No, once your permit has been reviewed by our Permit Issuers and deemed complete, you will get an email notification that the fee’s are ready for payment.

If a business replaces the same or similar business in a space and there are no measurable differences between the two businesses, a development permit and a building permit may not be required. An example would be a clothing store replacing another while not requiring any new construction. This only applies when the use that is vacating the space has a valid development permit and building permit. There may be conditions on the maximum time a space is left vacant, typically less than six months.

A building permit is not required, but a development permit is required when a site has both its front and back yards facing onto a street. Please reference Section 34 of the Land Use Bylaw for more guidelines on fence construction. A diagram of fence regulations for intersections is provided below.

A Change of Use is typically when a business, defined as a specific use, vacates a commercial industrial space and is replaced by a business of a different classification. For example, a Professional Office is replaced by a General Industrial Use.

If a business is replaced by the same use and the intensity of the new use significantly differs from the previous use, this would be considered a change in the Intensity of the Use. An example would be a Child Care Facility that was approved for a 100m² space expands to a 150m² space.