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BYLAW 3460
Development Cost Charges Bylaw
Contents
1 Definitions
2 Payment of development cost charges
3 Exemptions from payment
4 Severability
5 Repeal
Schedule -- Development Cost Charges
Under its statutory powers, including Part 26, Division 10 [Development Costs Recovery] of the Local
Government Act, the council of The Corporation of the District of North Cowichan, enacts as follows:
Definitions
1 In this Bylaw:
"additional duplex unit" means an additional dwelling unit constructed on a residential lot to
create a duplex;
"apartment" means a building with more than 2 dwelling units, each accessible from a common
interior hallway, or additionally from an at-grade entrance;
"pbuilding permit" means a building permit, issued under the Municipality's Building Bylaw,
authorizing the construction, alteration, or extension of a building or structure;
"carriage home" means an accessory dwelling unit, coach house or garden suite, as defined in
Bylaw 2950, being the Zoning Bylaw 1997;
"commercial" means a building or structure used or intended to be used to carry on one or more
businesses,
(a) including but not limited to, the sale or provision of goods, meals, transient
accommodation, entertainment or services, and
(b) excluding industrial, institutional, or residential uses;
"comprehensive development" means a development that is comprised of 2 or more of the
following uses: residential, commercial, institutional or industrial;
"duplex" means a building, containing two dwelling units joined by a party wall, which is
primarily adjoined by habitable space rather than a carport, located on a residential lot which is
used or intended to be used as the residence of 2 families.
"dwelling unit" means at least one room comprising a single, self-contained living unit,
including sanitary facilities, sleeping facilities, a kitchen, and used as one family's residence;
"equivalent person' means a unit of assessment for determining water and sewer development
cost charges payable for the other category, determined by dividing the base sewage flow rate for
the applicable land use as set out in the Schedule attached to and forming part of this bylaw by
380 litres per person per day;
"gross floor area" means the sum of the floor area of each storey in all buildings on a lot,
including exterior walls, but excluding the following:
(a) attached garages or covered parking areas to a maximum of 42 m°* (452 sq. ft.) in
area for single and two-family dwelling buildings and modular homes on
residentially-zoned (R) lots;
(b) unenclosed and roofless decks, patios, balconies and porches;
(c) areas below grade with a maximum ceiling height less than 1.8 m (5.91 ft.);
(d) elevator shafts and mechanical rooms;
(e) covered entrances to a maximum size of 10 m" (107 sq. ft.);
"industrial" means a use providing for processing, fabricating, assembling, storing, transporting,
distributing, wholesaling, testing, servicing, repairing, wrecking, or salvaging goods and
materials, selling heavy industrial equipment, and sales incidental to the primary use;
"mobile home" means a factory built dwelling unit that conforms to following series of
standards, established by the Canadian Standards Association, as amended from time to time:
(a) CAN/CSA Z240 MH (manufactured homes);
(b) CAN/CSA A277 (modular structures);
(c) CAN/CSA Z241 (park model trailers).
"multi-family" means a building containing more than 2, and fewer than 7, dwelling units
attached by a party wall and located on one lot;
"Municipality" means the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan;
"other" means a land use not otherwise defined in this bylaw, including public and private land
uses;
"residential lot" means a parcel of land intended for construction of a single-family building or
duplex;
"single-family" means a building with one dwelling unit;
"suite" means a self-contained dwelling unit contained within a single-family building.
Payment of development cost charges
2 (1) A person who applies for approval of a subdivision or for a building permit must pay the
applicable development cost charge set out in the Schedule at the same time the person's
(a) subdivision application is submitted for final approval, or
(b) building permit is issued.
(2) The requirement under the previous subsection to pay development cost charges upon
application of a building permit applies to a permit that authorizes the construction,
alteration or extension of a building that will, after the construction, alteration or
extension, contain | or more self-contained dwelling units larger than 29 square metres.
(3) For a comprehensive development
(a) development cost charges must be calculated separately for each use that is part of
that comprehensive development, in accordance with the Schedule, and
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(b) the development cost charges payable equals the sum total of the development
cost charges calculated for each separate use.
