{
 "answer": "In the City of Vaughan, Ontario, building permit rules are set by Building By-Law 050-2018 (Consolidated) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-25. Permit required for: Construction, demolition, and change of use of a building. Fees set in: City's current Fees and Charges By-law. Administered by: Chief Building Official and Inspectors.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001808",
 "municipality": "Vaughan",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-25",
 "official_website": "https://www.vaughan.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Building By-Law 050-2018 (Consolidated)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-04-11",
   "document_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220525100008/https://www.vaughan.ca/cityhall/by_laws/Bylaws/050-2018%20(Consolidated).pdf",
   "summary": "City of Vaughan Building By-law under s.7 Building Code Act, 1992: regulates permits, classes of permits, inspections, transfer of permits and refunds for construction, demolition and change of use; repeals By-law 044-2015.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "a53ae1c70983f023a3472540bb974aa94d9fd5fe22a6793126795b284d966f99",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "050-2018",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a53ae1c70983f023a3472540bb974aa94d9fd5fe22a6793126795b284d966f99.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required_for": "Construction, demolition, and change of use of a building.",
    "fees_location": "City's current Fees and Charges By-law",
    "authority": "Chief Building Official and Inspectors"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required_for": "s. 2.1",
    "fees_location": "Schedule A",
    "authority": "s. 1.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/vaughan/building-permits/bylaw-050-2018/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 051-2026 (Fees and Charges 2026-2027), Schedule F - Building Standards Department",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-02-24",
   "document_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260310004030/https://www.vaughan.ca/media/336841/download?inline",
   "summary": "Same consolidated fees by-law recorded again under building_permits: Schedule F sets the current building permit fee schedule referencing s.7 of the Building Code Act, 1992.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "9a1ca2a9da0bc63b4eb7e936a9f7ca45fa36897399708043d9d369432a1ef085",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "051-2026",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9a1ca2a9da0bc63b4eb7e936a9f7ca45fa36897399708043d9d369432a1ef085.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/vaughan/building-permits/bylaw-051-2026/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law Library (index)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260919203951/https://www.vaughan.ca/residential/by-laws-and-enforcement/by-law-library",
   "summary": "City's searchable by-law library landing page (recent enactments only visible without JS search); used to confirm site structure. Live vaughan.ca blocks curl/WebFetch with HTTP 403, so this and other Vaughan URLs were opened via Wayback Machine snapshots.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "1bcd134c79f1adaec99c3c1aa9e6fc81c1cc198644a81e3f38dc03c115181ac8",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1bcd134c79f1adaec99c3c1aa9e6fc81c1cc198644a81e3f38dc03c115181ac8.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/vaughan/building-permits/by-law-library/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/vaughan/building-permits/"
}