{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Saanich, British Columbia, development charges & levies rules are set by Development Cost Charge Reduction Bylaw, 2020, No. 9607 and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-25. Charge per single-detached home: Single Family Residential per lot: $14,933 (Date of Bylaw Adoption of Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 9987). Charge per apartment unit: Apartment Residential per unit: $8,436 (Date of Bylaw Adoption of Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 9987). Non-residential charge: Commercial $73.95/m2; Industrial $25.96/m2; Institutional $73.95/m2 (Date of Bylaw Adoption of Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 9987).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000121",
 "municipality": "Saanich",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
 "official_website": "http://www.saanich.ca",
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   "title": "Development Cost Charge Reduction Bylaw, 2020, No. 9607",
   "category": "development_charges",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Bylaws~and~Policies/DEVELOPMENTCOSTCHARGEREDUCTIONBYLAW9607.pdf",
   "summary": "Reduces DCCs for eligible not-for-profit and for-profit affordable rental housing (per the Saanich DCC page); rates not stated here.",
   "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": "9607",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2451668d892cb8336abca11e40e89e20ccd9f6a9520278256632e5d23856421f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "exemptions": "100% reduction for eligible not-for-profit rental housing; 25% for affordable rental housing; only eligible portion; reductions cannot be combined.",
    "payment_timing": "Reduction applied at building permit issuance; if eligibility lost by occupancy permit, charges payable immediately."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "exemptions": "s. 4.2(a)-(b); s. 4.3; s. 4.4",
    "payment_timing": "s. 5.1(b); s. 5.1(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/saanich/development-charges/bylaw-9607/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Cost Charges Bylaw No. 9553",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Bylaws~and~Policies/DEVELOPMENTCOSTCHARGESBYLAW9553.pdf",
   "summary": "Establishes development cost charges levied on new development in Saanich to fund capital infrastructure requirements.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "9553",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bdc822298763dd26fce2a6452825d1f216854810b2540e5c5c0f734d1a543aad.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Single Family Residential per lot: $14,933 (Date of Bylaw Adoption of Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 9987)",
    "apartment_charge": "Apartment Residential per unit: $8,436 (Date of Bylaw Adoption of Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 9987)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Commercial $73.95/m2; Industrial $25.96/m2; Institutional $73.95/m2 (Date of Bylaw Adoption of Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 9987)",
    "services_covered": "sewage, water, drainage and highway facilities, other than off-street parking facilities, and providing and improving park land",
    "exemptions": "Tax-exempt buildings; prior DCC paid unless new burdens; no new capital cost burdens; self-contained units <=29m2; work value <=$50,000; secondary/garden suite not separate for Single Family",
    "payment_timing": "Imposed on every person who obtains approval of a subdivision or obtains a building permit"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"A\", Table 6.0",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"A\", Table 6.0",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"A\", Table 6.0",
    "services_covered": "s. 4.2",
    "exemptions": "s. 3.1; s. 1.2 \"Single Family\"",
    "payment_timing": "s. 2.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/saanich/development-charges/bylaw-9553/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Saanich Bylaws index",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/local-government/bylaws.html",
   "summary": "Bylaw listing page including DCC bylaw and reduction bylaw.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-bc",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "185d332d52ec5a865e89b634a01f205850852d4c1a79d4ed0867b064ed49ea40",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T04:59:47+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/185d332d52ec5a865e89b634a01f205850852d4c1a79d4ed0867b064ed49ea40.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/saanich/short-term-rentals/saanich-bylaws-index/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/saanich/development-charges/"
}