Bylaws
The City approves and enforces bylaws to ensure a safe and livable community. Search for City bylaws by topic or number below.
Please note: Every effort is made to ensure the bylaws listed on this page are up-to-date. However, these online copies are not legal versions of the bylaw and may not include the most recent amendments.
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City Bylaws (by topic)
- Alternative Tax Scheme Bylaw (Bylaw No. 4176)
- Animal Control (Bylaw No. 3990)
- Annual Tax Rates, 2023 (Bylaw No. 4310)
- Blasting (Bylaw No. 2961)
- Boulevard Maintenance (Bylaw No. 3965)
- Board of Variance (Bylaw No. 3105)
- Building and Plumbing (Bylaw No. 3710)
- Building Maintenance Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3680)
- Business (Bylaw No. 3725)
- Business Improvement Area 2021-2025 (Bylaw No. 4188)
- Bylaw Notice Enforcement (Bylaw No. 3814)
- Capital Reserve Fund Establishment (Bylaw No. 3496)
- Cemetery 2015 (Bylaw No. 3920)
- Cemetery Expansion Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3681)
- Community Amenities Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3682)
- Consumption of Liquor in Public Places (Bylaw No.4185)
- Controlled Substance Nuisance (Bylaw No. 3972)
- Council & Committee Meetings, 2015 (Bylaw No. 3898)
- Delegation of Authority (Bylaw No. 3876)
- Development Procedures (Bylaw No. 3849)
- Drainage Facilities – Development Cost Charges (Bylaw No. 2738)
- Drinking Water Conservation Plan Bylaw, 2018 (Bylaw No. 4045)
- Election Procedures, 2022 (Bylaw No. 4265)
- Emergency Services Radio (Bylaw No. 4210)
- Election Signs, 2014 (Bylaw No. 3810)
- Emergency Program (Bylaw No. 3701)
- Environmental Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3679)
- Extraordinary Building Maintenance Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 2618)
- False Alarm (Bylaw No. 3104)
- Fees and Charges (Bylaw No. 4289)
- Financial Plan, 2023 to 2027 (Bylaw No. 4305)
- Fire and Emergency Services (Bylaw No. 3880)
- Firearms (Bylaw No. 1220)
- Freedom of Information (Bylaw No. 3536)
- Heritage Designation, 2013 (Bylaw No. 3833) (2175 Mary Hill Road)
- Heritage Revitalization, 2013 (Bylaw No. 3834) (2175 & 2195 Mary Hill Road)
- Highway Facilities – Development Cost Charges (Bylaw No. 2739)
- Highway Use (Bylaw No. 4033)
- Information Systems Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3684)
- Inter Municipal Business Licence (Bylaw No. 3818)
- Intermunicipal Transportation Network Business Licence (Bylaw No. 4313)
- Leaflet Distribution (Bylaw No. 1226)
- Local Improvement (Bylaw No. 2804)
- Major Road Network Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3685)
- Nature Area (Bylaw No. 1433)
- Noise Regulation (Bylaw No. 4273)
- Officer Establishment (Bylaw No. 3828)
- Official Community Plan (Bylaw No. 3838)
- Operation Expenses Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3497)
- Park Dedication (Bylaw No. 1563)
- Park Land Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 2705)
- Parking & Development Mgt (Bylaw 4078)
- Parking Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3686)
- Parks Acquisition & Development – Development Cost Charges (Bylaw No. 3182)
- Parks, Facilities and Public Places (Bylaw No. 4274)
- Parks and Recreation Infrastructure Reserve (Bylaw No. 3687)
- Pesticide Use Control, 2011, (Bylaw No. 3767)
- Property Standards and Nuisance Abatement Bylaw (4190)
- Public Hearing (Bylaw No. 2160)
- Public Safety Building Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3688)
- Public Works Special Capital Expenditure (Bylaw No. 2497)
- Revenue Anticipation Borrowing (Bylaw No. 4174)
- Roads & Drainage Infrastructure Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3689)
- Scrap Metal Dealer (Bylaw 3740)
- Second Hand Dealers (Bylaw 3774)
- Sewage Facilities – Development Cost Charges (Bylaw No. 2740)
- Sewer Connection (Bylaw No. 1091)
- Sewer Infrastructure Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3690)
- Sewer Rates, 2016 (Bylaw No. 3936)
- Signs (Bylaw No. 2638)
- Smoking Control, 2018 (Bylaw No. 4037)
- Soil Removal and Deposit (Bylaw No. 3331)
- Solid Waste, 2017 (Bylaw No. 3900)
- Special Needs Housing Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3691)
- Subdivision Servicing (Bylaw No. 2241)
