Property Related Standards
The Town of Collingwood has several By-laws in place to ensure properties are kept to a minimum standard such as:
- Clean Yards By-law (debris and refuge)
- Property Standards By-law (maintenance of existing buildings, structures and ,vacant lots)
- Noise By-law
- Collingwood Zoning By-law 2010-040, Consolidated December 11, 2023.
The Town of Collingwood's Property Standards By-law and Clean Yards By-law sets out the minimum standards for building and property maintenance within the Town. The standards prescribed in these by-laws are intended to outline the reasonable maintenance and upkeep of yards, buildings and properties.
All property owners must maintain and repair the interior and exterior of their property in accordance with certain standards. These standards are put in place to protect the health and safety of occupants and the general public.
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Purpose: Requiring the owner or occupier of land to clean or to clear refuse or debris from land and to ensure properties to be maintained in a safe condition and kept clear of refuse.
Examples of Refuse:
- Household appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, freezers, washers dryers, air conditioners and dishwashers, and television sets and their component parts
- Household furniture such as beds, bed springs, mattresses, tables, chairs and their component parts
- Barrels, boxes, water and fuel tanks (empty only)
- Motor vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, bicycles, trailers, go-karts, boats, or vessels, all terrain vehicles which are in a wrecked, discarded, inoperatiVe or dismantled condition, in whole or in part, and their component parts
- Boulders, bricks, concrete, asphalt, glass scrap wood, scrap metal, scrap wire, paint cans, cardboard, paper, plastics, Styrofoam, roofing shingles (scrap), discarded clothes or cloth and canvas
- Felled trees, tree stumps, branches, brush, leaves, bagged or piled grass and weeds, hedge cuttings, open compost piles and garden waste
- Household refuse, (bagged or not) not set out for collection, scrap construction materials, dead animal carcasses, animal feces
- All waste deemed as recyclables per By-law No. 98-09 of the Town oT Collingwood, including: Newspapers and inserts, glass bottles and jars, steel and aluminum cans, all PETE #1 and #2 plastic, magazines, and phone books, catalogues, aluminum trays and foil, boxboard (i.e. cereal boxes) fibre egg cartons
- Tires, wrecked, dismantled, discarded playground equipment, beverage containers, fast food bags, containers and wrappings
- Industrial, commercial or any hazardous liquid waste (i.e. motor oil, gasoline)
- Waste from demolished buildings, discarded signs and placards
- Straw, hay and manure
- Excavated materials (i.e. earth, gravel)
All property owners must maintain and repair the interior and exterior of their property in accordance with certain standards. These standards are put in place to protect the health and safety of occupants and the general public.
Purpose: No person can make or permit an unreasonable noise or a noise that is likely to disturb their neighbours in Collingwood.