BYLAW - Amend Building By law 5402 12 - 20140422 - 560214THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA
By-law Number 5602-14
BEING A BY-LAW to amend
By-law Number 5402-12,
respecting construction,
demolition, change of use
and other building permits
(Building By -law) -
WHEREAS section 7 of the Building Code Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c. 23, as amended,
authorizes a municipal council to pass by-laws concerning the issuance of permits and
related matters;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Town deems it necessary and expedient to amend
Schedule A — Classes of Permits and Fees Payable to the Building By-law;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
AURORA ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. THAT "Schedule "A" - Classes of Permits and Fees Payable" to By-law Number
5402-12 be and is hereby deleted and replaced with "Schedule "A" - Classes of
Permits and Fees for 2014 and 2015", attached hereto.
2. THAT this By-law shall come into full force and effect on the 15t day of June
2014.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 22nd DAY OF APRIL, 2014.
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 22nd DAY OF APRIL, 2014.
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Schedule "All
Classes of Permits and Fees for 2014-2015
Effective June 1. 2014
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Minimum Permit Fee for Part 9
Per Application
$ 250.00
$ 275.00
Residential Building
Minimum Permit Fee for all
Per Application
$ 500.00
$ 550.00
Other Buildings
Group A Assembly (Applies to New Buildings and Additions)
Restaurants/Banquet Halls
Per Square Metre
$ 16.00
$ 16.25
(Finished)
Restaurant/Banquet Hall (Shell)
Per Square Metre
$ 13.50
$ 14.00
Recreation Facilities, Schools,
Per Square Metre
$ 16.00
$ 16.25
Libraries, Churches, Theaters
and All Other Group A
Occupancies
Group A Assembly (Alterations)
I Per Square Matra
$ 3.70
$ 3.75
Group B Institutional (Applies to New Buildings and Additions)
Residential Care Facilities,
Per Square Metre
$ 15.50
$ 15.75
Nursing Homes and All Other
Group B
Group B Institutional (Alterations)
Per Square Metre
$ 3.70
$ 3.75
Group C Residential (Applies to New Buildings and Additions)
Single Family Detached (Semi,
Per Square Metre
$ 15.00
$ 15.50
Row House, Link Dwellings)*
*Permit includes Building, HVAQ
Plumbing and Residential
Occupancy Permits.
Multiple Residential and
Per Square Metre
$ 13.00
$ 13.50
Apartments
Other Group C (Hotel/Motel
Per Square Metre
$ 13.00
$ 13.50
Lodging Houses, Rooming
Houses, Shelters etc.)
Group C Residential (Alterations)
Per Square Metre
$ 3.70
$ 3.75
Second Suite Dwelling Unit
Per Square Metre
$ 3.70
$ 3.75
Group D Business and Personal Services (Applies to New Buildings and Additions)
Business and Personal Services
Per Square Metre
$ 10.25
$ 10.50
(Shell)
Business and Personal Services
Per Square Metre
$ 13.00
$ 13.50
(Finished)
Group D Business and Personal
Per Square Metre
$ 3.70
$ 3.75
Services (Alterations)
Group E Mercantile (Applies to New Buildings and Additions)
Mercantile (Shell)
Per Square Matra
$ 10.00 1
$ 10.25
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Mercantile (Finished)
Per Square Metre
$
12.50
$
12.75
Group E Mercantile (Alterations)
Per Square Metre
$
3.70
$
3.75
Group F Industrial (Applies to New
Buildings and Additions)
Industrial (Shell)
Per Square Metre
$
7.00
$
7.15
Industrial (Finished - Including
Per Square Metre
$
9.25
$
9.50
Self -Storage Buildings)
Storage Garages
Per Square Matra
$
4.75
$
5.00
Gas Stations/Repair Garages
Per Square Metre
$
8.75
$
9.00
Farm Buildings
Per Square Metre
$
4.00
$
4.25
Group F Industrial (Alterations)
Per Square Metre
$
3.70
$
3.75
Designated Structures
Wind Turbine Support Structure
Per Structure
$
310.00
$
315.00
Exterior Tank and Support not
Per Structure
$
260.00
$
265.00
Regulated by TSSA, 2000
Retaining Walls
Per Linear Metre
$
7.25
$
7.50
Solar Collectors
Per Structure
$
310 OOT$
315.00
Stand Alone
Accessory Structures
Flat Fee
$
250.00
$
275.00
(Residential)
Accessory Structures (All Other)
Flat Fee
$
500.00
$
