HamiltonBuilding PermitsGarages & Carports
Accessory Structures for Residential Dwellings
Published by City of Hamilton
This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Checklist
- Published by
- City of Hamilton
- Also called
- Accessory Building Checklist
- For
- homeowner
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 1
- Instruments
- Building Code Act · City of Hamilton Building By-law No. 15-058
Overview
The City of Hamilton Building Division's building permit requirements sheet for accessory structures serving residential dwellings, such as sheds, detached garages and gazebos. It lists the pre-approvals that may apply, from committee of adjustment and encroachment agreement through the Ontario Heritage Act, the Niagara Escarpment Commission, the Hamilton, Grand River and Niagara Peninsula conservation authorities and wellhead protection area, then the application package: the provincial application to construct or demolish, Schedule 1 with BCIN numbers, fees under Building By-law No. 15-058, and two copies of construction drawings.
What it covers
- Pre Approvals/Documentation (if applicable)
- Application (one copy)
- Construction Drawings (two copies)
- Site Plan (Property Survey)
- Foundation Plan View
- Cross Section/Elevations
- Additional Documentation (two copies) (if applicable)
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