By-laws
By-Laws are laws established by municipalities to ensure the safety, maintenance, and well-being of the community.
The Municipality of West Nipissing’s By-Laws reflect rulings and guidelines on matters including—but not limited to—building and planning, licenses, animals and pets, firearms, smoking, garbage and recycling, and matters relating to the running of Municipal services and properties.
Enforcement Services
Your municipal By-Law Officers are committed to maintaining a safe and well-informed community. Learn more about Enforcement Services or see how to pay for an infraction tickets here.
Frequently Requested By-laws
- Alterations and Repairs to Adjoining Properties
- Animal Control
- Backyard Chickens
- Beaches
- Committees and Boards – Code of Conduct
- Council – Code of Conduct
- Council Procedures
- Emergency Management Plan
- Exotic Pets
- Fences
- Fences – Swimming Pools
- Firearms Discharge
- Fireworks
- Hawkers and Pedlars, Transient Traders and Mobile Food Service Equipment
- Idling Control
- Littering
- Marriage Licensing Protocol
- Noise Control
- Nuisances on Boulevards, Highways and Walkways
- Official Plan
- Off-Road Vehicles
- Open-Air Fire
- Private Entrances
- Property Standards
- Purchasing (Procurement)
- Reduced Loads
- Road Maintenance
- Sale/Disposition of Property Owned by the Municipality
- Short Term Rental
- Signage (9-1-1 Signs & Civic Numbering System)
- Signage (Signs & Advertising Devices)
- Smoking
- Snow
- Snow Vehicles (Motorized)
- Tax Assistance (Property) for Elderly and Disabled Residents
- Tax Rebates (Property) for Registered Charities
- Traffic and Parking
- Vehicle for Hire
- Waste Collection (Garbage) and Recycling
- Watering of Lawns and Gardens
- Zoning and Land Use
- 2025 Solid Waste Rates
- 2025 Tax Rates and Penalties
- 2025 Water and Sewer Rates
Although some by-laws are presently only available in English, all documents are provided in an accessible format (electronic text) to facilitate their use in translation tools.