{
 "answer": "In the Town of Saugeen Shores, Ontario, building permit rules are set by By-law 50-2015 - A By-law regulating construction, demolition, change of use and transfer of permit and inspections (Town of Saugeen Shores) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. Permit required for: Construction, demolition, change of use, and transfer of permit. Fees set in: Town's Fees and Charges By-law. Administered by: Chief Building Official; Inspector.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001737",
 "municipality": "Saugeen Shores",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.saugeenshores.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 50-2015 - A By-law regulating construction, demolition, change of use and transfer of permit and inspections (Town of Saugeen Shores)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2015-06-22",
   "document_url": "https://portal.laserfiche.ca/Portal/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=555912&repo=r-000189e9a5e0",
   "summary": "Cited under the Building Code Act, S.O. 1992 c.23; scanned 13-page PDF (Canon iR-ADV scan, June 2015), governs permit applications/classes, inspections, transfer of permits, refunds, and includes a Chief Building Official/Inspector Code of Conduct schedule. Building permit fees themselves sit in the separately-tracked Fees and Charges By-law (Schedule R, By-law 112-2025) which the pipeline already has. No amendments to 50-2015 found; it is the document linked from the town's Laserfiche 'frequently requested by-laws' folder (doc id 555912, repo r-000189e9a5e0) as the current building by-law.",
   "capture_sha256": "8794e7b903d1f7c5c8159f051a70b1e60e2aa0c68cd94e7780b693b23579c519",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-27T23:01:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "discovered_by": "building-gaps",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "document_number": "50-2015",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8794e7b903d1f7c5c8159f051a70b1e60e2aa0c68cd94e7780b693b23579c519.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required_for": "Construction, demolition, change of use, and transfer of permit",
    "fee_basis": "Calculated per Town's Fees and Charges By-law; if based on prescribed value, total cost of all work including material, labour, equipment, overhead, professional services, excluding land",
    "fees_location": "Town's Fees and Charges By-law",
    "authority": "Chief Building Official; Inspector",
    "fine_range": "double the prescribed fee"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required_for": "regulating construction, demolition, change of use and transfer of permit",
    "fee_basis": "s. 5.1(a)",
    "fees_location": "s. 2.1",
    "authority": "s. 1.5, s. 1.8, s. 1.10, s. 8.3",
    "fine_range": "s. 5.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/saugeen-shores/building-permits/bylaw-50-2015/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fees and Charges By-law 112-2025, Schedule R - Building/Permit Fees (2026)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/saugeenshores-016-ca/media/saukx4yg/2026-building-fees.pdf",
   "summary": "2026 building permit fee schedule (Schedule R of consolidated Fees and Charges By-law 112-2025): per-m2 base fees by occupancy/farm/residential class, plumbing/septic/sign/demolition/pool-fence fees, re-inspection, refund and penalty-for-building-without-permit provisions.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "bf26a562dda5d93506862f667619765729475db0e8861598aa6f2f7326cef704",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "112-2025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bf26a562dda5d93506862f667619765729475db0e8861598aa6f2f7326cef704.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "fee_basis": "Area-based fees per m2 by permit type (e.g. residential finished space $9.63 per m2, unfinished space $6.24 per m2), minimum permit fee $170.13; value fee $10.00 (per $1,000 of construction value) when area fees do not apply.",
    "fees_location": "Schedule R of the Fees and Charges By-law 112-2025",
    "fine_range": "Building without a permit: penalty of 50% of the permit value to a maximum of $5,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "fee_basis": "\"Minimum permit fee $170.13\"; \"$9.63 per m2\"; \"$10.00 (per $1,000 of construction value)\"; \"Value Fee (when area fees do not apply)\"",
    "fees_location": "\"please refer to Schedule R of the Fees and Charges By-law 112-2025\"",
    "fine_range": "\"Building without a permit is subject to a penalty of 50% of the permit value to a maximum of $5,000\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/saugeen-shores/building-permits/bylaw-112-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/saugeen-shores/building-permits/"
}