Building Permits

Overview

Here you will find the required forms and other information related to building, demolition, and plumbing. Please remember that all construction on SAY Lands must comply with the current BC Building Code.  The building code ensures that buildings and structures are safe to use, and helps protect them from fire, water, and sewer damage in accordance with all SAY lands laws.

To book inspections for active permits, please contact SAY Lands Building Inspector at 604-997-1631

To apply for any of the following permits, please email the full package to cecilia.lockerby@saylandsoffice.ca or deliver to reception at 7256 Chilliwack River Road. Please note that only COMPLETE PACKAGES will be reviewed.

Building Permit Applications Forms

Please review the Say Lands Permit Fees and Security Deposit information before applying for a building permit application, This will ensure that you do not encounter any surprises during the application process. It will give you information on all potential fees that you may encounter during the development application process on SAY lands and prevent your permit from facing delays.

SAY permits and Security Deposits

Renovations, Additions, Accessory Buildings, and Pools

Renovations, Additions & Accessory Buildings: Renovating or adding onto existing buildings, or sheds or pools.
Renovations, additions, and accessory buildings documents
Pool documents
Plumbing documents

Demolition

Building demolition is the process of dismantling or removing an existing building structure along with the materials used in the construction of the property.
Demolition document

Complex Building

Complex building: buildings over 6000 sq. m., or over 3 stories or for public use or more than 4 in a row.
Complex building documents
Plumbing documents

Form Definitions

• Building Permit Application; Building permit application form is needed for all building permits being applied for.

• Part #3 Standard Building Permit Checklist; This checklist applies to complex buildings.

• Part #9 Standard Building Permit Checklist; This checklist applies to most building permit applications for housing and small buildings.

• Plumbing Installations Contractors Certification: This form is required for plumbing works being done by a registered certified plumber other than a homeowner doing works on his / her own property, the certified T.Q (trade certificate red seal plumber certified in Canada) needs to complete all areas of the form.

• SAY Lands Office form 1 and form 2; Form 1 Is to be completed by the landowner and or Tenant, form 2 is to be completed by the registered professional (engineer or architect) The name of the company the registered professional(s) are working under and the date.

• Backflow device Test Report; To be completed for larger building applications building that have more than two residential suites ( to be used in interior building sprinkler systems and exterior landscaping irrigation.)

• R value of Installed insulation; Provide form before occupancy to record the installation of insulation values for floors, walls and roofs.

• Owners Undertaking;  Disclaimer that describes that the person or persons that are applying for a building permit acknowledge in following the current BC building Code and SAY lands Law's.

• Occupancy Application;  This is a form used for a complex part #3 building to felicitate an earlier occupancy based on Fire, Life and Safety items are met to current BC Building Code and SAY Laws. Full occupancy can be granted when all requirements are met to the Building Official Authority having Jurisdiction.

SAY Zoning Laws

Single Family Dwelling or Secondary Suite

Single Family Detached: stand-alone homes (new) or secondary suites.
Single family dwelling and/or secondary suite documents
Plumbing documents

Manufactured, Modular or Mobile Home

Manufactured & mobile: prefabricated structured built in a factory on a chassis before being transported to site.
Manufactured, modular, mobile homes documents
Plumbing documents