This is the City of Markham’s document, as published on its website on 18 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 Markham
- Date
- November 1, 2023
- Also called
- 2023-150
- For
- any
- Signed by
- City Clerk · Mayor
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 43
- Covers note
- The file is a scan with no text layer; these headings were read by eye from the rendered pages (pages 1-2, 9-10, 12-13, 15-16, 18, 20-26, 33-41 and 43). Sections 5 to 8 and 12 fall on pages not read and are not listed.
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001 · Provincial Offences Act · Ontario Building Code · Building Code Act · CAN/CSA-B481
Overview
Markham's By-law 2023-150, the Sewer Use By-law, regulating the installation and connection of private sewers to sewage works and the discharge of sewage, storm water and land drainage, passed November 1, 2023 and repealing By-law 2014-71. This 43-page signed scan covers sanitary and storm discharges, dewatering approvals, pollution prevention plans, spills, dental amalgam separators, grease, oil, grit and sediment interceptors, maintenance access holes, private sewage systems, sewer connections and blockages, pool and hot tub water discharge, orders and penalties.
What it covers
- Definitions and Interpretation
- Administration
- Sanitary Sewer Requirements
- Prohibition of Discharge into Sanitary Sewers
- Storm Sewer Requirements
- Prohibition of Discharge into Storm Sewers
- Request and Approval of Special Discharge into Storm Sewers
- Pollution Prevention Plan
- Sampling and Analytical Requirements
- Spills
- Dental Waste Amalgam Separators
- Grease Interceptors for Food Sector Establishment
- Oil Interceptors for Vehicle and Equipment Service Operation
- Grit Interceptors for Vehicle Wash Operation
- Sediment Interceptors for Storm Sewer
- Maintenance Access Holes
- Private Sewage Disposal Systems
- Municipal Sewer Connections
- Blockages in Private Sewers
- Private Residential Swimming Pools or Hot tubs/Spas or Wading pools
- General Prohibition and Liability for Damages
- Fees
- Order to Comply
- Power of Entry, Inspection and Enforcement
- Offences
- Penalties
- Administrative Penalties
- Limitation
- Severability and Interpretation
- Schedules
- Repeal
- Short Title
- Force and Effect
- Limits for Sanitary Sewer Discharge
- Limits for Storm Sewer Discharge
DocHub collects what a municipality published; it cannot tell you what is in force today. A newer version may exist, may be titled differently, or may not be posted publicly at all.
Pick a document. It opens here as the real file — you can select its text, search inside it, follow its own links, and every page is present.