Municipal by-laws
All municipal by-laws can be consulted at the City Clerk’s Office at Westmount City Hall during regular business hours. Some by-laws are also available for consultation on this Website.
It is possible to obtain a copy of a by-law by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at 514-989-5318 or writing to legal@westmount.org. However, document reproduction fees will be applicable in accordance with the Tariffs By-Law 1593.
If any discrepancies arise between the by-laws provided through this Web site and those kept on file at the City Clerk’s Office, the latter shall prevail for all purposes of the law.
Consult our list of most requested by-laws or use the by-law search engine found at the bottom of the page.
Most requested by-laws
- 69 – BY-LAW CONCERNING PARKS
- 726 – BY-LAW CONCERNING STREET TRAFFIC
- 1257 – BY-LAW TO REGULATE ROCK EXCAVATION AND BLASTING OPERATIONS IN THE CITY OF WESTMOUNT
- 1300 – PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES BY-LAW
- 1301 – BY-LAW CONCERNING SUBDIVISIONS
- 1303 – ZONING BY-LAW
- 1305 – BY-LAW ON SITE PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRATION PROGRAMMES
- 1317 – BY-LAW CONCERNING DEMOLITION
- 1336 – BY-LAW RESPECTING COUNCIL MEETINGS
- 1387 – BY-LAW CONCERNING NOISE
- 1391 – BUILDING BY-LAW
- 1425 – WASTE MANAGEMENT BY-LAW
- 1437 – POTABLE WATER USAGE BY-LAW
- 1475 – BY-LAW ON NUISANCES AND GOOD ORDER
- 1498 – BY-LAW ON PAID PARKING
- 1522 – BY-LAW CONCERNING DOGS AND THE LICENSING THEREOF
- 1593 – BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH TARIFFS FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR, AS AMENDED BY BY-LAW 1596
- 1598 PLUMBING BY-LAW
If you cannot find the by-law you are looking for in the Most requested by-laws, please click on the By-laws search engine to access the City of Westmount’s by-laws put online.
While the City of Westmount demerged from the Ville de Montreal on January 1, 2006, many of the by-laws adopted while Westmount was still part of the Montreal megacity (2002-2005) remain in force.