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The by-laws include those enacted, amended and repealed by City Council, as well as those enacted, amended and repealed by the Ontario Municipal Board, Ontario Land Tribunal or Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.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
Respecting Lands Located at 386 Wilcox Street.
Respecting Lands Located at the North West Corner of Upper Centennial Parkway and Rymal Road East, Stoney Creek.
Respecting Lands Located at 2257 - 2273 Rymal Road East.
Respecting Lands Located in Registered Plans 62M-950 and 62M-987, "Fifty Road Joint Venture Phases 1 and 2".
As Represented by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, for Ontario's Millennium Partnerships Initiative.
Respecting Lands Located at 902 Main Street East.
As amended, Respecting Lands Located at 43 Bayview Avenue.
Schedule 2 - Speed Limits
Schedule 5 - Stop Signs
Schedule 4 - Yield Signs
Schedule 13 - Designated Traffic Lanes
Schedule 10 - No Left Turns
Schedule 8 - No Parking Zones
Schedule 13 - No Stopping Zones
Schedule 5 - Parking Meters
Schedule 6 - Time Limit Parking
Schedule 8 - No Parking Zones
Schedule 9 - Alternate Site Parking
Schedule 12 - Permit Parking Zones
Schedule 13 - No Stopping Zones
Respecting Lands Located at 346 Park Street West.
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its special meeting held on April 11, 2005.
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its special meeting held on March 31, 2005.
Necessary to incorporate the land described below into the highway known as Theodore Drive within its limits.
Necessary to incorporate the land described below into the highway known as Colin Crescent within its limits.
Necessary to incorporate the land described below into the highway known as Lorenzo Drive within its limits.
Necessary to incorporate the land described below into the highway known as Rosehill Avenue within its limits.
Necessary to incorporate the land described below into the highway known as Donnici Drive within its limits.
Establishes part-lot control on land within registered plans of a subdivision.
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its meeting held on March 23, 2005.