Attachment 1: Summary of Bylaws & Staff Meeting with City of Victoria, City of Vancouver and District of North Vancouver

Municipality	Population (rounded)*	Deconstruction or Diversion	Bylaw	Year enacted	Application Fee	Scope	Application Process	Additional Notes
City of Vancouver, BC	662,000	Re-use and recycling of building materials	Green Demolition By-law No.11023	2014	$436.00 Fee + $14,650 Security Deposit Total = $15,086	Building Type: Single-Family Dwellings and Duplexes Building Age: pre-1950 Target: Every demolition permit for a residential building constructed in whole or in part before 1950 must include a green demolition condition, requiring that the building be subject to demolition resulting in the reuse or recycling of not less than 75% of all building materials, by weight, excluding hazardous materials. Every demolition permit for a character residential building constructed in whole or in part before 1950 must include a green demolition condition, requiring the reuse or recycling of not less than 90% of all building materials, by weight, excluding hazardous materials. In addition to the green demolition condition, every demolition permit of a residential building constructed in whole or in part before 1910, or demolition of a heritage listed residential building constructed in whole or in part before 1950, must include additional green demolition condition, requiring that the residential building be subject to demolition by means of deconstruction, resulting in the salvage of at least three (3) tonnes of wood).	Department: Environmental Services Staff: 2-3 FTE handle applications. Demolition applications are not their sole task. Process: • This process is staff intensive as a lot of documentation is required. • Demolition permit applications with a green demolition condition must submit a compliance report confirming the demolition, and provide record of the removal, reuse, recycling, salvage and disposal of building materials. Salvage Requirements: • Refund of securities is based on the recycling rate achieved. • If the applicant meets or exceeds the target, they receive a full refund. However, if the target is not met, the applicant receives a partial refund based on Appendix B of the bylaw.	• In 2023, just under 400 demolition applications submitted to the city required 75% of building materials to be recycled. • 75 applications were required to recycle 90% of the building materials. • 5 applicants were required to salvage 3 tonnes of wood. • Recycling was the intent of 2/3 of the demolition applications received. • Majority of the applicants complied with the requirements outlined in the bylaw. • Applicants were encouraged to salvage as a bonus multiplier to meet reuse/recycling/salvage requirements. Unfortunately, there was not a lot of uptake, possibly due to the lack of available market.
City of Victoria, BC	92,000	Deconstruction and demolition waste management. Focus primarily to divert wood from landfill.	Demolition Waste and Deconstruction Bylaw No.22-062	2022 Phase 1: Sept 12, 2023 Phase 2: May 12, 2025	$500 administration fee + $19,500 waste management fee (security) Total = $20,000	Building Type: Single-Family Dwellings and Duplexes Building Age: pre-1960 Target: Varies per building. The salvaging rate is determined in part by the size of the building, and the weight of the wood salvaged in deconstruction.	Department: Engineering Staff: ½ FTE during the summer, ¼ FTE year-round. A third-party contractor was hired by the city, to provide applicants with assistance to locate businesses or organizations receiving and/or looking for salvaged materials Process: • Application part of the demolition permit process. • Applicant must calculate the rate of salvaging achieved and provide record of this amount. • Applicant has 90 days to complete the work and submit the supporting documents (receipts) to be reviewed by staff. • Supporting documents include: - Receipts of the sale/donation of wood salvaged - Scale receipts - Wood stored for future reuse - Disposal tipping Salvage Requirements: • Applicants can receive a partial or complete refund of a waste management fee based on the amount of wood salvaged (per unit) from above-ground floor area. • How much is refunded is determined in accordance with Schedules A and C of the bylaw. • If buildings are damaged by natural disaster, fire, wood, insect infestation, or other causes, or was added to a structure after 1960, the applicant can apply for a reduced salvaging rate.	• City of Victoria receives approximately 40-60 demolition applications per year. Approximately three quarters (3/4) of the applications are for houses and duplexes. • 2022 to Sept 2023: approximately 20 applications received • After Phase 1 implemented: 6-8 applications • Some applicants just accepted the fee (including securities) as part of business, and did not attempt to salvage any building materials. Others received a partial or complete refund of waste management fee. • Applications where homeowners were more involved in the deconstruction process tended to see more success.
District of North Vancouver, BC	88,000	Waste management & wood salvage	Demolition Waste Reduction Bylaw 8582	2022 Came into effect Jan 1, 2023	$250 administration fee + $15,000 waste diversion security deposit Total = $15,250	Building Type: Single-Family Dwellings and Duplexes Building Age: pre-1950 Target: A minimum of 3.5kg of 2.6 board feet of reclaimed lumber per square foot of finished floor space is required for homes constructed in in whole or in part before 1950.	Department: Building Department Staff: N/A Process: • Lengthy and intensive • The applicant is responsible for submitting a Green Demolition Permit. • Green demolition permit applications must submit a compliance report confirming the demolition, and provide record of the removal, reuse, salvage and disposal of building materials. • Requests for exemption can be submitted should the building be structurally unsafe or otherwise hazardous to human life, or because most of the material of the building is not suitable for reuse. Salvage Requirements: • Refund of waste diversion security deposit is based on the amount of wood salvaged during the deconstruction process. • If the applicant meets or exceeds the target, they receive a full refund. However, if the target of 3.5kg or 2.6 board feet is not met, the applicant receives a partial refund based on Schedule A of the bylaw.	• Permitting process takes approximately 8 months, as a result, to date only a handful of applications have been processed. • 2023: 2 applications • 2024: 3 applications received so far • Further data is required to determine the level of success.

* Population estimates based on the 2021 Canadian Census