Compliance Certificate

This part outlines the City's Development Permit Process, including related requirements and procedures.
 

2.25 Compliance Certificate

1. The registered owner, or a person with a registered legal or equitable interest in a site, may apply to the Development Authority Development Authority has the same meaning as set out in the MGA. for a Compliance Certificate Compliance Certificate means a document that may be issued by the Development Authority indicating that a building, as shown on documentation provided to the City, is located in accordance with the building setback requirements in this Bylaw at the time the certificate is issued or in compliance with the yard or building setbacks specified in any Development Permit which may have been issued..
2. The Applicant for a Compliance Certificate shall submit two original Real Property Reports Real Property Report means a document showing building location and other site data prepared by a Registered Alberta Land Surveyor, according to the standards of the Alberta Land Surveyors Association. that have been produced no more than five years prior to the date of the application, along with the fees outlined in the Master Rates Bylaw.
3. The Development Authority may issue a Compliance Certificate Compliance Certificate means a document that may be issued by the Development Authority indicating that a building, as shown on documentation provided to the City, is located in accordance with the building setback requirements in this Bylaw at the time the certificate is issued or in compliance with the yard or building setbacks specified in any Development Permit which may have been issued. when, in its opinion, the buildings Building includes anything constructed or placed on, in, over, or under land, but does not include a highway or bridge that forms part of a highway.  as shown on the Real Property Report Real Property Report means a document showing building location and other site data prepared by a Registered Alberta Land Surveyor, according to the standards of the Alberta Land Surveyors Association. are located on the site in accordance with the separation distance, and yard and building setback Setback means the distance from the foundation wall of a building to the property line at right angles or radially to it. Where there is no foundation wall, the distance shall be measured from the exterior wall at grade, not including cantilevered wall sections or architectural projections. regulations of this Bylaw, or the yard or building setbacks specified in any Development Permit which may have been issued.
4. The Compliance Certificate shall only reference those buildings Building includes anything constructed or placed on, in, over, or under land, but does not include a highway or bridge that forms part of a highway.  shown on the Real Property Report as provided by the Applicant.
5. The Development Authority may refuse to issue a Compliance Certificate when, in their opinion, they do not have sufficient information to determine if buildings as shown are located in accordance with the yard and building setback regulations of this Bylaw, or the yard or building setbacks specified in any Development Permit which may have been issued for the site.
6. A Compliance Certificate is not a Development Permit Development Permit means the document issued by the Development Authority or by Council in a Direct Control District under this Bylaw or any previous Land Use Bylaw, and includes any plans or conditions of approval..