Building Permit Fees By-Law (Town of Port Hawkesbury)
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
· adopted 2010-09-07
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TOWN OF PORT HAWKESBURY
A By-Law Respecting Fees in Regard to Building Permits
Short Title
1.
This by-law shall be known and may be cited as the "Building Permit Fees By-Law"
Interpretation
2.
In this by-law:
Fees
3.
a)
"Act'' means the Building Code Act;
b)
"Accessory Building" is a Building which is Accessory, and less than 55 square metres
in area, and only one storey in height;
c)
"building official" means the authority having jurisdiction in the Town under the Act and
the Building Code Regulations of the Province of Nova Scotia;
d)
"Council" means the Council of the Town;
e)
"commercial, industrial or institutional construction" means construction governed by
Part 3 of the National Building Code;
f)
"policy" means a policy adopted by Council pursuant to Part Ill of the Municipal
Government Act.
g)
"residential construction" means construction governed by Part 9 of the National
Building Code, and includes modular homes;
h)
"Town" means the Town of Port Hawkesbury.
(1)
The fees for an application for and the issuance of a building permit shall be as follows:
a)
For residential construction, including modular homes:
Twenty Dollars ($20) plus: $0.14 per square foot, per floor; and $0.08
per square foot for basements, finished or unfinished
b)
For mobile homes:
Seventy Five Dollars ($75)
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c)
For commercial, industrial or institutional construction:
Twenty Dollars ($20) plus: $0.18 per square foot
d)
For agricultural buildings:
Twenty Dollars ($20) plus: $0.08 per square foot
e)
For accessory buildings:
Fifty Dollars ($50) flat fee
f)
For additions to, or alterations of, existing buildings:
Twenty Dollars ($20) plus: $2.50 per One Thousand Dollars ($1000) value of
the construction.
(2)
Where any construction, repairs or alterations are commenced without issuance
of a building permit, as required by the Act and the Building Code Regulations, the fee
for issuance of a permit shall be double the amounts set out in subsection (1).
(3)
The fee for issuance of a renewal of a building permit, a development permit, or
a demolition permit shall be $20.00. No fee shall be charged for issuance of an
occupancy permit.
(4)
Where a permit issued under this section is not used, and an application for a refund is
made in writing to the building official within 30 days of issuance of the permit, the
applicant shall receive a refund of 50% of the fee paid.
Effective Date
4.
The fees prescribed in section 3 hereof shall be in effect in regard to all applications filed
with the building official of the Town from and after the date upon which this by-law comes into
force.
Amendment of Fees
5.
(1)
Council may amend the fees fixed under section 3 by a policy adopted pursuant to
paragraph 49(1)(c)(iii) of the Municipal Government Act.
(2)
A certified copy of a policy adopted under subsection (1) hereof shall be appended
to the copy of this by-law maintained by the Town, and shall include the effective date
of the amendment.
Repeal
6.
(1)
That part of any previous by-law or policy ofthe Town respecting those fees fixed under
section 3 is hereby repealed and of no further force.
(2)
The Building By-Law approved March 3, 1987 together with any amendments thereto is
hereby repealed and of no further force.
Annotation for Official By-Law Book
Date of First Reading:
June 9, 2010
Dates of Advertisements of Notice of Intent to Consider:
June 16, 2010 and June 23, 2010
Date of Second Reading:
September 7, 2010
Date of Advertisement of By-law Passage and Approval:
September 14, 2010
Date of Mailing Certified Copy to SNSMR:
March 29, 2016
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w to Amend the Port Hawkesbury Building By-Law was adopted by Council and
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Maris Freimanis P. Eng.
Chief Administrative Officer
March 29, 2016
Date