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The by-laws include those enacted, amended and repealed by City Council, as well as those enacted, amended and repealed by the Ontario Municipal Board, Ontario Land Tribunal or Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. The City of Hamilton provides online access to reference copies of current by-laws dating from 2004 to the present.
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By-laws are the official rules that define how the City is governed
Documents
Impact
City Wide
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Planning
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its meeting held on February 14, 2024.
- Public Health Committee Report 24-002 – February 5, 2024
- Public Works Committee Report 24-002 February 5, 2024
- Planning Committee Report 24-002 – February 6, 2024
- General Issues Committee Report 24-003 – February 7, 2024
- Audit, Finance and Administration Committee Report 24-002 – February 8, 2024
- Emergency and Community Services Committee Report 24-002 – February 8, 2024
- Staff Report PED23151(a) – 41 South Street West, Dundas Disposition Strategy – Update
Impact
City Wide
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Council Confirming
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its special meeting held on February 15, 2024.
- General Issues Committee (Budget) Report 24-001 – January 16, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 30 and February 15, 2024
Impact
City Wide
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Council Confirming
- Schedule 5 (Stop Control)
Impact
Ward 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Traffic
- Schedule 8 (No Parking Zones)
- Schedule 12 (Permit Parking Zones)
- Schedule 13 (No Stopping Zones)
- Schedule 14 (Wheelchair Loading Zones)
Impact
Ward 3, 4, 5 ,6 ,9 ,10 ,11
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Parking
ZAC-23-050
Impact
Ward 8
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Zoning 05-200 City of Hamilton
Impact
City Wide
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Administration
Public Safety
Impact
Ward 14
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Zoning - Former City of Hamilton (6593)
ZAH-23-042
Impact
Ward 15
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
Chief Planner, Planning & Economic Development
Categories
Zoning - Former Town of Flamborough (90-145-Z)
OLT Case No. OLT-22-004063
OLT Case No. OLT-22-004064
OLT Case No. OLT-22-004855
Impact
City Wide
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
Ontario Land Tribunal Decision
Categories
Zoning
Zoning - Former City of Hamilton (6593)
Zoning 05-200 City of Hamilton
Impact
Ward 2
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Land Designation
Impact
Ward 2
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Heritage
Being a By-law to Permanently Close a Portion of a Portion of Public Unassumed Alley Abutting 4 Mountain Avenue, Hamilton, established by Registered Plan 272, in the City of Hamilton, designated as Part 1 on Reference Plan 62R-20776, being Part of PIN 17077-0095 (LT), City of Hamilton
Impact
Ward 1
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Streets
Impact
Ward 2
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Heritage
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its meeting held on January 24, 2024.
- Sole Voting Member of the Hamilton Tourism Development Corporation Report 23-001 – December 14, 2023
- Selection Committee for Agencies, Boards and Sub-Committees Report 24-001 – January 11, 2024
- Public Health Committee Report 24-001 – January 15, 2024
- Public Works Committee Report 24-001 – January 15, 2024
- Planning Committee Report 24-001 – January 16, 2024
- General Issues Committee Report 24-001 – January 17, 2024
- Audit, Finance and Administration Committee Report 24-001 – January 18, 2024
- Emergency and Community Services Committee Report 24-001 – January 18, 2024
Impact
City Wide
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Council Confirming
- Schedule 6 (Time Limit Parking)
- Schedule 8 (No Parking Zones)
- Schedule 10 (Alternate Side Parking)
- Schedule 12 (Permit Parking Zones)
- Schedule 13 (No Stopping Zones)
Impact
Ward: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Parking
To Amend City of Hamilton By-law No. 22-221, Being a By-law for Delegation of Consent Authority and Constituting a Committee of Adjustment
Impact
City Wide
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Appointments & Delegations
Planning
That Sheet No. E14 of the District Maps appended to and forming part of the Zoning By-law No. 6593 (Hamilton), is amended by adding the “E/S-1834-H”(Multiple Dwellings, Lodges, Clubs, etc.) District, Modified, Holding, on the lands, the extent and boundaries of which are shown on a plan hereto annexed as Schedule “A”.
ZAC-23-053
Impact
Ward 3
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Zoning
Zoning - Former City of Hamilton (6593)
That Map 996 of Schedule “A” – Zoning Maps is amended by removing the Community Institutional (I2) Zone for the lands identified as 83 and 85 Emerald Street South, Hamilton attached as Schedule “A” to this By-law.
ZAC-23-053
Impact
Ward 3
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Zoning
Zoning 05-200 City of Hamilton
Not Final and Binding
Impact
Ward 11
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Planning