- Tax Prepayment (Bylaw No. 2351
- 2020 Tax Sale Postponement (Bylaw No. 4187)
- Taxis and Taxi-drivers (Bylaw No. 1131)
- Ticket Information (Bylaw No. 2743)
- Travel Expenses (Bylaw No. 3129)
- Tree (Bylaw No. 4108)
- Vector Control (Bylaw No. 3220)
- Vehicle Alarm Nuisance (Bylaw No. 3260)
- Vehicle & Equipment Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3692)
- Water Facilities – Development Cost C (Bylaw No. 2737)
- Water Infrastructure Reserve Fund (Bylaw No. 3683)
- Water Ways Protection (Bylaw No. 0917
- Water Regulation, 2016 (Bylaw No. 3935)
- Zoning-Bylaw-2008 (Bylaw No 3630)
City Bylaws (by number)
- 0917 – Water Ways Protection
- 1091 – Sewer Connection
- 1131 – Taxis and Taxi-drivers
- 1220 – Firearms
- 1226 – Leaflet Distribution
- 1433 – Nature Area
- 1563 – Park Dedication
- 2241 – Subdivision Servicing Bylaw
- 2351 – Tax Prepayment
- 2497 – Public Works Special Capital Expenditure
- 2618 – Extraordinary Building Maintenance Reserve Fund
- 2638 – Signs
- 2705 – Park land Reserve Fund
- 2737 – Water Facilities – Development Cost Charges
- 2738 – Drainage Facilities – Development Cost Charges
- Drainage Facilities DCC Map
- 2739 – Highway Facilities – Development Cost Charges
- Highway Facilities DCC Map
- 2740 – Sewage Facilities – Development Cost Charges
- 2743 – Ticket Information Bylaw
- 2804 – Local Improvement
- 2961 – Blasting
- 3104 – False Alarm
- 3105 – Board of Variance
- 3129 – Travel Expenses
- 3182 – Parks Acquisition & Development – Development Cost Charges
- 3220 – Vector Control
- 3260 – Vehicle Alarm Nuisance Bylaw
- 3331 – Soil Removal and Deposit Bylaw
- 3496 – Capital Reserve Fund Establishment
- 3497 – Operating Expenses Reserve Fund
- 3536 – Freedom of Information Bylaw
- 3630 – Zoning-Bylaw-2008
- 3679 – Environmental Reserve Fund
- 3680 – Building Maintenance Reserve Fund
- 3681 – Cemetery Expansion Reserve Fund
- 3682 – Community Amenities Reserve Fund
- 3683 – Water Infrastructure Reserve Fund
- 3684 – Information Systems Reserve Fund
- 3685 – Major Road Network Reserve Fund
- 3686 – Parking Reserve Fund
- 3687 – Parks & Recreation Infrastructure Reserve Fund
- 3688 – Public Safety Building Reserve Fund
- 3689 – Roads & Drainage Infrastructure Reserve Fund
- 3690 – Sewer Infrastructure Reserve Fund
- 3691 – Special Needs Housing Reserve Fund
- 3692 – Vehicle & Equipment Reserve Fund
- 3701 – Emergency Program Bylaw
- 3710 – Building and Plumbing Bylaw, 2009
- 3725 – Business Bylaw, 2010
- 3740 – Scrap Metal Dealer Bylaw
- 3767 – Pesticide Use Control Bylaw, 2011
- 3774 – Second Hand Dealers Bylaw
- 3810 – Election Signs Bylaw No. 3810
- 3814 – Bylaw Notice Enforcement
- 3818 – Inter Municipal Business Licence
- 3828 – Officer Establishment Bylaw
- 3833 – Heritage Designation Bylaw, 2013 (2175 Mary Hill Road)
- 3834 – Heritage Revitalization Agreement Bylaw, 2013 (2175 & 2195 Mary Hill Road)
- 3838 – Official Community Plan
- 3849 – Development Procedures 2013
- 3862 – Sewer Rates 2014
- 3876 – Delegation of Authority Bylaw, 2014
- 3880 – Fire & Emergency Services Bylaw, 2015
- 3898 – Council & Committee Meetings Bylaw, 2015
- 3900 – Solid Waste Bylaw 2017
- 3920 – Cemetery Bylaw 2015
- 3935 – Waterworks Regulation Bylaw, 2016
- 3936 – Sewer Rates Bylaw, 2016
- 3965 – Boulevard Maintenance
- 3972 – Controlled Substance Nuisance Bylaw 2017
- 3990 – Animal Control Bylaw
- 4001 – Parcel Tax Bylaw (Community Rec Complex)
- 4004 – Loan Authorization Bylaw (Community Rec Complex)
- 4033 – Highway Use Bylaw
- 4037 – Smoking Control Bylaw
- 4045 – Drinking Water Conservation Plan Bylaw, 2018
- 4078 – Parking and Development Management Bylaw 2018
- 4108 – Tree Bylaw
- 4185 – Consumption of Liquor in Public Places
- 4187 – 2020 Tax Sale Postponement Bylaw
- 4188 – 2021-2025 Business Improvement Area Bylaw
- 4190 – Property Standards and Nuisance Abatement Bylaw
- 4210 – Emergency Services Radio Bylaw
- 4265 – Election Procedures Bylaw 2022
- 4273 – Noise Regulation Bylaw 2022
- 4274 – Parks, Facilities and Public Places 2022
- 4289 – Fees & Charges Bylaw
- 4305 – 2023 -2027 Financial Plan Bylaw
- 4310 – Annual Tax Rates Bylaw 2023
- 4313 – Intermunicipal Transportation Network Business License Bylaw
Contact
Bylaw Enforcement
Bylaw Services
Tel 604.927.5440
Email: bylawservices@portcoquitlam.ca