Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19, Saskatchewan
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## Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19
## BYLAW NO, GOVSK 1-2024
Pursuant to section 18 of the Act, this building bylaw is deemed to have been adopted by the local authority as the building bylaw pursuant to section 17 of the Act on the day after the date set by the regulations by which the building bylaw was required to be adopted by the local authority as follows:
## SHORT TITLE
1 This bylaw may be cited as the Building Bylaw.
## PURPOSE OF THE BUILDING BYLAW
- 2 The purpose of this bylaw is to provide for the administration and enforcement of the Act, the regulations, the National Building Code of Canada, the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings, ministerial interpretations and Saskatchewan Construction Standards Appeal Board orders and building official orders within the local authority.
## INTERPRETATION/LEGISLATION
- 3 Definitions contained in The Construction Codes Act, The Building Code Regulations and The Energy Code Regulations shall apply in this building bylaw.
"Act" means The Construction Codes Act.
"building official" means a person who holds a building official licence.
- "building official services" means plan review services, inspection services and enforcement services carried out by an appointed building official.
- "certificate of occupancy" means a written document issued by the local authority giving the owner of the building permission to occupy the building for its intended use.
"competent person" means a person who is recognized by the local authority as having:
- (b) the knowledge, experience and training;
- (a) a degree, certificate or professional designation; or
- necessary to design or review the design of a building.
- "inspection" means the inspection of the following by an appointed building official to ascertain whether the Act and the regulations have been or are being complied with:
- (b) completed or existing building construction, materials of construction or building systems.
(a) ongoing or incomplete building construction, materials of construction or building systems;
- "local authority" means the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19 to which this Building Bylaw applies.
- "NBC" means the edition and provisions of the National Building Code of Canada, including revisions, errata and amendments to it, declared to be in force pursuant to the Act and the regulations.
- "NECB" means the edition and provisions of the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings, including revisions, errata and amendments to it, declared to be in force pursuant to the Act and The Energy Code Regulations.
(3) If the work described in an application for a permit, to the best of the knowledge of the local authority or ocal authorily or the bumpings witches ral, ements of this buildined ye i the Act, or then tulations, the ocal authority or the building official shall provided by the local authority. In addition, one set of the approved plans and specifications will be returned to the owner or the owner's representative with the permit.
- (4) A permit issued pursuant to this building bylaw must include:
2. (a) the name of the person, or company to whom the permit is issued;
3. (b) the period for which the permit is valid;
4. (d) the scope of work authorized by the permit;
5. (c) a statement of all fees, deposits or bonds charged for the permit;
6. (e) the municipal address or legal description of the property on which the work described in the permit is located;
7. (f) the buildings or portion of buildings to which the permit applies;
8. (h) any conditions that the permit holder is required to comply with; and
9. (g) the date of completion of the stages of construction for which a permit holder must inform the local authority;
10. (i) any information required by this building bylaw.
(5) No person or company to whom a permit is issued pursuant to the Act shall fail to comply with the terms and conditions of the permit.
- (6) Work must not commence before a permit is issued.
- (7) The permit fee shall be calculated according to the sum of the following:
(b) the fees for plan review, field inspection of construction and enforcement in accordance with a tee bylaw or the agreement between the provider of building official services and the local authority;
(a) a permit administration fee listed in a fee bylaw for the processing, handling and issuance of a permit;
- (c) the fees charged by the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency; and
- (d) a deposit, if required, in an amount determined by the local authority.
(8) If a deposit is collected it shall, on request by the owner or owner's representative, be refundable on satisfactory completion of the work or on approval of use or occupancy of the building by the local authority or the building official.
(9) All permit fees and deposits will be collected before the permit is issued and are subject to any applicable taxes.
(10) The local authority or the building official may establish the value of construction for the work described in an application for a permit, for the purpose of calculating a permit fee, based on established current construction costs, the owner's or the owner's representative statement of costs or constructor's contract values, or similar methods selected by the local authority or the building official.
