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Fees and Charges as Approved by the Town's Annual
Budget Process and the Building By-Law
Classes of Permits and Fees
TABLE 1
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION
COST
(Class of Permit)
($/m2 unless
otherwise
specified.)
Group A: Assembly - schools, libraries, places of worship and
restaurants
New shell only
26.70
Shell and finished interior
30.00
Interior finish/alteration/partitioning
10.40
Group B: Detention and care - hospitals, police stations, fire halls, long
term care facilities, gymnasiums, residential care facilities, group homes
New
34.30
Interior alteration
15.55
Group C: Residential
New - apartments and condominiums, retirement homes,
hotels, stacked townhouses and row townhouses more than 3
storeys
23.25
Alterations - apartments, retirement homes, hotels
11.60
New - houses, semi-detached, row townhouses up to 3 storeys
and additions (garages, fireplaces, sprinklers and walk up
basements included in original designs)
17.80
Garages, unheated accessory buildings and open porches (not
part of a new residential construction)
5.90
Accessory dwelling units
12.00
2025
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Interior alterations, basements and finishings
4.90
Fireplace (each) - other than electrical or gas, applicable if no
other work proposed
220.00
Deck (each)
220.00
Walk up basement (each), applicable if no other new foundation
work is proposed
400.00
Solar panel installation (each)
300.00
Group D: Business and personal service - offices, banks, beauty parlours,
dry cleaning, medical office (no surgery)
New shell only
18.25
New shell and finished interior
23.25
Interior finish/alteration/ partitioning for offices
8.80
Group E: Mercantile - retail stores, gas stations, car dealerships
New shell only
18.60
New shell and finished interior
23.70
Interior finish/alteration/ partitioning only
9.40
Group F: Industrial
New factories and warehouses shell only - up to 5000 m²
13.10
New factories and warehouses shell and finished interior - up to
5000 m²
19.10
New factories and warehouses shell only - additional m² over
5000 m²
9.10
New factories and warehouses shell and finished interior -
additional m² over 5000 m²
15.10
Interior finish/alterations/ partitioning
8.20
Pre-engineered metal buildings - Unit rates for factories and warehouses
above can be applied to pre-engineered metal buildings
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Other structures
Parking garage above ground - new/alteration
7.15
Parking garage underground - new/alteration
11.20
Designated structure (each) - retaining wall, exterior
storage tank
1% of
construction
value
Designated structure (each) - green initiative including solar
collector, structural support for wind turbine
600.00
Air supported structures
22.85
Tent (each) - temporary
420.00
Pre-fabricated trailer (each)
450.00
Portable classrooms (each)
425.00
Stand-alone plumbing and drains
Residential water service and/or sanitary and storm
piping (each), applicable if no other work is proposed
100.00
Domestic water service and fire line - private side (per
metre)
11.15
Sanitary and storm piping (per metre)
3.80
Plumbing fixture and/or backwater valves (each), applicable
if no other work is proposed
102.00
Backflow preventer (each), applicable if no other work is
proposed
306.00
Sewage systems (each)
1,188.00
Sewage system assessment (each)
215.00
Other fees
Pre-Screening Application Fee (each) - First submission
credited towards permit fee; subsequent submissions
subject to fee. Non-refundable.
100.00
Demolition permit (each)
438.00
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Authority to occupy unfinished building (each)
700.00
Partial permit including geothermal drilling from grade
(each). This application is only accepted in conjunction with
a complete, full permit submission, including all relevant
fees
700.00
Conditional permit (each). This application is only accepted
in conjunction with a complete, full permit submission,
including all relevant fees and signed agreement
1,000.00
Change of use (each)
700.00
Alternative solution / equivalency application (each)
1,575.00
Revisions to a permit (each)
438.00
Certified model program (each model) - when available-
plan review only without permit application
1,500.00
Limiting distance agreements (each) (Building Department
fee only)
700.00
Building compliance letters - Regular
117.00
Access to building records (routine disclosure)
Request for survey plan (each)
25.00
Routine disclosure of building records (each). May be
subject to additional third party retrieval and reproduction
fees.
60.00
Building compliance letters - Express
173.00
Zoning letter (each)
273.00
Zoning Certificate of Occupancy
273.00
Application Fee
Routine disclosure of building records (each). May be
subject to additional third party retrieval and reproduction
fees.
29.00
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commencement over and above any fees otherwise owing in connection
with the permit fee prescribed in the fees and charges as approved as part
of the town's annual budget process, as follows:
50% of the required permit fee based on the entire work to be performed
and exclusive of any part into which the application for permit may be
subdivided, but in no case shall the increase in permit fee authorized by
this section be greater than $5,000.00.
Minimum Permit Fee
The minimum fee for any permit (other than those described as "each"
and "plumbing services" in the fees and charges as approved as part of
the town's annual budget process) is $200.00. Any building permit not
otherwise listed will be assessed at 1% of the project's construction value.
Construction values submitted are at the discretion of the Chief Building
Official.
Refund Of Fees
Pursuant to subsection 4(3) of this by-law, the fees that may be refunded
shall be a percentage of the fees payable under this by-law and the fees
and charges as approved as part of the town's annual budget process,
calculated as follows in regard to functions undertaken by the
municipality:
Note: See Planning Services rates and fees for Committee of Adjustment
information.
Building Without A Permit
Where work or construction, demolition or a change of use of a building is
commenced prior to the issuance of a building permit, demolition permit or
a change of use permit, the municipality shall be compensated for
additional administrative and investigative costs because of the unlawful
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(viii)
There will be no refund of fees paid on any application or permit
after four years of its application date or issuance date respectively.
(i)
85% if administrative functions only have been performed;
(ii)
75% if administrative and only one application review function has been
performed;
(iii)
50% if administrative and more than one application
review function has been performed;
(iv)
45% if the permit has been issued and only one field inspection has been
performed;
(v)
5% shall additionally be deducted from the refund for each site
inspection/visit that has been performed;
(vi)
If the calculated refund is less than $50.00 no refund shall be made
for the fees paid.
(vii)
The refund shall be returned to the person named on the fee receipt
unless such person advises the Chief Building Official, in writing and prior
to the release of the refund, of a name change, in which case the refund
shall be returned to the person then authorized to receive it.
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General Notes
Table 1
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The schedule is based on area in m2 (metres squared). Costs and the method of
measuring the area of the building are those adopted by the Canadian Institute
of Quantity Surveyors and can be summarized as follows:
1. Except as permitted in sentences 4 and 5 each floor is to be measured to
the outer face of the external walls. Parking garages to be calculated
separately. Mixed use buildings shall use the rate of major occupancy of the
building.
2. No deductions are to be made for openings within the floor area, i.e. stairs,
elevators, ducts, etc.
3. The area of all mezzanine floors, except mezzanines in industrial/warehouse
buildings not used for offices, is to be added and included in the overall area
of the project.
4. In residential dwellings, the area of basements to be finished is to be
included in the area calculated but the areas of unfinished basements are
to be excluded.
5. Horizontal projections of sloping and stepping floors may be used in lieu
of actual floor area.
6. The administration fee shall include all the work usually included in the main
contract, i.e. all the architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical work
contained within the building and all site services, soft landscaping, paving
and all sidewalks within the property line.
7. The permit fee applicable to tents may be waived for charitable events.
8. The fee for a revision to a building permit application shall not exceed the
original building permit application fee.