and pyrotechnics 089-2022 (Consolidated)

Noise control 121-2021 (Consolidated), 225-2024

Nuisance 124-2024 (Consolidated)

Protecting Vulnerable Social Infrastructure 143-2024 (Consolidated)

Conveyance of land 139-90

Nuisance 124-2024 (Consolidated)

Parks 134-95 (Consolidated), 159-2023

Protecting Vulnerable Social Infrastructure 143-2024 (Consolidated)

Smoking 074-2019 (Consolidated)

Debris 103-2020 (Consolidated)

Fireworks and pyrotechnics 089-2022 (Consolidated)

Property standards 231-2011 (Consolidated), 005-2025

Sewer use 025-2024 (Consolidated)

Short-term rental 158-2019 (Consolidated)

Municipal Accommodation Tax, Short-Term Rental 183-2019 (Consolidated)

Road Allowance 126-2024 (Consolidated)

Standing water 143-2003

Storage shed and accessory structures 152-2002 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 121-2024 (Consolidated)

 

 

Idling of Vehicles 170-2004 (Consolidated)

Parking 064-2019 (Consolidated)

Road Allowance 126-2024 Consolidated)

Traffic 284-94, 271-2001, 047-2019, 048-2019, 084-2019, 112-2019, 116-2019, 120-2019,169-2019, 181-2019, 046-2020, 047-2020​, 078-2020, 100-2021, 101-2021, 102-2021, 138-2021, 162-2021, 015-2022, 048-2022, 062-2022, 063-2022, 064-2022, 065-2022, 066-2022, 105-2022, 142-2022 143-2022, 150-2022, 237-2022, 238-2022, 033-2023, 051-2023 052-2023, 160-2023, 192-2023, 209-2023, 210-2023, 052-2024, 053-2024, 084-2024 151-2024, 191-2024, 192-2024, 226-2024, 231-2024

 

Administrative Penalties 240-2024,  004-2025

Firearms 123-2016 (Consolidated)

Delegation 144-2018 (Consolidated)

Fortification of land 085-2024 (Consolidated)

Lobbyist Registry 165-2017 (Consolidated)

Notice 394-2002 (Consolidated)

Procedure 7-2011 (Consolidated)

Site Alteration 031-2024 (Consolidated)

Ward boundaries 89-2009 

York Region

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.

Contact Information

Office of the City Clerk

Vaughan City Hall
2141 Major Mackenzie Dr.
Vaughan, ON L6A 1T1
Canada

Email
clerks@vaughan.ca
Phone
(905) 832-2281
(905) 832-8504
Fax Number
905-832-8535

