The following is a list of most frequently requested bylaws as they relate to licensing bylaws and regulation bylaws of property standards; parking control; animal control; fees; permits, bylaw enforcement, etc.

What's New:

• Attention Pet Owners
• Attention Driveway Paving Contractors: Licensing Required
• Bylaw Guide for Homeowners
• Tree Preservation Bylaw

Markham Bylaw Enforcement Officers (Provincial Offences Officers) provide proactive enforcement services for all the City's regulatory and licensing bylaws; except the Building Code. This division is also responsible for Enforcement of Parking Control.

As well as the formal complaints, staff also resolve a large number of issues over the phone, or at the counter, by providing details related to regulations and licensing.

Note: The fees for individual businesses, owners, operators, and attendants are listed in our Fee By-law 2002-284 (  109k/9p) for reference.

Frequently Requested Bylaws:

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NAME	NUMBER
Animal Control - To License and Regulate the Keeping of Cats, Dogs, etc.	2005-254
Building Permit Fees - Respecting Construction, Demolition, Use Permits and Inspections	2011-62
Building Standards	Click here
Chief Administrative Officer - To Appoint	4-2000
Conditional Permit Agreements - To Delegate Authority to Staff to Execute	128-93
Curb Cuts - To regulate and Establish the Location Permitted upon Boulevards of City Streets	158-93
Decks - Specifications of Residential (for urban expansion areas, see Regulations of Decks By-law 177-96)	142-95
Delegation of Development Approval Authority - To Provide for the Delegation of Development Approval Authority	2002-202
Development Charges	Click here
Emergency Management Plan	2004-325
Emergency Service - To Set Fees for Services Offered by	2002-181
Extended Driveway/Front Yard Parking	2006-96
Fees - To Impose Fees or Charges on Services Provided by the City of Markham	2002-276
Fence - Cost and Height	277-97
Firearms & Bows - To regulate & prohibit the discharge of	2012-233
Fire Service - To Set Fees for Services (Emergency & Non-Emergency) Offered by	111-98
Fires - To Prescribe Times for Setting of	85-97
Garbage - To Establish a Method for Collection and Disposal	32-95
Garbage - To Regulate the Dumping or Disposal of Refuse, Domestic or Industrial Waste	126-72
Guns - To Prohibit the Discharge of Guns, Firearms, Air Guns and Spring Guns	323-86
Home Occupations - To Regulate the Size and Nature of	53-94
Holistic Practitioners - To Require the Registration of	2004-309
Idling Control - Prohibiting Unnecessary Idling within the City of Markham	2005-192
Keep Markham Beautiful (Maintenance) - To regulate and prescribe standards for the maintenance of private property and municipal boulevards within the City of Markham.	2012-119
Licensing, Permit and Service Fees - To Establish	2012-137
Mobile Business Licensing - To Provide for the Licensing and Regulation of Owners, Operators, Drivers and Brokers of Mobile Businesses.	2012-92
Municipal Services - Prohibit the use of land or the erection or use of buildings or structures unless municipal services are available	2005-104
Noise - To Regulate	2003-137
Occupancy - To Provide for the Registration of Two-Unit Residential Occupancies	308-97
Parking Control - To Govern and Control the Parking of Vehicles in the City of Markham	2005-188
Parkland Dedication - Conveyance of Land for Park Purposes	195-90
Parks - General Management and Regulation of	167-92
Patio - To Regulate Outdoor Patios Associated With Restaurants	71-96
Pesticides - To Regulate the Non-Essential Use of Pesticides on Public and Private Property	2007-146
Pesticide Applicators - To License, Regulate and Govern within the City of Markham	2008-17
Pesticide-Free Yard Applicators - To License, Regulate and Govern on Public and Private Property within the City of Markham	2008-18
Planning Applications - Fees for Processing	211-83
Procedural - To Govern the Proceedings of Council and Committees of Council	2001-1
Property Standards - To Establish Standards for Maintenance and Occupancy of Property	248-1999
Purchasing - To Establish Regulations and Policies	2004-341
Retention of Records - To Establish Schedules of Retention Periods for all Records Kept by the City of Markham	2001-101
Satellite Dish - Provisions for Placement of	276-88
Sewers - Public/Private - To Regulate Use of	436-86
Shopping Cart - To Prevent and Control the Abandonment on Public Lands	2008-37
Signs - To Prohibit and Regulate Signs and Other Advertising Devices, and Posting of Notices	2002-94
Site Alteration - To Regulate or Prohibit removal of topsoil, placing or dumping of fill, and alteration of the grade of land	2011-232
Site Plan Control - To Designate the City of Markham as an Area of	262-94
Smoke Alarms - Installation of	107-94
Smoking - York Region By-law	Click here
Speed - To Authorize Speed Limits	105-71
Standing Water - To Regulate	2003-122
Stationary Business Licensing - To Provide for the Licensing and Regulation Stationary Businesses	2012-158
Streets - To Prohibit the Fouling of Highways and Regulate Vehicles Servicing Building Sites	191-89
Swimming Pools (incl. Fencing) - To Regulate Erection of Swimming Pool Enclosures	59-75
Tax Reduction - Heritage Properties - A by-law to provide tax reductions in regards to heritage properties.	2003-341
City-Owned Property - To Regulate the Conduct of Persons Using the Grounds at	279-96
Trees - To Regulate Planting, Trimming and Removal of	68-92
Tree Preservation - To regulate or prohibit the injury or destruction of trees within the City of Markham	2008-96
Water - To Regulate Use of	105-95
Waterworks – To Establish Rules and Regulations Covering the Maintenance, Construction and Operation	1602