MarkhamSite Alteration & EngineeringSite Alteration

By-law 2011-232 Site Alteration By-law

Published by City of Markham

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Overview

The City of Markham's Site Alteration By-law, By-law 2011-232, passed December 13, 2011 and consolidated to March 2021 with amendments by By-laws 2012-43 and 2021-13, in the copy linked from the Site Alteration page under the City's By-Laws. It regulates removal of topsoil, placing or dumping of fill and alteration of grade, with permit exemptions for lands under one acre and small landscaping fill, and covers permits, orders, offences and fines. Schedule A is the permit application; Schedule B maps the Oak Ridges Moraine and Greenbelt.

What it covers

Purpose and Intent
Definitions
Prohibitions
Exemptions and Exceptions
Requirements for Issuance of a Permit
Expiry, Renewal, Transfer, Revocation and Refusal of Permits
Administration and Enforcement
Order to Discontinue Activity
Work Order
Service of Orders
Work Done by the City
Offences, Penalties and Fines
Severability
Application of Other Laws and Aprovals
Schedules
Short Name
Effect
Application for Site Alteration Permit
Map of Oak Ridges Moraine and Green Belt Boundaries

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