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Change of Use Exemptions for Permitted Uses

Land Use Bylaw Amendment 21/015 exempts some Permitted Uses in prescribed
commercial districts from a Change of Use Development Permit.

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* E-permitting may be unavailable the third Wednesday of every month between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. for scheduled maintenance.

Applications, forms and permits
  • Amendment application form
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  • Authorization for municipality land
  • Boulevard crossing permit
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  • Compliance certificate application (Dec. 2019)
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  • Development permit application form for cannabis retail store (Updated Aug. 2017)
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  • Home occupation declaration (Revised Feb. 2022)
  • How to draw a site plan
  • Landscape inspection application
  • Noise bylaw letter of request
  • Notice of appeal application (revised Feb. 2022)
  • Pre-application requirements for development permit applications (Updated Dec. 2015)
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  • Route or Haul Permit Application
  • Rural area new oil sands/pilot plants development permit application
  • Special event permit application
  • UGS connection/disconnection permit application
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Checklists
  • Accessory structure (residential garage) development permit application checklist (Updated Aug. 2021)
  • Addition to single-family residential development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • Amendment application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • Basement suite development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • Boarding house development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • City centre commercial and industrial development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • Decks development permit application checklist (residential) (Updated Dec. 2019)
  • Demolition development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • First use or change of use development permit application checklist (Updated June. 2021)
  • First use or change of use development permit application checklist for cannabis retail store (Updated Aug. 2018)
  • HVAC System Permit Checklist (Updated Sept. 2021)
  • Home business development permit application checklist
  • Manufactured home development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • Multi-family development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • New use of an existing commercial or industrial building development permit checklist
  • Oil sands development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • Project accommodation development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • Rural commercial and industrial development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • Rural area single family residential development permit application checklist
  • Sand and gravel extraction development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
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  • Single family residential development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • Stockpiling development permit application checklist
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  • Taiga Nova commercial and industrial development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
  • Urban, commercial, industrial or institutional development permit application checklist (Updated Dec. 2015)
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Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
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Fort McMurray Alberta T9H 2K4

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