{
 "answer": "In the Township of Southwold, Ontario, building permit rules are set by By-law No. 2025-29 - Building By-law, verified 2026-09-25. Permit required for: Construct or demolish a building or swimming pool within the Township unless a permit has been issued. Fees set in: current User Fees by-law, as amended. Administered by: Chief Building Official and Inspectors.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001763",
 "municipality": "Southwold",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-25",
 "official_website": "http://www.southwold.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 2025-29 - Building By-law",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-04-28",
   "document_url": "https://www.southwold.ca/living-here/by-laws/building-by-law",
   "summary": "Township's Building Code Act, 1992 by-law: permit required for construction, demolition, change of use, and tents; fees, refunds, and notice/service rules. Repeals By-law 2005-44. Full text is published directly on this page.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "96ca55b037f6ba093bcc0761ce7f16a89fa27d27adb5041dc6f4b6cd84e0ede5",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2025-29",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/96ca55b037f6ba093bcc0761ce7f16a89fa27d27adb5041dc6f4b6cd84e0ede5.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required_for": "Construct or demolish a building or swimming pool within the Township unless a permit has been issued.",
    "fees_location": "current User Fees by-law, as amended",
    "authority": "Chief Building Official and Inspectors"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required_for": "s. 4.1",
    "fees_location": "s. 13.1",
    "authority": "s. 2.7, 2.10, 4.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/southwold/building-permits/bylaw-2025-29/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/southwold/building-permits/"
}