General preventive boil water advisory in effect : All Chelsea residents served by the municipal water system must boil their water for at least one minute before consuming it, until the advisory is lifted. Details.
IMPORTANT - The team is currently receiving a higher than usual volume of permit requests. For these reasons, response time are 5 to 10 business days. In addition, please allow up to 60 days for your permit to be processed, and this, according to the regulations in effect.
It is now possible to apply for certain permits online! For the moment, only the following permits are available this way:
If the permit you are looking for is not listed here, please see the "Permit list" section below.
For information or questions regarding permits or the application process, please contact c.lemay@chelsea.ca or call 819-827-6214.
To apply for a permit or certificate, or for a follow-up on an application, please contact permis@chelsea.ca.
Applications by telephone will not be accepted.
IMPORTANT - The department is currently receiving a higher than usual volume of permit applications. For these reasons, response times are 5 to 10 business days.
The list of documents to be attached as well as the forms to be completed are listed in the "List of permits " section at the bottom of this page.
Depending on the type of permit or certificate you want, you may be required to complete a form. If this is the case, you must include it with your application.
If documentation is required, you must send it in PDF format (maximum format 11 x 17 for construction plans).
Depending on the nature of the request, additional documents in a different format may be required. If this is the case, we will inform you.
Please note that an incomplete application will automatically be refused.
As soon as your application is received and judged complete, we will send you an invoice. The analysis of your application begins once the fees have been paid.
No permit application will be processed before its payment has been received;
Payment can be made :
If you pay by cheque, it must be made payable to the Municipality of Chelsea and must be accompanied by the invoice or application number. Cheques without a reference or from unknown sources will not be processed.
Please note that it is currently not possible to pay online.
When submitting a permit application, please expect six to eight weeks depending on the type of permit and the number of applications.
According to the current by-law, the maximum deadline for issuing any permit is 60 days. Our agents work hard to deliver them on time.
We also encourage you to plan ahead and avoid waiting until the last minute! An incomplete permit application could lead to further delays.
When the permit or certificate is issued, we will email it to you along with the related documentation.
A permit may be renewed if it has not expired at the time of the renewal application. It is valid for half of its original validity period.
Permit fee
Permit application
The conditions and documents to be provided with your application are listed below, according to the type of permit you want.
A permit is required for any indoor or outdoor pool (permanent or temporary) designed for swimming, bathing and other aquatic entertainment having a depth of at least 60 cm.
Before purchasing your pool, contact the Municipality to validate the constraints applicable to your property.
Residential
The fence surrounding an in-ground pool must be installed 2 m away from the water basin.
Setbacks* (from the right-of-way or property line)
*Important: Distance may be reduced if your property is located in the Centre-Village.
See Article 4.4.2.2 of the By-law Number 639-05 Respecting Permits and Certificates
Above Ground Pool Permit
Required documents :
Inground Pool Permit
Required documents :
SKETCH 1 - DISTANCE FOR FENCE AND RAILINGS FOR ABOVE-GROUND POOLS
SKETCH 2 - WROUGHT-IRON FENCE
SKETCH 3 - DISTANCE BETWEEN IN-GROUND POOL AND FENCE
SKETCH 4 - CHAIN LINK FENCE
SKETCH 5 - LOCATION OF INGROUND POOL FENCE
Setbacks* (from the right-of-way or property line)
*Important: Distances may be reduced if your property is located in the Centre-Village.
Residential
Surface area of property or lot |
Maximum floor surface area of main building |
4,000 m2 and over |
|
3,500 m2 to 3,999 m2 |
2,750 ft2 (255 m2) |
3,000 m2 to 3,499 m2 |
2,500 ft2 (232 m2) |
2,500 m2 to 2,999 m2 |
2,000 ft2 (185 m2) |
2,000 m2 to 2,499 m2 |
1,750 ft2 (162 m2) |
1,500 m2 to 1,999 m2 |
1,500 ft2 (139 m2) |
1,000 m2 to 1,499 m2 |
1,250 ft2 (116 m2) |
999 m2 or less |
Reconstruction or expansion will be permitted on properties of 999 m2 or less if a structure was in place prior to 6 April 1999. In this case, the maximum floor surface area is 1,200 ft2 (1111 m2). |
See Article 4.1.1.3 of the Zoning By-law Number 636-05
*Important: Distance may be reduced if your property is located in the Centre-Village.
The objective of By-law No. 12-RM-01 is to regulate the installation and operation of alarm systems.
A permit is required to install and maintain an alarm system. The permit is free.
As of January 2013, it is the MRC’s police that is in charge of alarm permits.
For any questions or additional information, contact the Police of the MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais or fill out the form.
To get a burning permit, contact the Fire Department at 819-827-6200 or incendie@chelsea.ca, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
There is no fee for these permits. However, burning regulations are in place.
Safety tips
All uses
Take note that a water meter must be installed at the taxpayer's expense, and it must be obtained at Town Hall. The fee for a meter varies according to the size required.
