328. The construction of a non-residential building of any kind is exempted from authorization pursuant to this Division on the following conditions:(1) it does not take place in the littoral zone, on a riverbank or lakeshore, or in an open peat bog;
(2) it does not involve excavation work, in particular to place foundations or bury equipment, pipes or wires;
(3) the area of a building on a given lot does not exceed(a) 40 m2 in a flood zone when the work is carried out on a raising site, spreading site, fishing pond site or aquaculture site, and 30 m2 in other cases;
(b) 30 m2 in a wooded wetland;
(c) 4 m2 in an open wetland other than a peat bog.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, the area specified in subparagraph 3 is the cumulative area of all the buildings constructed and a reference to a flood zone includes any wetland in that flood zone.
For the construction of a building used for maple syrup production as part of a forest development activity in a wooded wetland that is situated elsewhere than in a flood zone, the conditions set out in subparagraphs 2 and 3 of the first paragraph do not apply but the area of the building must not exceed 100 m2.
The conditions set out in this section do not apply to the dismantling of a building.
871-2020O.C. 871-2020, s. 328; 1369-2021O.C. 1369-2021, s. 261; 1596-2021O.C. 1596-2021, s. 6811; 985-2023O.C. 985-2023, s. 141.