{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Metchosin, British Columbia, building permit rules are set by Building Bylaw 2024, No. 694 and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-24. Permit required for: constructing, repairing or altering a building or structure, or portions of a building or structure. Fees set in: Fees and Charges Bylaw. Administered by: Building Official.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000079",
 "municipality": "Metchosin",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-24",
 "official_website": "https://www.metchosin.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Building Bylaw 2024, No. 694",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-11-04",
   "document_url": "https://metchosin.civicweb.net/document/475",
   "summary": "Prohibits construction, occupancy-change, or continued construction of a building without a valid District permit; Building Code Part 1 exemptions apply. Repeals the 1987 Building Bylaw No. 44. Permit, plumbing, and other fees are set in the District's separate Fees and Charges Bylaw.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-building-2",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-24",
   "capture_sha256": "65e60ffeeb7dcf7789e67cffc5613e68bc0833c5c679a62d1b4be3bd716153b0",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T01:10:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "694",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/65e60ffeeb7dcf7789e67cffc5613e68bc0833c5c679a62d1b4be3bd716153b0.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required_for": "constructing, repairing or altering a building or structure, or portions of a building or structure",
    "exemptions": "minor non-structural repairs/alterations, including roof retrofits or same-size window/door replacements in a single-family dwelling; valve/faucet/fixture/service water heater repair/replacement, stoppage clearing, leak repair if no piping change",
    "fee_basis": "Building permit fees are based on the cost of construction, which is the greater of the owner's declared value, the Building Official's third-party valuation, or cumulative construction contracts at occupancy.",
    "fees_location": "Fees and Charges Bylaw",
    "authority": "Building Official",
    "fine_range": "a fine to a maximum of $50,000.00, or a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required_for": "s. 6.1(a)",
    "exemptions": "s. 6.2",
    "fee_basis": "s. 11.24; s. 11.25",
    "fees_location": "s. 11.21",
    "authority": "s. 2.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 25.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/metchosin/building-permits/bylaw-694/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fees and Charges Bylaw 2024, No. 696",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-11-04",
   "document_url": "https://metchosin.civicweb.net/document/8",
   "summary": "Schedule 3 (\"Building Bylaw Fees\") sets the actual building permit fee amounts that Building Bylaw 2024, No. 694 defers to rather than pricing itself.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-building-2",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-24",
   "capture_sha256": "70ea0d8fe47286b65142918e6c681e2b7d4291007bed56463ffaba995aae9809",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T01:10:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "696",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/70ea0d8fe47286b65142918e6c681e2b7d4291007bed56463ffaba995aae9809.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "fee_basis": "Total value of work less than $1000.00 (minimum fee per permit) $100.00; plus $15.00 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof and not exceeding 300,000; plus $13.00 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof over $300,000.",
    "fine_range": "Stop work notice $1,000.00; Work without permit (2 times permit fee to a maximum of $25,000. Minimum of $1000)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "fee_basis": "Schedule 3, 1. Building Permits",
    "fine_range": "Schedule 3, Penalties"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/metchosin/building-permits/bylaw-696/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/metchosin/building-permits/"
}