{
 "answer": "In the Town of View Royal, British Columbia, building permit rules are set by Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 958, 2016 (Consolidated) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-24. Fees set in: Fees & Charges Bylaw No.958, 2016. Administered by: Inspector.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000152",
 "municipality": "View Royal",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-24",
 "official_website": "http://www.viewroyal.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 958, 2016 (Consolidated)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2017-01-17",
   "document_url": "https://www.viewroyal.ca/assets/Town~Hall/Bylaws/958%20Fees%20and%20Charges%20consolidated%20to%20October%202025.pdf",
   "summary": "Holds the actual building/plumbing permit fee amounts that Building Bylaw No. 1111, 2023 defers to; recorded here per the fees-in-a-separate-bylaw rule.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-building-2",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-24",
   "capture_sha256": "5df0979f99b03aebabbae02f7cf113ea02cfb9a4ae986a1ffa0f36a2e8d7cac7",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T01:10:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "958",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5df0979f99b03aebabbae02f7cf113ea02cfb9a4ae986a1ffa0f36a2e8d7cac7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "fee_basis": "$0-$1,000: Minimum $100; $1,001-$100,000: $100 for first $1,000 plus 1.25% of next $99,000; $100,001-$500,000: $1,338 for first $100,000 plus 1% of next $400,000; Over $500,000: $5,338 plus 0.75% over $500,000; Application fee 25% of total permit fee, minimum $100.",
    "authority": "Inspector",
    "fine_range": "Stop work notice $1000; work without permit 2 times permit fee to a maximum of $25,000, minimum $1000; Building Permit Fee is doubled for construction commenced before permit."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "fee_basis": "Schedule \"A\", Building",
    "authority": "Schedule \"B\", 1.c",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\", Building, Penalties; Schedule \"B\", 2.a"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/view-royal/building-permits/bylaw-958/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of View Royal Building Bylaw No. 1111, 2023",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-10-03",
   "document_url": "https://www.viewroyal.ca/assets/Town~Hall/Bylaws/1111%20-%20Building%20Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Administers the BC Building Code; a permit is required for construction, alteration, or demolition. Building, plumbing, and inspection fees are NOT set in this bylaw but in Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 958, which it references throughout.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-building-2",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-24",
   "capture_sha256": "c7f3b42a17484e9969087ec68e4475ff9789db024d1347c1d5cf74e6730ece4c",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T01:10:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "1111",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c7f3b42a17484e9969087ec68e4475ff9789db024d1347c1d5cf74e6730ece4c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required_for": "A permit is required if work regulated under this Bylaw is to be undertaken, including constructing, repairing, altering, moving, demolishing, fireplaces, plumbing, pools, retaining walls over 1.2 m.",
    "exemptions": "Fences, tents, paving, single-family-zoned trellises/arbours, platforms under 0.6 m, storage racking ≤2.6 m, irrigation, site drainage plumbing; minor non-structural repairs; minor plumbing repairs.",
    "fee_basis": "Building permit fees are based on the cost of construction, being the greater of owner-declared value, Building Official third-party valuation, or cumulative construction contracts at occupancy; per Fees and Charges Bylaw.",
    "fees_location": "Fees & Charges Bylaw No.958, 2016",
    "authority": "Building Official",
    "fine_range": "Fine of not more than $10,000.00, or imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both; each day separate offence."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required_for": "s. 6.1",
    "exemptions": "s. 4.3; s. 6.2; s. 13.4",
    "fee_basis": "s. 11.21–11.23",
    "fees_location": "s. 2.1",
    "authority": "s. 2.1; s. 7.3(a)",
    "fine_range": "s. 25.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/view-royal/building-permits/bylaw-1111/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/view-royal/building-permits/"
}