{
 "answer": "West River, Prince Edward Island has no building permits bylaw on record as of 2026-10-18. Section 3.3 states a development permit does not replace the building permit required under the provincial Building Codes Act (province-issued), and vice versa. The municipality issues development permits only. Effective July 20, 2023.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003228",
 "municipality": "West River",
 "status_type": "Rural municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Prince Edward Island",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
 "official_website": "https://www.westriverpe.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Rural Municipality of West River Land Use Bylaw #2022-04",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.westriverpe.ca/public/download/files/233429",
   "summary": "Section 3.3 states a development permit does not replace the building permit required under the provincial Building Codes Act (province-issued), and vice versa. The municipality issues development permits only. Effective July 20, 2023.",
   "discovered_by": "atl-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-14",
   "capture_sha256": "2e091d28f62c083a20ac033999ba6f33856bfbba352621bec2bac0d57c222e60",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T03:14:23+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2022-04",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2e091d28f62c083a20ac033999ba6f33856bfbba352621bec2bac0d57c222e60.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/west-river/zoning/bylaw-2022-04/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/pe/west-river/building-permits/"
}