{
 "answer": "In the Rural Municipality of Springfield, Manitoba, building permit rules are set by By-law No. 25-20 Fees & Charges and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-24. Fees set in: most current Municipal Fee By-law. Administered by: Rural Municipality of Springfield and, where context requires, such Development Officer or Building Inspector or other authority lawfully appointed. Fines: fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00); individual imprisonment not exceeding six months or both.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001358",
 "municipality": "Rural Municipality of Springfield",
 "status_type": "Rural Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Manitoba",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-24",
 "official_website": "https://rmofspringfield.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 25-20 Fees & Charges",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-01-13",
   "document_url": "https://rmofspringfield.ca/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=eca2fc9b-39d3-4c1c-86ab-0f76dcc380a0",
   "summary": "Same consolidated fees by-law recorded again under building_permits: sets the RM's building & development permit fee schedule (per BRIEF rule for fees bylaws that set building permit fees).",
   "discovered_by": "mb-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-24",
   "capture_sha256": "7780c85d88d140246b379c3bea8f5436fb270c0ff9856fa8f59ba9664d688cb3",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T02:40:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "25-20",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7780c85d88d140246b379c3bea8f5436fb270c0ff9856fa8f59ba9664d688cb3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Springfield Building By-law No. 24-05",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-03-19",
   "document_url": "https://rmofspringfield.ca/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=727efb57-b315-4bb8-ba33-22820fdd1dc8",
   "summary": "RM of Springfield's own building by-law: adopts the Manitoba Building/Plumbing Codes, rescinds prior By-law 21-06, governs construction/alteration/demolition permits, inspections and enforcement; issued directly by the RM's own building department.",
   "discovered_by": "mb-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-24",
   "capture_sha256": "5b9f6cb6c92b185bbe13227ba3173f638ee55847230955f545b503fb028c64f7",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T02:40:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "24-05",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5b9f6cb6c92b185bbe13227ba3173f638ee55847230955f545b503fb028c64f7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required_for": "Building permit required for location, placement, erection, construction, addition, extension, improvement, alteration, conversion, repair, rehabilitation, renovation, relocation, removal, underpinning, excavation, mechanical system work, spray paint operations, signs.",
    "exemptions": "Building permit not required for patching, painting, decoration; same-material stucco/siding/shingles; non-bedroom doors/windows if opening unchanged; fences; cabinets/shelves; detached accessory storage building ≤9.29 m².",
    "fees_location": "most current Municipal Fee By-law",
    "authority": "Rural Municipality of Springfield and, where context requires, such Development Officer or Building Inspector or other authority lawfully appointed",
    "fine_range": "fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00); individual imprisonment not exceeding six months or both"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required_for": "s. 4.2.1.1",
    "exemptions": "s. 4.2.1.2",
    "fees_location": "s. 4.1.1(c)",
    "authority": "s. 2.2.3 \"Authority Having Jurisdiction\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 7.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/mb/rural-municipality-of-springfield/building-permits/bylaw-24-05/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/mb/rural-municipality-of-springfield/building-permits/"
}