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Permit Fees

PART A OF SCHEDULE A

FEES PAYABLE FOR SPECIFIC CLASSES OF PERMITS

Item	Class of Permit	Fee Payable
1.	Building Permit	See Part B
2.	Partial Building Permit	Applicable Building Permit Fee payable plus the adminstration fee described in Subsection 8(4).
3.	Conditional Building Permit	Applicable Building Permit Fee payable plus the adminstration fee described in Subsection 8(5).
4.	Demolition Permit	$10. for each 100 m² of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.
5.	Change of Use Permit	$100
6.	Site Servicing Permit for Plumbing	2.5% of the Construction Value

PART B OF SCHEDULE A

FEES PAYABLE FOR BUILDING PERMITS

ITEM

BUILDING TYPE

FEE PAYABLE

1.

Assembly Occupancies

$13.50 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

2.

Institutional Occupancies

$14.85 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

3.

Residential Occupancies

• apartment buildings

• detached, semi-detached and townhouse dwellings, & other residential occupancies

$7 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

$8.50 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

4.

Business & Personal Service Occupancies

• single storey business plazas (shell)

• multi-storey office buildings (shell)

• other business and personal service occupancies

$9 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

$10.50 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

$11.25 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

5.

Mercantile Occupancies

• single storey buildings

• multi-storey buildings

$6.50 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

$8.50 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

6.

Industrial Occupancies

• farm buildings and unserviced storage bldgs.

• other industrial buildings

$3 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

$5.50 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

7.

Parking Garages, Unfinished Basements and Service Floors in any building

• new structures

• repairs

$4 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

$1 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

8.

Interior Partitioning and Finishing, Basement Finishing (residential) and Basement Apartments created after November 16, 1995

$2.30 for each square metre of floor area or part thereof, minimum $50.

9.

Minor Residential Structures, Alterations, and plumbing only including

• decks, gazebos (each)
• fireplace, wood stove (each)
• garage, carport, storage shed (< 50m²)
• water and sewer connection
• other similar minor projects associated with a residential use
• revisions

$50

10.

Minor Non-residential Structures, including

• school portables (each)
• temporary prefabricated trailers (each)
• temporary tent (each)
• other similar minor structures associated with a non-residential use

$200

11.

Sign (each)

$75

12.

Alterations to existing buildings (not provided for in Item 1 to 11)

$10 for each $1,000 of construction value or part thereof, minimum $50.

ITEM REVISIONS FEE PAYABLE

13.

Revisions other than indicated in Item 9 in Part B of this schedule

Greater of $100 or the amount determined by the review time to the nearest whole hour multiplied by the hourly rate of $60/hour.

Fees and refunds

(1) In the case of the withdrawal of an application, or abandonment of all or a portion of the work or the non-commencement of any project, or the refusal to issue a Permit, upon written request, the Chief Building Official shall determine the amount of fees, if any, that may be refunded, in accordance with Subsection 7(3).

(2) There shall be no refund of Permit fees where a Permit has been revoked, except where the Permit was issued in error, or where the Applicant requests revocation no more than six months after the Permit is issued. In such cases, the amount of refund shall be calculated in accordance with Subsection 7(3).

(3) Subject to Subsections 7(1) and 7(2) the fees that may be refunded shall be a percentage of the fees payable under this bylaw, calculated as follows:

(a) 80% after the Permit is entered on the Permit Control System.

(b) 70% after internal departmental circulation (i.e. zoning, site plan control, grading, etc.).

(c) 60% after preliminary plans review has been performed.

(d) 50% after final plans review has been completed.

(e) 45% after Permit issued.

(f) No refund of any portion of the fee paid shall be made if any construction or demolition has commenced or if a field inspection has been made.

(g) No refund shall be made of an amount less than $100.

Administrative fees

(1) Where work commenced prior to the filing and acceptance of an application, the fee shall be increased by the greater of $100 or 25%.

(2) Where an order to comply is issued under the Act with respect to construction and demolition commenced prior to issuance of Permit, the Permit fee prescribed in Schedule “A” shall be increased to cover additional administrative costs by the greater of $100 or 15%.

(3) Where a stop work order is issued under the Act with respect to construction and demolition commenced prior to issuance of Permit, the Permit fee prescribed in Schedule “A” shall be increased to cover additional administrative costs by the greater of $100 or 25%.

(4) With respect to partial Permits the fee shall be the normal fee for the proposed construction plus an administration fee of 10% of that fee. The minimum administration fee of $100.00 and a maximum of $500.00 shall apply to partial Permits.

(5) With respect to conditional Permits the fee shall be the normal fee for the proposed construction plus an administration fee of 10% of that fee. The minimum administration fee of $100 and a maximum of $1,000 shall apply to conditional Permits.

(6) With respect to transferring a Permit from one Permit holder to another, the fee shall be $100.