By-law Directory
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Urban Planning
19
By-law concerning plumbing
Effective on November 16, 1891
69
By-law concerning parks
Effective on July 13, 1896 | Updated on December 10, 2020
686
By-law regarding machinery and accessories
Effective on March 21, 1966
845
By-law to constitute an architectural and planning commission
Effective on December 1, 1977 | Updated on June 22, 1995
1031
By-law concerning safety and sanitation in apartment buildings
Effective on June 22, 1989
1032
By-law concerning the distribution of circulars
Effective on August 3, 1989
1193
By-law to regulate posting on public property
Effective on September 14, 1995
1257
By-law to regulate rock excavation and blasting operations in the City of Westmount
Effective on May 6, 1999 | Updated on July 8, 2021
1301
By-law concerning subdivisions
Effective on September 25, 2001 | Updated on July 8, 2021
1303
Zoning by-law
Effective on September 25, 2001 | Updated on October 6, 2025
1305
By-law on site planning and architectural integration programmes
Effective on December 6, 2001 | Updated on February 13, 2024
1313
By-law concerning filming permits
Effective on December 20, 2001 | Updated on July 8, 2021
1387
By-law concerning noise
Effective on June 10, 2010 | Updated on November 15, 2022
1391
Building by-law
Effective on May 6, 2010 | Updated on July 8, 2021
1435
By-law concerning certain types of municipal works agreements
Effective on December 11, 2012
1447
By-law on periodic occupancy of the public domain
Effective on July 10, 2013 | Updated on July 9, 2020
1471
Interim control by-law – Conversion from commercial or institutional use to a residential use
Effective on August 12, 2014
1489
By-law concerning specific construction, alteration, or occupancy proposals for an immovable (S.C.A.O.P.I.) of the City of Westmount
Effective on April 12, 2016 | Updated on July 8, 2021
1509
By-law to recognize the Glen Viaduct as a heritage immovable
Effective on March 14, 2017
1536
By-law authorizing the occupancy of a childcare centre or a daycare centre - Lot 2 626 165 (4100 Sherbrooke Street West)
Effective on March 7, 2019
1552
By-law to recognize the Goode House as a heritage immovable
Effective on November 5, 2020 | Updated on October 8, 2021
1575
By-law to establish a planning advisory committee
Effective on September 9, 2021 | Updated on February 5, 2025
1576
By-law on minor exemptions
Effective on September 21, 2021
1598
By-law concerning plumbing
Effective on April 1, 2023
1600
By-law concerning solid-fuel heating, cooking devices, and fireplaces
Effective on August 29, 2023
1607
By-law to establish Westmount's local heritage council
Effective on March 26, 2024
1609
By-law concerning the demolition of buildings
Effective on May 10, 2024
1611
Interim control by-law governing, for certain uses, new constructions, demolitions, extensions, transformations for the purpose of converting the use of a building, cadastral operations, and lot subdivisions for immovables located in the sector identified as the "southeast sector"
Effective on November 14, 2023
1621
By-law on the occupancy of the public domain
Effective on May 14, 2024
1625
By-law to amend certain provisions of the Zoning By-law regarding tree planting, tree protection and vegetative surfaces in side yards
Effective on July 2, 2025
1634
Permits and certificates by-law
Effective on August 19, 2025
1638
By-law amending the planning programme
Effective on December 5, 2025
1639
By-law amending by-law 1301 concerning subdivisions
Effective on December 5, 2025
1640
By-law amending by-law 1305 on site planning and architectural integration programmes
Effective on December 5, 2025
1641
By-law amending the zoning by-law
Effective on December 5, 2025
1642
Incentive zoning by-law 1642
Effective on December 5, 2025Library
Municipal Council
1336
By-law respecting Council meetings
Effective on December 14, 2006 | Updated on July 17, 2014
1354
By-law to submit the city to the requirement of dividing its territory into electoral districts
Effective on December 6, 2007
1355
By-law concerning membership in the pension plan of elected municipal officers
Effective on December 20, 2007
1429
By-law to divide the territory of the city into electoral districts
Effective on October 31, 2012
1529
