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This is a convenience copy of Amenity Cost Charge Bylaw No. 2987, 2024. This
document is not the official or legal version, and should not be used in place of certified
copies which can be obtained through Legislative Services at City Hall or by emailing
[email protected].
As noted in Schedule A of this bylaw, the Amenity Cost Charge Amounts will be adjusted
on April 1 each year.
The Amenity Cost Charge Amounts from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027 are:
Type of Development
Amenity Cost Charge Amount
Single-Family Dwelling
$8,480 per dwelling unit
Duplex or Townhouse
$7,330 per dwelling unit
Apartment
$5,240 per dwelling unit
Secondary Suite or Garden Suite
$3,560 per dwelling unit
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CITY OF PITT MEADOWS
AMENITY COST CHARGE BYLAW
No. 2987, 2024
A bylaw to impose Amenity Cost Charges
WHEREAS Council may impose an amenity cost charge under section 570.2 of the
Local Government Act;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the City of Pitt Meadows enacts as follows:
1. Citation/Title
1.1
This Bylaw may be cited as the 'Amenity Cost Charge Bylaw'.
2. Interpretation
2.1
In this bylaw the following words, terms, and phrases have the following
meanings:
a) Amenity Cost Charge means the charge payable pursuant to the provisions
of this Bylaw and in the amounts as calculated in Schedule "A". The term
Amenity Cost Charge may also be referred to as "ACC" or "ACCs" in this
Bylaw.
b) Apartment means an apartment as defined in the Zoning Bylaw.
c) City means the lands within the municipal boundaries of the City of Pitt
Meadows, or the corporation of the City of Pitt Meadows, as the context
requires.
d) Development means the construction, alteration or extension of a building
or structure.
e) Duplex means a duplex as defined in the Zoning Bylaw.
f)
Dwelling Unit means a dwelling unit as defined in the Zoning Bylaw, except
for a dwelling unit used for migrant farm-worker housing in accordance with
the Zoning Bylaw.
g) Garden Suite means a garden suite as defined in the Zoning Bylaw.
h) Secondary Suite means a secondary suite as defined in the Zoning Bylaw.
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i)
Single-Family Dwelling means a single-family dwelling as defined in the
Zoning Bylaw.
j)
Townhouse means a townhouse as defined in the Zoning Bylaw.
k) Zoning Bylaw means the City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011,
as amended from time to time.
3. Amenity Cost Charge
3.1
Subject to an exemption in the Local Government Act, every person who
obtains a building permit within the City authorizing a development that will,
after the development, contain a dwelling unit must pay to the City the
applicable Amenity Cost Charge set out in Schedule "A" which is attached to
and forms part of this Bylaw.
3.2
Where a type of development is not identified in Schedule "A", the Amenity
Cost Charge for the most comparable type of development, as determined by
the City, is to be used to determine the amount payable.
3.3
For an Amenity Cost Charge imposed pursuant to this Bylaw, a credit will be
granted for each dwelling unit that exists on the property prior to issuance of the
building permit.
3.4
Subject to the Local Government Act, the Amenity Cost Charge must be paid at
the time of the issuance of building permit.
4. Amenities
4.1
The amenities that will receive funding from the Amenity Cost Charges are:
a)
Recreation and culture facilities;
b)
Public art;
c)
Heritage conservation; and
d)
Environmental conservation.
5. Severability
5.1
If a section, subsection or clause in this Bylaw is held to be invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, then that invalid portion will be severed and the
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remainder of this Bylaw will be deemed to have been adopted without the
invalid and severed section, subsection or clause.
READ a FIRST and SECOND and THIRD time on June 4, 2024.
ADOPTED on June 25, 2024.
Nicole MacDonald
Mayor
Kate Barchard
Corporate Officer
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Schedule "A"
Amenity Cost Charge Amounts
Type of Development
Amenity Cost Charge
Amount
Single-Family Dwelling
$8,100 per dwelling unit
Duplex or Townhouse
$7,000 per dwelling unit
Apartment
$5,000 per dwelling unit
Secondary Suite or Garden
Suite
$3,400 per dwelling unit
Note:
1. The Amenity Cost Charge Amount will be adjusted on April 1 each year based on
the annual percent change of the Consumer Price Index for the Vancouver Census
Metropolitan Area (CMA) in the previous year, rounded to the nearest ten dollars.