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CITY OF PITT MEADOWS
2026 ANNUAL TAX RATES
BYLAW NO. 3047, 2026
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A bylaw to levy rates for municipal general and drainage purposes, and for regional
district purposes for the fiscal year 2026
WHEREAS the Council of the City of Pitt Meadows is authorized to enact an annual
property tax bylaw pursuant to Section 197 of the Community Charter;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the City of Pitt Meadows may, pursuant to Section 235
of the Community Charter, establish an Alternative Municipal Tax Collection Scheme
that establishes one or more dates on which all or part of the property taxes are due and
to establish penalties to be applied on taxes unpaid at that date;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the City of Pitt Meadows enacts as follows:
Citation/Title
This Bylaw may be cited as the "2026 Annual Tax Rates Bylaw No. 3047, 2026".
The following rates are hereby separately imposed and levied for the year 2026:
a)
for all lawful general purposes of the municipality, on the assessed value
of land and improvements taxable for general municipal purposes and
drainage purposes, the rates appearing in columns "A" and "B" of
Schedule "A";
b)
for Metro Vancouver Regional District purposes, on the full assessed
value of land and improvements taxable for hospital purposes, the rates
appearing in column "C" of Schedule "A".
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 197 of the Community Charter, the minimum
amount of taxation upon a parcel of real property will be one dollar ($1.00).
The taxes or rates imposed or levied pursuant to this Bylaw will be considered to
have been imposed as of the 1st day of January 2026 and will be payable to the
Collector of the City of Pitt Meadows at City Hall, 12007 Harris Road, Pitt
Meadows, BC, V3Y 2B5, or at any other approved designated collection location.
The rates and taxes imposed or levied pursuant to this Bylaw are due on or before
July 2, 2026.
Imposition and Levying of Penalties
The following fees apply under this bylaw:
a)
After July 2, 2026, the City Collector will add to the unpaid taxes of the
current year, for each parcel of land and its improvements on the
property tax roll for which taxes have not been paid, 5% of the current
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taxes. The unpaid taxes, together with the 5% added, will be deemed to
be taxes of the current year due upon those lands and improvements.
b)
After August 1, 2026, the City Collector will add to the unpaid taxes of
the current year for each parcel of land and its improvements on the
property tax roll for which taxes have not been paid, an additional 5% of
the current taxes (exclusive of the 5% authorized by subsection (6(a)).
c)
Where a penalty addition in accordance with section 6(a) would otherwise
be applied, and a property owner is eligible for and subsequently claims
the current year Home Owner Grant, and applies to the Province for this
grant on or before August 1, 2026, the penalty addition will not be
applied to the portion of the taxes outstanding which was equal to the
year's current Home Owner Grant.
Alternative Municipal Collection Scheme
An owner may make an election to pay property taxes under the tax collection
scheme under this Bylaw or the general tax collection scheme established under
Section 234 of the Community Charter by giving written notice of the election to
the City before July 2 of the year of which the election applies.
If an owner does not make an election under Section 236 of the Community
Charter, the alternative municipal tax collection scheme set out in this Bylaw will
apply.
Schedules
The following Schedule is attached to, and forms part of, this Bylaw:
a)
Schedule A - Municipal and Regional District Tax Rates
READ a FIRST, SECOND and THIRD time on April 28, 2026.
ADOPTED on May 5, 2026.
Nicole MacDonald
Mayor
Kate Barchard
Corporate Officer
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Schedule A - Municipal and Regional District Tax Rates
"A"
"B"
"C"
Property Class
General
Municipal
Drainage Levy
Metro Vancouver Regional
District Levy
2026 Tax Rates (dollars of tax per $1,000 taxable value)
1. Residential
2.8438
0.1082
0.0583
2. Utility
32.0081
1.2183
0.2041
4. Industry
13.6982
0.5215
0.1982
5. Light Industry
8.8761
0.3376
0.1982
6. Business
7.1522
0.2727
0.1428
8. Rec/Seasonal
6.9515
0.2640
0.0583
9. Farm
48.6824
1.8524
0.0583