Electronic Submission – CityView Portal

• All electronic documents, plans and drawings must be submitted in PDF format.
• Forms can be signed by hand or digitally.
• Files must be unsecured and not password protected.
• Keep filename consistent.
• Avoid the use of characters, symbols, and extra spaces in your filenames. (For example, &, *, {}, <>, _)
• Avoid inappropriate language in filenames.
• Plans/Drawings with multiple pages and sets must be combined into a single Electronic Document (PDF format), flattened, and saved as a separate submittal.
• The scale and page size of the plans/drawings on the PDF must match the scale and page size of the full-sized plans/drawings on paper.
• Where applicable, Electrical / Emergency Lighting / Fire Alarm, Sprinkler and other Fire Safety Systems must be submitted as part of the Building Permit set.
• Where a submission is being made to address a deficiency identified by an Examiner, an electronic copy of the revised plans must be submitted to the Examiner with the changes clearly labelled and red-lined.

•  All scanned documents must meet the following requirements:
• Plans/drawings must be at a resolution that is easily legible on screen, and the pages must not be skewed.
• Scanned resolutions of 1-bit black and white 300 dpi is usually acceptable. For plans/drawings containing fine lines and detail, 600 dpi resolution is required.
• Do not reduce the scanned document size.
• Scanning documents in full colour is only necessary if it contains photographs.

BWG’s Building Division has an electronic plan review process. As a result, permit applications are processed electronically. If an application is approved, the permit will be issued in PDF format and sent to the applicant electronically.

The applicant must print the documents and drawings that form the Building Permit and keep them on the construction site.

Complete submission means a submission that meets the requirements set out in Section 4 and 5 of the Town's Building By-law.

Complete application means an application that meets the requirements for an application as per Sentence 1.3.1.3 (5) of Division C, Part 1 of the Building Code

You may start the construction at any point.

The permit placard, drawings, and supporting documents must be printed (full-sized and in colour) and kept on site for the Inspector. The permit placard must be displayed in a conspicuous place on the construction site.

An inspection shall be conducted at each stage of the construction – refer to the prescribed notices in the permit package.

Yes, you can still apply in person with paper copies for other application types that are not included in this pilot CityView Portal project.

For in-person applications, all forms, reports, specifications, calculations, plans, and drawings must be submitted electronically on a USB drive. One set of full-scale paper drawings is required until the transition to full electronic processing is complete.

All applicants including homeowners are required to provide the required information electronically on a USB drive. Applications that do not meet the submission guidelines will not be accepted.

If you do not have an electronic copy, you can either request an electronic copy from the designer or have the drawings scanned at a copy center.

Yes, forms and drawings (up to 11” x 17”) can be scanned by BWG’s Building Division staff.

Applications with illegible paper copies will not be scanned by BWG’s Building Division staff.

Yes, they are acceptable, as long as they are scanned at a sufficient resolution (300 dpi in general, 600 dpi where necessary for fine details), and meet all other submission requirements.

Unless drawings are manually drafted, scanning should be avoided as quality suffers and the size of the file increases.