The Building Department is responsible for processing residential and commercial building, plumbing and other related permit applications. The department also provides inspection services to ascertain whether owners have met their legal responsibility for compliance with the BC Building Code. The department is funded through building and other related permit fees.

Impact of a funding decrease

Would result in an inability of the District to respond in a timely manner to the needs of the development community.

Impact of a funding increase

The District could implement electronic plan submission, permit application and inspection scheduling software to help the department deal with increased workloads in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Additional staff resources could be deployed.

Did you know...

The Building Department processed 238 permit applications in 2018 and 252 new units were added to the community.