Before submitting your City of Edmonton development permit application for your project, ensure to review the following development permit checklist:
- Do you have the proper Edmonton development permit application?
- Did you selected the proper category in the development application?
- Ensure there are no other forms you need to also prepare for the development permit. These other forms may include the Abandon Wells confirmation form etc.
- Did you wrote down the legal description of your property as well?
- Depending on the type of development you are proposing, normally a site plan, a foundation plan, elevations, a cross sections and a general floor plans will be required for your development permit submission.
- Is there a scale on the drawings? Generally is 1:100.
- Ensure to date and sign the application.
Strategize Your Development Permit
Don’t just apply your City of Edmonton permits, t is important have a plan for the entire permit process from meeting with the City Officials, who you should meet with at the City, who to talk to at the City, the development permit, the final building permit, the comprehensive sign report, parking report etc and most importantly, the drawings. You need to remember, there will be 2 set of drawings required, 1 set for the development permit and another more detail set for the final building permit. If you are also doing rezoning, you will require another set of drawings for rezoning purpose.
If you plan the entire process the right way and prepare the right drawings, you and your team will avoid alot of headaches and issues with the City.
Tips:
- Is important to get it all right the first, this will eventually save you alot time and hassle with the City and will avoid any delays to your development permit approval.
- Ensure your drawings have all the dimensions, scaled and detailed. hand sketches and simple line drawings will ultimately get your development disapproved or delay your development permit approval.
- The drawings are important, but the drawings or design of your development must meet all the rules, regulation and Bylaws of the City of Edmonton. If you decided to not to follow the City regulations, your development permit application will be refused right away.
- Review and plan your drawings, ensure there will be no negative effects to the final building permit drawings and/or affecting the final building permit application.
- Ensure you have paid the development permit fees. Without paying the permit fees, your development application will not be processed.
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