Gibsons, British Columbia
· No. 1329
· adopted 2025-09-29
· summary & facts
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TOWN OF GIBSONS
BYLAW NO. 1329, 2025
A Bylaw to Impose Development Cost Charges
WHEREAS it is deemed desirable to impose development cost charges;
AND WHEREAS the development cost charges may be imposed for the sole purpose
of providing funds to assist the municipality in paying the capital cost of providing,
altering or expanding sewage, water, drainage and highway facilities other than off-
street parking facilities, to service, directly or indirectly, the development for which the
charges are being imposed;
AND WHEREAS in setting the development cost charges imposed by this bylaw
Council has taken into consideration the provisions of Division 19 of the Local
Government Act;
THEREFORE, the Municipal Council of the Town of Gibsons, in open meeting
assembled, ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.1
SHORT TITLE
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "Development Cost Charges Bylaw No.
1329, 2025".
1.2
REPEAL
Development Cost Charges Bylaw No. 1218 and any amendments thereto is
repealed.
1.3
PURPOSE
The purpose of this Bylaw is to impose development cost charges for water, sewage,
drainage and transportation facilities provided by the Town.
1.4
SEVERABILITY
The provisions of this Bylaw are severable. If any provision is for any reason held to be
invalid by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining provisions of this Bylaw.
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SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS
In this Bylaw unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and terms shall
have the meanings hereinafter assigned to them:
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT means a Dwelling Unit that is subordinate to a
Primary Dwelling Unit or another principal use of the same lot, and includes but is
not limited to, Secondary Suites and Lock-off Suites.
APARTMENT means a building comprised of seven or more dwelling units;
excludes Townhouses.
COMMERCIAL means a use of property for purpose of buying, selling, or
providing services including a business, office, retail sales, shopping malls,
hotels, grocery stores, marinas, or a similar function.
DUPLEX means a detached building consisting of two Primary Dwelling Units.
DWELLING UNIT means a self-contained suite of rooms intended for residential
use.
GARDEN SUITE means a detached Dwelling Unit located on the same lot as a
Single Detached Dwelling, Duplex, or Multiplex. A Garden Suite is often referred
to as a laneway house or coach house.
GROSS FLOOR AREA means the area within a building measured to the
extreme outer limits of the building not including exterior hallways or stairways,
balconies or terraces, common areas within apartment buildings, or parking or
loading areas.
HIGH-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL means a parcel with seven or more Dwelling
Units.
INDUSTRIAL means a use of property for the purpose of manufacturing,
warehousing, transportational terminal, contractor premises, or similar function.
INSTITUTIONAL means a use of property providing for public function such as a
school, place of worship, meeting hall, community center, music hall, hospital,
nursing home, or similar function.
LOCK-OFF SUITE means an Accessory Dwelling Unit contained within an
Apartment, with a separate, lockable entrance access to a shared common
hallway and shared internal access, and which can be locked-off from the
Primary Dwelling Unit. Lock-Off Suites are accounted for in the rate for the
Primary Dwelling Unit.
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LOT means any lot, parcel, block, or other area in which land is held or into
which it is legally subdivided, and for certainty, includes a bare land strata lot
under the Strata Property Act
LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL means a parcel with one Single-Detached
Dwelling, which may or may not include a Secondary Suite.
MEDIUM-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL means a parcel with two to six dwelling units,
excluding Secondary Suites and Lock-Off Suites. This may include any
combination of Single-Detached Dwelling, Duplex, Garden Suite, Townhouse, or
Multiplex.
MULTIPLEX RESIDENTIAL means a residential building consisting of two to six
Primary Dwelling Units; includes Duplex; excludes Townhouse.
NET HECTARE means the remaining area of land being developed after
deduction of any area to be dedicated to the Town for road or park purposes.
PRIMARY DWELLING UNITS means a larger Dwelling Unit within a building
containing an Accessory Dwelling Unit.
SECONDARY SUITE means an Accessory Dwelling Unit within a Single
Detached Dwelling, Duplex, or Townhouse. Secondary Suites are accounted for
in the rates for those development types.
SINGLE-DETACHED DWELLING means a building containing one Dwelling Unit
and may contain a Secondary Suite.
SUBDIVISION means a subdivision as defined in the Land Title Act or Strata
Property Act
TOWN means the Town of Gibsons.
TOWNHOUSE means a building comprised of three or more dwelling units
separated from one another by party walls extending from foundations to roof,
with each dwelling have a separate direct entrance from the exterior.
SECTION 3 APPLICATION
3.1
APPLICATION OF BYLAW
3.1.1 Pursuant to section 559(1) of the Local Government Act, the development cost
charges set out in Schedule "A" to this Bylaw are hereby imposed on every
person who obtains:
3.1.1.1
Approval of a subdivision of land under the Land Title Act or the
Strata Property Act; or
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3.1.1.2
a building permit, including a permit authorizing the construction,
alteration or extension of a building that will, after the construction,
alteration or extension, contain fewer than four (4) self-contained
dwelling units and be put to no other use than the residential use in
those dwelling units
3.2
EXEMPTIONS
Development cost charges are not payable where the Local Government Act or any
regulations thereunder provide that no development cost charge is payable.
SECTION 4 CALCULATION OF APPLICABLE CHARGES
Development cost charges imposed under this bylaw will be calculated where:
IN RELATION TO A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, USING THE
APPLICABLE CHARGES SET OUT IN SCHEDULE "A" TO THIS BYLAW.
Where a development is not specifically identified in Schedule "A" to this
bylaw, the amount of development cost charges payable to the Town will be
equal to the development cost charges that are payable for the most
comparable type of development.
The amount of development cost charges payable for multiple uses will be
calculated separately for each use within the development and the total
development cost charge to be paid will be the sum of the development cost
charges for all uses within the development
SECTION 5 EFFECTIVE DATE
This bylaw comes into force and effect on the adoption date.
READ a first time the
25TH
DAY OF MARCH, 2025
READ a second time the
25TH
DAY OF MARCH, 2025
READ a third time the
25TH
DAY OF MARCH, 2025
APPROVED by Inspector of Municipalities
19TH
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025
ADOPTED the
29TH
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025
_____________________________
______________________________
Silas White, Mayor
Rebecca Anderson, Corporate
Officer
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Schedule "A"
Development Cost Charges
Transportation
Drainage
Water
Sanitary
Sewer
Total Development Cost Charge
Low-Density
Residential
$13,660.42
$3,557.79
$15,876.05
$15,527.28
$48,621.54
Per Lot/
Dwelling Unit
Medium-Density
Residential
$8,839.10
$2,063.52
$8,930.28
$8,734.09
$28,566.99
Per Dwelling
Unit
High-Density
Residential
$7,098.06
$1,174.07
$5,953.52
$5,822.73
$20,048.38
Per Dwelling
Unit
Commercial
$107.14
$19.85
$19.41
$146.40
Per sq. m. GFA
Commercial
Drainage
$113,849.36
$113,849.36
Per net ha
Industrial
$37.50
$20.84
$20.38
$78.72
Per sq. m. GFA
Industrial
Drainage
$71,155.85
$71,155.85
Per net ha
Institutional
$107.14
$19.85
$19.41
$146.40
Per sq. m. GFA
Institutional
Drainage
$113,849.36
$113,849.36
Per net ha