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Renovation Licence and Relocation By-law
Published by City of Hamilton
This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- By-law
- Published by
- City of Hamilton
- Date
- April 20, 2026
- Also called
- By-law No. 24-055 - Office Consolidation
- For
- owner
- Signed by
- mayor · acting city clerk
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 17
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001 · Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, section 50(1)(c)
Overview
City of Hamilton By-law No. 24-055, the Renovation Licence and Relocation By-law, consolidated to April 20, 2026 with amending By-laws 24-112 and 26-067. Passed in April 2024, it sets up a licence for repairs and renovations to rental housing units where a landlord serves a notice under section 50(1)(c) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006. Its parts cover prohibitions, the licence application, which lists the building permit and a Qualified Person's report, temporary alternate accommodation or rent-difference compensation and moving costs, the Director's powers, and enforcement.
What it covers
- Part I – General and Interpretation
- Part II- Licence Required for Repairs and Renovations to Rental Housing Units That Require Vacant Possession
- Part III – Prohibitions
- Part IV - Application for and Renewal of Licence
- Part V – Temporary Alternate Accommodation
- Part VI- Powers of the Director and Issuance of Licence
- Part VII – Administration and Enforcement
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