Permits & Applications

For doing work on City-owned roads. Use this application if you are an owner or contractor and are going to install third-party infrastructure such as electrical, telephone, cable or other service provider to a subdivision project.

Use this application if you are going to perform civil construction unrelated to a development application. For any project work in or abutting a street, boulevard, alley, sidewalk, park, terrace, or other property controlled or owned by the City (including right-of-ways).  

A complete application should include: 

• Application form: all sections in the application form are filled out and is signed & dated 
• Cover page: includes detailed contact information, project scope, proposed work dates. State whether the proposed works is by open trench or drilling boring. 
• Design drawing of proposed work: includes location address or intersection. Plan view scale at 1:250. Existing city utilities (sewer, drainage, water, street light conduits), and third party utilities with offsets from property line. Trench profile 1:50 vertical scale sections including at city utility crossings (water / sewers) / street lighting).  Proposed utility joint trench offset distances. 
• Pavement restoration plan following the City of Burnaby Pavement Restoration policy. 
• Certificate of insurance: includes City of Burnaby as co-insured and has policy expiry date. Use the City of Burnaby prefilled Certificate of Insurance standards form for basic or sensitive utilities. 
• Traffic control permit: includes permit # (if applicable)

For the installation or removal of any aboveground or underground storage tank.

Additional information:

Permit fees are $52 per tank for residential properties and $105 per tank for commercial properties. No tax is charged for these permits.

Please note: All tank removal companies must have a valid Burnaby Business Licence and must present the licence number and scheduled date of tank removal/installation when applying for a permit.

Send completed permit application to [email protected] for processing, or mail directly to the Fire Administration Office. 

Cheque or online City of Burnaby Invoice payment is preferred; any payment drop-off must be scheduled in advance through the Fire Administration Office (4867 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby, BC  V5E 2S9).

Verification Reports 

We require each applicant who is issued a permit to remove a tank to provide us with written documentation once the tank has been removed. This documentation should include:

• Photos of the tank being removed
• A letter stating that the tank has been removed and on what date
• Receipts, including for the recycling or disposal of the tank and/or disposal of contaminated soil
• Results of soil samples, if applicable 
• Verification that the soil meets or exceeds Environment Canada guidelines

For property owners wanting to create a new parcel(s) of land out of an existing parcel or consolidate parcels.

For temporarily placing a container on-street. Examples include: construction bins, moving containers, shipping containers, trailers, etc. Whenever possible, containers/pods should be placed on private property.

For temporary land uses not permitted under the current zoning districts, subject to Council approval. Temporary Use Permits are valid for up to 3 years and may be renewed once for an additional maximum 3 years. 

For any interior or exterior alterations or change of use to an existing commercial, industrial and multi-residential building.

To temporarily close a road, lane, path, sidewalk, bike lane or any other portion of City right-of-way.

Please visit our Traffic Control Permit page for instructions on how to apply online. 

If you have a Protected Tree on your property, you can apply for a permit to remove it.

For a property to be connected to a main water supply. This is a bylaw requirement. 

Contact us for information on how to request an upgrade/alteration to the water supply.