- Application for development permit
- Application for zoning certificate
- City centre commercial and industrial development permit application checklist
- Compliance certificate application
- Demolition development permit application checklist
- Development completion inspection application
- How to draw a site plan
- Landscape inspection application
- Landscape security release
- Municipal addressing application
- Noise exemption application
- Notice of appeal application
- Pre-application requirements for development permit applications
- Rural commercial and industrial development permit application checklist
- Special event (municipal land/green space) permit application and checklist
- Special event (private land) application and checklist
- Variance application form
Permits and Resources
Before you start your next project, it’s important to be informed about the types of permits required to help ensure your project is completed safely and on time. There are two main categories of permits:
- Development permits address issues related to community planning, bylaws, land use, image and compatibility. They are required for new builds, changes in property use, or additions to existing structures.
- Safety codes permits ensure that the necessary legislation, regulations and policies are followed for construction and renovation projects.
Apply for a permit
Apply for permits easily online through E-Permitting or by visiting 9099 Franklin Ave. during regular business hours.
Change of Use Exemptions for Permitted Uses
Land Use Bylaw 26/001 Section 3.2.2. (x) exempts some permitted uses in prescribed commercial districts from a Change of Use Development Permit. Apply for an exemption online via the E-Permitting portal.
Once you've signed in, navigate to the Planning section and select Change of Use Exemption for Permitted Uses.
Checklist and application library
- New oil sands development permit application checklist
- Project accommodation development permit application checklist
- Project accommodation is a residential complex used to house workers on a temporary basis. Camps are usually made up of mobile units and used for sleeping, eating, and other basic needs. These units can be taken apart and moved as needed.
- Rural area new oil sands or pilot plants development permit
- This applies to the development of oil, gas, gas facilities, sand and gravel, and logging operations.
- Sand and gravel extraction development permit
- Taiga Nova commercial and industrial development permit application checklist
- Urban commercial, industrial, or institutional development permit application checklist
- Development permit for cannabis retail store application checklist and form
- This permit is for a development that is used exclusively for retail sales of cannabis, products that contain cannabis, and cannabis accessories.
- First use or change of use development permit application checklist and form
- A permit to change the use of land or a building
- Home Business, Major application checklist and form
- Home Business, Minor application checklist and form
- Municipal addressing application (updated June 2025)
- Sign development permit application checklist and form
- Urban, commercial, industrial, or institutional development permit application checklist
- Accessory structure or use development permit application checklist and form
- Addition to single family residential development permit application checklist and form
- Basement or secondary suite development permit application checklist and form
- Boarding house development permit application checklist and form
- Deck development permit application checklist and form (residential)
- Mobile home development permit application checklist and form
- Multi-family residential development permit application checklist and form
- Rural area single family residential development permit application checklist and form
- Single family residential development permit application checklist and form
Engineering and infrastructure development
- Boulevard crossing permit
- Clearing and grading permit
- Traffic accommodation plan
- Utility installation/street occupation permit
- Utility line assignment permit
- Effective April 1, 2025, an updated $125 fee will be introduced for Utility Line Assignment (ULA) permit applications, as outlined in the 2025 Fees, Rates and Charges Bylaw 24.026.
Development Permit Process
The development permit process is based on the Municipal Government Act and the Land Use Bylaw.
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