The By-Laws posted on the Town of New Tecumseth web site are for reference purposes only. These are some of the more commonly referred to regulatory By-Laws which are enforced by the By-law Enforcement Officers and the Town of New Tecumseth.

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•  Adult Entertainment By-Law 2002-182
  To provide for licensing, regulating, governing classifying and inspecting adult entertainment parlours or any class or classes thereof.
  
  
•  Adult Magazines By-Law 1993-096
  A by-law to regulate the display of adult magazines and videotapes in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Barking Dogs By-Law 1993-095
  A By-law for the control of the barking of dogs.
  
  
•  Bicycles On Sidewalks Prohibited By-Law 2002-106
  A by-law to prohibit bicycles and other vehicles on sidewalks within the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
• Bridge/Culvert Weight Restriction By-Law
  A by-law to provide for the restriction of the weight of vehicles passing over a bridge/culvert.
  
  
•  Building Permit By-Law 2005-073
  A By-Law to regulate Building Permits and conditions for occupation under the Building Code Act, S.O. 1992, Chapter B.23, as amended.
  
  
•  Business Holiday Exemption By-Law 2002-063
  A by-law to permit retail establishments in the Town of New Tecumseth to be open on certain holidays for the maintenance or development of tourism.
  
  
•  Canine Control By-Law 2008-110 (Consolidated)  Schedule "B"
  A By-law for licensing dogs, for prohibiting the running at large of dogs, and for seizing, impounding and destroying dogs.
  
  
•  Cleaning and Clearing By-Law 2008-047
  A By-Law to require and regulate the fill cleaning and clearing of any lands within the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
• Community Safety Zones By-Law 99-115
  A by-law to designate parts of highways under the jurisdiction of the Town of New Tecumseth as community safety zones.
  
  
•  Dangerous Dogs By-Law 2002-045 (Consolidated)
  To provide for the muzzling of dogs declared dangerous in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Dog Excrement Removal By-Law 1993-131
  To regulate the removal of dog excrement on public or private property.
  
  
•  Fees & Charges By-law 2007-229 (Consolidated)
  A by-law to establish fees or charges for services or activities provided or done by or on behalf of The Corporation of the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Planning Fees By-law 2007-230 (Consolidated)
  To by-law to prescribe a tariff of fees for processing applications in respect to planning matters.
  
  
•  Fence By-Law 2007-100 (consolidated) & Division Fence By-Law 2007-101
  To prescribe the height and description of fences and to regulate fences around privately owned swimming pools in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Firearms By-law 2006-029 (Consolidated)   FireArms Schedule
  To regulate the discharge of firearms in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Fireworks By-Law 1993-136
  A By-law to control the sale, setting off and display of fireworks.
  
  
•  Hawkers and Pedlars By-Law (Consolidated)
  To license, regulate and govern Hawkers and Pedlars.
  
  
•  Kennel By-Law 2008-111
  A By-law to control and regulate the operation of Kennels within the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Littering By-Law 1993-81
  To prohibit littering in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Loitering By-Law 1993-82
  To prohibit loitering in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Motorized Vehicles in Parks 2007-231
  A by-law to regulate and prohibit the use of motorized vehicles in municipal parks within the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
• Municipal Addressing By-Law 1997-62 (Consolidated)
  To provide for the numbering of buildings along highways and streets and the keeping of a record of such highways and streets and the numbers allocated to structures adjacent thereto.
  
  
•  Municipal Sewers Discharge By-Law 2002-151
  A by-law to Control Discharges to Municipal Sewers Pursuant to the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, C.M.45
  
  
•  Noise Control By-Law 2011-110
  To prohibit and abate certain noises causing a public nuisance in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Open Air Burning By-Law (Consolidated)
  For prescribing the times during which fires may be set in the open air and the precautions to be observed by persons setting out fires.
  
  
•  Parking and Traffic By-Law 1993-128 (Consolidated) 
  To regulate traffic and parking in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Places of Amusement By-Law (Consolidated)
  To regulate and license places of amusement.
  
  
•  Property Standards By-Law 1994-023
   Property Standards By-Law Amended 1995-020
  To prescribe standards for the maintenance and occupancy of property within the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Purchasing Policy as part of By-Law 2007-235
  To establish procurement policies for the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Reduced Load Limit By-Law 2013-028
  To regulate reduced load limits on municipal roads.
  
  
•  Refreshment Vehicle Licensing By-Law (Consolidated)
  To license, regulate and govern vehicles from which refreshments are sold for consumption by the public.
  
  
•  Sign By-Law 2010-014
  A by-law to Regulate Signs and Other Advertising Devices.
  
  
•  Site Alteration and Fill By-Law 2012-136
  Being a By-law of the Corporation of the Town of New Tecumseth to prohibit or regulate the placing or dumping of fill, soil stripping and/or alteration to the grade of lands in areas of the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Site Plan Control Areas By-Law 2002-20
  A by-law to establish Site Plan Control Areas in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Speed Limit By-Law 2002-166
  A By-Law to regulate the speed of motor vehicles in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
• Swimming Pools - see  Fence By-Law 2007-100 (consolidated)
  
  
•  Standing Water By-law (Consolidated)
  A By-Law to regulate Standing Water in New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Taxicab and Limousine By-Law (Consolidated)
  To licence, regulate and govern Owners and Drivers of Taxicab service and Owners of Limousine Service in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Trailer By-Law (Consolidated)
  A By-Law to license certain trailers located within the Town.
  
  
•  Wildlife and Prohibited Animals By-Law 93-135 (Consolidated)
  A By-law to prohibit or regulate the keeping of animals in the Town of New Tecumseth.
  
  
•  Zoning By-law 1996-103 (Consolidated), Appendix A
   Schedule A, Schedule B, Schedule C, Schedule D, Schedule E, Schedule F, Schedule F1, Schedule G, Schedule H
  The Town of New Tecumseth Zoning By-law 96-103 was approved in 1996 and has been subject to 117 amendments to consolidation in December 2009. The consolidation is not a legal document.  In the event of a discrepancy between the consolidation and an amendment, reference shall be had to the original, approved, amending by-law. There have been amendments approved since December 31, 2009.  For information pertaining to these, please contact the Planning Department.