Dawson Creek, British Columbia
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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF DAWSON CREEK
DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGE BYLAW NO. 4623, 2026
THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF DAWSON CREEK
BYLAW NO. 4623
A bylaw to authorize the imposition of development cost
charges.
WHEREAS the Council of the City of Dawson Creek may, under the authority of Section 559 of the Local
Government Act, impose development cost charges on every person who obtains approval of a subdivision
or a building permit authorizing the construction, alteration or extension of a building or structure;
AND WHEREAS development cost charges may be imposed for the purpose of providing funds to assist the
municipality in paying the capital costs of providing, constructing, altering, or expanding, among other things,
sewage and water facilities to service directly or indirectly, the development for which the charges are
imposed;
AND WHEREAS in setting development cost charges under this bylaw, the Council of the City of Dawson
Creek has taken the following into consideration:
a. future land use patterns of development;
b. the phasing of works and services
c. how development designed to result in a low environmental impact may affect the capital costs of
infrastructure;
d. whether the charges:
i.
are excessive in relation to the capital cost of prevailing standards of service in the
municipality;
ii.
will deter development in the municipality;
iii.
will discourage the construction of reasonably priced housing or the provision of reasonably
priced serviced land in the municipality; and
iv.
will discourage development designed to result in a low environmental impact in the
municipality;
AND WHEREAS in the opinion of the Council, the charges imposed by this bylaw are related to capital costs
attributable to projects included in the municipality's financial plan.
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Dawson Creek, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
SECTION 1 - SHORT TITLE
1.1
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGE BYLAW NO. 4623,
2026."
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SECTION 2 - DEFINITIONS
2.1
In this bylaw,
"Accessory Dwelling Unit" means a dwelling unit that is ancillary to the use of the principal building
on the same parcel. An accessory dwelling unit:
a) is a self-contained residential accommodation unit, and
b) has cooking, sleeping and bathroom facilities, and
c) is secondary to a principal building located on the same property.
"Apartment" means a building consisting of five or more dwelling units but does not include a
townhouse.
"Building" means a structure wholly or partly enclosed by a roof supported by walls, columns or air
pressure, and used for the shelter or accommodation of persons, animals or property, but does not
include tents and recreational vehicles.
"Building Permit" means any City building permit that authorizes the construction, alteration or
extension of a building.
"City" means the City of Dawson Creek.
"Commercial" means a building intended to be used for a commercial use in a commercial zone
listed in the Zoning Bylaw or a similar development in another zone permitted in accordance with
the Zoning Bylaw, in which the predominant use, as determined by its purpose and list of permitted
uses, is of a commercial nature.
"Construction" includes building, erection, installation, repair, alteration, addition, enlargement,
moving, locating, relocating, reconstruction, demolition, removal, excavation, or shoring requiring a
Building Permit.
"Development" means the construction, alteration, or extension of buildings and/or structures for
any use authorized by the zoning bylaw that requires the issuance of a building permit but does not
include internal alterations of a building and/or structure where the principal use of the building
and/or structure, or part thereof, is not changing.
"Duplex" means a building containing two dwelling units each having its own principal access, and
each which may contain a secondary suite or an accessory dwelling unit.
"Dwelling Unit" means a building, or self-contained portion of a building, containing sleeping,
cooking and bathing facilities intended as a permanent residence and having an independent
entrance either directly from the outside of the building or through a common area inside the
building.
"Fourplex" means a building containing only four principal dwelling units, each having its own
principal access.
"Gross Floor Area (GFA)" means the sum of total floor area of all floors of a building, measured from
the building's perimeter.
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"Industrial" means a building intended to be used for an industrial use in an industrial zone listed in
the Zoning Bylaw, or similar development in another zone permitted in accordance with the Zoning
Bylaw, in which the predominant use, as determined by its general purpose and list of permitted
uses, is of an industrial nature.
"Institutional" means a building intended to be used for an institutional use in an institutional zone
listed in the Zoning Bylaw, or a similar development in another zone permitted in accordance with
the Zoning Bylaw, in which the predominant use, as determined by its general purpose and list of
permitted uses, is of an institutional nature.
"Manufactured Home" means a single detached dwelling built in an enclosed factory environment
in one or more sections, intended to be occupied in a place other than of its manufacture, and
constructed to the current CSA Z240 (Mobile Home) or CSA A277 (Modular Home) standard. A
manufactured home does not include a recreational vehicle.
"Parcel" means any lot, block or other area in which land is held or into which it is subdivided, but
does not include a highway.
"Single Detached Dwelling" means a building containing only one dwelling unit and, where
permitted by this Bylaw, a secondary suite or an accessory dwelling unit.
"Subdivision" means a subdivision as defined in the Land Title Act or a subdivision under the Strata
Property Act.
"Townhouse" means a building divided into five or more dwelling units located side by side under
one roof, with each dwelling unit having its own principal access and sharing at least one common
wall with another dwelling unit.
"Triplex" means a building containing only three principal dwelling units, each having its own
principal access.
"Zoning Bylaw" means the City of Dawson Creek Zoning Bylaw, as amended or replaced from time
to time.
SECTION 3 - EFFECTIVE DATE
3.1
This Bylaw shall come into effect upon adoption.
