Building permits — Saugeen Shores, Ontario

Do I need a building permit? What does it cost?

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.

By-law 50-2015 - A By-law regulating construction, demolition, change of use and transfer of permit and inspections (Town of Saugeen Shores) adopted bylaw
permit required for Construction, demolition, change of use, and transfer of permit regulating 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 s. 5.1(a)
fees location Town's Fees and Charges By-law s. 2.1
authority Chief Building Official; Inspector s. 1.5, s. 1.8, s. 1.10, s. 8.3
fine range double the prescribed fee s. 5.2
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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.

Fees and Charges By-law 112-2025, Schedule R - Building/Permit Fees (2026) adopted bylaw
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. "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 Schedule R of the Fees and Charges By-law 112-2025 "please refer to 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 "Building without a permit is subject to a penalty of 50% of the permit value to a maximum of $5,000"
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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.

Machine-readable: building-permits.json · Official website: https://www.saugeenshores.ca/ · Last verified 2026-09-27 · Building permits across Ontario · Building permits in other municipalities