By-law on the code of ethics and good conduct of employees
Effective on November 6, 2018
1531
By-law respecting the remuneration of elected municipal officials
Effective on January 15, 2019 | Updated on January 1, 2024
1584
By-law respecting the code of ethics and good conduct of elected municipal officers of the City of Westmount
Effective on February 24, 2022Finance
1084
By-law concerning the power to authorize the expenditure of municipal funds
Effective on September 12, 1991
1323
By-law concerning the delegation of power to the treasurer to award a contract pertaining to financing
Effective on March 23, 2006 | Updated on April 26, 2007
1358
By-law concerning budget control and monitoring
Effective on December 20, 2007 | Updated on December 14, 2016
1507
By-law on the delegation of powers to certain employees of the City of Westmount
Effective on December 14, 2016 | Updated on June 13, 2023
1556
By-law concerning contract management
Effective on May 7, 2020 | Updated on June 23, 2021
1594
By-law on the transfer duties
Effective on January 24, 2023
1612
By-law to establish tariffs for the 2025 fiscal year
Effective on December 23, 2024
1622
By-law respecting the remuneration of elected municipal officers
Effective on January 1, 2024
1627
By-law authorizing capital expenditures and a loan of $3,009,000 for the repair of public stairs
Effective on May 21, 2025
1628
By-law authorizing capital expenditures and a loan of $2,647,190 for the refurbishment of municipal buildings
Effective on May 30, 2025
1644
By-law authorizing an expenditure and a loan of $17,500,000 for various roadwork, watermain and sewers projects
Effective on December 5, 2025
1646
By-law 1646 to establish tariffs for the 2026 fiscal year
Effective on January 14, 2026
1652
By-law 1652 to impose and levy a tax and a compensation for the 2026 fiscal year
Effective on January 19, 2026
1653
By-law 1653 respecting the rate of transfer duties
Effective on January 19, 2026Engineering
Hydro Westmount
1618
By-law to establish rates and certain conditions for the supply of electricity for the year 2024-2025
Effective on April 16, 2024
1619
By-law to establish the conditions governing the supply of electricity
Effective on April 16, 2024 | Updated on March 20, 2025
1633
By-law to establish rates and certain conditions for the supply of electricity for the year 2025-2026
Effective on April 1, 2025Human Resources (HR)
1370
By-law concerning the supplemental pension plan for the police and firemen of the City of Westmount
1371
By-law concerning the pension plan for the officers and the employees of the City of Westmount
Effective on February 26, 2009
1530
Règlement concernant le régime de retraite pour les fonctionnaires et les employés de la Ville de Westmount - Refonte au 1er janvier 2014
Effective on January 2, 2019 | Updated on April 6, 2021
1635
By-law 1635 amending Règlement concernant le régime de retraite pour les fonctionnaires et les employés de la Ville de Westmount – Refonte au 1er janvier 2014
Effective on January 2, 2019 | Updated on June 16, 2025
1637
By-law concerning the supplemental plan for the officers and the employees of the City of Westmount
Effective on June 1, 2025Public Safety
726
By-law concerning street traffic
Effective on January 17, 1969 | Updated on January 1, 2007
893
By-law to establish a public safety department
Effective on June 5, 1980 | Updated on November 5, 1992
1026
By-law to prohibit the carrying of knives and similar weapons
Effective on May 25, 1989 | Updated on January 13, 2000
1149
By-law to regulate smoking in the City of Westmount
Effective on January 1, 1995
1417
By-law for maintaining peace and order on public property by prohibiting fights
Effective on October 11, 2011
1428
By-law concerning fire safety
Effective on May 15, 2012
1433
By-law concerning the prevention of breaches of the peace, public order, and safety
Effective on July 11, 2012
1475
By-law on nuisances and good order
Effective on December 9, 2014 | Updated on November 15, 2022
1498
By-law on paid parking
Effective on May 2, 2016 | Updated on July 9, 2024
1512
By-law on truck and tool vehicle traffic in the City of Westmount
Effective on December 12, 2017
1522
By-law concerning dogs and the licensing thereof
Effective on May 17, 2018 | Updated on May 14, 2024
1542