Whitchurch-StouffvilleSite Alteration & EngineeringSite Alteration
A By-law to prohibit and regulate any alteration to the Grade of Property through the movement, removal or Placing of Topsoil, or Fill
Published by Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
This is the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville’s document, as published on its website on 16 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- By-law
- Published by
- Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
- Also called
- Site Alteration By-law 2024-037-RE
- Form reference
- Section 142 of the Municipal Act, 2001
- For
- owner
- Signed by
- Iain Lovatt, Mayor · Becky Jamieson, Clerk
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 15
- Agencies
- Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) · Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)
- Covers note
- Only page 1 carries a text layer; pages 2 to 15 are scanned images and were read by eye. Their printed sections are 2.0 General Prohibitions, 3.0 Exceptions, 4.0 Requirements for Issuance of a Permit, 5.0 Expiry, Renewal, Revocation, Amendments, Closure and Transfer of Permits and Agreements, 6.0 Enforcement and Inspectors, 7.0 Orders, 8.0 Work Done by the Town, 9.0 Presumption, 10.0 Penalty and Offence, 11.0 Appeal, 12.0 Severability, 13.0 Effective Dates & Repeal of Predecessor By-laws and 14.0 Transition Provision; they are not in `covers` because the check reads the text layer.
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001 · By-law 2019-068-RE
Overview
By-law 2024-037-RE of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, passed April 24, 2024 under section 142 of the Municipal Act, 2001 as a by-law 'to prohibit and regulate any alteration to the Grade of Property through the movement, removal or Placing of Topsoil, or Fill', replacing By-law 2019-068-RE. Fifteen pages hold definitions, general prohibitions, exceptions with one-time fill allowances of 10 to 450 cubic metres by lot size, permit issuance including public information centres for large site alterations of 4,000 cubic metres or more, expiry and revocation, enforcement, orders, penalties and appeals.
What it covers
- 1.0 DEFINITIONS
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