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# Review By-Laws
The Municipality of South Bruce issues a variety of by-laws that help keep our community and environment safe. Review our commonly requested by-laws and learn how to submit a by-law complaint.
By-Law Complaint Form
### Fee By-Laws
View our Fees By-law for a complete list of service and program fees in the Municipality of South Bruce. This includes:
* Administration Fees and Charges
* Planning and Development Fees
* Fire Department Fees
* By-Law Enforcement and Animal Control Fees
* Cemetery Fees
* Transportation, Road and Streetlight Fees
* Facility Rentals and Recreation Fees
* Municipal Facility Special Rates and Exemptions
* Building, Plumbing and Septic Inspection Fees
* Water, Sewer and Septage Fees
* Water and Sewer Base Rates
Fee ByLaw Schedule
Animal Control By-Law
This by-law is intended to regulate the keeping, registration, licensing, control and welfare of certain classes of animals within the Municipality of South Bruce.
Animal Control By-Law
Building By-Law
This by-law is intended to define the requirements for construction, demolition, change of use, occupancy permits, transfer permits and inspections.
Building By-Law
Burning By-Law
This by-law intends to regulate and control burn operations within the Municipality of South Bruce.
Burning By-Law
Cemetery Operating By-Law
This by-law is intended to provide direction for the maintenance and administration of cemetery operations, and for the benefit and protection of each person who has purchased or otherwise has an interest in interment rights within Culross and Teeswater Cemetery, being part of Lot 19, Concession 5, Culross Township in the Municipality of South Bruce in the County of Bruce.
Cemetery By-Law
Clean Yards By-Law
This by-law intends to set the standard required by the owner or occupant of land to clean and clear the land, not including buildings, and to clear refuse or debris from the land in the Municipality of South Bruce.
Clean Yards By-Law
Code Of Conduct By-Law
This by-law is intended to set the highest standards of conduct which is essential to maintaining and ensuring public trust and confidence in the Municipalities decision-making and operations.
Code Of Conduct By-Law
Designate Site Plan Control Area By-Law
This by-law intends to allow a council to designate specific areas for site plan control, ensuring development proposals are compatible with surrounding uses and minimize negative impacts.
Designate Site Plan Control Area By-Law
Development Charges By-Law
Development charges (DCs) are fees collected from new residential development to help the municipality finance costs associated with new growth. The authority for levying DCs is provided under the Development Charges Act.
DC By Law 2025-36
Entrance Permit By-Law
This by-law intends to govern as a guideline to control the safety and efficiency of access onto Municipal roads.
Entrance Permit By-Law
Fence By-Law
This by-law intends to prescribe the height and description of fences in the Municipality of South Bruce.
Fence By-Law
Fire and Emergency By-Law
This by-law intends to establish and regulate a fire department in the Municipality of South Bruce.
Fire and Emergency By-Law
Integrity Commissioner Appointment By-Law
This by-law intends to appoint a municipal accountability officer responsible for ensuring ethical conduct among municipal council members and local boards, by applying rules, providing advice, and conducting inquiries into alleged violations of codes of conduct and related legislation.
Integrity Commissioner Appointment By-Law
Off-Road Vehicle By-Law
This by-law permits and regulates the operation of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), off-road motorcycles, utility vehicles, recreational off-highway vehicles, and snowmobiles on highways under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of South Bruce. It also establishes speed limits, permitted routes, and restricted areas for their use.
Off Road Vehicles and Snowmobile By-Law
Parking By-Law
This by-law intends to regulate and/or control the parking of vehicles in the Municipality of South Bruce.
Parking By-Law
Pool Fencing By-Law
This by-law intends to provide for the owners of privately-owned outdoor swimming pools to erect and maintain swimming pools and enclosures.
Pool Fencing By-Law
Procedure By-Law
This by-law is intended to govern the calling, placement, and proceedings of South Bruce meetings.
Procedure By-Law
Property Standards By-Law
This by-law intends to define the standards for maintaining and repairing properties, including buildings, land, and structures, to ensure public health, safety, and the general well-being of residents.
Property Standards By-Law
Road Occupancy Policy By-Law
This by-law intends to control the construction and installation of any utility, testing equipment, structure or facility on or within a Municipality of South Bruce roadway.
Road Occupancy Policy By-Law
Sidewalk By-Law
This by-law intends to regulate activity and prohibit obstructions on sidewalks within the Municipality of South Bruce.
Sidewalk By-Law
Sign By-Law
This by-law intends to regulate the erection of signs in the Municipality of South Bruce.
Sign By-Law
Tax Relief to Certain Elderly and Disabled Persons - County of Bruce By-Law
This Bruce County by-law intends to provide a tax relief program to relieve financial hardships for low-income seniors seniors and/or low-income persons with disabilities.
Tax Relief to Certain Elderly and Disabled Persons - County of Bruce By-Law
Taxi And Limo By-Law
This by-law intends to regulate and govern the owners and drivers of taxicabs and limousines in the Municipality of South Bruce.
Taxi And Limo By-Law
Tree Maintenance Policy By Law
This by-law is intended to define the standing sub-committee called the "Municipal Tree Committee" which acts as an advisory body implementing the Tree Maintenance Policy.
The Tree Maintenance Policy dictates the process for removal, trimming, replacement, disposal, payment, and contraventions of the terms identified.
Tree Maintenance Policy By Law
Tree Committee Terms Of Reference By-Law
This by-law is intended to define the terms of reference for the South Bruce Tree Committee. The Tree Committee strives towards maintaining a healthy tree population in urban and rural areas of the Municipality.
Tree Committee Terms Of Reference By-Law
Water Restrictions By-Law
This by-law intends to describe the regulations and restrictions associated with water consumption in The Municipality of South Bruce.
Water Restrictions By-Law
Zoning By-Law
This by-law intends to regulate the use of land and the erection, use, bulk, height, spacing of and other matters relating to buildings and structures and to restrict certain uses of land and the erection and use of certain buildings and structures in the Municipality of South Bruce.
Zoning By-Law