For all permit applications for construction, modification, transformation, installation or renovation of a building, structure or property for non-residential use, please contact an Information and Permits Officer to the coordinates indicated at the bottom of this page.
To apply for a demolition permit, please contact an Information and Permits Officer.
For a demolition request of a building having a value equal to or greater than $50,000, a copy of a civil liability insurance certificate with a minimum value of $1,000,000 issued by a financial institution is required.
Complete or partial demolition of a building governed by the regulation governing demolition applications:
Complete or partial demolition of a building not governed by the demolition application by-law:
Documents required:
Refer to section 32 of By-law 1160-20. (French only)
You must submit
Chelsea's Municipal Council approved a two-year pilot project in October 2020 to allow the rearing of laying hens in residential areas for non-commercial purposes.
If you are interested in participating, please read the by-law carefully.
Permits and Certificates of Authorization
You must first obtain a building permit for the pen and hen house. Once an inspector has come to your home to confirm that your construction plan is compliant, you will be able to apply for a certificate for the keeping of laying hens.
Usage
Price
Building permit: free for the duration of the pilot project
Certificate of authorization for the keeping of chickens: $20
Documents required for permit and certificate:
Standards to respect
Are you interested in keeping laying hens? Here are the main points to remember.
It is prohibited to:
Maximum floor surface area for all detached secondary buildings: 95 m².
Setbacks* (from the right-of-way or property line)
*Important: Distances may be reduced if your property is located in the Centre-Village.
You must apply for a permit before starting any septic installation work on the Municipality of Chelsea’s territory. This obligation applies to the construction of a complete septic system, as well as partial work such as the installation of a holding tank, the replacement of a septic tank or corrections to an existing septic bed.
Your request must be sent to septique@chelsea.ca and be accompanied by:
If the septic system has a flow rate of 3,240 litres or more per day, a request for s certificate of authorization from the Ministry of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change is required.
For details on the fees and standards to be respected, we invite you to consult our page on septic systems.
For information on the specified dimensions of signs according to use, please refer to Section 4.10 of the Zoning By-law Number 636-05.
*Important: Distances may be reduced if your property is located in the Centre-village.
Maximum authorized height: 12 m
Minimum width of the facade: None
Setbacks* (from the right-of-way or property line)
*Important: Distances may be reduced if your property is located in the Centre-village.
This application must include the following documents:
It is permitted to install a temporary winter shelter between the dates of October 15 and April 15 of the following year.
No permit is required; however, it is important to follow the guidelines listed below.
All uses
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*Important: Distances may be reduced if your property is located in the Centre-village.
In all the territory of the Municipality of Chelsea, it is prohibited to cut trees with a trunk over ten (10) centimetres in diameter measured at thirty (30) centimetres from the ground level.
It is authorized to cut down a tree without a permit in the following circumstances:
We recommend that you take a picture before cutting a tree or check with the Municipality.
It is prohibited to cut down healthy trees without obtaining a certificate of authorization for tree cutting.
Following the issuance of a permit for the structure concerned, logging must be confined solely to the area in need of development, including a perimeter of a maximum width of five metres around the proposed structures. This is always on condition that logging takes place outside the lateral and rear setbacks provided in the specifications grid. The felling of trees within these setbacks is only authorized for the installation of a septic system, a well and for the structures or constructions listed in Sub-section 4.4.7 of this by-law.
No tree cutting is authorized in setbacks, including stream and wetland protection strips and landslide areas.
An exception applies to the cases mentioned above or in the case of a septic installation or a catchment work (well).
When it is not raining, manual watering of a vegetable garden, garden, flower box, planter, flowerbed border, tree or shrub is always permitted.
Lawns, hedges, trees, shrubs or other plants may only be watered by a removable sprinkler or porous hose from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. on subsequent days when it is not raining:
However, it is possible to use a removable sprinkler, porous hose or automatic watering system for a new lawn, tree or shrub planting or landscaping for a period of 15 days for a maximum of 2 hours per day after seeding, planting or peat installation begins. To do so, you must obtain a permit from the Municipality.
It is prohibited to use watering equipment in such a way that water flows into the street or onto neighbouring properties.
By-law to establish measures to promote the conservation of drinking water (934-05) (French only)
To build a new underground water withdrawal facility, replace or modify an existing structure, it is mandatory to apply for a permit. This obligation applies to new residential construction and to the replacement of any type of catchment (tube or surface well) to serve an existing building. Facilities for geothermal purposes are also subject to a permit application.
Permit application form for an underground water withdrawal facility.
If the well services more than 20 people or has a flow rate of 75,000 litres or more per day, an application for a certificate of authorization is required from the Ministry of the Environment and the Fight Against Climage Change.
New well:
Deepening of a well :
An open space of 3 m is required around a well.
For all riparian work permit applications, please contact a Information and Permits Officer
No work is permitted in the riparian protection zone or in a wetland without prior approval from the Municipality.
The information on this page does not replace the official regulations of the Municipality of Chelsea. In the event of any discrepancy between the official texts and the information published on the website, the official texts shall always take precedence.
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Planning and Sustainable Development Department