(11) It is the responsibility of the owner or the owner's representative to ensure that all notifications required by section 7 of the Act and this building bylaw are given to the local authority and that all inspections are scheduled and completed. Failure to do so may result in additional fees for follow up inspections.
(12) The owner or the owner's representative will be invoiced by the local authority for additional inspection fees and payment of the inspection fees will be due on receipt of an invoice. Unpaid inspection fees will be considered a debt due to the local authority and may be recovered from the owner of the land or premises in or on which the work was carried out as per the Act.
- (b) six months from date of issue if work is not commenced within that period;
(d) on the date specified by the local authority if work has been suspended with written permission
(c) on the date specified by the local authority if work has not seriously commenced and is suspended for a period of six months; or
by the local authority or building official and the agreed upon period has been exceeded.
(3) An owner or the owner's representative that does not complete all the work listed on a permit before the permit expires shall apply to the local authority that issued the permit to do one of the following:
- (a) revoke the permit;
- (b) extend the term of the permit;
- (c) vary the conditions of the permit.
(4) The local authority may revoke, extend or vary the conditions of a permit on written application of the permit holder and subject to any condition or fees listed in the bylaw.
## ENFORCEMENT
10 The local authority or the building official may take any measures as permitted by section 24, 25 or 26 of the Act and sections 13 and 14 of The Building Code Regulations for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this building bylaw.
## NOTIFICATION
11(1) The owner or the owner's representative of a building to be constructed shall ensure that the local authority is notified of:
- (a) when excavation is to be commenced;
- (b) when the foundation is to be placed;
- (c) when a superstructure is to be placed on the foundation;
- (d) any other event at the time required by the permit under which work has been undertaken; and
- (e) any other specified event at the specified time.
(2) Before commencing work at a building site, the owner or the owner's representative shall give notice to the local authority of:
- (b) subject to subsection (8), the name, address and telephone number of:
- (a) the date on which the owner or the owner's representative intends to commence the work; and
- (i) the constructor or other person in charge of the work;
- (iii) the person or firm that is to review the work to determine whether or not the construction conforms to the design; and
- (ii) the designer of the work;
- (iv) any inspection or testing agency that is engaged to monitor the work.
(3) During the course of construction, the owner or the owner's representative shall give notice to the local authority of:
(b) the owner's or owner's representative intent to do any work that has been ordered by a building official or local authority to be inspected during construction;
(a) subject to subsection (8), any change in, or termination of, the employment of a person or firm mentioned in clause (2)(b);
- (c) the owner's or owner's representative intent to enclose work that has been ordered by a building official or local authority to be inspected before enclosure;
- (d) subject to subsection (8), any proposed deviation from the plans approved and permitted by the local authority;
- (e) subject to subsection (8), any construction undertaken that deviates from the plans approved and permitted by the local authority; and
- (f) the completion of work.
- (5) An owner or the owner's representative shall ensure that copies of any inspection or review reports made pursuant to this section are made available to a building official or the local authority on the request of the building official or local authority, as the case may be.
- (6) No owner of a building or an owner's representative shall cause or allow the ground elevations of a building to be changed so as to place in contravention of the NBC:
- (a) the building or part of the building; or
- (b) an adjacent building.
(7) If the property boundaries of a building lot are changed so as to place a building or part of a building in contravention of the NBC, the owner or the owner's representative shall immediately alter the building or part of the building to bring it into compliance with the NBC.
## PENALTY
13(1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this building bylaw may be subject to the penalties provided in Part 8 of the Act.
- (2) Conviction of a person or corporation for breach of any provision of this building bylaw shall not relieve the person or corporation from compliance with the Act and regulations.
## REPEAL OF BYLAW(S)
14 On enactment of this building bylaw, all previous building bylaws, including building bylaw amendments, are repealed.
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APPROVED The Construction Codes Act
In accordance with Clause 17(6)(A) of
M.Anqaul
Building and Technical Standards Ministry of Government Relations
germany " 2024 Date