{
 "answer": "In the Municipal District of Sturgeon County, Alberta, development charges & levies rules are set by Bylaw 1531/21 Sturgeon Valley Area Off-Site Levy Bylaw and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-22. Levy per hectare: Sturgeon Industrial Park area only: weighted average $61,643 per net hectare; high $83,654, low $41,533 (Bylaw 1680/25, in force June 24, 2025). Exemptions: Net development area deducts environmental reserves, a 10% municipal reserve allowance, and arterial road right of way. Services covered: Transportation, water, sanitary, and stormwater offsite infrastructure.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000439",
 "municipality": "Sturgeon County",
 "status_type": "Municipal District",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-22",
 "official_website": "http://sturgeoncounty.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 1531/21 Sturgeon Valley Area Off-Site Levy Bylaw",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-04-27",
   "document_url": "https://www.sturgeoncounty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bylaw-1531-21-Sturgeon-Valley-Off-Site-Levy.pdf",
   "summary": "Sturgeon Valley off-site levy averaging $82,794 per net hectare (up from about $67,814). Third reading 27 April 2021.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-ab",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "f8b31f8bb3f14b93100f7f6f5276890919ad454b1ca45e7d499b28ec4f3316cf",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T16:10:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "1531/21",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f8b31f8bb3f14b93100f7f6f5276890919ad454b1ca45e7d499b28ec4f3316cf.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/sturgeon-county/development-charges/bylaw-1531-21/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 1680/25 Amendment to Bylaw 1548/21 Sturgeon Industrial Park Area Off-Site Levy",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-24",
   "document_url": "https://www.sturgeoncounty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bylaw-1680-25-SIP-Offsite-Levy-WEB.pdf",
   "summary": "Sturgeon Industrial Park levy averaging $61,643 per net hectare (up from about $52,462). Third reading 24 June 2025.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-ab",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "0ec2532179a307c8d1059c8b05bcacd250ae188357dc0ae100c83dae91df3320",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T16:10:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "1680/25",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0ec2532179a307c8d1059c8b05bcacd250ae188357dc0ae100c83dae91df3320.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "area_levy": "Sturgeon Industrial Park area only: weighted average $61,643 per net hectare; high $83,654, low $41,533 (Bylaw 1680/25, in force June 24, 2025)",
    "services_covered": "Transportation, water, sanitary, and stormwater offsite infrastructure.",
    "exemptions": "Net development area deducts environmental reserves, a 10% municipal reserve allowance, and arterial road right of way.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Project costs inflated by 3% per annum to the year of construction."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "area_levy": "s. 5 RATE UPDATES; Appendix G",
    "services_covered": "s. 3.1 Overview",
    "exemptions": "Appendix A: Net development area definitions",
    "indexing_expiry": "Appendix B3 note"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/sturgeon-county/development-charges/bylaw-1680-25/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Public Notice: Bylaw 1708/26 (repeal of Bylaw 1259/11 Sierra Ridge and Riverside Springs Off-Site Levy)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "proposed",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.sturgeoncounty.ca/public-notice-bylaw-1708-26/",
   "summary": "Notice of intent to repeal Bylaw 1259/11 under MGA s.648.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-ab",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "2498375ac7366848fe800068d84df45c91ecaa7976ac4620c3d5e2133f7ce89b",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T16:10:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "1708/26",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2498375ac7366848fe800068d84df45c91ecaa7976ac4620c3d5e2133f7ce89b.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/sturgeon-county/development-charges/bylaw-1708-26/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/sturgeon-county/development-charges/"
}