City Bylaws

The most commonly requested bylaws and regulations are listed below in alphabetical order. Select the first letter of the bylaw or regulation you wish to view to see a list of corresponding documents. Contact the Clerk's Department for official copies of a bylaw. First Bylaw Book

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• Animal Control and Licencing - Bylaw 6908-2012 (PDF) - To provide for the regulation, keeping, breeding, sale, purchase, displaying and impounding of animals

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B

• Bicycle Advisory Committee - Bylaw 5510-1996 (PDF) - To establish a Bicycle Advisory Committee
• Board of Variance - Bylaw 6290-2005 (PDF) - To establish a Board of Variance
• Boulevard Maintenance - Bylaw 7666-2020 (PDF) - To regulate prohibited construction and maintenance of boulevards
• Building - Bylaw 6925-2012 (PDF) - To regulate the construction, alteration, repair, demolition or moving of buildings and structures and the installation, alteration or repair of plumbing, electrical working and equipment and gas piping, fittings and appliances in the City of Maple Ridge
• Building Numbering - Bylaw 4773-1992 (PDF) - To ensure that buildings are numbered logically and conspicuously pursuant to Section 579(1)(h) of the Municipal Act
• Business Improvement Area Establishment - Bylaw 7767-2021 (PDF) - To establish a business improvement area service to provide a grant to the Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association for the planning and implementation of a business promotion scheme for the Maple Ridge Downtown Business Improvement Area
• Business Licence (Intermunicipal) - Bylaw 6957-2012 (PDF) - A bylaw to enter into an Intermunicipal Business Licence Scheme
• Business Licence (Inter Municipal TNS) - Bylaw No. 7917-2023 (PDF) - A bylaw respecting the granting of Inter Municipal TNS buisness licences
• Business Licencing and Regulation - Bylaw 6815-2011 (PDF) - Respecting the granting of licences and regulating of Business within the City of Maple Ridge
• Bylaw Notice Enforcement - Bylaw 7626-2020 (PDF) - To establish the issuance of Bylaw Notice Enforcement tickets for the enforcement of Municipal bylaws

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C

• Cemetery - Bylaw 7612-2020 (PDF) - To establish services and fees for the cemeteries
• Community Amenities Reserve Fund - Bylaw 7245-2016 (PDF) - To establish a reserve fund for contributions made under the Community Amenity Contribution Program
• Community Heritage Commission - Bylaw 7588-2019 (PDF) - To establish a Community Heritage Commission 
• Corporate Records Management - Bylaw 7097-2014 (PDF) - To provide for the retention and disposition of records of the City of Maple Ridge
• Council Conduct - Bylaw 7637-2020 (PDF) - To establish and set standards of conduct for members of Council of the City of Maple Ridge
• Council Procedure - Bylaw 7799-2021 (PDF)- To govern the meetings of the council and committees of council of the City of Maple Ridge
• Council Remuneration - Bylaw 7330-2017 (PDF) - To establish Council remuneration

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D

• Delegation of Procurement Authority - Bylaw 7711-2021 (PDF) - To delegate procurement powers, duties and functions to Officers and Employees of the City of Maple Ridge.
• Development Cost Charges - Bylaw 7320-2017 (PDF) - To impose development cost charges
• Development Permit Delegation - Bylaw 6478-2007 - To delegate powers respecting environmental and wildfire development permit areas, small scale development permits, and minor amendment powers
• Development (Minor) Variance Permit Delegation - Bylaw No. 7952-2023 - To establish criteria and process for delegation Minor Development Permits
• Development Procedures - Bylaw 5879-1999 (PDF) - A bylaw to establish procedures to amend an Official Community Plan or a Zoning Bylaw or to issue a permit
• Drainage Facilities Control - Bylaw 2680-1979 (PDF) - To provide for charges for the construction of access culverts / ditch enclosures and storm sewer service connections
• Drinking Water Conservation Plan - Bylaw 7425-2018 (PDF) - To establish a drinking water conservation plan

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E

• Emergency Program - Bylaw 6487-2007 (PDF) - To provide for a comprehensive program of emergency planning and management

