{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Grey Highlands, Ontario, building permit rules are set by Fees and Charges By-law No. 2025-009 (Building Department fee schedule), verified 2026-09-25. Administered by: Building Department.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001536",
 "municipality": "Grey Highlands",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-25",
 "official_website": "https://www.greyhighlands.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fees and Charges By-law No. 2025-009 (Building Department fee schedule)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-02-11",
   "document_url": "https://www.greyhighlands.ca/media/gnenjzvy/fees-and-charges.pdf",
   "summary": "Consolidated municipal fees by-law; its Building Department schedule sets building permit fees (new permits, renewals/transfers, accessory buildings $/sq ft) under the Building Code Act. No separate stand-alone Building By-law was located.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "8e0f09d58c6b0a1b4817db16679a66dd28b0944ae96733917ce2a5281975555b",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2025-009",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8e0f09d58c6b0a1b4817db16679a66dd28b0944ae96733917ce2a5281975555b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required_for": "Residential new, additions, renovations, decks, plumbing, mechanical, fireplace/heating plant, swimming pool/enclosure area, accessory building, agricultural, commercial/industrial/institutional, sewage systems.",
    "fee_basis": "Minimum Permit Fee $150.00; Residential - New $0.65/sq. ft.; Residential - Addition $9.00/$1000 value; Renovations $9.00/$1000 value; Commercial/Industrial/Institutional $10.00/$1000 value.",
    "authority": "Building Department"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required_for": "Schedule \"B\" Department: Building",
    "fee_basis": "Schedule \"B\" Department: Building",
    "authority": "Schedule \"B\" Department: Building"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/grey-highlands/building-permits/schedule-2025-009/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Building and Development (Municipality of Grey Highlands)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "n/a",
   "document_url": "https://www.greyhighlands.ca/shared-development/building-and-development/",
   "summary": "Names the Municipality's own Building Services Department as responsible for enforcing Ontario's Building Code; permits applied for via Cloudpermit. No shared-service arrangement with another body found.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "d5d841afe5cd6646bb0672a8fe350569c4958255c865351a99e0d5b9c27ff333",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d5d841afe5cd6646bb0672a8fe350569c4958255c865351a99e0d5b9c27ff333.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/grey-highlands/building-permits/building-and-development/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/grey-highlands/building-permits/"
}