Safety codes permits

Fire safety plan application

Individuals can use ready-made templates (Appendices A and B) for small buildings and must submit two copies (one for the client and one for fire department) by email.

A fire safety plan is required for:

• small buildings, including housing and small building projects
• unoccupied building projects
• buildings less than 600 square metres
• structures three storeys or less in height
• projects more than $5,000 in value.

Fire safety plans are not required for projects less than $5,000, such as:

• a utility shed less than 10 square metres (108 square feet)
• re-shingling a roof
• installing eaves troughs
• reinstalling or replacing kitchen or bathroom cupboards without plumbing
• erecting a fence

Customized fire safety plan application

Individuals can use the fire safety guidelines (Appendix C) to develop a fire safety plan, and must submit the plan to the fire department for approval by email.

A customized fire safety plan is required for:

• demolition projects
• buildings more than 600 square metres
• structures more than three storeys in height
• all buildings that will be occupied during construction or renovation.

Specific requirements must be met for construction of single-family dwellings on lots the fire department is unable to reach within 10 minutes. View the High Intensity Residential Fire requirements for more information.

Disclaimer

It is unlawful to start construction, renovation or demolition without a fire safety plan. If you begin without a plan in place, you may be ordered to stop work or remove work already completed, or you may be prosecuted. A safety codes officer reviews projects during key stages of construction to ensure the work site is safe and complies with the Alberta Fire Code. A safety codes officer may visit a site several times depending on the project.

Apply for residential building permits

Fill out the residential building permit application and submit it by email or drop it off/mail it to:

Leduc County Centre
101-1101 5 St.
Nisku, AB T9E 2X3

You will need to submit a residential building permit for:

• a detached garage or shed
• a manufactured dwelling
• a hot tub
• a solid fuel burning appliance (wood or pellet stove)
• a swimming pool

Apply for a commercial building permit

Fill out the commercial building permit application and submit it by email or drop it off/mail it to:

Leduc County Centre
101-1101 5 St.
Nisku, AB T9E 2X3

Requirements

Building permits are required for the following:

• the construction of a building, including the renovation/alteration of, relocation or addition to a building
• a change in the occupancy classification of the building

If matters affecting health or safety are not at risk and there is no structural change to the building, building permits are not required for the following:

• construction of a building, including a renovation or an addition to a building if the construction, renovation or addition is less than $5,000 in prevailing market value
• painting or decorating
• re-roofing or re-siding if the roofing or siding is being replaced with roofing or siding of a similar type
• replacement or alter ducting serving a space heating appliance if it is located in a single family home and there is no change required to the heating and ventilation system
• construction of a building 10 square metres or less in size that is not a hazard
• construction of an exterior deck that is attached to or detached from a single family home that is no greater than 600 millimetres from the adjacent grade on all sides of the deck

Eligibility

You can apply for a building permit if you are a:

• owner of a building
• the owner's agent
• holder of a compulsory certification trade (when required)
• owner who resides or intends to reside in a single family home for the installation of building systems in the dwellings

Apply for an electrical permit

Fill out an electrical permit application and submit it by email or drop it off/mail to:

Leduc County Centre
101-1101 5 St.
Nisku, AB T9E 2X3

Requirements

An electrical permit is required to install, alter or add to an electrical system.

An electrical permit is not required for the following:

• communication systems
• electrical installations relating to an elevating device
• extra low voltage Class 2 circuits, unless they are for any of the following:
  • safety control
  • locations described as hazardous in the Electrical Code
  • electro-medical purposes
  • lighting
• the replacement of electrical equipment with units of a similar type if the replacement is made for the purpose of maintaining the system and does not modify the ratings or characteristics of the electrical installation

Eligibility

You can apply for an electrical permit if you are a:

• master electrician (within scope of certification)
• owner of a residential or farm building for work on those buildings' electrical systems
• restricted master electrician (within scope of certification)
• rural wireman (limited undertakings)
• sign installation technician (within scope of certification)
• owner/operator/designate of a power line construction company (limited undertakings)
• owner/operator/designate of an establishment requiring an electrical permit

Apply for a gas permit

Fill out the gas permit application form and submit it by email or drop it off/mail to:

Leduc County Centre
101-1101 5 St.
Nisku, AB T9E 2X3

Requirements

A gas permit is required to install, alter or add to a gas system.

A gas permit is not required for the following:

• a gas system that uses propane or natural gas as an alternate or principal fuel for motive power on a motor vehicle
• a gas system that uses propane or natural gas to provide conditioned air in a cargo transport unit
• the replacement of a dryer, range, water heater or space-heating appliance if:
  • it is located in a single family home and
  • no design change is required to any gas piping or venting system
• the relocation, by a gas utility company, of a gas meter, including any piping changes that may be required for the relocation
• a container having a propane capacity of no more than 454 litres water capacity or when containers are manifolded together, the aggregate capacity of the containers does not exceed 454 litres water capacity
• a propane container and installation serving a pump jack, flare stack or oil tank heater at an oil field well site

Eligibility

You can apply for a gas permit if you are a:

• gasfitter
• certified sheet metal worker for the replacement of a furnace in a single family home
• owner of a residential or farm building for work on those buildings' gas systems
• someone who has training specific to the installation of propane tanks or secondary gas lines
• owner/operator/designate of an establishment requiring an annual gas permit

Apply for a plumbing permit

Fill out the plumbing permit application form and submit it by email or drop it off/mail it to:

Leduc County Centre
101-1101 5 St.
Nisku, AB T9E 2X3

Requirements

A plumbing permit is required to install, alter or add to a plumbing system.

A plumbing permit is not required for the following:

• replacing fixtures, water heaters, faucets, etc., if no changes to piping are required
• installing fixtures in a dwelling if the roughed-in piping has been completed under another permit
• installing residential water treatment devices in a single family home
• *installing a water service connecting a building to a municipal or private water supply
• *installing a building sewer or storm sewer outside of a building

*Note: a utilities water/sewer line connection permit is required

Eligibility

You can apply for a plumbing permit if you are a:

• plumber
• owner of a residential or farm building for work on those buildings' plumbing systems
• owner/operator of an establishment that requires an annual plumbing permit
• private sewage installer (limited undertakings)

Apply for a private sewage permit

Fill out the private sewage permit application form and submit it by email or drop it off/mail it to:

Leduc County Centre
101-1101 5 St.
Nisku, AB T9E 2X3

Requirements

A private sewage permit is required to install, alter or add to a private sewage system on your property.

You don't require a private sewage permit:

• for the replacement of any equipment of a private sewage disposal system with units of a similar type
• if the replacement is for maintaining the system and doesn't modify the design of the system

Eligibility

You can apply for a private sewage system permit if you are a:

• private sewage installer for any private sewage system
• restricted private sewage installer for the installation of a holding tank
• owner of a residential or farm building for installations for those buildings' sewage systems