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Exhibit A
Town of Kentville Bylaw 205
BUILDING
BE IT ENACTED by the Council of Town of Kentville under the authority of the
Municipal Government Act, Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1998, Chapter 18, and
Building Code Act, 1989, Chapter 46, and amendments thereto as follows:
1.
SHORT TITLE
This Bylaw shall be known as Bylaw 205 and may be cited as the "Building
Bylaw".
2.
DEFINITIONS
a. "Act" means the Building Code Act;
b. "Applicant" means
c. "authority having jurisdiction" has the same meaning as specified in any
code adopted under Section 4 of the Nova scotia Building Code
Regulations and includes a building official as designated under
Section 46;
d. "Town" means the Town of Kentville.
e. "work" means any construction activity regulated by this Bylaw and
associated regulations and carried out on or about a construction site
or on, in or about a building or part thereof.
3.
PERMIT REQUIRED
No person or Corporation shall carry out any work regulated under this
Bylaw until such person or Corporation receives an approved and in effect
permit for such work issued on behalf of Town of Kentville.
4.
APPLICATIONS
a. A building, footing, occupancy, temporary building and demolition
permit shall be in such form and contain such information as may from
time to time be required for the proper administration of the bylaw and
the Nova Scotia Building Code Act and Regulations.
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b. Before a permit is issued, renewed, or amended, an applicant must
complete an application form in the prescribed form.
c.
Every application for a permit shall include the information required by
the Building Code Act and Regulations.
d. When an application for a permit, or amendment to a permit, has not
been completed in conformance with the requirements of this bylaw
within six months after it is filed, the application shall be deemed to
have been abandoned.
e. A permit is valid for 1 year from the date of issue and is renewable.
5.
PERMITS
a. Before issuing a building or demolition permit, renewal or amendment,
the authority having jurisdiction shall be satisfied that all applicable
requirements of the Heritage Property Act and the Municipal
Government Act, including driveway access, sanitary sewer permit,
Land Use Bylaw, Subdivision Bylaw, lot grading plan or a Development
Agreement entered into pursuant to the Land Use Bylaw of the Town of
Kentville, has been satisfied.
b. The authority having jurisdiction shall, in the case of the construction of
new buildings or structures, withhold a building permit until satisfied that
any permit required pursuant to the Public Highways Act has been
obtained.
c.
Where, in order to expedite work and the approval of a portion of the
building is desired, the issuance of a permit for the whole project shall
be made for the complete project with complete plans and
specifications (covering the portion of the work for which immediate
approval is requested) shall be filed.
d. Should a permit be issued for part of a building, the holder of the permit
may proceed, but without any assurance that the permit for the entire
building will be granted.
e. Any permit issued for only part of a building shall be clearly marked as
for part only and shall also indicate that a permit for the entire building
is not assured.
f.
The building official shall, in the case of the construction of new
structures, withhold an occupancy permit until satisfied that approvals
relating to sewer and water connections required by the Town of
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Kentville's Department of Engineering and Public Works have been
granted.
6.
PERMIT FEES
No permits shall be issued for an application under this Bylaw until the
required fees shown in Schedule "A" of this Bylaw are paid in full.
7.
INSPECTIONS
The owner or their agent shall notify the authority having jurisdiction to
request required inspections and shall not proceed with construction
beyond a stage requiring inspection until such inspection has been
completed or otherwise authorized by the authority having jurisdiction.
Inspections shall be requested at the applicable stages of construction as
set out in Section 35 of the Nova Scotia Building Code Regulations, as
amended from time to time.
The authority having jurisdiction will make reasonable efforts to conduct
inspections following notification; however, scheduling shall be subject to
operational capacity and inspection demand.
8.
DEMOLITION AND DISPOSAL
Any building permit issued in relation to a demolition project shall not be
issued unless the application is accompanied by a proposal indicating the
method and the proposed site for the disposal of the demolition material.
9.
PENALTY
Any person or Corporation who contravenes any provision of this bylaw is
punishable on summary conviction by a fine of not less than $500 and not
more than $2,000, and to imprisonment of not more than thirty (30) days in
default of payment thereof.
10. REPEAL
Town of Kentville Building Bylaw, Chapter 95, approved by Council on the
23rd day of February 2015, including any amendments thereto, is hereby
repealed.
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CLERK'S ANNOTATION FOR OFFICIAL BYLAW BOOK
Date of first reading:
April 27, 2026
Date of advertisement of Notice of Intent to Consider: April 28, 2026
Date of second reading:
May 25, 2026
Date of advertisement of Passage of Bylaw:
August 29, 2026
Date of mailing a certified copy to Minister:
August 31, 2026
Effective Date:
August 29, 2026
I certify that this Building Bylaw was adopted by Council of the Town of Kentville
on the 25th day of May 2026 and published as indicated above.
SIGNED by the Mayor and Clerk this 31st day of August 2026.
Original signed by Andrew Zebian
___________________________________
Mayor
Original signed by Chris McNeill
___________________________________
Clerk
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SCHEDULE "A": Fees for Permits
NEW CONSTRUCTION of, and
ADDITIONS to residential buildings,
community centers, cottages and
churches
$20 + 11 cents per sq. ft. (Based on all
usable floor area of new construction
or addition)
NEW CONSTRUCTION of, and
ADDITIONS to: commercial, industrial
and other buildings not otherwise
specified.
$20 + 15.4 cents per sq. ft. (Based on
all usable floor area of new
construction or addition)
NEW CONSTRUCTION of, and
ADDITIONS to sheds, decks, shell
storage buildings, garages, barns and
other farm buildings not designed for
human occupancy
$20 + 4.4 cents per sq. ft. (Based on all
usable floor area of new construction
or addition)
REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS, or
ALTERATIONS to all existing buildings
$20 + $2.20 per $1000 of estimated
value of construction work
LOCATION or RE-LOCATION of an
existing structure or mobile home
$75
CONSTRUCTION or INSTALLATION of a
swimming pool, including required
fencing
$50
DEMOLITION of a building or structure
$30
RENEWAL or AMENDMENT of an
approved permit in force
$15
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