{
 "answer": "The City of Markham, Ontario has 3 adopted bylaws on file: Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2024-19; Site Plan Control By-law 262-94; Urban Zoning By-law 177-96 (Office Consolidation), verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001620",
 "municipality": "Markham",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "zoning_land_use",
 "label": "Zoning & land use",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.markham.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2024-19",
   "category": "zoning_land_use",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://pub-markham.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=84399",
   "summary": "City-wide comprehensive zoning by-law (signed, with schedules/maps) regulating permitted land uses, density, setbacks and built form across Markham; hosted on the City's own eScribe meeting-document system.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "076fb6cd1389165d79c0302c830671844f1fd49f592cd27b1624e6788d67734f",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/076fb6cd1389165d79c0302c830671844f1fd49f592cd27b1624e6788d67734f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/markham/zoning/text-076fb6cd1389/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Site Plan Control By-law 262-94",
   "category": "zoning_land_use",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1994-11-01",
   "document_url": "https://www.markham.ca/sites/default/files/262-94-Consolidated%2009302025.pdf",
   "summary": "Designates the whole City as a site plan control area under the Planning Act, requiring site plan approval before development/redevelopment of most properties. Consolidated to Sept 30, 2025.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "b13d10f9940bb481318266dd935fb08ca5825e6759616529c8a3d8f8f708c81b",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b13d10f9940bb481318266dd935fb08ca5825e6759616529c8a3d8f8f708c81b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/markham/zoning/text-b13d10f9940b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Urban Zoning By-law 177-96 (Office Consolidation)",
   "category": "zoning_land_use",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.markham.ca/sites/default/files/2024-10/Bylaw-177-96-Office-Consolidation-20241025.pdf",
   "summary": "Legacy area-specific zoning by-law (office consolidation to Oct 25, 2024) still governing land use/built form for parts of Markham not yet brought under the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2024-19.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "83c058b7856b4652673df628df1a95dc4e88e666ea04c6a64b6543205f840b60",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/83c058b7856b4652673df628df1a95dc4e88e666ea04c6a64b6543205f840b60.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/markham/zoning/text-83c058b7856b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/markham/zoning/"
}