{"id":2856,"date":"2017-09-04T19:31:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T23:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/news\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=2856"},"modified":"2020-10-13T15:24:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T19:24:40","slug":"building-permit","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/glossary\/building-permit","title":{"rendered":"Building Permit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;building permit&nbsp;is&nbsp;a document from a city&#8217;s planning department that provides a homeowner, builder or contractor with official approval to proceed with renovations or construction on a&nbsp;project. It is intended to ensure that the project plans to comply with local standards for land use, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/glossary\/zoning\">zoning<\/a>, and construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-2856","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"custom_title":"What is a building permit?","why_important":"<p>Building permits must be clearly displayed while any building, repairs, or restorations are completed. It must remain posted until a municipal building inspector declares the job finished to satisfaction, which is usually completed upon a final inspection.<\/p>\n<p>The process of obtaining a permit is in place to ensure any renovation or construction plans for each individual\u00a0property comply with local standards for land use, zoning, and construction. A permit must be in place before construction can be started.<\/p>\n","examples_of":"<p>In order to build a new apartment building, or to add an extra building to an existing complex, the contractor on the job must acquire a building permit before starting construction.<\/p>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/2856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}