{
 "answer": "Big Lakes County, Alberta has no building permits bylaw on record as of 2026-09-27. The Inspections Group's fee schedule (effective Jan 1, 2025) used for Big Lakes County: e.g. $0.52/sq ft main-level new construction, plus the Safety Codes Council levy of 4% (min $4.50); a rate sheet, not itself a council-adopted bylaw.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000187",
 "municipality": "Big Lakes County",
 "status_type": "Municipal District",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.biglakescounty.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "2025 Building Permit Fee Schedule",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://biglakescounty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2025-Building-Permit-Fee-Schedule.pdf",
   "summary": "The Inspections Group's fee schedule (effective Jan 1, 2025) used for Big Lakes County: e.g. $0.52/sq ft main-level new construction, plus the Safety Codes Council levy of 4% (min $4.50); a rate sheet, not itself a council-adopted bylaw.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-24",
   "capture_sha256": "f9fcf1051c495403c848062bfbb51f17fdbfecbde74477644139f3d3b2138925",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T01:52:39+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f9fcf1051c495403c848062bfbb51f17fdbfecbde74477644139f3d3b2138925.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/big-lakes-county/building-permits/2025-building-permit-fee-schedule/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Permits & Subdivisions – Safety Codes Permitting (Big Lakes County)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://biglakescounty.ca/business-planning/planning-development/development-permits-subdivisions/",
   "summary": "Big Lakes County page states Safety Codes (building) permits, distinct from development permits, are obtained from the County's contracted agency The Inspections Group; links a 2025 Building Permit Fee Schedule; no municipal safety-codes bylaw of its own found.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-24",
   "capture_sha256": "ab1ae68e419bef73183a7431c4991a748ae8113ef4ec511d73dba682dfb69ffe",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T01:52:39+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ab1ae68e419bef73183a7431c4991a748ae8113ef4ec511d73dba682dfb69ffe.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/big-lakes-county/building-permits/development-permits-subdivisions-safety-codes-permitting/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/big-lakes-county/building-permits/"
}