Projects that Require a Building Permit

• All industrial and commercial renovations and additions
• Construct a new home
• Add to an existing home, whether it is a new room, carport, garage, sundeck over 0.6 metres (2 feet) high, add dormers or roof over an existing sundeck
• Excavate to provide a full basement
• Alter and construct new partitions
• Install a chimney
• Build a retaining wall over 1.0 metres (3.3 feet) high
• Do electrical work
• Do plumbing work
• Install siding
• Replace windows
• Change the use of a home to include another use (ie. music lessons, tailoring, medical office, beauty salon, convenience store)
• Change the use from a multi-family to a single family;
• Erect signs
• Place a mobile home on a building lot or in a mobile home park
• Industrial and commercial roofing

Projects that May Require a Building Permit

• Erect accessory buildings
• Change interior finishes other than painting

Projects that Do Not Require a Building Permit

• Erect a fence less than 2 metres (6 feet, 5 inches) in height that is not on a corner lot
• Construct an accessory building less than 10 square metres (109 square feet)
• Re-shingle a roof (residential only)
• Install weeping tile
• Paint
• Wallpaper (1 layer only)
• Landscape driveways (except in flood risk areas)
• Install kitchen cupboards and bathroom cabinets