Development Permits
Please Note: all submitted permit applications must include detailed drawings and site plan(s), if applicable, of the proposed development.
As per the Land Use Bylaw 1198/16, the definition of development includes:
- an excavation or stockpile and the creation of either
- building, addition to, or replacement/ repair of a building
- change to use of land or building or modification of land or a building that results in likely change of use
- difference in the intensity of use to land or building or modification to land or building that results in likely change in the intensity of use
A development permit is needed in the above circumstances as well as for new or moved-structures, accessory buildings that are larger than 108 square feet &/or taller than 8.2′, if the building use changes, & for decks higher than 2′ above grade.
Home businesses need a development permit as well as a Business License and Commercial, Institutional, and Multi-family developments must attain a development permit prior to being issued a building permit.
Section 2.2 of the Land Use Bylaw further outlines development that does or does not require permitting.
Application Forms
Area Structure Plan Permit Application
Cannabis Commercial / Industrial Development Permit Application
Cannabis Commercial / Industrial Application Letter of Intent Form
Commercial / Industrial / Institutional Development Permit Application
Development Security Deposit Refund Request Form
Grading Development Permit Application
Home Business Development Permit Application
Multi Residential Development Permit Application
Non-Residential Change in Use / Occupancy Permit Application
Residential Development Permit Application
Sign Development Permit Application
Utility Work Permit Application
Permit Checklists
Commercial/Industrial Checklist
Manufactured/Mobile Home Checklist
Residential - Single Detached, Duplex, Triplex, Fourplex Checklist