Legislation & By-laws

The Halifax Regional Municipality Charter is the primary legislation under which the municipality operates. This section includes links to all Administrative Orders and By-laws for the entire municipality, including those from pre-amalgamation which are still in effect.

View all legislation below, or choose a category:
-Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
-Administrative Orders
-Administrative Order Street Closures
-City of Dartmouth By-Laws
-City of Halifax Ordinances
-Town of Bedford By-Laws
-Halifax County Municipality By-Laws
-Land Use By-Laws
-Winter Parking Regulations [PDF]

For pre-amalgamation legislation which has been repealed, contact the Municipal Archives.

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Legislation
Legislation Number Legislation Name By-Law Category
A-100 Appeals Committee By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
A-400 Alternative Voting By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
A-500 Amending By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
A-600 Advertising on Provincial Highways By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
A-700 Animal By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
B-200 Building By-law Repeal By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
B-201 Building By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
B-400 Alarm By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
B-500 Building Service Connections By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
B-600 Blasting By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
B-700 Business Improvement District By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
B-800 Respecting Business Opening Hours in Residential Neighbourhoods By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
C-1000 Charges for Water Supply and On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems Improvement By-Law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
C-1100 Campaign Financing By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
C-300 Civic Addressing By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
C-501 Vending on Municipal Lands By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
C-600 Capital Cost Charges By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
C-700 Cemeteries By-Law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
C-800 Capital Cost Charges for Solid Waste Facilities By-Law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
C-901 Charges for Stormwater from Municipal Streets By-Law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
D-200 Deed Transfer Tax By-Law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
D-300 Derelict Building By-Law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
D-500 District Energy By-Law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
D-600 Dartmouth Cove Development Charge By-Law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
E-100 Emergency Management By-Law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
E-200 Encroachment By-Law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
F-100 Fire Prevention By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
F-300 Fees for Provision of Tax Information Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
F-400 Flyer Distribution By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
G-200 Grade Alteration By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
H-100 Civic Holiday By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
H-200 Heritage Property By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
H-500 Heritage Conservation District (Barrington Street) By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
H-700 Schmidtville Heritage Conservation By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
H-800 Old South Suburb Heritage Conservation District By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
L-100 Local Improvement By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
L-200 C&D Materials Recycling and Disposal License By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
L-400 Lot Grading By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
L-500 Land-lease Communities By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
M-200 Standards for Residential Occupancies By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
M-300 Micromobility By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
M-400 Marketing Levy By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
N-200 Noise By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
N-300 Nuisance and Smoking By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
O-109 Open Air Burning By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
P-100 Police Board By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
P-1100 Private Road Maintenance By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
P-1200 On-Street Parking Permits By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
P-1300 Private Ways By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws
P-400 Plumbing By-law Halifax Regional Municipality By-laws