Advisory Documents
Find building and development-related advisories, requirements and more, in the alphabetical list below.
- Alternative Family Care Home
- Auto/Automotive Dealerships
- Backyard Suites
- Barrier-Free Design Guide
- Building Permit Requirements for Fire Alarms
- Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Catalogue Designs
- Cold Weather Stucco Application
- Commercial Exterior Insulation Guide – Energy Retrofits
- Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, and Multifamily Permit Application
- Commercial Phased Permits
- Crawlspace and Attic Safety Requirements
- Daycares
- Digital Submission Security Requirements
- Door Hardware and Magnetic Lock Requirements
- Driveway & Parking
- Duct Wrap
- Fire Ratings for Exterior Walls Meeting at an Angle
- Fire Stopping – Codes & Standards
- Hazardous Materials
- House to Commercial
- Integrated Systems Testing (CAN/ULC-S1001)
- Manufactured Homes & Modular Buildings
- Major Occupancy Definitions
- Mezzanines
- Multi Family Residential Development Informational Advisory
- Occupancy and Land Use Advisory
- Post Frame (Pole Barn) Construction
- Radon Gas
- Rated Double Doors
- Residential Exterior Insulation Guide – Energy Retrofits
- Residential Review Process for Trusses and other Designs
- Secondary Suites in Rowhouses
- Subsidiary Occupancies
- Suites in Rowhouses
- Sunrooms & Greenhouses
- Third Water Closet On 3-Inch Building Drain
- Tiny Homes
- Ventilation Summary of Design
- Warehouse Classification of F3 Occupancy
- When an Elevator is Required
- When a Professional Designer is Required
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