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Fee Schedule

Building permit fees are estimated at the time of application. The estimate must be paid in full before plans review begins. During plans review the examiners will verify the fees. Any balance owing must be paid before the permit is issued.

The following by-law applies to all applications submitted after December 31, 2018.

Our current fee listed below are summarized from Schedule A of Markham’s Building By-law 2019-20.

Minimum Permit Fees

Description	Fee
Group C Residential construction	$100
Group A, B, D, E and F occupancies	$500
Non-residential Demolition	$945

Row	Description	Fee
1.1	Transfer permit to another Owner	$150
1.2	Revisions to forms due to incorrectly declared information	$250
1.3	Reproduction of Documents	$10 plus 110% cost of reproduction plus $100 per hour
1.4	Order to Comply	$300
1.5	Stop Work Order	$1,000
1.6	Unsafe Building	$500
1.7	Order Respecting Occupancy	$1,000
1.8	Additional Inspections due to non-remedied infraction	$100
1.9	Additional Inspection due to work not sufficiently complete	$100
1.10	Suspended permit / incomplete	$200

Administrative Fees

Row	Description	Fee
2.1	Pre-Application Review	$100
2.2	Supplementary submissions, shop drawings, and permit revisions	$100 per hour
2.3	Partial permit fee (when requested after permit application)	$500
2.4	Alternative Solution (includes 7 hours review time. Additional review time $150 per hour)	$2,000
2.5	Change of Model to existing Repeat Permit	$300 plus difference in permit fees
2.6	Fee not listed in Building Bylaw	$20 for every $1,000 of Construction Value
2.7	Remediation / demolition of premises used for production of illicit drugs	$5,000

General Permit Fees

Row	Description	Fee
3.1	Certificate of Completion	$100
3.2	Compliance Letter	$100
3.3	Provincial License Applications (without a permit application)	$250
3.4	Provincial License Applications (with a permit application)	$100
3.5	Spatial Separation Agreements	$500
3.6	Zoning Preliminary Review – Low Rise Residential	$250
3.7	Zoning Preliminary Review – Interior alteration, Multiple Residential, Non-residential	$350

Service Fees

Row	Description	Fee
	Group A Assembly
A1	Transportation Terminals	$18.31 per square metre
A2	Portable classrooms (each) (new or relocated)	$562 each
A3	Outdoor Pool	$12.79 per square metre
A4	All Other Assembly Occupancies	$22.01 per square metre
	Group B: Institutional
A5	All Institutional Occupancies	$23.83 per square metre
	Group C: Residential
A6	Single Detached Dwelling (SDD)	$16.64 per square metre
A7	Multiple Unit buildings less than 4 storeys high	$20.66 per square metre
A8	Multiple Unit buildings greater than 3 storeys, less than 7 storeys	$20.67 per square metre
A9	Multiple Unit buildings greater than 6 storeys high	$15.35 per square metre
A10	Repeat of Previously approved Certified Model	$13.64 per square metre
A11	Hotel / Motel	$22.01 per square metre
A12	Unfinished Basement / Foundations	$5.68 per square metre
A13	Detached or semi-detached garage/carport	$535 each
A14	Garage incorporating a dwelling unit (GDU)	$1,286 each
A15	Repeat of previously approved GDU	$966 each
A16	Accessory utility building (ie. Garden shed, Gazebo) less than 20 m²	$117 each
A17	Accessory utility building (ie. Garden shed, Gazebo) 20 m² or greater	$535 each
A18	Deck / Balcony / Covered Porch (each)	$117 each
	Group D: Business and Personal Services
A19	Shell Only (including unfinished basement)	$14.19 per square metre
A20	Partitioned / Finished / Mezzanine	$18.31 per square metre
A21	Temporary Real Estate Sales Office	$1,179 each
	Group E: Mercantile
A22	Shell Only (including unfinished basement)	$11.93 per square metre
A23	Partitioned / Finished / Mezzanine	$15.62 per square metre
	Group F: Industrial
A24	Shell Only (including unfinished basement)	$9.22 per square metre
A25	Partitioned / Finished / Mezzanine	$12.77 per square metre
A26	Gas Station / Canopy, Car Wash	$11.79 per square metre
A27	Repair garage	$12.77 per square metre
A28	Parking Garage (underground, open air)	$5.83 per square metre
A29	Farm Building	$5.05 per square metre
A30	Rack Storage Systems regulated by the Building Code	$9.22 per square metre
	All Occupancies
A31	Permanent Tent / Air supported structure	$6.60 per square metre
A32	Repair / reclad wall or replace roof structure	$1.70 per square metre
A33	Ceiling (new or replacement)	$0.46 per square metre
A34	Mechanical Penthouse	$9.22 per square metre
A35	Temporary Building (Tent, Stages)	$226 each
A36	Shoring (/m of length)	$14.20 per square metre
A37	Underpinning (/m of length)	$14.20 per square metre
	Designated Structures
A38	Communication Tower	$341 each
A39	Crane Runway	$507 each
A40	Exterior Storage Tank	$341 each
A41	Pedestrian Bridge (/m of length)	$39.33 per metre
A42	Retaining Wall (/m of length)	$19.66 per metre
A43	Sign regulated by the Building Code	$341 each

