Can a municipality disclose a copy of a building permit or a list of building permits issued?
• In December, 1999, section 63(1) of the Safety Codes Act was amended. As a result, municipalities no longer need an owner’s consent or a FOIP request to release building permit information. • The records requested should be reviewed to determine whether any of the exceptions to disclosure in the FOIP Act apply and then all or part of the records would be released on the basis of this review. • If the permit has been issued to an individual, a municipality may release the name of the permit holder and the “nature of the permit”. This would likely include all the information related to what the permit allows the permit holder to do (e.g. location of work site, the kind of structure, its size, value of the project, etc.). It may not include other personal information of the permit holder, such as their home phone number, or home address if different than the location of the work site. In the Investigation Report F2002-IR-006 involving the City of Calgary and the sale of building permit
