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GREATER VANCOUVER REGIONAL
DISTRICT
BYLAW NO. 905, 1998
A bylaw to impo
evelopment Cost Charges
for Park Land Acqui
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on Bowen Island.
WHEREAS pursuant
to the Municipal Act, the Board may, by bylaw. impose development cost
charges for the purpose of providing funds to assist the Regional District to pay the capital costs
of providing park land to service directly or indirectly the development for which the charges are
imposed;
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AND WHEREAS the Board has adopted Bylaw No:
717 asamendedestablishing a local service
within a portion of Electoral Area
C known as BowenIsland, for the purpose of providing
community parks;
AND
WHEREAS
in setting the development
cost
charges, the
Board has taken into
consideration future land use patterns and development, the phasing of works and services and
the provision of park land described in the Bowen Island Official Community Plan and whether
the charges:
(a)
are excessive in relation to the capital cost of prevailing standardsof service,
(b)
will deter development, or
(c)
will discourage the provision of reasonably priced housing or the provision of reasonably
priced serviced land
on Bowen Island;
AND WHEREAS the Bowen Island Official Community Plan designates certain lands as park
land;
AND WHEREAS in the opinion of the Board the charges imposed by this bylaw are related to
the capital costs
attributable to projects included in the Regional District's capital expenditure
program;
NOW THEREFORE the Board of the Greater Vancouver
Regional District, in open meeting
assembled, enacts
as follows:
1.
this Bylaw including the Schedules hereto:
(a)
"Bowen Island Official Community
Plan" means the "Bowen
Island Official
Community
Plan Bylaw No.
l39,
1995" of the Bowen
Island Local Trust
Committee established pursuant
to the Islands Trust Act;
(b)
"dwelling" shall have the meaning given to it in the Zoning Bylaw;
(c)
"parcel" shall have the meaning given to it in the Municipal Act;
(d)
"subdivision" shall have the meaning given to it in the Municipal Acr;
(e)
"Zoning Bylaw" means the "Bowen
Island Zoning Bylaw No. 36, 1984" and
amendments thereto, of the Bowen Island Local Trust Committee established
pursuant
to the Islands Trust Act;
2.
This Bylaw applies in respect of those lands with Electoral Area C knovm as Bowen
Island and shown on the map attached as Schedule 905-A hereto.
3.
Subject to the exemptions speci?ed in the Municipal Act every person
whoobtains:
(a)
approval of a subdivision; or
(b)
a building permit authorizing the construction, alteration or extension of a
building or structure,
shall at the time of the approval of the subdivision or issuance of the building permit, as
the case may be, pay to the Regional District the applicable development cost charges set
out in Schedule 905-B hereto.
4.
If any part of this bylaw is for any reason held to be invalid by the decision of any Court
of competent jurisdiction, the invalid portion shall be severed and shall not affect the
validity of the remainder.
5.
This bylaw may be cited as the "Greater Vancouver
Regional District Electoral Area C
(Bowen Island) Community Parks Acquisition Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 905,
1998.
READ FOR A FIRST TIMEthis ~@__day
of
November
, 1998
READ FOR A SECOND TIME this 27th
day of
November
, 1998
READ FOR A THIRD TIME this
27th
day of
November
, 1998
APPROVED BY THE INSPECTOR OF MUNICIPALITIES this 12th
day of .Ianum;A, 1992
RECONSIDERED, PASSED AND FINALLY ADOPTED this 29th
day of January__, 1992
Chairperson
Secretary
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Greater Vancouver Regional District Electoral Area C (Bowen Island) Community Parks
Acquisition Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 905, 1998
SCHEDULE 905-B
Zones
Development Cost Charges shall only apply in respect of the following zones describedin the
Zoning Bylaw.
Rural (R) Zone
Rural Comprehensive-l (RC-1) Zone
Rural Comprehensive-2 (RC-2) Zone
Community Water SupplyProtection (CWSP) Zone
Commimity Water Supply
Comprehensive-l (CWSC-l) Zone
Settlement Residential (SR) Zone
Commercial 1 (C-1)Zone
Commercial l-A (C-1A) Zone
Commercial 4A (C-4A) Zone
Commercial 5 (C-5) Zone
Commercial 6 (C-6) Zone
,
Civic Assembly InstitutionalI-l
Personal Care InstitutionalI-2
Rural Industrial M-2
Development Cost Charges
for Acquisition of Park Lands
1.
Upon approval of a subdivisionthe Development Cost Charges shallbe the sum of:
(a)
$1,100 for each parcel created by the subdivision; and
(b)
$1,100 for each dwelling in excess of one permitted pursuant to the Zoning Bylaw
on each parcel createdby the subdivision.
2.
Upon issuance of a building permit authorizing the construction, alteration or extension
of a building or structure
that will after completion of the construction, alteration or
extension contain 4 or more dwellings, the Development Cost Charges shall be $l,l00
in
respect of each dwelling.
This is schedule 905-B attached to and forming part of Greater Vancouver Regional District
Electoral Area C (Bowen Island) Community Parks Acquisition Development Cost Charge
Bylaw No. 905, 1998
Chairperson
Secretary
Greater Vancouver Regional District Electoral Area C (Bowen Island) CommunityParks
Acquisition Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 905, 1998
SCHEDULE 905-A
This is schedule905-A attached to and forming part of Greater Vancouver Regional District
Electoral Area C (Bowen Island) Community Parks Acquisition Development Cost Charge
Bylaw No. 905, 1998
Chairperson
Secretary