Vacant Building Registration

By-law highlights

Owners of vacant buildings are responsible for:

• Ensuring the vacant building is secured against unauthorized entry.
• Maintaining liability insurance on the vacant building.
• Providing inspection/monitoring of the vacant building on a bi-weekly basis by a person or company familiar and qualified with matters pertaining to this by-law.
• Protecting the vacant building against the risk of fire, accident, or other danger.
• Registering the vacant building in accordance with Section 6.
• Maintain the vacant building free from garbage, rubbish and debris.
• Ensure all combustible materials within the vacant building are removed.

Where a vacant building remains vacant for more than 30 days, the owner should ensure all utilities serving the building are properly disconnected, terminated, or capped, unless such utilities are necessary for the safety or security of the vacant building, or unless such utilities are otherwise required by law to remain connected.

Owners of vacant buildings shall register the vacant building within 30 days of becoming vacant.