Our office has issued its first development placard of the year.
This little guy will grow up wanting to be just like its big brother the Building Permit, but unfortunately will only be good for accessory structures because of its size.
This momentous occasion may raise a question – what the heck is a development placard?
To answer that question, we have to get a bit legalese: while the province’s default building regulation exempts a certain class of buildings (accessory structures, and residential dwellings less than 604 square feet – aka “camps”) from a building permit, there are still a host of requirements that a development has to hurdle. In some rural areas, there are development restrictions, either due to proximity of major highways, or the presence of a rural zoning plan.
There’s where a “development placard” comes into play: it’s usually a formal permission to build a Code-exempt structure.
As always, the lesson here is simple: contact our office to determine what permits (if any) are required.