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
- December 16, 2025
- Also called
- By-law 23-235 Office Consolidation
- Form reference
- Municipal Act, 2001, sections 78 to 81
- For
- any
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 37
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001, sections 78 to 81 · O. Reg. 170/03 · Building Code Act and O. Reg. 332/12
Overview
The office consolidation of City of Hamilton By-law No. 23-235, to regulate the management, distribution and maintenance of the water works systems, which its own Part 1 says may also be referred to as the Water Works By-law. Its parts cover service connections and service line installation, abandonment and upgrading, water meter location, size, by-pass and accuracy testing, public and private fire protection, protection of the distribution system, wasting of water and lawn-watering restrictions, permits, enforcement and fees. This consolidation, updated December 16, 2025, incorporates By-law No. 25-206.
What it covers
- Definitions
- Interpretation and Application
- General Prohibitions
- Connection to the Water Distribution System
- Water Meters
- Fire Protection Systems
- Permits
- Administration and Enforcement
- Penalties
- Fees and Charges
- Repeal, Transition and Enactment
- Wasting of Water
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