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City of Chilliwack
Bylaw No. 2554
A bylaw to establish Development Fees
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The Council of the City of Chilliwack in open meeting assembled enacts as follows:
1.
This bylaw may be cited as "Development Application Fee Bylaw 1998, No. 2554".
2.
"Development Fee Schedule Bylaw 1992, No. 1673" and amendments thereto, are hereby
repealed.
3.
Upon receipt of an application for development purposes required under any of the City
of Chilliwack bylaws, the fees as set out in Schedule "A" attached hereto shall apply.
"Development Application Fee Bylaw 1998, No. 2554" adopted on the 19th day of May, 1998.
Amendment Bylaw No. 2614 adopted on the 19th day of April, 1999.
Amendment Bylaw No. 2818 adopted on the 18th day of March, 2002.
Amendment Bylaw No. 2831 adopted on the 13th day of May, 2002.
Amendment Bylaw No. 2918 adopted on the 16th day of June, 2003.
Amendment Bylaw No. 3072 adopted on the 18th day of October, 2004.
Amendment Bylaw No. 3851 adopted on the 15th day of May, 2012.
Amendment Bylaw No. 3937 adopted on the 2nd day of July, 2013.
Amendment Bylaw No. 3973 adopted on the 17th day of December, 2013.
Amendment Bylaw No. 4050 adopted on the 2nd day of September, 2014.
Amendment Bylaw No. 4106 adopted on the 13th day of April, 2015.
Amendment Bylaw No. 4202 adopted on the 9th day of May, 2016.
Amendment Bylaw No. 4386 adopted on the 18th day of July, 2017.
Amendment Bylaw No. 4536 adopted on the 5th day of June, 2018.
Amendment Bylaw No. 4713 adopted on the 8th day of July, 2019.
Amendment Bylaw No. 4749 adopted on the 1st day of October, 2019.
Amendment Bylaw No. 5051 adopted on the 16th day of March, 2021.
Amendment Bylaw No. 5241 adopted on the 20th day of September, 2022.
Amendment Bylaw No. 5403 adopted on the 16th day of July, 2024.
Amendment Bylaw No. 5507 adopted on the 21st day of October, 2025.
"John Les"
Mayor
"E.J. Tisdale"
A/Clerk
"Development Application Fee Bylaw 1998, No. 2554"
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Schedule "A"
Application Type
Basic Fee
Incremental Fee
1. Zoning Amendment
(a) Residential: (All lot and unit calculations are based on maximum allowable density.)
(i) One/two unit
$ 2,000.00*
$25 per lot or $125 per ha of site area,
whichever is greater.
(ii) Townhouse (including
stacked-townhouse)
$ 2,000.00 *
$25 per unit or $300 per ha of site
area, whichever is greater.
(iii) Apartment
$ 2,000.00 *
$25 per unit or $625 per ha of site
area, whichever is greater.
(b) Commercial
$ 2,000.00 *
$20 per 100 m2 of site area.
(c) Mixed-use
(Commercial & Residential)
$ 2,000.00 *
$25 per unit plus $20 per 100m2 of
site area.
(d) Industrial
$ 2,000.00 *
$5 per 100 m2 of site area.
(e) Institutional
$ 2,000.00 *
$8 per 100 m2 of site area.
(f) Agricultural/Rural
$ 2,000.00 *
Nil
(g) Text amendment only
$ 2,500.00 *
Nil
(h) CD Zone creation incremental fee $ 1,000.00
Nil
2. Official Community Plan Amendment
(a) With rezoning
$
600.00
Nil
(b) Without rezoning
$ 1,200.00
Nil
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Application Type
Basic Fee
Incremental Fee
3. Development Variance Permit
(a) Cost per variance, no
pre-construction
$ 1,100.00
More than 2 variances: $150 per
additional variance.
