{
 "answer": "The Municipal District of County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Alberta has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Bylaw No. 3249/2025 – 2025 Schedule of Fees, Rates and Charges Bylaw, verified 2026-09-27.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000235",
 "municipality": "County of Grande Prairie No. 1",
 "status_type": "Municipal District",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.countygp.ab.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw No. 3249/2025 – 2025 Schedule of Fees, Rates and Charges Bylaw",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.countygp.ab.ca/media/q3mfj3vb/3249-2025-schedule-of-fees-rates-and-charges-bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Consolidated fees bylaw sets Building, Electrical, Gas, Plumbing and Private Sewage (PSDS) safety-codes permit fees ($100 minimum per permit, per-$1,000-of-value scales) plus a 4% Safety Codes Council levy (min $4.50, max $560); the County is accredited and issues these permits itself.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-24",
   "capture_sha256": "ca82873a28ff51019e4bc5a183b32cfcb5a5acf708d2892534f2c7f92337cf43",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T01:52:39+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "3249/2025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ca82873a28ff51019e4bc5a183b32cfcb5a5acf708d2892534f2c7f92337cf43.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required_for": "New construction; relocation of building; mobile homes/modular/RTMs; small residential (additions, garages, decks); demolition residential; demolition non-residential.",
    "fee_basis": "$100 minimum permit fee for all building permits; new construction and small residential (additions, garages, decks) $6.00 per $1,000 of construction value; relocation of building $0.25 per sqft of main floor; mobile homes/modular/RTMs $0.20 per sqft of main floor; demolition residential $100.00 per permit; demolition non-residential $0.50 per sqm (minimum $100.00); all subject to Safety Codes Council Fee 4% of permit fee (minimum $4.50, maximum $560.00).",
    "fine_range": "Double permit fee for work started without a permit; inspection penalties: second occurrence $250.00, third occurrence $500.00; fourth occurrence removal of materials to expose work."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required_for": "Schedule \"A\", Building Permits",
    "fee_basis": "Schedule \"A\", Building Permits",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\", Permit Penalties; Inspection Penalties - Coverage of Work Prior to Inspections"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/county-of-grande-prairie-no-1/building-permits/schedule-3249-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Building and Planning Permits – Planning and Safety Code Applications",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.countygp.ab.ca/business-building-development/building-and-planning-permits/building-permits/planning-and-safety-code-applications/",
   "summary": "County's own applications page: in-house Residential/Non-Residential Building, Electrical, Gas, Plumbing and Private Sewage permit application forms, confirming the County (an accredited municipality) issues its own safety-codes permits rather than relying on a private agency.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-24",
   "capture_sha256": "7ac6b463b2f05c86d7e43d3502196248c1f578b84398e595e370c6036fdc18a4",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T01:52:39+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7ac6b463b2f05c86d7e43d3502196248c1f578b84398e595e370c6036fdc18a4.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/county-of-grande-prairie-no-1/building-permits/building-and-planning-permits-planning-and-safety-code/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/county-of-grande-prairie-no-1/building-permits/"
}