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Property Standards By-law

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
Date
November 3, 2020
Form reference
Building Code Act, 1992
For
owner
Signed by
Justin Altmann, Mayor · Gillian Angus-Traill, Clerk
Building types
All building types
Pages
24
Agencies
Appeals Committee
Instruments
Building Code Act, 1992 · Ontario Heritage Act · Municipal Act, 2001 · Provincial Offences Act

Overview

The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville's Property Standards By-law, By-law 2018-049-RE, passed April 3, 2018 and amended November 3, 2020, with its rules and procedures as Attachment 1. Thirty-six sections set standards for the maintenance and occupancy of property, from structural soundness, roofs, plumbing, heating and electrical services to vacant buildings, orders, appeals and penalties. Section 24 adds heritage property standards: repair before replacement of heritage attributes, vacant heritage buildings, and limits on clearing a heritage site. The Town's Designated Heritage Properties and Heritage Conservation Districts pages both link it.

What it covers

  • 1. DEFINITIONS
  • 2. SCOPE AND INTERPRETATION
  • 3. STANDARDS FOR ALL PROPERTIES
  • 4. STRUCTURAL SOUNDNESS
  • 5. EXTERIOR WALLS, COLUMNS AND BEAMS
  • 6. EXTERIOR STAIRS, VERANDAHS, PORCHES, ETC.
  • 7. EXTERIOR DOORS AND WINDOWS
  • 8. CHIMNEYS
  • 9. ROOFS
  • 10. ANTENNAE
  • 11. SIGNS
  • 12. ELEVATORS, HOISTS, LIFTS, MOVING STAIRS, RAMPS & WALKWAYS
  • 13. GARBAGE DISPOSAL
  • 14. FOUNDATIONS
  • 15. INTERIOR SURFACES, FLOORS, STAIRS
  • 16. WATER, PLUMBING SYSTEM, DRAINS
  • 17. HEATING SYSTEMS
  • 18. ELECTRICAL SERVICES
  • 19. LIGHTING AND VENTILATION
  • 20. FIRE AND ACCIDENT PROTECTION
  • 21. HEALTH AND OCCUPANCY
  • 22. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
  • 23. VACANT BUILDINGS
  • 24. HERITAGE PROPERTY
  • 24.1 Minimum Maintenance Standards
  • 24.2 Repair and Replacement of Heritage Attributes
  • 24.3 Clearing and Leveling of Heritage Properties
  • 24.4 Vacant Heritage Properties
  • 25. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
  • 26. RIGHT TO ENTER AND INSPECT
  • 27. ORDER TO REMEDY VIOLATION
  • 28. APPEAL OF ORDER
  • 29. APPEALS COMMITTEE
  • 30. REGISTRATION OF ORDER
  • 31. PROHIBITIONS
  • 32. RESPONSIBILITIES & COMPLIANCE ORDERS
  • 33. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
  • 34. PENALTY
  • 35. SEVERABILITY
  • 36. ORDERS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER ACTIONS CONTINUED
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