Building Permits, Inspections and Zoning

 

Make sure to look into grants, rebates and tax benefits when upgrading appliances and/or renovating your home! A wood stove exchange program is currently available from the RDEK, Wildsight and the District of Sparwood.

 

The building inspector will be in Sparwood every Tuesday and Thursday. Please give 72 hours notice to the District when requesting an inspection.

 

Inspections are required at various stages of construction, please see Section 17.4 of the Building Bylaw 1012, 2009 for more details.

 

Framing

 

You will need a Building Permit for all types of work including:

 

  • Constructing, repairing or altering a building, structure, plumbing system, swimming pool fence, fireplace, chimney or solid fuel appliance;

  • Changing an occupancy;
  • Moving a building or structure;
  • Demolishing a building or structure;
  • Before excavation to construct a building or structure;
  • Any installation of plumbing (except replacement or repair of a valve, faucet, fixture or sprinkler head, stoppage cleared or leak repair).

 

Some minor building projects may not require a Building Permit, but construction still must conform to the BC Building Code. Examples of minor building projects include:

 

  • Sheds less than 3.04 metres by 3.04 metres (10 feet by 10 feet) in area;
  • Ground cover patios with a height of less than 250mm (9.84 inches);
  • Retaining structures less than 1.5 metres in height;
  • The repair or replacement of a valve, faucet, fixture or sprinkler head, or stoppage cleared or a leak repaired in a plumbing

 

More information on building is available in the District of Sparwood Building Bylaw 1012, 2009.

 

Climatic Data is also found in the Building Bylaw 1012, 2009 in Appendix C.

 

Wood Stove Exchange Program:

Follow the steps outlined in the information package to receive $250 to $500 in rebates!

 

For more information on the WSE program contact the District of Sparwood or the East Kootenay Coordinator:

 

Erna Jensen-Shill

Phone: (250) 427-9360         

E-mail: woodstoveexchange@wildsight.ca
c/o Wildsight Kimberley Cranbrook Branch
#2 – 495 Wallinger Avenue
Kimberley, BC   V1A 1Z6

 

 

Detailed Information Here

For more information contact:

 

Building Inspection, Bylaw Enforcement, Utilities & Permits
Vanessa Hutchinson

 

Building Inspector:
Tony Luce - bi@sparwood.bc.ca

(Cranbrook Office: 1-888-478-7335)

 

P.O. Box 520, 136 Spruce Ave
Sparwood, B.C. V0B 2G0

Phone: (250) 425-6271

Fax:(250) 425-7277