Central Saanich, British Columbia
· No. 1889
· adopted 2016-12-19
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THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF CENTRAL SAANICH
BYLAW NO. 1889
A Bylaw to lmpose Development Cost Charges
WHEREAS pursuant to section 559 of the Local Government Act and the regulations passed
thereto, the Council may, by Bylaw, impose development cost charges; and
WHEREAS the development cost charges may be imposed for the purpose of providing funds to
assist the District of Central Saanich in paying the capital cost of providing, constructing, altering,
or expanding sewage, water, drainage and highway facilities, other than off-street parking facilities,
and providing and improving park land or any of them, in order to service, directly or indirectly, the
development for which the charge is being imposed.
AND WHEREAS in fixing development cost charges imposed by this bylaw the Council has taken
into consideration future land use patterns and development, the phasing of works and services,
the provision of park land described in the official community plan. Whether the charges are
excessive in relation to the capital cost of prevailing standards of service in the municipality, will
deter development in the municipality, will discourage the construction of reasonably priced
housing or the provision of reasonably priced serviced land in the municipality;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the District of Central Saanich in open meeting assembled
enacts as follows:
1. Every person who obtains:
a) approval of a subdivision as defined in the Land Title Act or a subdivision under the Sfrafa
Propefty Acf or
b) a building permit authorizing the construction, alteration or extension of a building or
structure including a building permit that authorizes the construction, alteration or extension
of a building or part of a building that will, after the construction, alteration or extension,
contain one or more self-contained dwelling units other than:
i) a building permit authorizing work of a value of less than $50,000 or such other amount
as may be prescribed by regulation under lhe Local Government Act;
¡i) a building permit authorizing the construction, alteration or extension of a building that
is, or will be, exempt from taxation under section 220(1Xh) or 224(2)(fl of the
Community Cha¡'ten
iii) a building permit authorizing the construction, alteration or extension of self-contained
dwelling units where each unit is no larger in area than 29 square metres and each unit
is to be put to no other use other than the residential use in those dwelling units, and
shall pay to the Corporation of the District of Central Saanich at the time set out in section 4,
the applicable development cost charges set out in Schedule "4".
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2. For greater certainty, subject to section 1b), every person who obtains a building permit
authorizing the construction, alteration or extension of a building or structure that will contain
fewer than 4 self-contained dwelling units and be put to no other use than the residential use in
those dwelling units shall pay to the Corporation of the District of Central Saanich, at the time
set out in section 4, the applicable development cost charges set out in Schedule "4".
3. Where a development combines residential, small lot residential, multi-family residential,
commercial, industrial and institutional uses or any combination of them, the development cost
charges shall be the sum of:
a) the applicable rate for residential detached development, multiplied by the number of
proposed residential parcels, if any;
b) the applicable rate for small lot residential detached development, multiplied by the number
of proposed residential parcels, if any:
c) the applicable rate for multi-fami[y residential development multiplied by the number of
proposed dwelling units, if any;
d) the applicable rate for commercial development multiplied by the gross floor area of
proposed commercial space, if any;
e) the applicable rate for industrial development multiplied by the gross floor area of proposed
industrial space, if any; and
0 the applicable rate for institutional development multiplied by the gross floor area of
proposed institutional space, if any.
4. Development cost charges shall be paid
a) in respect of residential detached and residential small lot detached development, after
application for a subdivision has been made, but before the final approval has been given; and
b) in respect of multi-family residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional, after application
for a building permit has been made, but before the building permit has been issued.
5. lf a minor change to a building permit is proposed, the development cost charges will be
recalculated based on the increase in gross floor area or dwelling units (as applicable) using
the rates in the Central Saanich Development Cost Charge Bylaw in etfect at the time of
issuance of the revision permit, The difference between the original development cost charge
amount and the recalculated development cost charge amount shall be paid to the District prior
to the issuance of the revision permit.
6. lf a substantial change to a building permit is proposed, the development cost charges will be
recalculated on the entire project at the rates in the Central Saanich Development Cost Charge
Bylaw in effect at the time of issuance of the revision permit. The difference between the
original development cost charge amount and the recalculated development cost charge
amount shall be paid to the District prior to the issuance of the revision permit.