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F

• Fees & Charges - Bylaw 7575-2019 - To establish fees for City services and information. Schedule "A" - Engineering Fees (Subdivision & Development Servicing Fees), Schedule "B" - Parks, Recreation & Culture Fees (Recreation Admission & Facility Fees), Schedule "C" - Planning Fees (Development Application Fees for Rezoning, Official Community Plan amendments, Development /Development Variance Permits, Subdivision, Tree Cutting Permits, Public Hearing, etc.) , Schedule "D" - Copying Costs & Records Requests, Schedule "E" - Electric Vehicle Parking Fees
• Fees Imposition - Bylaw 6748-2010 - To impose pavement restoration fees
• Filming Fees - Bylaw 6669-2009 - To establish fees to be charged for the purpose of filming
• Financial Plan 2023-2027 - Bylaw 7926-2023 - To provide the consolidated financial plan, revenue and property tax disclosure and capital expenditure disclosure for the City of Maple Ridge
• Firearms Discharge Regulation - Bylaw 4643-1992 (PDF) - To provide for the regulation of the discharge of firearms in the City of Maple Ridge
• Fire Alarm - Bylaw 6401-2006 (PDF) - To reduce the number of false alarms requiring response
• Fire Prevention - Bylaw 4111-1998 (PDF) - For the prevention of fires and the spread of fire, and the preservation of life
• Fire Sprinkler - Bylaw 6184-2003 (PDF) - For the installation of fire sprinkler systems in buildings within the City
• Fireworks - Bylaw 6279-2004 (PDF) - To regulate the use and sale of firecrackers and fireworks
• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Bylaw 7959-2023 (PDF) - To designate the Freedom of Information and Protection Privacy Head 

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• Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety - Bylaw 6274-2004 (PDF) - To regulate, prohibit or impose requirements respecting nuisances, noxious or offensive trades and health and safety risks
• General Local Government Election - Bylaw 7072-2014 (PDF) - To provide for the determination of various procedures and requirements to be applied to the conduct of local government elections and other voting

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H

• Heritage Maintenance Standards - Bylaw 6710-2009 (PDF) - To establish minimum maintenance standards for property designated as heritage
• Highway and Traffic - Bylaw 6704-2009 (PDF) - For the regulation of traffic and the use of highways and other areas in the City of Maple Ridge
• Hobby Beekeeping Regulation - Bylaw 6839-2011 (PDF) - To regulate hobby beekeeping
• Heritage Procedures - Bylaw 6951-2012 (PDF) - To establish application procedures in respect of heritage conservation bylaws, permits and agreements

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I

• Incentive Program - Revitalization Tax Exemption - Bylaw 7010-2013 (PDF) - to establish a revitalization tax exemption program in the Town Centre Investment Incentive Program (TCIIP) Areas
• Incentive Program - Revitalization Tax Exemption Employment Land Investment Incentive Program - Bylaw 7112-2014 (PDF) - to establish a revitalization tax exemption program in the Employment Land Investment Incentive Program (ELIIP) Areas
• Indemnification of Municipal Officials - Bylaw 6548-2008 (PDF) - To provide for the indemnification of municipal officials

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K

• Kennel Regulation - Bylaw 6036-2002 (PDF) - To regulate kennels or other places where the keeping, training, care, breeding or boarding of dogs is carried out
• Kennel Zone Amending - Bylaw 6044-2002 (PDF) - To regulate commercial kennels with more than three dogs

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L

• Littering Prohibition - Bylaw 5115-1994 (PDF) - To prohibit dumping and littering in open places
   
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N

• Noise Control - Bylaw 5122-1994 (PDF) - To regulate and prohibit noise
• Nuisance Prohibition - Bylaw 7596-2019 (PDF) - To regulate and prohibit nuisances on properties in the City of Maple Ridge.

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O

• Official Community Plan - Bylaw 7060-2014 - Sets out the objectives and policies for economic development, land and resource use planning, transportation planning, maintaining and improving the natural and man-made environment and providing municipal services and public facilities
• Off-Street Parking and Loading - Bylaw 4350-1990 (PDF) - To require owners and occupiers of any land, building or structure to provide off-street parking and loading spaces
• Outdoor Burning Regulation - Bylaw 5535-1997 (PDF) - To regulate outdoor burning in the City of Maple Ridge (Map of Areas Closed to Burning Year Round)

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• Parking (PDF) - Bylaw 4350-1990 - Also called "Off-Street Parking and Loading" to require owners and occupiers of any land, building or structure to provide off-street parking and loading spaces
• Parks and Leisure Services Commission - Bylaw 6668-2009 - To delegate authority to a joint Parks and Leisure Services Commission for Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows (Repealed Nov. 15/2016)
• Pesticide Bylaw - Bylaw 6413-2006 (PDF) - To regulate the use of cosmetic pesticides
• Police Service Fees - Bylaw 6937-2012 (PDF) - To impose fees for administrative police services in the City of Maple Ridge
• Property Tax Penalty Date - Bylaw 7642-2020 (PDF) - To extend property tax penalty date to September 30, 2020.  10% penalty will apply October 1, 2020.  (for 2020 Property Taxation year only) 
• Property Tax Rates - Bylaw 7728-2021 (PDF) - To establish property tax rates for the year 2021
• 2020 Property Tax Sale Deferral - Bylaw 7660-2020 (PDF) - To defer the 2020 property tax sale
• Public Parks Liquor Consumption - Bylaw 2961-1981 (PDF) - To designate certain Public Parks as places where liquor may be consumed
• Public Places, Parks and Recreation Facilities Regulation  - Bylaw No.7854-2022 (PDF) - To regulate public buildings, public places, park property and recreational facilities in the City of Maple Ridge.