525.00
Alternative Solutions
Per Application
$
1000.00
$
1025.00
(plus additional
consulting costs - as
applicable)
Change of Use
Per Square Metre
$
3.70
$
3.75
Construction and Sales Trailers
Flat Fee
$
500.00
$
525.00
Conditional Permits
Per Square Matra of
$
1000.00
$
1025.00
Applicable
Residential or
Commercial Fee
(plus costs
associated with
preparation of an
agreement, which
cost shall not be less
than $1000. 00
exclusive of Permit
Fee)
Demolition (Singles, Semis, Row
55 M2 or less - Flat
$
250.00
$
275.00
Houses, Accessory Structures)
Fee
Over 55M2 - Flat
$
300.00
$
325.00
Fee I
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Demolition (Others) I
Flat Fee
$
500.00 �
$
525.00
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Electromagnetic Locks
Each Lock
$ 31.00
Maximum Fee Per
$
310.00
$
315.00
A lication
Fire Alarm Retrofit
Per Application
$
310.00
$
315.00
Fireplaces, Woodstoves and
Each
$
250.00
$
275.00
Chimneys
Foundation for Relocated
Per Square Metre
$
3.70
$
3.75
Buildings
HVAC Systems:
Residential
Per System
$
250.00
$
275.00
All Other
Per System
$
500.00
$
550.00
Kitchen Exhaust System
Per System
$
500.00
$
525.00
Marijuana Grow -Op Remediation
Minimum fee for a
$
1050.00
$
1100.00
ten (10) hour plan
review and inspection
time
Per Hour (After)
$
105.00
$
110.00
Miscellaneous Permits
Where a Permit Application is for a Class not listed herein,
the Unit of Measure and
Fee shall be determined by the
Chief Building Official.
Model Certification
Per Square Metre
$
5.70
$
5.80
Permits for Certified Plans
Per Square Metre
$
8.70
$
8.90
Model Type Change
Per Square Metre
$
770.00
$
800.00
Outdoor Public Pool (3.11 OBC)
Per Square Metre
$
6.25
$
6.30
Occupancy of an Unfinished
Per Application
$
420.00
$
440.00
Building Permit
(up to four (4) hours
combined inspection
time for building,
plumbing, and fire
services)
Per Hour
$
105.00
$
110.00
(for additional time)
Partial Permits
Per Application
$
525.00
$
550.00
(Foundation, Structural, and
Foundation/Structural)
Portables
Each Portable
$
155.00
$
160.00
Maximum Fee per
$
1550.00
$
1600.00
Application
Revision to Permit Plan
Each Application
$
250.00
$
275.00
(up to three (3)
hours review time -
hourly rate after this
time is as specified
below)
Shoring
Per Linear Metre
$
7.25
$
7.50
Solar Domestic Hot Water
Per System
$
465.00
$
470.00
Systems
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Sprinkler Retrofit
Per Square Metre
$
0.55
0.60
Temporary Building/Tent
Per Structure
$
155.00
160.00
Maximum Fee per
$
1550.00
$
1600.00
Application
Transit/Bus and Terminal/Bus
Per Square Metre
$
13.30
$
13.65
Shelter
(see Group A
Occupancies)
Underpinning
Per Linear Metre
$
7.25
$
7.50
Plumbing
On Site Sewage Systems:
New Systems
(200m or less)
Per System
$
525.00
$
550.00
New Systems
Per Square Metre
$
3.70
$
3.75
(Greater than 200M)
Maximum Fee per
$
3075.00
$
3155.00
Application
Alterations to Sewage Disposal
Per Application
$
260.00
$
265.00
System
Headers, Tank Removal or
Each
$
260.00
$
265.00
Decommissioning
Stand -Alone Plumbing Fixtures,
Equipment, Roof Drains:
Single Family Dwellings
Per Fixture
$
15.00
$
16.00
All Other Buildings
Per Fixture
$
15.00
$
16.00
Water Service (Residential)
Per Service
$
22.50
$
25.00
Each Residential Drain and
Per Application
$
55.00
$
60.00
Sewer (Includes both Storm and
Sanitary, Inside, Outside and
Floor Drains)
Commercial, Industrial, Institutional and Apartment (Buildings
and Units)
Water Services:
50mm (2") or less
Each
$
22.50
$
25.00
100mm (4")
Each
$
42.50
$
45.00
150mm (6")
Each
$
62.50
$
65.00
200mm (8")
Each
$
82.50
$
85.00
250mm (10")
Each
$
102.50
$
105.00
300mm (12") or larger
Each
$
122.50
$
125.00
Drains:
(Storm or Sanitary Drains - Inside
or Outside)
100mm (4")
Each
$
47.50
$
50.00
150mm (6")
Each
$
72.50
$
75.00
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$ 92.50
$ 95.00
250mm (10")
Each
$ 112.50
$ 115.00
300mm (12") or larger
Each
$ 132.50
$ 135.00
Miscellaneous Plumbing:
Manhole, Catch -Basin, Area
Drain or Interceptors
Each
$ 30.00
$ 35.00
Testable Back -Flow Preventer
Each
$ 60.00
$ 65.00
Other Fees
Re -Inspection Fee (Applicable at
