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Keep Markham Beautiful (Maintenance) By-law
Published by City of Markham
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
- April 2, 2024
- Also called
- Keep Markham Beautiful (Maintenance) By-law 2017-27
- For
- owner
- Signed by
- City Clerk · Mayor
- Building types
- All building types
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001 · Ontario Heritage Act · Invasive Species Act, 2015 · Highway Traffic Act
Overview
Markham's Keep Markham Beautiful (Maintenance) By-law 2017-27, which regulates and prescribes standards for the maintenance of private property and municipal boulevards, passed April 25, 2017 and consolidated to April 2, 2024 with amending By-laws 2021-50 and 2024-50; it is linked from the City's sewers by-law page. It covers ground cover height, graffiti, grading against ponding, snow and ice, abutting boulevards, dumping, standing water and catch basins, vacant and listed heritage properties, street number signs and reflective plates, outdoor light shielding, work orders, fees and penalties. Schedule A maps designated highways.
What it covers
- Short Title
- Definitions
- Enforcement
- General Provisions
- Abutting Boulevard
- Dumping
- Standing Water
- Vacant Heritage Property
- Abandoned Building/Vacant Listed Heritage Property
- Street Number Sign
- Shielding - required - all outdoor light fixtures
- Work Order – Premises Not Maintained
- Work Order – Delivery- When Deemed Served
- Failure to Comply – Work Done By Corporation
- Service Fees
- Recovery of Costs
- Offences
- Penalties
- Administrative Penalties
- Collection of Unpaid Fines
- Severability
- Interpretation
- Repeal of By-Law
- Force and Effect
- Designated Highways
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