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If the proposed facility is in an area that is significant to drinking water additional stipulations will be applied under the Source Water Protection Program. OMAFRA administers the nutrient management legislation and the strategy can either be prepared by the farmer or a trained nutrient management planner.

Municipalities require a record of approval for the nutrient management strategy before a building permit is issued. Nutrient Management Strategies are required for any new housing facility or manure storage with more than 5 nutrient units. Plumbing in Ontario is regulated by part 7 of the Ontario Building Code. The permit must be taken out directly by the electrician doing the work. A permit from the ESA is required before or within 48 hours of when electrical work starts. Unlike building permits which are granted by the municipality, electrical permits are grated by application to the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA), they are the provincial body that administers the code. Ontario’s Electrical Safety Code describes who can complete electrical work, how it is to be completed and the inspection requirements for it. Buildings that are not totally enclosed are subject to different wind loads than what the code is designed for and these buildings should be designed by an engineer as such. Buildings larger than this are designed by an engineer under section 4 of the Ontario Building Code with the necessary exceptions called for by the Canadian Farm Building Code. Therefore, the Ontario Building Code is the primary regulation except for the exceptions and amendments put forward by the National Farm Building Code.įam buildings less than 600m 2 and not more than 3 stories are deemed to comply with the NFBC if they are designed and constructed by the rules set forth by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Supplementary Standard SB-11, construction of Farm Buildings. The Canadian Farm Building Guide is not a stand-alone design document, but rather supplements the Ontario building code.

The building is used essentially for the housing of equipment or livestock, or the production, storage or processing of agricultural and horticultural produce or feeds.

That is associated with and located on land devoted to the practice of farming and.

The Ontario building code says that a farm building is defined as a building: Minor Renovations are not covered under these regulations. The Ontario Building Code 2012 and the National Farm Building Code 1995 regulate the construction including renovations, additions and relocation of farm buildings in Ontario. (Information in this document was gathered from the Building Code Act, O.REG 332/12 (the Building Code), the National Farm Building Code of Canada and interviews with municipal building officials.) Requirements for Construction of Farm Building in Ontario Where text or data has been copied directly, the sources have been noted, otherwise it can be assumed that all the information in this guide has only been curated by Elite Agri Solutions and is not our original property.

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