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 "answer": "In the City of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, development charges & levies rules are set by Amenity Cost Charge Bylaw 2026, No. 4449 and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-26. Charge per single-detached home: $15,358 per dwelling unit/lot (Single Family). Charge per apartment unit: $5,454 per dwelling unit (Multi Family). Payable: upon approval of a subdivision or issuance of a building permit.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000105",
 "municipality": "Port Coquitlam",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/",
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   "title": "Amenity Cost Charge Bylaw 2026, No. 4449",
   "category": "development_charges",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-06-29",
   "document_url": "https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/sites/default/files/2026-07/4449%20-%20Amenity%20Cost%20Charge%20Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Amenity cost charges (LGA s.570.2): $15,358 per single family dwelling unit/lot; $8,038 per ground-oriented multi-family unit; $5,454 per multi-family unit.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-bc",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
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   "document_number": "4449",
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   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$15,358 per dwelling unit/lot (Single Family)",
    "apartment_charge": "$5,454 per dwelling unit (Multi Family)",
    "services_covered": "Parks, community flex space, Hyde Creek Recreation Centre expansion, Robert Hope Pool upgrade, public art, sport courts",
    "exemptions": "Tax-exempt buildings; affordable/special needs housing; no population increase; prior payment for same amenity; DCC capital costs; prescribed affordable housing; statutory exemptions",
    "payment_timing": "upon approval of a subdivision or issuance of a building permit"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"A\"; s. 2.3(g)",
    "services_covered": "s. 3.3; Schedule \"B\"",
    "exemptions": "s. 4.1",
    "payment_timing": "s. 3.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/development-charges/bylaw-4449/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Cost Charge (DCC) Bylaw",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/sites/default/files/2024-10/4320%20-%20Development%20Cost%20Charge%20Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Establishes development cost charges payable by developers to fund infrastructure required by new development.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
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   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Transportation $9,119; Water $0; Drainage $4,871; Sanitary Sewer $1,772; Parkland $15,253 per dwelling unit/lot (Schedule A)",
    "apartment_charge": "Multi Family: Transportation $3,216; Water $0; Drainage $1,608; Sanitary Sewer $629; Parkland $5,417 per dwelling unit (Schedule A)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Per m² GFA, transportation+drainage+sewer+parkland ($0 water): Commercial $73.43+$19.30+$2.98+$25.66; Light industrial $27.36+$25.27+$1.49+$12.83; Institutional $47.99+$38.14+$1.66+$14.25",
    "area_levy": "Heavy Industrial: Transportation $43,145.63; Water $0; Drainage $76,279.63; Sanitary Sewer $14,903.95; Parkland $129,294 per hectare of total site area (Schedule A)",
    "services_covered": "sanitary sewer, water, drainage, roads, and parkland acquisition/improvement",
    "exemptions": "Tax-exempt buildings; dwelling units no larger than 29m2; work value not exceeding $50,000; prior DCC paid unless new capital burdens; Local Government Act exemptions.",
    "payment_timing": "Upon approval of subdivision or issuance of building permit, as the case may be."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "area_levy": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "services_covered": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "exemptions": "s. 4.1",
    "payment_timing": "s. 3.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/development-charges/development-cost-charge-bylaw/",
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  },
  {
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Cost Charges (city page, Parks DCC update and rates)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "proposed",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/business-development/property-development-building/development-cost-charges",
   "summary": "rates page: 2023 Utilities and Transportation DCC rates retained; proposed Parks DCC update (single family $15,253 total quoted in table) in progress, not yet adopted as of the page.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-bc",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/development-charges/development-cost-charges/",
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 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/development-charges/"
}