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Development Cost Charge - Roads, Bylaw No. 1836, 2021
(With amendments to June 24, 2024)
Consolidated for convenience only:
All persons making use of this consolidation are advised that the amendments have been
consolidated for convenience only, and that the original bylaw should be consulted for all
purposes of interpretation and application of the bylaw.
Includes Amendments:
Bylaw No. 1836-01
Adopted June 24, 2024
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Table of Contents
1.
CITATION .................................................................................................................................. 4
2.
DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................................. 4
3.
DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES ............................................................................................... 5
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BYLAW NO. 1836
A BYLAW TO IMPOSE DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES
WHEREAS in accordance with Section 559 of the Local Government Act, Council may, by Bylaw,
impose development cost charges on every person who obtains;
a.
approval of a Subdivision; or
b.
a Building Permit authorizing the construction, alteration or extension of a building or
structure;
for the purpose of providing funds to assist the City to pay the capital costs of providing,
constructing, altering or expanding sewer, drainage and highway (road) facilities, and
providing and improving parkland to service, directly or indirectly, the development for which
the charge is being imposed;
AND WHEREAS the Council considers that the charges imposed by this Bylaw:
a. are not excessive in relation to the capital cost of prevailing standards of service in the
City;
b. will not deter development in the City; and
c. will not discourage the construction of reasonably priced housing or the provision of
reasonably priced serviced land in the City;
AND WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Council, the charges imposed by this Bylaw are:
a. related to capital costs attributable to projects included in the Financial Plan of the City;
and
b. related to capital projects consistent with the Official Community Plan of the City;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the City of Colwood in open meeting assembled hereby enacts as
follows:
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1. CITATION
1.1 This Bylaw may be cited as City of Colwood "Development Cost Charge Bylaw - Roads, Bylaw
No. 1836, 2021".
2. DEFINITIONS
In this Bylaw,
"Apartment Dwelling Unit" means a Dwelling Unit in a building that contains three or more
dwelling units to which access is provided from the exterior of the building by means of a
common lobby and stairways or elevators as provided for in the Land Use Bylaw
"Apartment" and "Apartment (Senior Citizens)".
"Building Permit" means a permit issued by the City that authorizes the construction,
alteration or extension of a building or structure.
"Commercial" means any commercial use as defined in the Land Use Bylaw and as amended.
"Congregate Housing" means any congregate housing use as defined in the Land Use Bylaw
and as amended.
"City" means the City of Colwood.
"Duplex" means any duplex use as defined in the Land Use Bylaw and as amended.
"Dwelling Unit" means any dwelling unit as defined in the Land Use Bylaw and as amended.
For the purposes of this Bylaw does not include any Secondary Suite.
"Gross Floor Area" (GFA) means any gross floor area or "Gross Leasable Floor Area" as
defined in the Land Use Bylaw and as amended.
"Gross Site Area" (GSA) means the total area of land, measured in hectares, containing
improvements for the proposed use of the land, including building footprint, areas required
for semi-open structures, exterior storage, loading and other exterior operations, but
excluding onsite storm detention or groundwater recharge systems, landscaped areas,
setbacks, and any lands not comprising a part of the Commercial / institutional and/or
industrial use.
"Industrial" means any industrial use as defined in the Land Use Bylaw and as amended.
"Institutional" means an institutional use in a building predominantly providing a
governmental or public service or related function and generally as described in the Land
Use Bylaw and as amended.
"Multi family" means a use containing four or more dwelling units.
"Residential" means a use containing up to and including three dwelling units.
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"Secondary Suite" means a secondary suite as prescribed by the Land Use Bylaw and as
amended.
"Single Family Dwelling" means a residential use with or without suites as defined in the
Land Use Bylaw by the definitions of "Dwelling, One Family", and "Dwelling Unit", and a
"Secondary Suite" as enabled in the Land Use Bylaw and as amended.
"Subdivision" means a subdivision of land into two or more parcels under the Land Title Act
or the Strata Property Act.
"Townhouse" means a building containing three or more Dwelling Units, arranged such that
each Dwelling Unit has an independent entrance to the exterior, and includes triplexes and
fourplexes; and
"Zoning Bylaw" means "Land Use Bylaw" and as amended.
3. DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES
1. Every person who obtains;
a.
Approval of a subdivision; or
b.
a Building Permit authorizing the construction of a new building, or alternation of
an existing building or the placement of a manufactured home, including a Single
Family or Duplex.
must, for the classes of development prescribed herein and prior to the approval of the
subdivision or issuance of the building permit, pay the applicable development cost
charge(s) as stipulated in Schedule A.
2. The charges specified in Schedule 'A' shall be based on the proposed use of the building
indicated in the building permit application. Where there is more than one such use, each
use is subject to the applicable charge specified in Schedule 'A'.
3. Every person who obtains approval of a Subdivision creating parcels on which Single Family
Dwellings and Duplex's are permitted by the Zoning Bylaw shall pay the applicable
development cost charges set out in Schedule A.
4. For Commercial and Institutional uses the calculation of floor area is based on the Gross Floor
Area of the proposed building indicated in the building permit application, or the portion of
the building dedicated to the Commercial or Institutional Use.
5. The calculations used to determine the amount of the development cost charges imposed
by this Bylaw are based on the capital projects listed in Schedule 'B'.
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SCHEDULE A