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By-Law No. (2)
BE IT ENACTED by the Council of the Town of Shelburne that the Clerk file a copy in the
office of the Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations and the office of
the Minister of Environment and Labour pursuant to the Building Code Act R.S.N.S., c.46.
PART 1 - DEFINITIONS
1.1
CONSTRUCT - means to do anything in the erection, installation, extension,
relocation, material alteration or material repair of a building and includes the
installation of a factory-made building fabricated or moved from elsewhere.
1.2
MATERIAL ALTERATION AND MATERIAL REPAIR - means work that is done in the
alteration or repair of a building, which work is covered by the Building Code,
and which:
(a) is a non-structural repair or alteration which has a monetary value of
more than $5,000.00, or
(b) is a repair or alteration to the structure of the building.
1.3
OWNER - includes a person controlling the property under consideration, and
also includes prima facie the assessed owner of the property whose name
appears on the assessment roll prepared in accordance with the Assessment
Act.
PART 2 - PERMITS
2.1
Every application for a permit shall:
(a) identify and describe in detail the work and occupancy to be covered by
the permit for which application is made.
(b) describe the land on which the work is to be done by a description that will
readily identify and locate the building lot.
(c) include plans and specifications as required by the Building Code and show
the occupancy of all parts of the building.
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(d) state the monetary valuation and square footage of the proposed work and
be accompanied by the required fee, and
(e) such other information as may be reasonably required by the Building
Inspector to determine compliance with the Building Code and safety
requirements.
(f) state the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the owner, architect,
professional engineer or other designer and constructor.
2.2
When an application for a permit has not been completed in conformance with
the requirements of this By-Law within six (6) months after it is filed, the
application shall be deemed to have been abandoned.
2.3
A permit is valid for one (1) year from the date of issuance and may be renewed
upon payment of a $5.00 fee.
2.4
Before issuing a demolition or building permit, the authority having jurisdiction
shall be satisfied that the building is not subject to the provisions of a By-Law
passed pursuant to the Heritage Property Act.
2.5
A permit for a temporary building:
(a) Shall state the date after which the permit is no longer valid and in any event,
a permit for a temporary building shall not be valid for a period longer than
12 months.
(b) May be extended in writing
2.6
(a) 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.
(b) Any permit issued for part only of a building shall be clearly marked as for that
part only, and shall also indicate that a permit for the entire building is not
assured.
2.7
(a) A permit may be issued at the risk of the owner, with conditions to ensure
compliance with the Building Code, to excavate or to construct a portion of
the building before all the plans of the project have been submitted or
accepted.
(b) The permit shall be clearly marked "At Owner's Risk".
2.8
(a) A permit for the whole project may be issued conditional upon the submission
of
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additional information prior to commencing the work for which the
information is pertinent, provided that the information is of such a nature that
withholding the permit until the information was available would delay the
work unreasonably.
(c) The condition shall be set out on the permit.
PART 3 - PERMIT FEES
3.1
Fees for permits shall be as follows:
Residential
Up to four units
$0.10/sq.ft.+$25.00
Four units and over
$0.14/sq.ft.+$50.00
Residential Repairs & Renovations
$1.00per$1,000.00+$25.00
Additions to Residential
$0.10/sq.ft.+$25.00
Residential Outbuildings
$0.04/sq.ft.+$25.00
Patio, Decks, Steps, Car-Ports, Etc.
$1.00per$1,000.00+$25.00
Assembly
$0.14/sq.ft.+$50.00
Commercial
$0.14/sq.ft.+$50.00
Industrial
$0.14/sq.ft.+$50.00
Institutional
$0.14/sq.ft.+$50.00
Additional to Commercial, Industrial, Institutional
$0.14/sq.ft.+$50.00
Repairs & Renovations other than Residential
$1.00per$1,000.00sg.ft.+$50.00
Outbuildings other than Residential
$0.06/sq.ft.+$35.00
Relocation of an Existing Structure or Mobile Homes
$50.00
Demolition of a building
Up to 500 sq.ft.
$15.00
500 sq.ft. and over
$35.00
Location of New Mobile Homes
$0.10/sq.ft.+$25.00
Replacement of a Single Family Dwelling
$0.10/sq.ft.+$25.00
3.2
Cancellation Fees
(1) A twenty-five (25%) percent fee with respect to the price of the
Building/Demolition permit will be withheld if the permit is cancelled.
(2) No refund will be issued for abandoned permits.
PART 4 - INSPECTIONS
4.1
The authority having jurisdiction shall be notified and given an opportunity to
inspect at the following stages of construction:
(1)
Footings in place.
(2)
The site before commencing backfilling of the laterally supported
foundation, before a superstructure is placed on the foundation. In the
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case of a mobile or modular home, installation as per the required CSA
Standard.
(3)
The framing, roof, plumbing and mechanical.
(4)
Insulation and vapour barrier before the interior of the walls are finished.
(5)
Before occupancy.
PART 5 - REPEAL
All By-Laws of the Town of Shelburne in relation to Building By-Laws heretofore passed by
the Council are hereby repealed.
Clerk's Annotation for Official By-Law Book
Date of first reading: _____April 1st, 2009_____
Date of advertisement of Notice of Intent to Consider: ______April 14th, 2009___
Date of second reading: ______May 6th, 2009____
*Date of advertisement of Passage of By-Law: _____May 12th, 2009____
Date of mailing to Minister a certified copy of the By-Law: _____June 30th, 2009____
I certify that this Building Code By-Law was adopted by Council and published
as indicated above.
_______________________________
_______June 30th, 2009________
Clerk
Date
* Effective Date of By-Law unless otherwise specified in the text of the By-Law*