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PROPERTY INFORMATION REQUESTS & LEGAL NON-CONFORMING VERIFICATION REQUESTS
A Property Information Letter is a document containing information on a specific property, including:
- Zone categories under the Zoning By-law, including minor variances.
- Permitted building types/uses.
- Whether the existing and/or proposed uses/structures are permitted.
- Official Plan designation(s).
- Heritage Act status (listed or designed).
- Securities held by the City.
- Property Standards / By-law Enforcement orders.
- Cross Connection Control items.
- Building Permit records.
Only one (1) property can be included per application.
The 2025 property information request fee is $500. Submit an Property Information Request Application through the City's On-Line Portal:
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Disclaimers:
- A Property Information Letter does not include copies of documents/records. If you require copies of documents/records, visit the City's Access and Privacy webpage, to submit either an Freedom of Information Request Form or a Routine Disclosure Form for Building, Planning and Engineering Information, depending on the nature of the request. Consult with Staff if clarification is required. Routine Disclosure Forms are submitted to filerequests@cambridge.ca.
- A Property Information Letter does not verify or guarantee compliance with all applicable zoning by-law regulations or existing site plan or subdivision agreements.
- Information regarding easements is not provided through a Property Information Request. This information may be available through the Ontario Land Registry website OnLand.
A Legal Non-Conforming Verification Letter is a statement from the City on the legal non-conforming status of a property, based on the materials submitted with the application, and the City's records.
- Properties which contain a use that does not comply with the current permitted uses outlined in Zoning By-law #150-85 may be considered to be legal non-conforming if the use can be verified to have existed legally and continuously before the passing of the current Zoning By-law until present day. The current City of Cambridge Zoning By-law #150-85 came into full force and effect on October 27th, 1986.
- The Applicant must submit satisfactory information to confirm the use and dates it has existed, along with supplementary information which helps verify the use and that it was legally established. Examples can be found in the checkboxes on the application form. The information must prove that the use has continuously existed from prior to October 27, 1986 through to present day.
- If a use cannot be confirmed to have consistently been in place since it was legally established through to present day, or if it is confirmed that the use stopped at some time, legal non-conforming status cannot be confirmed.
Submit a Legal Non-conforming Use Verification Application Form, the Required Supplementary Documents and the Application Fee to:
- Planning Services, 3rd Floor, Cambridge City Hall, 50 Dickson Street, Cambridge, ON N1R 8S1; or
- planning@cambridge.ca.
The 2025 legal non-conforming verification request fee is $500. Applications submitted without the application fee with be invoiced by the City. Payment must be received before a application can be reviewed.