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• Recycling Charges Bylaw - Bylaw 4655-1992 (PDF) - To impose recycling charges on owners of land (See also Schedule A)
• Rental Premises Standard of Maintenance - Bylaw 6550-2008 (PDF) - To prescribe standards for the maintenance of rental residential premises

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• Safer Streets - Bylaw 7581-2019 (PDF) - To prevent, abate and prohibit nuisances for the protection and enhancement of the well-being of the community
• Sanitary Sewer Regulations - Bylaw 691-1964 (PDF) - To regulate connections to the common sewers
• Scrap Metal Dealer Regulation - Bylaw 6772-2010 (PDF) - To regulate dealings in scrap metal
• Secondary Suites - Bylaw 5680-1998 - See zoning bylaw
• Secondary Suites - Parking - Bylaw 5681-1998 (PDF) - to provide for off street parking for secondary suites
• Security Alarm - Bylaw 6400-2006 (PDF) - To reduce the number of false alarms requiring response
• Sewer Rates - Bylaw 718-1964 (PDF) - To establish rates and charges for the use of common sewers
• Sign Bylaw - Bylaw 7630-2020 (PDF) - To regulate the number, size, type, form, appearance and locations of signs within the City of Maple Ridge
• Smoking Regulation - Bylaw 6968-2013 - To regulate smoking in the City
• Snow Removal - Bylaw 6704-2009 (PDF) - For the regulation of traffic and the use of highways and other areas in the City of Maple Ridge (See Section 25)
• Soil Deposit Regulation - Bylaw 7412-2017 (PDF) - To regulate the placement of fill on land in the City
• Soil Removal - Bylaw 6398-2006 (PDF) - To regulate or prohibit the removal of soil, sand, gravel, rock or other substance of which land is composed from lands within the City of Maple Ridge
• Solid Waste and Recycling Regulation - Bylaw 6800-2011 (PDF) - To regulate the disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials
• Spaying and Neutering - Bylaw 5756-1999 (PDF) - To establish and regulate spaying/neutering of cats within the City of Maple Ridge
• Sprinkler Systems - Bylaw 6184-2003 (PDF) - To provide for the installation of fire sprinkler systems in buildings within the City
• Subdivision - Bylaw 4800-1993 (PDF) - To regulate the subdivision and development servicing of land

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• Tax Exemption - Bylaw 7568-2019 (PDF) - To exempt from taxation, certain properties within Maple Ridge for the years 2020-2023
• Ticket Information Utilization - Bylaw 6929-2012 (PDF) - To authorize the laying of a municipal ticket information for the enforcement of certain
  bylaws and bylaw offences, and issuance of a summons by means of a ticket
• Tourism Advisory Committee - Bylaw 7459-2018 (PDF)  - To establish a Tourism Advisory Committee
• Tree Protection and Management - Bylaw 7133-2015 (PDF) - To manage the urban forest and tree canopy and regulate, prohibit, and impose requirements in relation to tree cutting and removal in Maple Ridge

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U

• Unsightly Premises - Bylaw 6533-2007 (PDF) - To regulate untidy and unsightly premises in the City of Maple Ridge

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V

• Vacant / Abandoned Building - Bylaw 6958-2012 (PDF) - To control the condition of vacant / abandoned buildings

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W

• Water Course Protection - Bylaw 6410-2006 (PDF) - To protect watercourses in Maple Ridge
• Water Service - Bylaw 6002-2001 (PDF) - To establish a water service
• Wildlife and Vector Control - Bylaw 7437-2018 (PDF) - To provide for prevention of wildlife attractants and vector control against spread of diseases

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Z

• Zoning Bylaw - Bylaw 7600-2019 (PDF) - Current consolidated Zoning Bylaw to regulate zoning in the City of Maple Ridge (print double-sided).
• Zoning Bylaw - Bylaw 3510-1985 (PDF) - Former Zoning Bylaw to regulate zoning in the City of Maple Ridge.  (This bylaw is used only for existing zone amending bylaws that have received third reading under 3510-1985, but were not adopted before December 8, 2020).

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