(4) Development cost charges are payable
(a) throughout the Municipality for roads and parks, and
(b) within the boundaries shown in the Schedule for water, sewer and drainage.
Exemption from payment
3 (1) Section 2 [Payment of development cost charges] does not apply in any of the
circumstances exempted from payment under section 933 of the Local Government Act,
or successor legislation.
(2) In addition to the one year exemption from new development cost charges under sections
937.001 and 943 of the Local Government Act, this bylaw grants a further exemption of
six months from new development cost charges, unless the applicant agrees in writing
that this section does not apply.
Severability
4 Each portion of this Bylaw is intended to be independent to the extent that its invalidation by a
court does not affect the validity of any other portion.
Repeal
5 The following bylaws are repealed:
(a) "Development Cost Charge (Chemainus Roads, Water and Sewer) Bylaw 1993 Bylaw
2683", No. 2683;
(b) "Development Cost Charge (Crofton Water and Sewer) Bylaw 1993", No. 2684;
(c) "Development Cost Charge (South End Roads, Drainage, Water and Sewer) Bylaw
1993"; No. 2685;
(d) "Development Cost Charge (South End Roads, Drainage, Water and Sewer), Bylaw 1993
Amendment Bylaw 1995"; No. 2840;
(e) "Development Cost Charge (Chemainus Roads, Water and Sewer) Bylaw 1993
Amendment Bylaw 1995"; No. 2841;
(f) "Development Cost Charge (Crofton Water and Sewer) Bylaw 1993 Amendment Bylaw
1995", No. 2842.
READ a first time on July 6, 2011
READ a second time on September 21, 2011
READ a third time on September 21, 2011
READ a third time, as amended, on February 1, 2012
READ a third time, as further amended, on March 21, 2012
APPROVED by Inspector of Municipalities on May 4, 2012
ADOPTED on May 16, 2012
M. O. Ruttan, Corporate Officer J. Lefebure, Mayor
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Schedule
Development Cost Charges
Phase 1: July 1, 2012 through December 31, 2013
(All amounts in dollars)
Chemainus
| LandUse__--'| Water _| Sewer | Roads [Parks | Total | WhenPayable | Unis
Additional 262 1,923 501 3,676 | building permit per additional duplex unit
[Dupexune | || |B | Dengan [Pee
and Carriage
Home
building permit, as
applicable
[fonneme ioe | Sever por parry apace forroads |
sewer; per parking space for roads
Industrial 3.60 0.95 961 building permit per m* gross floor area for water and
vee Taner Senersper pari space forvoads |
per ere [Severino paki space forroads
sewer; per parking space for roads
Crofton
| LandUse__--'| Water _| Sewer | Roads | Parks | Total__| WhenPayable [Units
Duplex Unit
Apartment, Suite 588 301 1,382 592 2,863 | building permit per dwelling unit
and Carriage
Home
Mobile Home 679 348 1,442 683 3,152 | subdivision or per lot or dwelling unit, as applicable
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as applicable
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per parking space for roads
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per parking space for roads
Other 453 232 961 building permit per equivalent person for water and sewer;
errr ietpaningspacetorrosas |
South End
| LandUse__--| Water__| Sewer | Drainage | Roads | Parks | Total__| WhenPayable_ | Units
Duplex Unit
Apartment, Suite 865 511 94 1,382 592 3,444 | building permit per dwelling unit
Fa ed el lie
Home
Mobile Home 998 590 234 1,442 683 3,947 | subdivision or per lot or dwelling unit, as
alo
Commercial 3.93 4,677 961 building permit per m* gross floor area for
water and sewer; per
for drainage; per parking
space for roads
| Industrial ss | 2.66 | 1.57 | 4677 | 961 | | uildingpermit_ | sameasabove |
Other 393 4,677 961 building permit per equivalent person for
hectare of gross site area
for drainage; per parking
space for roads
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Development Cost Charges
Phase 2: January 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015
(All amounts in dollars)
Chemainus
| LandUse___--'| Water_| Sewer | Roads [Parks | Total | WhenPayable | Units
Apartment, Suite 1,360 486 1,576 4,088 | building permit per dwelling unit
Fea eal el del lie
Home
Mobile Home 1,569 560 1,645 768 4,542 | subdivision or per lot or dwelling unit, as applicable
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applicable
