Bylaw
Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 958, 2016, Amendment Bylaw No. 1175, 2026
A bylaw update that revises fee schedules for development services, business licenses, and planning applications.
Effective January 1, 2027Home-Based Business license: $100.00Secondary Suite Type 2 Permit renewal: $100.00Retail Cannabis Store fee: $1,500.00
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL BYLAW NO. 1175
A BYLAW TO AMEND THE FEES AND CHARGES BYLAW PERTAINING TO CHANGES TO THE HOME OCCUPATION REGULATIONS
The Council of the Town of View Royal, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
CITATION
- This Bylaw may be cited as “Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 958, 2016, Amendment Bylaw No. 1175, 2026”.
AMENDMENTS
- Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 958, 2016 is amended as follows:
a) By repealing the table titled “Development Services” in Schedule A and replacing it with the following table:
Development Services
| Item | Item Detail | Fee | Fee Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address Change For Personal Preference | Detached or Duplex Residential | $250 | |
| Attached Residential | $250 plus $25 per attached residential unit | ||
| Business Licence | Home-Based Business | $100.00 | |
| Non-resident | $100.00 | As per Bylaw No. 952 | |
| Commercial - small | $100.00 | ||
| Daycare, Small | $100.00 | As per Bylaw No. 952 | |
| Commercial – large | $200.00 | 464 m2 (5,000 ft2) and larger. As per Bylaw No. 952. | |
| Intermunicipal | $100.00 | As per Bylaw No. 952 | |
| Intercommunity | $170.00 | As per Bylaw No. 952 | |
| Apartments | $15 per unit (minimum $100) | As per Bylaw No. 952 | |
| Pub | $500.00 | ||
| Liquor sales | $300.00 | Off-site consumption. As per Bylaw No. 952 | |
| Drug Paraphernalia | $2,000.00 | ||
| Transfer place of business | $10.00 | As per Bylaw No. 952 | |
| Late renewal of licence | 10% or $25.00, minimum $25.00 | ||
| Retail Cannabis Store | $1,500.00 | As per Bylaw No. 1123 | |
| Comfort Letter | Detached or Duplex Residential | $150 per address | |
| Commercial/Industrial/Attached Residential | $200 plus $25 per attached residential unit base fee | $60/hr for every hour after four hours | |
| Filming Permit, Commercial – Movie, TV, Tour Photography, Photography | Crew Size Under 10 | $62.47 | Hourly fee |
| Crew Size 10 or more | $124.96 | Hourly fee | |
| Application Changes/Rescheduling | $41.65 | Per change | |
| City Services Deposit | Up to $20,000 | (at the discretion of Town of View Royal Director or CAO) Refundable deposit | |
| Liquor licence applications that require local government input (not including municipal operations) | New applications | $500.00 | Per application |
| Revisions to existing licences | $300.00 | Per application | |
| Applications that require public notification | $175.00 additional plus actual cost of advertising, notices and postage | Per application; deposit equal to estimated cost of advertising, notices and postage required from applicant with application | |
| Planning Application | Rezoning and temporary commercial or industrial use permits | $2,200.00 | |
| Development Permit/Development Variance Permit | $550.00 for first five variances | ||
| Additional Variance Fee | $100.00 per variance | ||
| Large Projects Fee | Gross floor area (sq. m.) x $1.15 | All commercial and industrial projects, and residential projects over 4 dwelling units | |
| Official Community Plan or Land Use Contract amendment | $2,200.00 | ||
| Public Hearing Deposit | $2500 (plus increments of $500 as necessary) | ||
| Public notification for a Development Permit with Variance or Development Variance Permit | $200.00 | (Amendment Bylaw No. 1141) | |
| Board of Variance application/appeal | $300.00 | ||
| Public notification for Board of Variance Application | $200.00 | (Amendment Bylaw No. 1141) | |
| Subdivision application | $2,200 + $100 per lot created | ||
| Application for an Air Space Subdivision | $10,000.00 | ||
| Final Approval of Subdivision | $500.00 + $100 per lot created | ||
| Final Approval of Air Space Subdivision | $10,000.00 plus all legal costs associated with the preparation and review all documents to be registered | ||
| Statement of Conditions Renewal or extension | $750.00 | ||
| Approval of Phased Strata Plan; or amendment of a Phased Strata Plan (due upon Form P submission) | $500.00 | Per Phase | |
| Lot line adjustment | $750.00 | ||
| Application for exclusion from Agricultural Land Reserve | $2,000.00 | ||
| Subdivision or non-farm use of land within Agricultural Land Reserve | $1,000.00 | ||
| Covenants | Actual cost | Applicant will re-imburse town for all costs associated with preparation of covenants, easements and SRW's | |
| Public meeting required by Council regarding lands within Agricultural Land Reserve | $1,800.00 | ||
| Landscape Installation Security (Security Deposit) | 120% of estimated cost of works and services for landscaping and screening installation | As per Section 6.8 of Bylaw No. 900 (Amendment Bylaw No. 1078) | |
| Secondary Suite Type 2 Permit renewal | $100.00 | As per Bylaw No. 1127 | |
| Sign Permit | Permanent Sign | $250.00 | As per Bylaw No. 35 |
| Commercial Real Estate Sign | $250.00 | As per Bylaw No. 35 | |
| Temporary Sign | $550.00 | ||
| Temporary Sign renewal fee | $50 | As per Section 48.7.d of Bylaw No. 35 |
EFFECTIVE DATE
- This bylaw comes into force on January 1, 2027.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 7TH DAY OF JULY, 2026.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 7TH DAY OF JULY, 2026.
READ A THIRD TIME THIS 7TH DAY OF JULY, 2026.
ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CORPORATE OFFICER, AND SEALED WITH THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL THIS DAY OF , 2026.
MAYOR
CORPORATE OFFICER
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Related Documents
(4)Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 958, 2016 - Schedule A
Bylaw No. 958 · Referenced in 1 section
Business License and Regulation Bylaw No. 952, 2016
Bylaw No. 952 · Referenced in 1 section
Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014
Bylaw No. 900 · Referenced in 1 section
Land Use Bylaw No. 35, 1990
Bylaw No. 35 · Referenced in 1 section
Extracted from: 2026 07 21 Council Meeting - Agenda - Pdf(115 pages total)