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The by-laws include those enacted, amended and repealed by City Council, as well as those enacted, amended and repealed by the Ontario Municipal Board, Ontario Land Tribunal or Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.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
- Schedule 2 (Speed Limits)
- 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)
- Schedule 14 (Wheelchair Loading Zones)
- Schedule 20 (School Bus Loading Zones)
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its special meeting held on November 30, 2022
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its special meeting held on November 16, 2022.
OLT Attachment 1 - To Adopt Official Plan Amendment No. 178 to the Urban Hamilton Official Plan
The Tribunal Orders that:
(a) The appeal filed by the Appellant DiCenzo Construction Company Ltd. Is allowed, in part;
(b) The Tribunal hereby approves the Official Plan Amendment appended hereto as Attachment A (“Official Plan Amendment”); and
(c) The Tribunal authorizes the municipal clerk of the City of Hamilton to assign a number to, and format as may be necessary, the Official Plan Amendment.
OLT Case Nos. OLT-22-002493, OLT-22-00496
Legacy Case Nos. PL090114, PL110331
OLT Lead Case No. OLT-22-002493
Legacy Lead Case No. PL090114
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its meeting held on September 28, 2022.
The area identified in Schedule “A" attached hereto (the Melville Street Heritage Conservation District Study Area) is designated as a heritage conservation district study area for a period of one year from the date of enactment of this By-law.
The Tribunal Orders that the appeals filed on behalf of Douglas Chapple and Jenny Feldman for the lands known municipally as 208 Melville Street in the City of Hamilton in Ontario Land Tribunal File No. OLT-23-000115 are allowed, in part, in accordance with subsections 40.1(5) and 41(7)(b)(ii) of the Ontario Heritage Act. The Tribunal Orders that City of Hamilton By-law No. 22-258 is amended as set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.
Decision Issued July 11, 2023; Effective June 21, 2023
OLT File No. OLT-23-000115
- Sub-section 18(12) Schedule "I"
Repealed by By-law No. 23-234, December 13, 2023
- Amendments to Schedule “A”
Amendments in this By-law include any necessary indexing, grammatical, numbering and lettering changes.
Municipally Known As, 287, 289, 291, 293, 295, 297, 299, 301, 303, 305, 307, 309, 311, 313, 315, 317, 319, 321, 323, 325, 327, 329, 331, 333, 335, 337, 339, 341, 343, 345, 347, 349, 351, 353, 355, 357, 359, 361, 363 and 365 Raymond Road, Ancaster. PLC-22-016
For the purpose of creating 145 lots for townhouses, 76 easements for maintenance and access purposes and 1 common element road. PLC-22-013
Respecting lands located at 15 Church Street, in the former Town of Ancaster. ZAH-22-057
Respecting lands located at 55 Queenston Road, Hamilton. ZAH-22-059
Respecting Lands Located at 1411 and 1415 Upper Wellington Street, Hamilton.ZAH-22-040
- Schedule 25 (Taxicabs)
- Schedule 2 (Through Highways)
- Schedule 5 (Parking Meters)
- Schedule 6 (Time Limit Parking)
- Schedule 8 (No Parking Zones)
- Schedule 12 (Permit Parking Zones)
- Schedule 13 (No Stopping Zones)
- Schedule 14 (Wheelchair Loading Zones)
- Schedule 15 (Commercial Vehicle Loading Zones)
- Schedule 16 (Taxi Stands)
- Schedule 20 (School Bus Loading Zones)
Respecting Lands Located at 383 and 383 ½ Hughson Street North, City of Hamilton. ZAR-20-001/UHOPA-20-001