Canadian homeowners and deck builders
Check if your deck needs a building permit in Calgary, Edmonton or Toronto and which drawings to submit: site plan, deck plan, cross-section. Free.
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How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the ADU permit door.
Modeled on: City of Calgary deck building permit checklist
From public data
(2 ft) above grade is the height above which an uncovered deck needs a building permit in Calgary
Source: City of Calgary, Decks
Check your lot against California ADU law: size, setbacks, fees and the 60-day review clock. Get the permit narrative and checklist; bring your drawings.
Questions
Yes for any covered deck, and for an uncovered deck more than 0.6 m (2 ft) above grade at any point. You submit the checklist, a site plan, a deck plan and a cross-section, or the uncovered deck worksheet.
An uncovered deck on a single-unit house, no more than 0.6 m high and without a roof or walls, needs no building permit. It also needs no development permit if it's in the back or interior side yard, no more than 1.2 m high and outside the river valley overlay.
Toronto lists a deck more than 60 cm (24 inches) above ground among the projects that need a building permit.
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Answer it and ePlan opens the ADU permit door with your answer filled in.