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 no less than a monthly 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.

Where a vacant building remains vacant for more than 60 consecutive 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 (except a vacant house or vacant farm building) that have been vacant for at least 90 consecutive days must register the building with the City of Welland.