- Alias
- By-law 19-286
- Form ref
- Municipal Act, 2001, section 142
- Valid for
- 2 years from the date of issuance
- Applies to
- owner
The City of Hamilton's by-law prohibiting and regulating the alteration of property grades, the placing or dumping of fill and the removal of topsoil, cited in its own text as the site alteration by-law and passed under section 142 of the Municipal Act, 2001. This office consolidation incorporates By-law 23-068 and replaces the former By-law 03-126. It covers exceptions for lawn maintenance, pool installation and pond dredging, minor agricultural and general application contents, agreements, security, haul routes, soil quality standards, orders and fines. Schedule A carries the application fees.
What it covers
- Short Title
- Purposes
- Definitions
- Application
- Statutory Exemptions - Interpretations
- Prohibitions and Permit Requirements
- Site Alteration Permit Applications
- Fee, Security and Agreement
- Site Alteration Undertakings
- Administration and Enforcement
- Offences and Penalties
- Administrative Provisions
- Schedule “A” – Site Alteration Permit Application Fees
- Schedule “B” – Financial Security
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- Publisher
- City of Hamilton
- Category
- By-laws · site alteration
- Published under
- Site Alteration Permit — the municipality's own heading
- Work types
- site alteration
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001, section 142 · Ontario Regulation 153/04 · By-law No. 03-126
- Required for
- Excavating, depositing or stockpiling fill or topsoil, removing topsoil, and altering the grade of land
- Document date
- May 4, 2023
- Building types
- any
- Tags
site-alterationby-lawfillgradingconsolidation