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7 TOWN OF WEMBLEY
BY-LAW NO. 636
A BY-LAW FOR THE TOWN OF WEMBLEY IN THE PROVINCE
OF ALBERTA, PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION OF AN OFF-SITE
mo LEVY ON THE UNDEVELOPED LANDS ENCOMPASSED BY THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN. THE OFF-SITE COSTS TO BE PAID
BY THE OWNERS OR PURCHASERS OF LAND REQUIRING
MUNICIPAL SERVICES FROM THE TOWN.
WHEREAS, the Town of Wembley must expand Municipal utility services and.
roads requiring an expenditure for water reservoir and its related facilities, and/or an
expenditure for sewage treatment and related services, and/or an expenditure for roads
required for or impacted by a development or subdivision; and
WHEREAS, existing residential, commercial and industrial taxpayers of the
Town have already received and paid for appropriate municipal services; and
WHEREAS, Council deems it just and reasonable to impose by by-law a levy
of to-site costs on undeveloped land as authorized by Section 648 of the Municipal
Government Act, Chapter M26, Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000 and amendments
' thereto, that will allow the principal and interest upon the expenditures for water
facilities and /or sewage facilities and roads to be chiefly recovered from owners and
occupants of lands within Town limits now being developed hereafter due to the
availability of such services.
NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
WEMBLEY DULY ASSEMBLED AND ACTING IN GOOD FAITH ENACTS AS
FOLLOWS:
1. An off-site cost levy shall be paid on undeveloped land within the limits of the
Town that is to be developed for residential, commercial , industrial or other
purposes, payable as follows:
(a) for each unit of housing, whether built separately or as part of a duplex,
townhouse, rowhouse or otherwise, the sum of $1800.00 as an off-site levy:
(b) for each apartment house, excepting duplexes, townhouses, and rowhouses or
similar units:
(i) a bachelor suite $200.00
(ii) a one bedroom suite $350.00
(iii) a two bedroom suite $400.00
(iv) a three bedroom suite $450.00
(v) a four bedroom or more suite $500.00
(c) for each commercial, industrial, or institutional development, an off-site levy
. of 50 cents per square foot of total gross floor area, calculated on the basis of
the external dimensions of the building, to a maximum of $3,000.00.
(d) An off-site cost levy of $1,500.00 per acre on the gross acreage of mobile
'home park developments.
(e) An off-site cost levy of $1,500.00 per gross acre on industrial or commercial
lands where construction other than buildings would be prevalent.
2. The Council of the Town of Wembley is hereby authorized to enter into a
development agreement or agreements, with the owners or purchasers of that land
to be legally described, for the provision of municipal services to that land
whether or not it has been subdivided and to enter into an agreement with the
owners or purchaser of the land for the payment of the off-site levy imposed on
that land. This by-law provides that in the event a designated development area is
_ to be allowed in stages, an additional agreement shall be entered into with the
owners or purchasers for payment of the off-site levy on the remaining or
. future developments of the designated area and shall be entered into before the
first off-site levy agreement on the designated area is signed and sealed.
BY-LAW NO. 636 page 2 of 2
3. All levies imposed under this by-law shall be paid prior to the issuance of either
a development permit or a building permit and shall be in addition to any fee
required for a development permit or for a building permit.
- 4. All of the required agreements referred to in this by-law shall be approved, before
signing, by the Town of Wembley or by a legal advisor selected by the Town
Council.
5. This by-law shall take effect upon final reading.
6. By-law No. 607 is hereby rescinded.
READ A FIRST, SECOND, AND BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT A THIRD AND
FINAL TPME THIS 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2006.
V/ Way (fe ryie
Mayor
Administrator