(b) Incremental cost per variance
for constructing without
building permit
$ 500.00
Nil
(c) Cost per minor variance
$ 250.00
Nil
4. Development Permit
(a) One/two unit residential
$ 500.00
$100 per ha of site area up to $800
(b) Multi-unit residential
$ 700.00
$100 per ha of site area
(c) Commercial, Mixed-use
(Commercial & Residential),
Industrial and Institutional
$ 900.00
$100 per ha of site area
(d) Commercial, Industrial and
Residential applications in
Development Permit Area 6, 7 ,8, 9
and 10 with a construction value
of $150,000.00 or less
$ 250.00
Nil
(e) Amendment to issued and approved
Development Permits for:
Residential, Mixed Use,
Commercial and Industrial
as approved by
Director of Planning
$ 250.00
Nil
(f) Residential Uses in Development Permit Area No. 4 - Farm Home Plate, Development
Permit Area No. 8 - Residential Limited to Coach Houses or Garden Suites, and small-
scale, multi-unit housing:
(i) as approved by the Director
of Planning
$ 250.00
Nil
(ii) that require Council approval
$ 500.00
Nil
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Application Type
Basic Fee
Incremental Fee
5. Heritage Conservation
(a) Heritage Designation Application
$ 320.00
Nil
(b) Heritage Alteration Permit
$ 320.00
Nil
6. Agricultural Land Reserve
(a) Inclusion
No Fee
(b) Subdivision
$ 750.00
(c) Non-farm use
$ 750.00
(d) Non-adhering Residential Use
$ 450.00
(e) Exclusion
$ 750.00
(f) Soil Use to Place Fill and/or
Remove Soil
$ 750.00
7. Subdivision
(a) Fee simple - 3 or less lots
$1,250.00 **
plus $75 per lot
(b) Fee simple - 4 or more lots
$1,450.00 **
plus
$75 per lot
(c) Bareland strata - 3 or less lots
$ 1,250.00
plus
$75 per lot + $100 per phase
(d) Bareland strata - 4 or more lots
$ 1,450.00
plus
$75 per lot + $100 per phase
(e) Strata Phase
$ 1,250.00
plus
$75 per unit + $100 per
phase
(f) Strata Conversion
$ 650.00
plus
$75 per unit
(g) Other Administrative Charges:
(i)
Boundary Adjustment in ALR $ 900.00
(ii)
Form "P" Signing/Approval
$ 200.00
The local government portion of
Agricultural Land Reserve
application fees are set in
accordance with the
Agricultural Land Commission
Fee Table. Should the
application be forwarded to the
Agricultural Land Commission,
applicants/agents are
responsible for paying the
remainder of the fee directly to
the ALC.
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Application Type
Basic Fee
Incremental Fee
(g) Other Administrative Charges:
(continued)
(iii) Discharge Admin Fee
$ 100.00
(iv) Strata Plan Amendment
$ 50.00
Nil
(v)
Form "P" Amendment
$ 100.00
Nil
(vi) PLA Extension Fee
$ 200.00
Nil
(vii) Subdivision Plan Signing
$ 100.00
Nil
(viii) Admin Change to Application $ 100.00
Nil
(h) Administration Fees for Servicing
Agreements shall be paid on
the value of the engineering works
according to the following table:
Value of Engineering Works
Administration Fee
Up to
$500,000.00
Value times 2.25%
In excess of
$500,000.00
Value times 0.75%
8. Administration Fees for Latecomer Agreements
Construction
Administration Fee
Up to
$500,000.00
Basic Fee: $1,000.00
In excess of
$500,000.00
Plus incremental fee of $100.00 for every $100,000.00
9. Temporary Use Permit
(a) Permit Fee
$ 1,000.00
Nil
(b) Renewal
$
500.00
Nil
10. Temporary Use Permit in the Agricultural
Land Reserve Director Sign Off
$
250.00
Nil
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Application Type
Basic Fee
Incremental Fee
11. Land Title and Survey Fees:
(a) General Filing, Amendment, Address
$
35.00
Nil
(b) Cancellation of Charge
$
35.00
Nil
(c) Retrieval of Images
$
20.00
Nil
(d) Searches
$
15.00
Nil
(e) Manual Retrieval of Records
$
40.00
Nil
12. Miscellaneous
(a) Application under Soil
Conservation Act
$ 550.00
Nil
(b) Liquor Licences: New Licence
or Permanent Licence Amendment
Application Processing Fee
$ 500.00
Nil
(c) Temporary Licence Amendment
Application
$ 100.00
Nil
(d) Liquor Licencing Public
Information Meeting per Public
Information Meeting for new
$2,500.00 up ***
$500 for each
Licence or Permanent Amendment
to 500 notices
additional 250 notices
or part thereof
(e) Liquor Licencing Public
Information Meeting per Public
Information Meeting for
Temporary Licence Amendment
$ 900.00
Nil
(f) Highway Closure Application
$ 800.00
Nil
(g) Highway Exchange Application
$ 800.00
Nil
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Application Type
Basic Fee
Incremental Fee
(h) Telecommunication Antenna
Structures Application:
(i)
as approved by the Director of
Planning
$ 250.00
Nil
(ii)
that require Council approval
$ 500.00
Nil
(*)
A refund of $325.00 shall be made if application does not proceed to a public hearing.
(**)
A refund may be credited against Servicing Agreement Administrative Fees, subject to the
Subdivision and Land Development Bylaw in force from time to time.
(***) Payable at the time that the application is acknowledged. This fee will be refunded if
Council declines comment on the application.