Burnaby, British Columbia
· No. 14646
· adopted 2024-06-24
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Bylaw No. 14646
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CITY OF BURNABY
BYLAW NO. 14646
A bylaw to impose
amenity cost charges
The Council of the City of Burnaby enacts as follows:
PART 1 - CITATION
1.1 This bylaw may be cited aa BURNABY AMENITY COST CHARGES BYLAW
2024.
PART 2 - DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
2.1 For the purposes of this bylaw, the words or phrases that are not defined in this
section shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Zoning Bylaw.
2.2 Inthis bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires:
"amenity cost charges" or means the applicable rates prescribed in
"ACC" Schedule "A" to this bylaw
"building" has the meaning set out in the Building
Bylaw
"Building Bylaw" means Burnaby Building Bylaw 2016, as
amended, or repealed and replaced from
time to time
"building permit" has the meaning set out in the Building
Bylaw
"City" means the City of Burnaby
"Commercial" means land zoned for commercial uses in the
Zoning Bylaw
"construction" has the meaning set out in the Building
Bylaw
"dwelling unit" has the meaning set out in the Zoning Bylaw
"gross floor area" or has the meaning set out in the Zoning Bylaw
"GFA"
"High Density Residential" means development of a_ residential
building which contains multiple dwelling
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units accessible via a common hallway or
corridor and shared entrance facilities,
including apartment buildings
"Industrial" means land zoned for industrial uses in the
Zoning Bylaw
"Institutional" means the use of a building or portion of a
building for public or private organizations
that provide community services or
activities, such as education, healthcare,
religious worship, or government functions
"lot" means any lot, parcel, block, or other area in
which land is held or into which it is legally
subdivided, and for certainty, includes a
bare land strata lot under the Strata Property
Act
"Low Density Residential" means residential development consisting of
one building that contains no more than two
primary dwelling units and any secondary
suite(s), including a single family dwelling
and any secondary suite, or a duplex
dwelling and any secondary suite(s)
"Medium Density means ground-oriented residential
Residential" development, including laneway homes,
townhouse dwellings, rowhouse dwellings,
and multiplex dwellings
"primary dwelling unit" has the meaning set out in the Zoning Bylaw
"secondary suite" has the meaning set out in the Zoning Bylaw
"subdivision" means a subdivision as defined in the Land
Title Act or Strata Property Act
"Zoning Bylaw" means the Burnaby Zoning Bylaw, 1965, as
amended, or repealed and replaced from
time to time
PART 3 - AMENITY COST CHARGES
3.1 Pursuant to section 570.2(1) of the Local Government Act, for the purpose of
providing funds to assist the City in paying the capital costs of providing, constructing,
altering or expanding the amenities set out in Schedule "B" to this bylaw to service,
directly or indirectly, the development and the increased population of residents or
workers that results from the development for which the charge is being imposed, the
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amenity cost charges set out in Schedule "A" to this bylaw are hereby imposed on
every person who obtains:
(a) approval of a subdivision of land under the Land Title Act or the Strata Property
Act, that results in two or more lots on which the Zoning Bylaw permits the
construction of a Low Density Residential development; or
(b) approval of a building permit authorizing the construction of a Low Density
Residential development on an existing lot; or
(c) approval of a building permit authorizing the construction of Medium Density
Residential, High Density Residential, Commercial, Industrial, or Institutional
development on a lot,
and the amenity cost charges shall be paid upon approval of a subdivision or issuance
of a building permit, as applicable.
PART 4 - EXEMPTIONS
4.1 Despite any other provision of this bylaw, an amenity cost charge is not payable
if any of the following applies in relation to a development authorized by a building
permit:
(a) the building permit authorizes the construction of a building or part of a building
that is, or will be, after the construction, exempt from taxation under
section 220(1)(h) or 224(2)(f) of the Community Charter;
(b) no increase in the population of residents or workers is expected to result from the
development;
(c) an amenity cost charge in respect of a particular amenity is not payable if an
amenity cost charge in respect of that amenity has previously been paid for the
same development, unless as a result of further development, an increase in the
population of residents or workers is expected; or
(d) the development falls within any class of affordable housing prescribed by
regulation under the Local Government Act.
PART 5 - CALCULATION OF APPLICABLE CHARGES
5.1 The amount of amenity cost charges payable in relation to a particular
development shall be calculated using the applicable charges set out in Schedule "A" to
this bylaw.
5.2 Where a type of development is not specifically identified in Schedule "A" to this
bylaw the amount of amenity cost char ges to be paid to the City shall be equal to the
amenity cost charges that are payable for the most comparable type of development.
5.3 The amount of amenity cost charges payable in relation to a mixed-use
development shall be calculated separately for each type of use separately, in accordance
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with Schedule "A" to this bylaw, based on the uses included in the building permit
application and the total amenity cost charges payable shall be the sum of the amenity
cost charges payable for each type of use.
PART 6 - EFFECTIVE DATE
6.1 This bylaw comes into force and effect on July 1, 2024.
PART 7 - SEVERABILITY
7.1 If any portion of this bylaw is declared invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, then the invalid portion must be severed, and the remainder of the bylaw is
deemed to have been adopted without the severed section, subsection, paragraph,
subparagraph, clause or phrase.
Read a first time this 25" day of March, 2024
Read a second time this 25" day of March, 2024
Read a third time this 25" day of March, 2024
Reconsidered and adopted this 24" day of June, 2024
MAYOR
CORPORATE OFFICER
Signed Original Bylaw on file.
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SCHEDULE "A"
Amenity Cost Charges
Low Density Residential
(Single family dwelling and any secondary suite/ $26,963.00 per primary dwelling unit / lot
Duplex dwelling and any secondary suite(s))
Medium Density Residential . .
(Townhouse/Rowhouse/Multiplex/Laneway home) $18,874.00 per dwelling unit
High Density Residential (Apartment) $13,481.00 per dwelling unit
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SCHEDULE "B"
List of Amenities
1. Metrotown Library (Expansion)
2. Confederation Park Community Centre
3. Bonsor Recreation Complex
Redevelopment
4. Childcare Facilities (Two)