Richmond Hill: questions buyers ask about the records
Each page names the public record that answers one question, where to read it yourself, and which OfferDue check reads it. What the records show, never advice.
Sources checked October 28, 2026
Richmond Hill at a glance
The town's local rules as pictures, from our hand-kept tables of its by-laws and pages and from its flood page. Each tile opens the page with the full wording, its source and the date we checked it.
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Property tax
0.76% of assessed value, 2026 residential rate
Read the question →0%2.32% (Chatham-Kent)2nd lowest of 61 towns. Lowest: Markham, 0.72%.
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Extra units
Up to 4 homes on a lot
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Trees
15 cm across: the trunk size the rule names
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Conservation authorities in 2027
Read the question →Toronto and Region authorityjoinsCentral Lake Ontario Regional Conservation Authority
Lake Simcoe Region authorityjoinsLake Huron Regional Conservation Authority
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A business run from home
- Up to 25%of the floor area
- Only the householdmay work there
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Water and sewer bills
- A stormwater charge of its own
Is a Richmond Hill address in the Greenbelt or the Oak Ridges Moraine?
The Province's Greenbelt boundary and land-use maps and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan's land use designation maps, each with an interactive map.
In the free check and the full report.
How can I find recorded pits, quarries and petroleum wells near a Richmond Hill home?
Two provincial records: the Find Pits and Quarries map of licensed and permitted aggregate sites, and the petroleum wells dataset of wells drilled for oil, gas, salt or underground storage.
In the free check and the full report.
How can I find mapped railways, power lines and pipelines near a Richmond Hill home?
The Ontario Railway Network and the Ontario Utility Line dataset: provincial mapping of tracks and crossings, and of power lines, pipelines and other utility lines.
In the free check and the full report.
What records explain additional units, up to four on a lot, at a Richmond Hill home?
Zoning amendment By-law 143-24, passed on 11 December 2024, as explained on the City's additional residential unit page.
In the free check and the full report.
What does Richmond Hill's tree by-law cover on a private lot?
The City's Tree Preservation By-law 19-25 (Municipal Code Chapter 1015), as summarised on the City's tree permit page.
In the free check and the full report.
What is Richmond Hill's residential property tax rate for 2026?
The City's tax rates page, with the 2026 summary schedule of tax rates by assessment class and the rates for earlier years.
In the free check and the full report.
Is a Richmond Hill address in a regulated flood area, and whose map says so?
The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority's Regulated Area Search, and the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority's regulation map viewer, under Ontario Regulation 41/24.
Public source; flood plain and regulated-area checks not included in OfferDue reports.
Who helps with a home in Richmond Hill
Every kind of business a home needs, by moment, and the local rules their work runs into, each with its source and the date it was checked.
Public-record information, not legal, financial, insurance or inspection advice. Records change and can be incomplete, and these pages describe the records, not any particular home. What we cover, city by city.