Property Compliance Letter & Engineering Record Requests

Types of Requests

• Building ​Compliance Letter

  Provides information the City may have with respect to the status of building permits, building complaints, Building Code orders, and/or occupancy permitted on a property and is based on information from 1989 to present day.

  Building compliance letter differs from building permit records, which consist of drawings, lot gradings, final inspection reports, occupancy reports, and occupant load reports.

• Development Charges Compliance Letter

  Provides a record search to identify outstanding development charges, community benefits charges, cash in lieu of parkland, and education development charges.

• Environmental Compliance Letter

  Provides information if property was used for the purpose of waste disposal site and if property location is within 500 meters of known landfill.

• Ontario Fire Code Inspection History Compliance Letter

  Provides information resulting from a record search within the last one year that identifies if a fire inspection has been completed, the date of said inspection(s), and whether or not deficiencies are outstanding. Specific violations details are not provided.

  For more detailed information, you may opt to submit a Freedom of Information Request or Request a New Inspection (this option requires current property owner consent).

• Zoning Compliance Letter

  Provides information the City may have with respect to the status of zoning on a property. This includes zoning designation and by-laws pertaining to the Planning Act.  

• Engineering Records

  For water and sanitary service drawing requests, please email ServiceBarrie@barrie.ca or call 705-726-4242. If these records are on file, Service Barrie will provide them at no charge as hardcopy prints or emailed as PDFs; proof of address or a completed property owner consent form is required. If a property is owned by a business, authorization such as articles of incorporation must also be submitted.

  Engineering Records are plans that include infrastructure drawings such as water mains, sanitary sewers, roads and bridges. Once a completed Engineering Records Request has been submitted through APLI, staff inform the applicant once the records are ready to view and purchase via email. 

  The City of Barrie is not permitted to provide the following plan types unless the applicant is working directly for the City of Barrie: City-Owned Facility Plans, Site Plans, Building Plans, Railway Plans or Non-As-Constructed Subdivision Development Plans.