{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Highlands East, Ontario, building permit rules are set by Bylaw 2026-02 — User Fees and Charges Bylaw (Schedule G – Building Department) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-25. Permit fees: floor area of proposed construction multiplied by values in Subsection 3; minimum $150.00. Administered by: Chief Building Official.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001554",
 "municipality": "Highlands East",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-25",
 "official_website": "http://www.highlandseast.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 2026-02 — User Fees and Charges Bylaw (Schedule G – Building Department)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-01-13",
   "document_url": "https://highlandseast.civicweb.net/document/447580",
   "summary": "Recorded also under building_permits per the fees-bylaw rule: this general fees bylaw's Schedule G sets building permit fees, and is referenced directly by the 2026-03 Building Bylaw.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "86b2d7bde468aa2fb76104d26c34f3adb147798ff439ac05ea328d262b70c1aa",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2026-02",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/86b2d7bde468aa2fb76104d26c34f3adb147798ff439ac05ea328d262b70c1aa.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required_for": "Dwellings, renovations, foundations, accessory buildings, commercial/industrial/institutional, agricultural, HVAC/HRV, plumbing, wood burning appliance, decks/docks/porches, demolition, tents over 60 m2, sea containers, septic systems.",
    "fee_basis": "floor area of proposed construction multiplied by values in Subsection 3; minimum $150.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required_for": "Schedule G",
    "fee_basis": "Schedule G"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/highlands-east/building-permits/bylaw-2026-02/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 2026-03 — Building Bylaw",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-01-13",
   "document_url": "https://highlandseast.civicweb.net/document/447586",
   "summary": "Under the Building Code Act; sets permit classes, application requirements, sewage-system/partial/conditional permits, plans/specs, inspection notice requirements, registered code agencies. Repeals By-law 2024-53; fees are in Schedule G of the User Fees and Charges Bylaw.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
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   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2026-03",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/971f124c3be285af13fe4d74a77becc06ae02efe16dcae5229672a1f2e7c7e79.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "authority": "Chief Building Official"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "authority": "permission or authorization given in writing from the Chief Building Official"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/highlands-east/building-permits/bylaw-2026-03/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of Highlands East — By-laws page",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "document_url": "https://www.highlandseast.ca/en/municipal-services/by-laws.aspx",
   "summary": "Municipality's categorized by-laws listing page linking the Building Bylaw and other by-laws by topic.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "3119a845255fa0aaf4510452e0b4c74cb80ffd3f776f1d5f20f20f481ccf99bc",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3119a845255fa0aaf4510452e0b4c74cb80ffd3f776f1d5f20f20f481ccf99bc.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/highlands-east/building-permits/municipality-of-highlands-east-by-laws-page/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/highlands-east/building-permits/"
}