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Town of Creston
Bylaw No. 2053
A bylaw for the levying of tax rates for Municipal, Hospital, Improvement District, Regional District purposes,
and other taxing authorities, for the year 2026.
WHEREAS section 197 of the Community Charter requires that Council adopt a bylaw to establish tax rates
on all taxable land and improvements according to their assessed value;
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Creston, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
Part 1 Citation
1.1
This Bylaw may be cited as "Tax Rates Bylaw No. 2053, 2026".
Part 2 Severability
2.1
If a portion of this Bylaw is held invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction, then the invalid portion
must be severed and the remainder of this Bylaw is deemed to have been adopted without the
severed section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, clause or phrase.
Part 3 Rates
3.1
The following rates are hereby imposed and levied for the year 2026:
(a)
For all lawful general and debt purposes of the municipality on the value of land and
improvements taxable for general municipal purposes, rates appearing in Column "A" and
Column "B" of the Schedule attached hereto and forming a part hereof.
(b)
For hospital purposes on the value of land and improvements taxable for regional hospital
district purposes (East Kootenay), rates appearing in Column "C" of the Schedule attached
hereto and forming a part hereof.
(c)
For purposes of the Regional District of Central Kootenay, on the value of land and
improvements taxable for regional district purposes, rates appearing in Column "D" of the
Schedule attached hereto and forming a part hereof.
Part 4 Effective Date
4.1
This Bylaw shall come into full force and effect upon adoption.
READ A FIRST TIME by title and SECOND TIME by content this day of , 2026.
READ A THIRD TIME by title this day of , 2026.
ADOPTED this day of , 2026..
Mayor Arnold DeBoon
Kirsten Dunbar, Corporate Officer
Bylaw No. 2053
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PROPERTY
CLASS
MUNICIPAL
(GENERAL)
MUNICIPAL
(RCMP)
REGIONAL
HOSPITAL
DISTRICT
(EK)
REGIONAL
DISTRICT
CENTRAL
KOOTENAY
MFA
BCAA
SCHOOL
TOTALS
RESIDENTIAL
3.31387
0.99065
0.44065
2.29716
0.00020
0.03810
1.71090
8.7915
UTILITIES
30.79430
9.20571
1.54228
8.04008
0.00070
0.41420
12.06000
62.0573
LT INDUSTRIAL
14.68042
4.38860
1.49822
7.81036
0.00070
0.11270
4.04000
32.5310
BUSINESS
6.62773
1.98131
1.07960
5.62805
0.00050
0.11300
4.04000
19.4702
RECREATION
NON-PROFIT
3.31387
0.99065
0.44065
2.29716
0.00020
0.03910
2.38000
9.4616
FARM
4.73883
1.41663
0.44065
2.29716
0.00020
0.03500
7.67000
16.5985
63.46902
18.97355
5.44205
28.36997
0.00250
0.75210
31.90090
148.9101
2026 PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR THE TOWN OF CRESTON
SCHEDULE "A" TO BYLAW NO. 2053, 2026,
WITH MFA, BCAA, AND SCHOOL