SECTION 4 - DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES
4.1
The development cost charges set out in Schedule "A", attached hereto and forming part of this bylaw,
are hereby imposed on every person who obtains:
(a)
approval of a subdivision of land under the Land Title Act or the Strata Property Act;
(b)
a building permit authorizing the construction, alteration or extension of a building;
must pay development cost charges to the City in accordance with the applicable schedule attached
hereto.
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4.2
For certainty, this bylaw imposes development cost charges in respect of building permits authorizing
the construction, alteration or extension of a building that will, after the construction, alteration or
extension, contain four or fewer dwelling units and for which the dwelling units will be put to no use
other than residential use.
4.3
The amount of development cost charges payable in relation to a particular development shall be
calculated using the applicable charges for the type of development set out in Schedule "A".
4.4
Where a type of development is not identified in Schedule "A", the amount of development cost
charges payable shall be equal to the development cost charges that are payable for the most
comparable type of development as determined by the City's Chief Administrative Officer.
4.5
Development cost charges imposed by this Bylaw must be paid in full to the City at the following times:
(a)
where an application is made for the subdivision of land for single detached residential
development, at the time of approval of such subdivision;
(b)
for duplex developments, at the time of subdivision approval for one of the dwelling units, and
at the time of approval of a building permit authorizing the development for all additional units;
and
(c)
for all other types of development to which this bylaw applies, including manufactured homes,
townhomes, apartments, commercial, industrial and institutional development, at the time of
approval of a building permit authorizing the development.
4.6
For a development intended to be used for more than one use type,
(a)
the development cost charges payable shall be calculated separately for each use type that is
part of that development, in accordance with Schedule "A", and
(b)
the total sum of the development cost charges calculated for each separate use type shall be
payable to the City.
SECTION 5 - EXEMPTIONS
5.1
No development cost charges are payable:
(a)
in relation to a development authorized by a building permit that authorizes the construction,
alteration or extension of a building or part of a building that is, or will be, after the construction,
alteration or extension, exempt from taxation under section 220(1)(h) or 224(2)(f) of the
Community Charter;
(b)
in relation to the construction, alteration or extension of self-contained dwelling units in a
building authorized under a building permit if the size of each dwelling unit is 29m2 or less and
each dwelling unit will be put to no other use than residential use in those dwelling units;
(c)
in relation to a development authorized by a building permit if the value of the work authorized
by the permit does not exceed $50,000;
(d)
where a development cost charge has previously been paid for the development unless, as a
result of further development, new capital cost burdens will be imposed on the City;
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(e)
where the development does not impose new capital cost burdens on the City; or
(f)
where the Local Government Act or any regulations thereunder provide that no development
cost charge is payable.
SECTION 6 - WAIVING OF DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES
6.1
Development cost charges may be waived or reduced in accordance with section 563 of the Local
Government Act, if the City enacts a separate bylaw pursuant to that section in relation to one or more
of the following types of "eligible development", as more particularly defined in such bylaw:
(a)
not-for-profit rental housing, including supportive living housing;
(b)
for profit affordable rental housing;
(c)
a subdivision of small lots that is designed to result in low greenhouse gas emissions;
(d)
a development that is designed to result in a low environmental impact.
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SECTION 7 - GENERAL
7.1
Schedule "A" is attached to and forms part of this Bylaw.
7.2
If any portion of this bylaw is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the invalid
portion must be severed, and the remainder of the bylaw remains valid.
7.3
City of Dawson Creek Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 4149, 2012, and all amendments, is hereby
repealed except that in cases where this bylaw has no effect by operation of section 568 or 568.1 of
the Local Government Act, the City of Dawson Creek Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 4149, 2012
shall apply.
READ a first time this
9th
day of
February
, 2026.
READ a second time this
9th
day of
February
, 2026.
READ a third time this
9th
day of
February
, 2026.
Third reading RESCINDED this
23rd
day of
February
, 2026.
READ a third time as amended this
23rd
day of
February
, 2026.
INSPECTOR OF MUNICIPALITIES APPROVAL
received this
5th
day of
May
, 2026.
ADOPTED this
25th
day of
May
, 2026.
CERTIFIED A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY of Bylaw
No. 4623 cited as "DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGE
BYLAW NO. 4623, 2026".
The Corporate Seal of THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF DAWSON CREEK was affixed in the
presence of:
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
Tab Young
Corporate Officer
Darcy Dober - Mayor
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
Tab Young - Corporate Officer
Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 4623, 2026
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SCHEDULE "A"
Table 1: DCC Rates @ 15% Assist
The following development cost charges apply to development throughout the entire City of Dawson
Creek.
Unit
Water
Sanitary Sewer
Total Charges
Single Detached Dwelling and
Duplex
per lot or
dwelling unit
$2,055.41
$3,297.07
$5,352.48
Townhouse, Triplex,
Fourplex, and Manufactured
Homes
per dwelling
unit
$1,415.20
$2,270.11
$3,685.31
Apartment
per dwelling
unit
$1,078.25
$1,729.61
$2,807.86
Commercial
per m2 of GFA
$6.07
$10.81
$16.88
Industrial
per m2 of GFA
$6.07
$14.05
$20.12
Institutional
per m2 of GFA
$7.41
$9.73
$17.14
*GFA = Gross Floor Area