Building Permit Fees By-law (Municipality of the County of Victoria)
Victoria, Nova Scotia
· adopted 2010-07-19
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MUNICIPALITY OF THE COUNTY OF VICTORIA
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:
(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
Municipality under the Act and the Building Code Regulations of the
Province of Nova Scotia;
(d)
"Council" means the Council of the Municipality;
(e)
"Commercial, Industrial or Institutional Construction" means
construction governed by Part 3 of the National Building Code;
(f)
"Municipality" means the Municipality of the County of Victoria;
(g)
"Policy" means a policy adopted by Council pursuant to Part III of the
Municipal Government Act'
(h)
"Residential Construction" means construction governed by Part 9 of
the National Building Code, and includes modular homes.
Fees
3.
(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 (420) plus: $0.14 per square foot, per floor;
and $0.08 per square foot for basements, finished or unfinished
(b)
For mobile homes:
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Seventy Five Dollars ($75)
(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
($1,000) 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 thereof shall be in effect in regard to all
applications filed with the building official of the Municipality 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 Municipality, and
shall include the effective date of the amendment.
Repeal
(6)
That part of any previous by-law or policy of the Municipality respecting those
fees fixed under section 3 is hereby repealed and of no further force.
I CERTIFY this to be a true copy
of "A By-Law Respecting Fees in
Regard to Applications for and
Issuance of Building Permits" as
adopted on second reading by
Council of the Municipality of the
County of Victoria at a meeting
held on the 19th day of July, 2010.
_____________________________
A. W. (Sandy) Hudson
Chief Administrative Officer
Clerk's Annotation For Official By-Law Book
Date of first reading: June 14, 2010
Date of advertisement of Notice of Intent to Consider:
June 28, 2010
Date of second reading: July 19, 2010
Date of advertisement of Passage of By-Law:
September 6, 2010
Date of mailing to Minister a certified copy of the
By-Law: August 27, 2010
*Effective Date of the By-Law: November 1, 2010