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 "answer": "In the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, building permit rules are set by By-law 2005-165 - Respecting construction, demolition, change of use permits, inspections and fees (City of Greater Sudbury), verified 2026-09-27. Permit required for: Construct or demolish a building. Exemptions: Repairing or replacement of a valve, faucet, or fixture; repairing of a leak or forcing out of a stoppage; replacement of a water heater. Permit fees: Building permit: $10.70 per $1,000 (or fraction thereof) of construction value; minimum $108.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001533",
 "municipality": "Greater Sudbury",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.greatersudbury.ca/",
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   "title": "By-law 2005-165 - Respecting construction, demolition, change of use permits, inspections and fees (City of Greater Sudbury)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2005-06-30",
   "document_url": "http://www.greatersudbury.ca/content/div_clerks/documents/By-law%202005-165%20Construction%20Demolition.pdf",
   "summary": "Confirmed via the city's own official master by-law index PDF (cgs-by-laws-2001-2005 register): By-law 2005-165, dated 2005-06-30, 'Respecting construction, demolition, change of use permits, inspections and fees' -- repeals By-Law 2002-201B, amended by 2005-199 and 2006-121 (no repeal or further amendment listed as of the register's April-2026 update, so it is still current). 42-page scanned PDF (Image Alchemy scan, last modified 2011 -- likely when a merged/consolidated scan was produced), no extractable text layer.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-09-27T23:01:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "discovered_by": "building-gaps",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "document_number": "2005-165",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/07849d10df2393cf6136fb27abc6ea37d4787f44a5f2d704a2870cd3b0dbe6fb.pdf",
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   "facts": {
    "permit_required_for": "Construct or demolish a building",
    "exemptions": "Repairing or replacement of a valve, faucet, or fixture; repairing of a leak or forcing out of a stoppage; replacement of a water heater",
    "fee_basis": "Building permit: $10.70 per $1,000 (or fraction thereof) of construction value; minimum $108",
    "authority": "Chief Building Official; inspectors or Registered Code Agency for inspections"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required_for": "s. 3",
    "exemptions": "s. 44(a)-(c)",
    "fee_basis": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "authority": "s. 3; s. 55(3)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/greater-sudbury/building-permits/bylaw-2005-165/",
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  },
  {
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Building Permits (City of Greater Sudbury)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "n/a",
   "document_url": "https://www.greatersudbury.ca/live/building-and-renovating/building-permits1/",
   "summary": "Confirms the City's own Building Services issues permits in-house (via Accela); no shared-service arrangement with another body.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "a116ae9463e3c04bf19c84de36033fd294ee6635d367768e264cc2836481f66e",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a116ae9463e3c04bf19c84de36033fd294ee6635d367768e264cc2836481f66e.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/greater-sudbury/building-permits/building-permits/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "City Hall - Bylaws page",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "document_url": "https://www.greatersudbury.ca/city-hall/bylaws/",
   "summary": "City's central bylaws page; links to year-range consolidated by-law index PDFs rather than individual by-law PDFs for most numbers.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "f2413b09b6583848ecec6fef53e4570e38fe6289fcb9518c119491c6617609ba",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f2413b09b6583848ecec6fef53e4570e38fe6289fcb9518c119491c6617609ba.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/greater-sudbury/building-permits/city-hall-bylaws-page/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "City of Greater Sudbury Bylaws 2001 to 2005 (index)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "document_url": "https://www.greatersudbury.ca/city-hall/bylaws/by-law-pdfs-en/cgs-by-laws-2001-2005/",
   "summary": "Opened index of all by-law numbers 2001-2005; identifies By-law 2005-165 'Respecting construction, demolition, change of use permits, inspections and fees' (amended by 2005-199, 2006-121) as the City's current Building By-law. Text of 2005-165 itself not locatable at a guessable URL.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "5039d4b80a40742f6d50ec82431a03052a971816af8ace88f82701348b15f385",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2001",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5039d4b80a40742f6d50ec82431a03052a971816af8ace88f82701348b15f385.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/greater-sudbury/building-permits/bylaw-2001/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/greater-sudbury/building-permits/"
}