Commercial 10.46 3.73 1,096 building permit per m* gross floor area for water and
ennee T T L are Senersper parti space forvoads |
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sewer; per parking space for roads
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sewer; per parking space for roads
Crofton
| LandUse__--'| Water _| Sewer | Roads [Parks | Total | WhenPayable | Units
Additional 581 549 2,193 563 3,886 | building permit per additional duplex unit
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and Carriage
Home
Mobile Home 792 748 1,645 768 3,953 | subdivision or per lot or dwelling unit, as applicable
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as applicable
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per parking space for roads
Industrial 2.11 1.99 1,096 building permit per m* gross floor area for water and sewer;
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per parking space for roads
South End
| LandUse__--'| Water__| Sewer | Drainage | Roads | Parks [Total | WhenPayable | Units |
Duplex Unit
Apartment, Suite 1,094 944 105 1,576 4,385 | building permit per dwelling unit
and Carriage
Home
building permit, as | applicable
applicable
Commercial 8.42 7.26 5,275 1,096 building permit per m* gross floor area for
water and sewer; per
for drainage; per parking
space for roads
[Industrial | 8.37 | 2.90] 5,275 | 1,096 | | uildingpermit_ | sameasabove |
Other 842 726 5,275 1,096 building permit per equivalent person for
water and sewer; per
for drainage; per parking
space for roads
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Development Cost Charges
Phase 3: July 1, 2015, onwards
(All amounts in dollars)
Chemainus
| LandUse__--| Water _| Sewer | Roads | Parks | Total | WhenPayable | Units
Apartment, Suite 1,531 645 1,751 732 4,659 | building permit per dwelling unit
Fe all el lie
Home
Mobile Home 1,766 744 1,827 845 5,182 | subdivision or per lot or dwelling unit, as applicable
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applicable
Commercial 11.78 4.96 1,218 building permit per m* gross floor area for water and
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sewer; per parking space for roads
pre Pere eo porpariny space forroads |
sewer; per parking space for roads
Crofton
| LandUse__--| Water _| Sewer | Roads | Parks | Total | WhenPayable [Units
Additional 656 813 2,436 620 4,525 | building permit per additional duplex unit
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and Carriage
Home
Mobile Home 894 1,108 1,827 845 4,674 | subdivision or per lot or dwelling unit, as applicable
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per parking space for roads
Industrial 2.38 2.95 1,218 building permit per m* gross floor area for water and sewer;
vee [Pieper ferpating space or rosa |
pr Perr | erpaningspacetorrosas |
per parking space for roads
South End
| LandUse___--| Water__| Sewer | Drainage | Roads | Parks | Total | WhenPayable_ | Units
Duplex Unit
Apartment, Suite 1,301 1,333 116 1,751 732 5,233 | building permit per dwelling unit
and Carriage
Home
building permit, as | applicable
applicable
Commercial 10.00 10.25 5,813 1,218 building permit per m* gross floor area for
water and sewer; per
for drainage; per parking
space for roads
[Industrial | 4.00 | 410 | 5813 | 1.218 | | uildingpermit_ | same asabove
Other 1,000 1,025 5,813 1,218 building permit per equivalent person for
water and sewer; per
for drainage; per parking
space for roads
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Equivalent Person Assessment for
Water and Sewer Development Cost Charges
for Other Land Uses
Type of Facility Estimated Minimum Daily Sewage Flows Equivalent
in Litres Person"
Hospitals with Laundr 1136 per bed
Hospitals without Laundry 681 per bed
Institutions, Work Camps, Rest
Homes, Residential Schools 227 per bed 0.60 |
681 per bed
Campsites 454 per unit 1.19
P 681 per unit - year round operation 1.79
Theatre/Drive-in (Food Service Is
Limited To Single Service 22 per car space
Containers)
Churches
22 per person, based ondesignbathingload | _--_--0.06 |
160 per bed
Schools, Primary and Elementary __| 68 per student
Schools, High 90 per student
. . 568 per single hose pump 1.49
Service Stations 1136 per double hose pump 2.99
*An equivalent person equals 380 litres
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