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7. ln this Bylaw:
a) "commercial" means a use of land that is not a residential, industrial, institutional or
agricultural use;
c) "dwelling unit" means one or more habitable rooms having collectively its or their own
entrance from the exterior, used or intended to be used for the residential accommodation
of not more than one family, having provision for living, sleeping and sanitary facilities and
containing or providing for not more than one cooking facility.
d) ""gross floor area" means the total area of all floors of a building, measured to the extreme
outer limits of the building or to the centre of pady walls, .
e) "industrial" means a use of land or water for the processing, fabricating, manufacturing,
assembling, storing, transporting, distributing, testing, servicing or repairing of goods,
materials or things, and includes railways, warehouses, the operation of transportation or
shipping terminals and docks other than those used as marinas for pleasure craft;
f) "institutional" means a use of land by a public authority for the benefit of the public in
general, and includes, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, public hospitals,
public schools and private schools;
g) "minor change' means a change to the scope of work authorized by a building permit which
results in an increase of five percent (5%) or less in gross floor area , and which does not
increase the number of dwelling units within a building or on a lot.
h) "multi-family residential" means the use of a parcel or building for the provision of three or
more dwelling units;
i) "residential detached" means, except in section 1.b)¡ii) of this Bylaw, the use of a parcel or
building for the provision of one or two dwelling units.
j) "revision permit" means a revised building permit issued by the District where the District
has accepted a proposed change to the scope of work originally authorized by a building
permit.
k) "small lot residential detached" means the use of a parcel or building for the provision of
one or two dwelling units where the parcel is no more than 300 square meters land area.
l) "substantial change" means a change to the scope of work authorized by a building permit
which results in either: (a) an increase by more than five percent (5%) in the gross floor
area; or (b) an increase in the number of dwelling units within a building or on the lot; or (c)
a change to the zone or land use on which the development cost charges was based, as
determined by the District.
8. Schedule "A" forms part of this Bylaw
9. ln the case of a subdivision approval or building permit issued pursuant to an application
received by the municipality prior to the date of adoption of this Bylaw, the development cost
charges payable upon approval of the subdivision or issuance of the building permit shall be
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the lesser of the amounts payable under this Bylaw and the amounts payable under Central
Saanich Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 1748, 2011.
10, This Bylaw may be cited as "Gentral Saanich Development Gost Charge Bylaw No. 1889,
2016".
11. Central Saanich Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 1748, 2011 is repealed
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Table of Charges
Class of Development
Residential Detached
BYLAW NO. 1889
SCHEDULE "A''
Purpose Development Gost Charge
Roads
Water
Sewer
Drainage
Parks
Residential Small Lot
Detached
Roads
Water
Sewer
Drainage
Parks
Multi-FamilyResidential Roads
Water
Sewer
Drainage
Parks
Commercial
Roads
Water
Sewer
Drainage
lndustrial
Roads
Water
Sewer
Drainage
lnstitutional
Roads
Water
Sewer
Drainage
$ 858 per parcel
91,279 per parcel
$1,987 per parcel
$1,224 per parcel
$ 753 per parcel
$ 757 per parcel
$1,137 per parcel
$1,766 per parcel
$1,102 per parcel
$ 669 per parcel
$ 564 per dwelling unit
$ 947 per dwelling unit
$1,472 per dwelling unit
$ 404 per dwelling unit
$ 557 per dwelling unit
$11.78 per m' of gross floor area
$ 4.26 per m2 of gross floor area
$ 6.62 per m2 of gross floor area
$ 4.53 per m2 of gross floor area
$s
$z
$3
$z
05 per m2 of gross floor area
13 per m2 of gross floor area
31 per m2 of gross floor area
75 per m2 of gross floor area
$15.14 per m' of gross floor area
$ 5.21 per m2 of gross floor area
$ 8.10 per m2 of gross floor area
$ 4.28 per m2 of gross floor area
2.
Charges shall be assessed proportionately where expressed per m2