Vancouver needs to tighten up its building permit fees process. We've down exactly what that means and why it's necessary. Vancouver BC realestate realestatenews
, a Licensed Residential Builder that has served Vancouver for 10 years, tells STOREYS. He says that this makes the fee assessment process subjective, rather than objective, as most other development-related fees are.for switching to a straight-forward square-footage multiplier to determine building permit fees, just like how the City of Vancouver determines its Development Cost Levy for projects.
Furthermore, construction estimates were also not always provided by applicants, and the DBL didn’t always follow-up with the applicant, as they used the square footage multiplier instead. “It’s sort of a truce that’s developed over time in response to an onerous and subjective bylaw based on construction costs,” he added. “If the City decided tomorrow to enforce the letter of the bylaw, there would just be absolute chaos.
Other recommendations include documenting standard operating procedure in formal writing, enhancing guidance for building permit applicants, developing a process to monitor for administrative discrepancies, and for the BRB to be more involved with confirming the construction values applicants provide.
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