New Buildings and Additions (including Mezzanines or New Intermediate Floors)

Row	Description	Fee
	Group A Assembly
B1	Restaurant	$9.19 per square metre
B2	All other assembly occupancies	$6.35 per square metre
	Group B: Institutional
B3	All institutional occupancies	$6.35 per square metre
	Group C: Residential
B4	Accessory Apartment	$12.03 per square metre
B5	All other Residential occupancies	$6.35 per square metre
B6	Exterior door or door from garage into dwelling	$378 each
B7	Below grade stair	$378 each
B8	Elevator (Housing Permits only)	$378 each
	Group D: Business and Personal Services
B9	All business and personal service occupancies	$6.35 per square metre
	Group E: Mercantile
B10	Restaurant	$9.19 per square metre
B11	All other mercantile occupancies	$6.35 per square metre
	Group F: Industrial
B12	All industrial occupancies	$5.79 per square metre
	All Occupancies
B13	Electromagnetic Locking Device	$562 first device plus $115 per additional device
B14	Parking Structure Repair	$1.70 per square metre
B15	Balcony Guard Replacement (/m of length)	$2.06 per metre
B16	Window Replacement or Enlargement (each)	$7.09 each

Alteration, Repair or Change of Use (Existing Construction)

Row	Description	Fee
	Group C: Residential
C1	Single / Semi-detached / accessory	$525 each
	All Other Occupancies
C2	Complete / Partial / Interior Demolition	$0.17 per square metre ($945 minimum fee)

Demolition

Row	Description	Fee
D1	Heating, ventilation, air conditioning	$1.10 per square metre
D2	Fire Alarm System (per storey)	$371 per storey
D3	Replacement Annunciator/Control Panel only (per storey served)	$371 per storey
D4	Sprinkler System	$1.10 per square metre
D5	In-rack sprinkler System	$1.10 per square metre
D6	Standpipe System (per riser)	$146 per riser
D7	Emergency Power	$711
D8	Emergency Lighting (per storey)	$191 per storey
D9	Fireplace / Woodstove	$117
D10	Heating plant replacement	$187
D11	Special Ventilation Systems (each)	$562 each

Mechanical and Fire Protection Work

Row	Description	Fee
E1	Residential Service Connection (per lot)	$117 per lot
E2	Fixture	$18 each
E3	Appliance	$18 each
E4	Rain Water Hopper	$18 each
E5	Conversion from Septic System to sewer	$226
E6	Backflow preventer	$300 (first device) $100 per additional devices
E7	Water service (/length in m)	$18 per metre
E8	Building storm drain, building storm sewer (/length in m)	$18 per metre
E9	Replacement or re-lining of water distribution piping (/length in m)	$18 per metre
E10	Manhole	$50 each
E11	Catchbasin	$50 each
E12	Area Drain	$50 each
E13	Backwater Valve / Sump Pump / Sewage Ejector	$117 each

Plumbing

Row	Description	Fee
F1	New System	$1,686
F2	Replacement of Leaching Bed	$904
F3	Replacement of Septic Tank or Minor Repair of Part of a System	$562
F4	Evaluation of System (no alterations required)	$226
F5	Review of Clearances Only	$226

On-Site Sewage Systems

Row	Description	Fee
G1	Solar domestic hot water systems (serving individual dwellings)	$117
G2	Solar domestic hot water systems (serving all other buildings)	$617
G3	Solar photovoltaic systems (serving individual dwellings)	$117
G4	Solar photovoltaic systems (serving all other buildings)	$617
G5	Geothermal Systems	$374
G6	Wind Turbines (per turbine)	$248
G7	Drain water heat recovery unit (serving individual dwellings)	$117

Green Energy Systems

The following by-law applies to all applications submitted after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2019.

The 2018 fees listed below are summarized from Schedule A of Markham’s Building By-law 2017-150.