The provincial Municipal Act gives Ontario municipalities the authority to pass By-Laws that regulate and govern various trades, callings businesses and occupations. Local municipalities have passed that authority to the Region who has requested that the Regional Municipality of Niagara Police Services Board manage that licencing responsibility. The Police Services Board has therefore enacted a licencing By-Law # 263-2003.

By-Law #263-2003 is administered and enforced by members of the Niagara Regional Police Service and their Licencing Unit. This By-Law regulates business operators and drivers of various vehicles for hire such as; Taxicabs, Tow Trucks, Limousines, Sightseeing and Shuttle vehicles as well as horse drawn Caleche. In addition this By-Law further regulates Salvage Yards, Scrap Dealers, Auto Wrecking Yards, Second Hand Stores and Second Hand Goods Dealers.

In keeping with a uniform approach to licencing many local municipalities have entered into a contractual arrangement with the Board to have the Licencing Unit of the Police Service administer and enforce portions of their Adult Entertainment By-Law as they pertain to Adult strip clubs.

 

 

The forms below are available to view and download.  They are PDF documents, and require a program called Adobe Reader to view.  If you do not have Adobe Reader installed on your computer, you can obtain a copy through the Downloads section of our Website by clicking HERE.

Adult Entertainer Application Form

Form 1: Application for Driver Licence

Form 6: Application for Vehicle Owner's Licence

Form 7: Letter of Intent to Transfer Vehicle

Form 11: Application for Business Licence

Form 12: Letter of Intent to Transfer - Business

Schedule 4: Licenced Wrecking or Second-Hand Store's Report

Schedule 5: Salvage Report

Licencing By-law 267-2004

Licencing By-law By-law 264-03 (Adult Entertainment in Niagara on the Lake)

Licencing By-law 279-2006 (Adult Entertainment in Fort Erie and Welland)

Licencing By-law 85-2006 (Adult Entertainment in Thorold)

Paratransit Requirements
 

Download the licencing forms and bylaw
(Note: This is a PDF format document that is compressed as a ZIP file.   To read this file, you will need to download WinZip & Adobe Reader through our Downloads area)

 

Stop Illegal Taxis

City of Toronto's Taxi Training Web site

International Association of Transportation Regulators

Business Watch

 

 


For more information, contact the Licencing Unit of the Niagara Regional Police Service at (905) 688-4111