HamiltonSite Alteration & EngineeringSite Alteration
Site Alteration 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
- May 4, 2023
- Also called
- By-law 19-286
- Form reference
- Municipal Act, 2001, section 142
- For
- owner
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 25
- Valid for
- 2 years from the date of issuance
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001, section 142 · Ontario Regulation 153/04 · By-law No. 03-126 · By-law No. 23-068
Overview
The City of Hamilton's Site Alteration By-law, By-law No. 19-286, in an office consolidation updated to May 4, 2023 that incorporates amending By-law 23-068. Passed under section 142 of the Municipal Act, 2001, it repeals and replaces By-law 03-126 on altering property grades, placing or dumping fill and removing topsoil. It sets out exceptions such as lawn maintenance, pool installation and pond dredging, separate minor agricultural and general application contents, security, haul routes, soil quality standards, orders and an administrative penalty table, with application fees in Schedule “A”.
What it covers
- Short Title
- Purposes
- Definitions
- Application
- Statutory Exemptions - Interpretations
- Exceptions from Permit Requirement
- Rural Area Exceptions from Permit Requirement
- Prohibitions and Permit Requirements
- Site Alteration Permit Applications
- Minor Agricultural Application Requirements
- General Application Requirements
- Transportation of Excess Soil
- Site Alteration as Normal Farm Practice
- Fee, Security and Agreement
- Site Alteration Undertakings
- Soil Quality Standards
- Permit Renewal
- Administration and Enforcement
- Offences and Penalties
- Administrative Provisions
- Administrative Penalty Table
- Schedule “A” – Site Alteration Permit Application Fees
- Schedule “B” – Financial Security
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