Heritage By-laws
Heritage designation is a tool used to protect heritage buildings from demolition and unsympathetic alteration, and subsequent loss of character or value.
Sites designated between 1974 and January 2003 are protected by the Heritage By-law No. 4837. Sites designated after January 2003 are protected by an individual Heritage Designation By-law.
Heritage By-law No. 4837
- Heritage By-law PDF file (25 KB)
- Section 1 - Short title
- Section 2 - Designations
- Section 3 - Prohibitions
- Section 4 - Delegations of Powers and Duties
- Section 5 - Procedures and Guidelines
- Section 6 - Effective Date of By-law
- Schedule A (Part 1) PDF file (56 KB)
List of Heritage Properties designated as protected between 1974 and January 2003 - Schedule A (Part 2) PDF file (92 KB)
List of Heritage Properties in Chinatown and Gastown designated as protected - Schedule B PDF file (18 KB)
List of Heritage Properties designated as protected in part between 1974 and January 2003 - Consolidated Heritage By-law, Schedules, and Appendices PDF file (954 KB)
Regulatory by-laws for heritage sites - by-laws 11350 and 11351
Two regulatory by-laws have been introduced for heritage sites: Heritage Procedure and Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance by-laws.
Heritage Procedure By-law 11350
The Heritage Procedure By-law addresses processes for heritage inspections requirements for:
- Processes for heritage inspections
- Requirements for conducting impact assessments
- Withholding of approvals
- The determination of heritage value or character
- The issuance of heritage alteration permits
Heritage Procedure By-law PDF file (80 KB)
Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance By-law 11351
The Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance By-law:
- Regulates how protected heritage property is to be maintained
- Supplements the general maintenance standards that are already in place in the city
Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance By-law PDF file (72 KB)