Purpose
To provide for the registration of a primary dwelling unit having an apartment-in-house.
- View the Additional Dwelling Unit by-law
- Read more about additional dwelling units
Frequently Requested By-laws
The following list includes Clarington's most commonly applied regulatory by-laws that affect residents and business owners in the Municipality.
If you cannot locate a by-law, please contact us or search our full database of by-laws. We will assist in providing you with the by-law you require. If you need a paper copy of one of the by-laws you may have to pay a small fee to obtain the document because of the size.
Purpose
To license regulate and govern adult entertainment businesses in the Municipality of Clarington
- View the Adult Entertainment by-law
Purpose
To license, regulate, and govern Auctioneers in the Municipality of Clarington
- View the Auctioneers by-law
Purpose
To license, regulate and govern Body Rub Parlour businesses in the Municipality of Clarington.
- View the Body Rub Parlour by-law
Purpose
To keep land clean and clear in the Municipality of Clarington.
- View the Clean and Clear By-law
Purpose
To prohibit and regulate the discharge of guns or other firearms, air-guns, spring-guns, cross-bows, long-bows
Purpose
To regulate drainage from private swimming pools, ponds, artificial ice rinks and sump pumps
- View the Drainage by-law
Purpose
To regulate the keeping of certain animals
Purpose
To prescribe the height and description of lawful fences in The Municipality of Clarington
- View the Fence by-law (Consolidated)
- Read more about fences
Purpose
Apportionment Costs of Division Fences
- View the Fence Cost Sharing by-law
- Read more about fences
Purpose
To regulate the discharge and sale of fireworks
- View the Fireworks by-law
- Read more about Fireworks
Purpose
A by-law to prohibit the excessive barricading or fortification of land within the Municipality of Clarington
- View the Fortification by-law
Purpose
To prohibit excessive idling
- View the Idling by-law
Note: By-law 2014-105 is an amendment to the Traffic By-law 2014-059. The idling portion is covered in section 18.2.
Purpose
To prohibit noises likely to disturb the inhabitants of the Municipality of Clarington
- View the Noise by-law (Consolidated)
Purpose
To regulate the setting of fires in the open air
- View the Open-Air Burning by-law
- Read more about open-air burning.
Purpose
To regulate, govern, and license Peddlers within the geographic limits of the Municipality of Clarington
- View the Peddlers by-law (Consolidated)
Purpose
Standards for the maintenance and occupancy of all property within the Municipality of Clarington
- View the Property Standards by-law (Consolidated)
- Read more about property standards
Purpose
To regulate, protect and control all public parks in the Municipality of Clarington
- View the Public Space by-law (Consolidated)
- Read more about public spaces
Purpose
To regulate and license Refreshment Vehicles within the Municipality of Clarington
Purpose
To regulate the sale and possession of replica firearms and imitation firearms
- View the Replica Firearms by-law
Purpose
To regulate responsible pet ownership and licence all cats and dogs
- View the Responsible Pet Owners by-law (Consolidated)
- Read more about animal licensing
Purpose
Road occupancy/access permits - Curb cuts and culverts; special events requiring the use of a municipal right of way.
- View the Road Occupancy by-law
- Read more about occupying our roadway
Purpose
To regulate signs within the Municipality of Clarington
- View the Sign by-law (Consolidated)
- View the Election Sign By-law
- Read more about signs and sign permits
Purpose
To control the dumping of fill, removal of fill and alteration of grades
- View the Site Alteration by-law (Consolidated)
- Read more about site alteration
Purpose
To regulate the clearing and removal of snow and ice from the roofs of buildings and sidewalks
- View the Snow and Ice Removal by-law (Consolidated)
- Read more about snow and ice removal
Special Events on Municipal Highways
Purpose
To regulate special events on municipal highways
- View the Special Events on Municipal Highways by-law (Consolidated)
- Read more about special events
Special Events on Private Property
Purpose
To regulate special events on private property
- View the Special Events on Private Property by-law (Consolidated)
- Read more about special events
Purpose
To regulate traffic and parking on highways, municipal streets, boulevards, sidewalks, and municipal property
- View the Traffic by-law
- Read more about on-street parking
Purpose
To license, regulate and govern taxi and limousine businesses in the Municipality of Clarington
- View the Vehicle-for-Hire By-law
- Read more about vehicles for hire.
Purpose
To regulate the dumping, disposing and removing of refuse, debris, litter and other waste materials on lands within the municipality
- View the Waste Materials by-law
Purpose
To regulate land use for Lands within the Municipality of Clarington
Purpose
To regulate land use for Lands within the Oak Ridges Moraine
- View the Zoning - Oak Ridges Moraine by-law
