HamiltonBuilding PermitsGarages & Carports
Residential Carports / Covered Porches
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
- Carport and Covered Porch
- 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 permit requirements sheet for residential carports and covered porches, one of a family of scope-specific sheets the division publishes alongside those for decks and accessory structures. It lists pre-approvals such as committee of adjustment, encroachment agreement, the Ontario Heritage Act and conservation authorities, the application package with Schedule 1 and fees under Building By-law No. 15-058, then the drawing content it names: pier location, size and spacing, roof framing members, the house-to-carport attachment, ledger board size and pier depth below grade.
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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