Registration Application
Two-Unit House 

If you have a basement apartment, you need to register your house with the City of Pickering Fire Services Division. Registration applications are available at Pickering Fire Services, 1616 Bayly Street, behind Fire Hall #5, and can also be downloaded from this page.

Why Register? 

It is now the law. City of Pickering by-law 6399/04 requires all existing two-unit houses to be registered. If a two-unit house is not registered, it is illegal and an offence under the by-law.  Effective April 1, 2005 the registration fee is $500.00

• Registration provides for an inspection to confirm that the accessory apartment is safe for a tenant to occupy.
   
• It provides a building owner with a registration certificate, officially recognizing the property as a legal two-unit house. This will assist in future real estate transactions.
   
• Knowledge of where two-unit houses exist will assist the City in providing emergency response and community services.
  

Registration Application

• open Microsoft Word version 
  Save the document to your computer, fill in the form using Microsoft Word, save document when completed, send completed form to dbritton@city.pickering.on.ca

• open PDF version
  Print the document, enter your information, send the completed application by fax or by mail to Fire Services.

Registration Information

• open the information pamphlet [PDF]

For more information, please contact:
Fire Prevention Division @ 905.839.9968
Email: fire@city.pickering.on.ca

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