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 "answer": "In the City of Coquitlam, British Columbia, development charges & levies rules are set by Amenity Cost Charges - current rates and 3 other bylaws, verified 2026-10-26. Charge per single-detached home: Amenity Cost Charge $21,205 per dwelling unit, low-rise residential incl. single-detached (effective July 7, 2025); separate from DCCs. Charge per apartment unit: Amenity Cost Charge: mid-rise apartments (≤12 floors) $21.31/ft²; high-rise (>12 floors) $38.53/ft² (effective July 7, 2025). Non-residential charge: Amenity Cost Charge: $0 for industrial, commercial and institutional (effective July 7, 2025).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000025",
 "municipality": "Coquitlam",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://www.coquitlam.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Amenity Cost Charges - current rates",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.coquitlam.ca/1399/Amenity-Cost-Charges",
   "summary": "rates page: ACC rates effective July 7, 2025: low-rise residential $21,205 per dwelling unit; mid-rise apartments $21.31/ft2; high-rise $38.53/ft2; ICI $0.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-bc",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Amenity Cost Charge $21,205 per dwelling unit, low-rise residential incl. single-detached (effective July 7, 2025); separate from DCCs",
    "apartment_charge": "Amenity Cost Charge: mid-rise apartments (≤12 floors) $21.31/ft²; high-rise (>12 floors) $38.53/ft² (effective July 7, 2025)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Amenity Cost Charge: $0 for industrial, commercial and institutional (effective July 7, 2025)",
    "services_covered": "Community centres, recreation and athletic facilities, libraries, public squares, cultural and community spaces",
    "exemptions": "Industrial, Commercial and Institutional developments are charged $0",
    "payment_timing": "Due before building permit issuance; instalments available if total ACC ≥ $50,000: 25% + admin fee before permit, 75% due on earlier of 4 years from permit issuance or 15 business days after final occupancy notice"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "\"ACC Rates - Effective July 7, 2025\" table, footnote ¹",
    "apartment_charge": "\"ACC Rates - Effective July 7, 2025\" table, footnotes ² and ³",
    "non_residential_charge": "\"ACC Rates - Effective July 7, 2025\" table row \"Industrial, Commercial and Institutional\"",
    "services_covered": "\"ACCs can be used to fund\" bullet list",
    "exemptions": "\"ACC Rates - Effective July 7, 2025\" table row \"Industrial, Commercial and Institutional | $0\"",
    "payment_timing": "\"Payment of ACCs by Instalments\" section, subsections 1 and 2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/coquitlam/development-charges/amenity-cost-charges-current-rates/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Amenity Cost Charges Bylaw No. 5432, 2025",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://publicdocs.coquitlam.ca/coquitlamdoc/getdocIF.asp?doc=5802633",
   "summary": "Establishes amenity cost charges collected from developers to fund community amenities needed due to growth in Coquitlam.",
   "capture_sha256": "6ecd44674ce56d9ad9c347b53f1548836544baeb0001062fe2fde04b2de137d9",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
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   "document_number": "5432",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6ecd44674ce56d9ad9c347b53f1548836544baeb0001062fe2fde04b2de137d9.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$21,205 per dwelling unit (Low-Rise Residential incl. small-scale residential and townhouse; amenity cost charge)",
    "apartment_charge": "Mid-Rise Apartment $229.35 per m2 GFA; High-Rise Apartment $414.68 per m2 GFA (amenity cost charge)",
    "non_residential_charge": "$0 per m2 GFA for industrial, commercial and institutional (amenity cost charge)",
    "services_covered": "Community centres/amenities (Fraser Mills, Northeast, Bettie Allard YMCA, Blue Mountain Park Fieldhouse, washrooms/meeting/mechanical rooms) and park amenities.",
    "exemptions": "Exempt: tax-exempt buildings; affordable/special needs housing; no population increase; previously paid; prescribed affordable housing; where legislation says no ACC. Credits for CAC/Density Bonus.",
    "payment_timing": "Paid in full prior to Building Permit issuance; instalments if authorized by Minister regulation."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "services_covered": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "exemptions": "s. 6; Schedule \"D\"",
    "payment_timing": "s. 8.1-8.2",
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"B\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/coquitlam/development-charges/bylaw-5432/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Cost Charges (DCCs) - current rates",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.coquitlam.ca/285/Development-Cost-Charges-DCCs",
   "summary": "rates page: Bylaw 5411 rates effective June 23, 2025: single family $64,396; duplex-multiplex $43,483; townhouse $38,537; apartment $24,435 per unit; commercial $131, industrial $73, institutional $132 per m2 GFA.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-bc",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "services_covered": "transportation, water, sewer, drainage, parkland acquisition, park improvements, fire protection facilities, police services, solid waste and recycling facilities",
    "payment_timing": "At subdivision approval or building permit issuance; instalment option if total City DCC ≥$50,000: 25% plus admin fee upfront, 75% due within 4 years of approval/permit or 15 business days after final occupancy notice, whichever is earlier"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "services_covered": "\"transportation, water, sewer, drainage, parkland acquisition and certain park improvements\" and \"fire protection facilities, police services, and solid waste and recycling facilities\"",
    "payment_timing": "\"Payment of DCCs by Instalments\" section; \"four (4) years from the date of subdivision approval or the date of the building permit issuance\" and \"fifteen (15) business days after the City gives notice of final occupancy\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/coquitlam/development-charges/development-cost-charges-current-rates/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Cost Charges Bylaw Number 5411, 2025",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://publicdocs.coquitlam.ca/coquitlamdoc/getdocIF.asp?doc=5784195",
   "summary": "Sets development cost charges payable by developers to fund infrastructure required by new growth in Coquitlam.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
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   "document_number": "5411",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$64,396 per Dwelling Unit",
    "apartment_charge": "$24,435 per Dwelling Unit (Apartment and Mobile Home Residential)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Commercial: $131 per square metre of Gross Floor Area; Industrial: $73 per square metre of Gross Floor Area; Institutional: $132 per square metre of Gross Floor Area",
    "services_covered": "Transportation, parkland acquisition, park improvement, drainage, sanitary sewer, water, fire protection, and police facilities",
    "payment_timing": "At subdivision approval (for single-detached residential parcels) or prior to building permit issuance; instalment payments authorized only if Minister prescribes by regulation"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"B\", Single-detached Residential row",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"B\", Apartment and Mobile Home Residential row",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"B\", Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional rows",
    "services_covered": "Recitals para. B; Schedule \"A\" DCC definition",
    "payment_timing": "s. 8.1(a)–(b); s. 8.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/coquitlam/development-charges/bylaw-5411/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/coquitlam/development-charges/"
}