Local Laws

The Animal local law establishes enforceable requirements for the keeping of domestic animals, large animals, miniature horses and pigs, poultry, pigeons and bees in the Town.

The Health local law provides for the regulation, control and management of day-to-day public and environmental health matters within the Town.

The Local Government and Public Property local law provides for the regulation, control and management of activities and facilities on local government and public property land within the Town. This is a consolidated local law which incorporates amendments gazetted on 6 July 2018 (Government Gazette No.107).

If you are building a new house or adding to an existing house in City Beach, Floreat, or Mount Claremont, the building materials and roof reflectivity requirements of Local Law 43 may have an impact on your design.

Local Law 43 includes the following requirements:

Building Materials:

     • The external walls of all buildings to be constructed of brick, stone, concrete, or similar material

     • Refer to Clause 7 of Local Law 43 for more details.

Roof Reflectivity:

     • Roofs with a pitch of more than 5° shall not be constructed with metal sheeting (i.e. Colorbond) with a solar reflectivity index (SRI) exceeding 40 per cent

     • Common Colorbond colours such as White, Surfmist, and Shale Grey and other lighter colours have SRIs exceeding 40%

     • Refer to Clause 8 of Local Law 43 for more details.

If the building materials and roof colour of your proposed design do not meet the above requirements, the proposal will be required to be presented to Council at one of its meetings for determination. 

Please note that, based on previous decisions, Council may refuse a proposal if it does not meet the above requirements.

Please contact the Town’s Duty Planning Officer on 9347 6000 to confirm if the above requirements apply to your property.

The Meeting Procedures Local Law provides for the orderly conduct of meetings of Council and Committees and gives guidance to the community in regard to meeting process.

The Parking local law provides for the regulation, control and management of parking in the Town. This is a consolidated local law which incorporates amendments gazetted on 9 March 2018 (Government Gazette No.34).

The Private Property local law provides for the regulation, control and management of matters affecting residents of the Town from activities on private property.This is a consolidated local law which incorporates amendments gazetted on 12 January 2018 (Government Gazette No.8).

The Trading in Public Places local provides for the regulation, control and management of outdoor eating facilities, stalls, traders and entertainers in any public place within the Town.

The Waste local law provides for the regulation, control and management of waste disposal in the Town. This is a consolidated local law which incorporates amendments gazetted on 12 January 2018 (Government Gazette p181)