Each
$ 105.00
$ 110.00
the Discretion of the Chief
Building Official)
Review of Plans
Per Hour
$ 105.00
$ 110.00
Permit Reactivation Fee
Each Permit
$ 150.00
$ 155.00
Administration Fee for
Per Unit
$ 770.00
$ 790.00
Occupancy of a Residential
Building Prior to Issuance of the
Required Residential Occupancy
Permit under the Building Code
Special Inspection Per Hour, Per
Per Hour, Per
$ 105.00
$ 110.00
Person Applicable at the
Person
Discretion of the Chief Building
Official
Special Investigation Fee Where
Half the Permit
Half the Permit
Work for Which a Permit is
Fee payable
Fee payable
Required by this By-law has
pursuant to
pursuant to
Commenced Without the
this By-law or
this By-law or
Authorization of a Permit, a
$225.00
$250.00
Special Investigation Fee Shall
whichever is
whichever is
be Paid in Addition to all Other
greater.
greater.
Fees
Transfer of Permit
Per Application
$ 105.00
$ 110.00
Zoning and Applicable Law
Per Proposal
$ 130.00
$ 135.00
Review
General Notes — Interpretation and Application of Schedule "A"
A building permit or permit fee is not required for any detached structure have an area
less than 10 square metres except where plumbing is installed. However, the Town of
Aurora Zoning By-law Number 2213-78, as amended, applies to all structures.
Detached single family dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, row house and link
house
The service index applied to the construction or addition of a dwelling unit includes the
building, plumbing, HVAC and occupancy permit components.
Where a proposal for the construction of a new dwelling unit includes a deck, porch or
similar amenity structures those amenity structures are included in the permit fee and
will not be charged the stand alone fee for such structures.
The measurement of floor area for a dwelling unit shall be measure from exterior face of
exterior wall to same or centerline of party wall, firewall or common wall including the
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floor area of an attached garage, basements and cellars.
Where a proposal for construction includes an addition, alteration, accessory structures
or any combination thereof the permit fee shall be the sum of the fees for the individual
components.
All Other Classes of Permits
The service index applied to new construction includes the Building, Fire Services and
HVAC components but does not include plumbing or site services which shall be
charged a separate fee in accordance with this Schedule.
The occupancy classifications in this Schedule correspond with the Ontario Building
Code. For mixed use floor areas, the service index for each applicable occupancy may
be used.
Where a storage garage is located below the principle building and is considered a
separate building the fee for the storage garage shall be calculated in accordance with
the Group F industrial occupancy fees.
Mechanical penthouses and floors, mezzanines, lofts and balconies are to be included
in all floor area calculations. No deductions shall be made for openings in a floor area
with the exception of interconnected floor areas.
Security Deposits
In accordance with the Town of Aurora Infill Housing Policy a security deposit of
$10,000.00 is required prior to the issuance of a permit for the construction of new
dwellings.
In accordance with the Town of Aurora By-law Number 4744-05.P, as amended,
additions and accessory structures to dwelling units and demolitions require a road
damage deposit is required in the amount of $25/metre of frontage to a maximum of
$750.00.
In accordance with the Town of Aurora Policy regarding temporary sales trailers and
construction trailers a security deposit in the amount of $5000.00 is required to cover
costs of removal should it become necessary.
Interpretations
Accessory Structure: includes an open -sided structure attached to a building or a
detached building or structure that is not used for human habitation, the use of which is
naturally and normally incidental to , subordinate to, or exclusively devoted to, a
principal use or building and located on the same lot therewith.