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135-2017
A By-law to establish and maintain a system for the collection of Collectible Waste in the City of Vaughan, and to repeal and replace by-law 217-2010.
134-2017
A By-law to exempt parts of Plan 65M-4555 from the provisions of Part Lot Control. (PLC.17.010, Eagleview Heights Development Limited, located west of Highway 400 and south of Major Mackenzie Drive being Block 1 on 65M-4555 in Part of Lot 20, Concession 5)
133-2017
A By-law to exempt parts of Plan 65M-4488 from the provisions of Part Lot Control. (PLC.17.015, PLC.15.013, Glen Huntington Business Park Limited, located east of Regional Road 50, west of Highway 427, on the north side of Gibraltar Road, being Part of Block 1, Plan 65M-4488, more particularly described as Parts 6, 7 & 8 on 65R-36725; subject to easement in Part of Lot 2, Concession 9)
132-2017
A By-law to amend City of Vaughan By-law 1-88, as amended by By-law 147-2014. (Z.17.032, Z.13.042, 19T-13V009, Monarch Castlepoint Kipling North Development Limited, located west of Kipling Avenue and south of Kirby Road, being Part of Lots 28 and 29, Concession 8) (Lifting “H” Symbol).
131-2017
A By-law to amend City of Vaughan By-law 1-88. (Z.15.032, OP.16.003, 19T-15V011, Countrywide Homes Woodend Place Inc., located on the south side of Major Mackenzie Drive, east of Pine Valley Drive, being in Part of Lot 20, Concession 6)
130-2017
A By-law to adopt Amendment Number 19 to the Vaughan Official Plan 2010 for the Vaughan Planning Area. (OPA 19, OP.16.003, Z.15.032, 19T-15V011, Countrywide Homes Woodend Place Inc., located on the south side of Major Mackenzie Drive, east of Pine Valley Drive, and are municipally known as 11, 31 and 51 Woodend Place, being Part of Lot 20, Concession 6)
129-2017
A By-law to amend City of Vaughan By-law 1-88, as amended by By-law 112-95. (Z.16.008, DA.17.045, 2472406 Ontario Limited, located on the west side of Kipling Avenue, south of Woodbridge Avenue, in Lot 7, Concession 8, 7944 Kipling Avenue)
128-2017
A By-law to exempt parts of Plan 65M-4486 from the provisions of Part Lot Control. (PLC.17.012, 19T-12V009, DA.15.046, Nine-Ten West Developments Ltd., located west of Crimson Forest Drive, north of Rutherford Road being Blocks 4, 5, 10 to 14 inclusive, 17 to 22 inclusive, 28 to 30 inclusive, 33 to 36 inclusive, on Plan 65M-4486, in Part of Lots 16 and 17, Concession 2)
127-2017
A By-law to assume Municipal Services in Belmont Residential Subdivision, 19T-06V07, Registered Plan 65M-4145. (Belmont Properties (Weston) Inc. dated October 18, 2011)
126-2017
A By law to confirm the proceedings of Council at its meeting on October 24, 2017.
125-2017
A By law to confirm the proceedings of Council at its meeting on September 26, 2017.
124-2017
A By law to authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute an Agreement of Purchase and Sale between Western Point Builder Inc. and the City of Vaughan.
123-2017
A By-law to of the Corporation of the City of Vaughan to amend By-laws 315-2005 and 171-2013, as amended, to introduce ride-sharing licensing and related regulations, to amend provisions relating to the licensing and regulation of taxicab and limousines services, and to introduce related licensing and administrative fees.
122-2017
A By-law to amend City of Vaughan By-law 1-88. (Z.15.040, 19T-15V006, Nashvile Developments (North) Inc., located east of Huntington Road, south of Nashville Road, being in Part of Lot 24, Concession 9, City of Vaughan)
121-2017
A By-law to exempt parts of Plan 65M-4487 from the provisions of Part Lot Control. (PLC.17.011, 19T-14V009, Medallion Developments (Valleybrook) Ltd., located on the east side of Hatton Garden Road, north of Major Mackenzie Drive, being Lots 6 to 11 inclusive, on Registered Plan 65M-4487, in Part of Lot 21, Concession 6)
117-2017
A By-law to exempt parts of Plan 65M-4477 from the provisions of Part Lot Control. (PLC.17.005, 19CDM-17V003, Eagle Rock ridge (ARCH) Homes Ltd., located south of McNaughton Road, west of Troon Avenue, being Blocks 19 and 20, in Part of Lot 22, Concession 3)
116-2017
A By-law to adopt Amendment Number 18 to the Vaughan Official Plan 2010 for the Vaughan Planning Area. (OP.14.007, Z.14.028, Rocco Tatangelo, Joseph Falletta, Ravinder Singh Minhas, located on the west side of Pine Valley Drive, south of Langstaff Road being Lots 1, 2, and 3, on Registered Plan of Subdivision 65M -1776 and more specifically being the rear portion of lots that are municipally known as 61, 71 and 83 Hayhoe Avenue)
115-2017
A By-law to dedicate certain lands as part of the public highway. (Kleinburg Summit Way, Lacrosse Trail & Laneway V45, Monarch Castlepoint Kipling North Development Limited, 19T-13V009, 65M-4557)
114-2017
A By-law to dedicate certain lands as part of the public highway. (Kleinburg Summit Way, Lacrosse Trail & Laneway V45, Monarch Castlepoint Kipling South Development Limited, 19T-13V008, Block 55, 65M-4558)
113-2017
A By-law to dedicate certain lands as part of the public highway, and to rescind By-law 075-2017. (Allegranza Avenue, Farooq Boulevard, Sandwell Street, and Lawford Road, Maplequest (Vaughan) Developments Inc., 19T-12V002, 65R-36578, 65R-35085, 65R-33621)