Town of Golden Development Cost Charges Bylaw No. 1304, 2012 — full text, Golden, British Columbia

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TOWN OF GOLDEN BYLAW NUMBER 1304,2012 DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES Being a bylaw to impose "Development Cost Charges" The Council of the Town of Golden, in open meeting assembled, IIEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: A. CITATION (a) This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "Town of Golden Dettelopment Cost Charges Bylaw No. 1304, 2012". B. DEFINITIONS 1. In this Bylaw, including Schedule "A : "Commercial Accommodation" means hotel or motel as defined in the Town of Golden Zoning Bylaw 1294, 2011. "Commercial" means a commeÍcial development used or intended to be used for the carrying on of any business, including the sale or provision of goods, accommodation, entertainment, meals or services, but excludes an industrial, institutional or residential development. "Development Area" in respect of industrial premises means that portion of a lot on which are located any improvements to accommodate or facllitate an industrial use including any building, structure, parÄng ot storage alea, orlandscaped arca. "Duplex" means a residential building designed exclusively to accommodate two households living independently in separate dwelling units above, below or beside each other, each having a separate entrance; designed and constructed as two dwelling units that share a common foundation and roof structure; and which could be located on either one or two lots. "Dwelling unit" means a single room or series of rooms operated as a housekeeping unit, used as a domicile by one or more persons and usually containing cooking, eating, living, sle ep ing and s anítary facilitie s . "Floor AÍea" means the total area of all floors in a building measured to the outside surface of the exterior walls, but excluding areas provided for parking of motor vehicles. "Industrial" means a use of land ot water for the processing, fabricatrng, manufacturing, assembling, storing, transporting, distributing, testing, servicing or repattngof goods, materials or things, and includes the operation of transportation or I jPage shipping terminals, docls other than those used as marinas for pleasure craft, railways or warehouses. "Mobile Home" means a single or multþle section single detached dwelling built to CSA 2240 standards for residential occupancy and designed to be ffansportable on wheels. "Multiple Dwelling" means a residential building or cluster of buildings containing three or more dwelling units on a lot and may include: row housing, cluster housing, townhouse and apartment building uses. "single Detached Dwelling" means housing on a single titled lot consisting of one dwelling unit intended for use by one household, and may include a secondary suite where provided for. "single Detached Dwelling (Small Lots)" means housing on a single titled lot, with a minimum lot size of 400 m2, consisting of one dwelling unit intended for use by one household, andmay include a secondary suite where provided for. "Town" means the Town of Golden. "Triplex" means a building consisting of three dwelling units each of which has direct, separate access to grade and is occupied or intended to be occupied as the permanent home or residence of one household. C. SI.]B STANTIVE PROYISIONS l. Every person who obtains: a) approval of a subdivision as defined in the Land Title Act ot a subdivision under the Strata Property Act; or b) a building permit atthoizingthe construction, alteration or extension of a building or structure, other than: i) a building permit aathorizing the construction, alteration or extension of a building that will contain fewer than 4 self-contained dwelling units and be put to no other use than the residential use in those dwelling units; ii) a building permit authoizing work of a value of less than $50,000, based on the information contained in the building permit and the fair market value of any mobile home or prefabricated building being placed or erected; or such other maximum amount as may be established by regulation under the Local Government Act; iii) a building permit authoriztng the consffuction, alteration or extension of a building or part of a building that is, or will be exempt from taxation under the Community Charter as aplace of public worship, or 2lP a ge iv) a building permit aathorizrng the construction of a dwelling unit no larger than 29m2, shall, at the time of the approval of the subdivision or the issue of the building permit, as the case may be, pay to the Town the applicable development cost charges in the amounts set out in Schedule "4". 2. Where a building permit application is made in respect of a development that, on a single parcel, includes residential, commercial and industrial development, or aîy combination of these, the development cost charges shall be the sum of: a) the applícable rute for residential dwelling units, if any, multiplied by the number of proposed dwelling units; b) the applicable rate of commercial space, tf any, Ð for commercial accommodation, multiplied by the number of rooms, and iÐ otherwise, multiplied by the number of square metres of proposed commercial space; c) the applicable rate for industrial space, lf any, multþlied by the number of square metres of proposed industrial space; 3. 'Where a building permit application is made to construct, alter or extend an existing building, the development cost charges will be calculated based on the increase in building floor area for commercial land use, except for commercial accommodation, which shall be based on the number of rooms, and the increase in developed arca for industrial land uses. The development cost charge must be paid pnor to issuance of building permit at the rates set out in Schedule "4". 4. Despite section 2, if: a) arl application for a subdivision approval, and all required supporting documentation for a complete application, is received by the Town's approving officer in a form satisfactory to that officer; or b) an application for a building permit and all required supporting documentation for a complete application, is received by the Town's building ofücial in a form satisfactory to that official, prior to the date of adoption of this Bylaw; and c) allapplicable fees arepaid, then for aperiod of 12 months after the date this Bylaw is adopted, the development cost charges payable upon approval of the subdivision or issuance of the building permit, as applicable, shaf be the lesser of the amounts payable under this Bylaw and 3lPage 1 the amounts payable under Town of Golden Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 1066, 2001. 5. Schedule "4" is alfached to and forms part of this Bylaw. D. SEYERABILITY 1 . If any portion of this bylaw is found invalid by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalid portion is severed without effect on the remaining portions of the bylaw. E. REPEAL Town of Golden Deuelopment Cost Charge Bylaw Na 1066, 2001 and all amendments thereto is hereby rescinded in its entirety, READ A FIRST TIME THIS 26TH DAY OF JI.INE ,2012. READ A SECOND TIME THIS 26TH DAY OF JUNE ,2012. READ A THIRD TIME THIS 26TH DAY OF JI.INE ,2012. RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE INSPECTOR OF MLINICIPALITIES, THIS 15TH DAY OF AUGUST ,20T2. ADOPTED THIS 4,H DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2OT2,BY A UNANIMOUS DECISION OF ALL MEMBERS OF TOWN COUNCIL PRESENT AND ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. OFFICER Town of Golden Bylaw 1304, 2012 Development Cost Charges 4lPage Town of Golden Bylaw 1304, 2012 Deuelopment Cost Charges TO'IüN OF GOLDEN BYT,AW NUMBER 1304, 2012 DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES SCIIEDIJLE (A' - FEES Land Use Single Detached Dwelling Single Detached Dwelling (Small Lot) Duplex Residential Triplex Residential Multrple Dwelling and Mobile Home Commercial Commercial Accommodation Industrial Purpose 'Water Sewer 'Water Sewer Water Sewer Water Sewer 'Water Sewer 'Water Sewer 'Water Sewer Water Sewer Development Cost Charge Sl,l77 .21 per dwelling unit 5223.78 per dwelling unit 51,07 4.84 per dwelling unit 5204.32 per dwelling unit SL,l77.2l per dwelling unit 5223.78 per dwelling unit Sl,l77 .21 per dwelling unit 5223.78 per dwelling unit 5972.48 per dwelling unit $184.86 per dwelling unit $3.07 per m2 of floor area $0.73 per m2 of floor area $563.01 per room $107.03 per room per m'of development area per m' of developmentarea $3.07 $0.73 5lPage