{"title":"Alert Bay building permit fees","question":"How much does a building permit cost in Alert Bay?","slug":"building-permit-fees","place":{"path":"ca/bc/alert-bay","name":"Alert Bay","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"building-and-renovating","name":"Building, renovating and your property"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"Village of Alert Bay","url":"https://www.alertbay.ca"},"short_answer":"In Alert Bay, Building Bylaw No. 712 sets the building permit fee at $4 per $1,000 of construction value plus a $50 processing fee. Sign structures are $50, and a moving or demolition permit is $150. Later fee bylaws may have changed these.","aliases":["building permit cost alert bay","building permit fee alert bay","demolition permit fee alert bay","permit fees alert bay"],"cost":"$4 per $1,000 of construction value plus a $50 processing fee (Building Bylaw No. 712, Appendix A).","how_long":"Not stated.","where":[{"type":"phone","label":"Village Office","value":"250-974-5213"},{"type":"in_person","label":"Municipal Hall","value":"15 Maple Road, Alert Bay, BC V0N 1A0","note":"Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m."}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Building Bylaw No. 712 (PDF)","url":"https://alertbay.civicweb.net/document/2980/Bylaw%20712-Building%20bylaw.pdf"}],"related":[{"slug":"building-permit","title":"Alert Bay building permits: when you need one and how to apply","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/alert-bay/building-permit/"},{"slug":"zoning-lookup","title":"Alert Bay zoning: find your zone and what it allows","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/alert-bay/zoning-lookup/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/port-mcneill","name":"Port McNeill","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-mcneill/building-permit-fees/"},{"place":"ca/bc/port-hardy","name":"Port Hardy","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/building-permit-fees/"},{"place":"ca/bc/port-alice","name":"Port Alice","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/building-permit-fees/"},{"place":"ca/bc/sayward","name":"Sayward","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sayward/building-permit-fees/"},{"place":"ca/bc/tahsis","name":"Tahsis","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/building-permit-fees/"},{"place":"ca/bc/gold-river","name":"Gold River","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/building-permit-fees/"}],"topic":{"title":"Building permit fees in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/building-permit-fees/"},"facts":{"minimum_fee":{"label":"Lowest fee","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"not_found","sources":[]},"fee_formula":{"label":"How the fee is worked out","value":"$4 per $1,000 of construction value plus a $50 processing fee.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://alertbay.civicweb.net/document/2980/Bylaw%20712-Building%20bylaw.pdf","title":"Building Bylaw No. 712, 2008 (PDF), Village of Alert Bay","section":"Appendix A","quotes":["$4/1000 of Construction + $50 Processing Fee","Buildings and Structures"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"application_fee":{"label":"Application or plan review fee","value":"The permit processing fee ($50 for buildings) is paid with the application and is non-refundable.","short":"$50 for buildings, non-refundable","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://alertbay.civicweb.net/document/2980/Bylaw%20712-Building%20bylaw.pdf","title":"Building Bylaw No. 712, 2008 (PDF), Village of Alert Bay","section":"s. 11.1","quotes":["An application made for a permit shall be accompanied by the appropriate permit processing fee","processing fee is non-refundable."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"other_fees":{"label":"Other fees","value":"Sign structures $50. Moving or demolition permit $150. Fines for non-compliance: building without a permit $500 first offence, $1,000 second, $2,000 per incidence after; failing to comply with a Stop Work Order $2,000.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://alertbay.civicweb.net/document/2980/Bylaw%20712-Building%20bylaw.pdf","title":"Building Bylaw No. 712, 2008 (PDF), Village of Alert Bay","section":"Appendix A","quotes":["Sign structures MOVINGOR DEMOLITION PERMITS $150","First 009005 $500","Second Offence $1000","Failure to comply with a Stop Work Order"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"how_to_pay":{"label":"How to pay","value":"The permit fee is paid in full before the permit is issued.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://alertbay.civicweb.net/document/2980/Bylaw%20712-Building%20bylaw.pdf","title":"Building Bylaw No. 712, 2008 (PDF), Village of Alert Bay","section":"s. 11.2","quotes":["shall be paid in full prior to issuance of any"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Building Bylaw No. 712, 2008, Appendix A (Permit Fees and Fines)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://alertbay.civicweb.net/document/2980/Bylaw%20712-Building%20bylaw.pdf","title":"Building Bylaw No. 712, 2008 (PDF), Village of Alert Bay","section":"Appendix A","quotes":["Appendix A Permit Fees and Fines"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":0,"unknown":1},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe Village of Alert Bay's [Building Bylaw No. 712](https://alertbay.civicweb.net/document/2980/Bylaw%20712-Building%20bylaw.pdf), Appendix A (Permit Fees and Fines), sets the building permit fee at $4 per $1,000 of construction value, plus a $50 processing fee. No minimum fee was found in the text that could be read.\n\nThe Appendix table is partly garbled and the bylaw dates from 2008. Later fees bylaws may have changed these amounts, so confirm the current fee with the Village Office before you apply.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Call the Village Office (250-974-5213) to confirm the current fee for your project.\n2. Pay the processing fee with your application. It is non-refundable. Whether it counts toward the permit fee is not stated in the readable text.\n3. Pay the permit fee in full before the permit is issued.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- Other fees in the bylaw: sign structures $50; moving or demolition permit $150.\n- Fines in the bylaw: building without a permit is $500 for a first offence, $1,000 for a second, and $2,000 for each incidence after that. Failing to comply with a Stop Work Order is $2,000.\n- A moving permit application also says a damage deposit may be up to $10,000.","sources":[{"url":"https://alertbay.civicweb.net/document/2980/Bylaw%20712-Building%20bylaw.pdf","title":"Building Bylaw No. 712, 2008 (PDF), Village of Alert Bay","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://www.alertbay.ca/contact","title":"Contact, Village of Alert Bay","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 6 facts was matched to the official text; 1 could not be confirmed."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/alert-bay/building-permit-fees/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/alert-bay/building-permit-fees.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/alert-bay/building-permit-fees.json"}}