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Occupancy Permit Definitions:
| 1 | Interim building occupancy permit | The permit certifies that to the best of the Department's knowledge, all life-safety systems, related construction work under the associated building permit or specified portion thereof, has been completed in accordance with the requirements of the Winnipeg Building By-law. The authority having jurisdiction may issue an interim building occupancy permit for partial use of a building or structure. The owner must obtain a final building occupancy permit within a specified period of time. Occupying with an expired interim occupancy permit is a violation and is subject to possible enforcement action. |
| 2 | Building occupancy permit | A final building occupancy permit certifies that to the best of the Department's knowledge there is no outstanding work that has to be completed in order for the requirements of the Winnipeg Building By-law to be met in respect to a specific permit application. |
| 3 | Tenant or occupant Name | Name of the business occupying the building or tenancy space, which is in care and control of it. See Discontinuation of Occupy Only Permits |
| 4 | Use | For record predating November 14, 2022, approved zoning use as denoted under Winnipeg Zoning By-law No. 200/2206 or Downtown Winnipeg Zoning By-law No. 100/2004. For records issued after that date, building use description aligned with the Manitoba Building Code. |
| 5 | Major occupancy Group (set out in the Manitoba Building Code) | A1 - Assembly occupancies intended for the production and viewing of the performing arts A2 - Assembly occupancies not elsewhere classified in Group A A3 - Assembly occupancies of the arena type A4 - Assembly occupancies in which the occupants are gathered in the open air B1 - Detention occupancies B2 - Treatment occupancies B3 - Care occupancies B4 - Home-type care occupancies C - Residential occupancies D - Business and personal services occupancies E - Mercantile occupancies F1 - High-hazard industrial occupancies F2 - Medium-hazard industrial occupancies F3 - Low-hazard industrial occupancies G1 - High-hazard agricultural occupancies G2 - Agricultural occupancies not elsewhere described in Group G G3 - Greenhouse agricultural occupancies G4 - Agricultural occupancies with no human occupants |
| 6 | Issuance date | The date the interim or final occupancy permit was granted. |
| 7 | Expiry date | The date the interim occupancy permit will expire. |
| 8 | Occupant load | The maximum number of persons for which a building or part thereof is designed. |
| 9 | Base building occupancy permit | Refers to an occupancy permit indicating that a building or part thereof is fit for occupancy without commenting on individual units within that space. This type of permit needs to be in place before an occupancy permit for any unit within the area covered by the base building permit can be issued. |