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DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES BYLAW, 2019, NO. 9881
*CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE AND REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY*
This consolidated version is not a legal document. For official purposes please refer to
the original bylaw and amending bylaw documents.
Includes Bylaw Amendment No. 9881 and 9987
THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SAANICH
BYLAW NO. 9553
A BYLAW TO IMPOSE DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES
WHEREAS pursuant to the Local Government Act, the Council of The Corporation of the District
of Saanich may, by Bylaw, impose development cost charges;
AND WHEREAS development cost charges may be imposed for the purpose of providing funds
to assist the municipality in paying the capital costs of providing, constructing, altering, or
expanding sewage, water, drainage and highway facilities, other than off-street parking facilities,
and providing and improving park land to service directly or indirectly, the development for which
the charges are imposed;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the District of Saanich has deemed the charges imposed by this
bylaw:
a. are not excessive in relation to the capital cost of prevailing standards of service in the
municipality;
b. will not deter development in the municipality;
c. will not discourage the construction of reasonably priced housing or the provision of
reasonably priced serviced land in the municipality; and
d. will not discourage development designed to result in a low environmental impact in the
municipality;
AND WHEREAS Council has considered the charges imposed by this bylaw in relation to future
land use patterns and development, the phasing of works and services and the provision of park
land described in the Official Community Plan, and how development designed to result in a low
environmental impact may affect the capital costs of sewage, water, drainage and highway
facilities, other than off-street parking facilities, and providing and improving park land;
AND WHEREAS in the opinion of the Council, the charges imposed by this Bylaw are related to
capital costs attributable to projects included in the municipality's financial plan and long-term
capital plans, and to capital projects consistent with the Official Community Plan.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the District of Saanich, in open meeting assembled, enacts as
follows:
PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 For the purpose of this bylaw, the definitions of words and phrases that are not included in
this section shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Local Government Act or the
Community Charter, as the case may be.
1.2 In this bylaw:
"Apartment" means the residential use of a building which contains three or more dwelling units
with each dwelling unit having its principal access from an entrance or hallway common to other
dwelling units.
"Assembly" means a use providing for the gathering of people or artifacts for scientific,
educational, cultural, religious, philanthropic, charitable or recreational purposes.
"Building Permit" means any permit required by the municipality that authorizes the construction,
alteration or extension of a building or structure.
"Commercial" means a commercial development in a commercial zone used or intended to be
used for the carrying on of any business, including an occupation, employment or enterprise that
is carried out for financial gain by any person.
"Construct" includes build, erect, install, repair, alter, add, enlarge, move, locate, relocate,
reconstruct, demolish, remove, excavate or shore.
"Construction" includes building, erection, installation, repair, alteration, addition, enlargement,
moving, locating, relocating, reconstruction, demolition, removal, excavation, or shoring.
"Development" means the construction, alteration, or extension of buildings or structures for any
use authorized by the Zoning Bylaw that requires the issuance of a building permit, or the
subdivision of land, but does not include internal alterations of a building or structure where the
principal use of the building or structure, or part thereof, is not changing.
"Duplex" means a residential building on a single lot other than a strata lot that contains two
distinct dwelling units, but does not include a secondary suite or garden suite.
"Dwelling Unit" means a housekeeping unit, designed, occupied or intended for occupancy, as
separate living quarters, with cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities provided within the dwelling
unit for the exclusive use of a family maintaining a household, but does not include a room in a
hotel or a motel, and does not include a recreational vehicle.
"Garden Suite" means an additional detached dwelling unit located on a residential lot containing
one other dwelling unit.
"Gross Floor Area" means the sum of the total floor area on a lot of each storey in each building
measured to the outside face of the exterior walls; excludes the areas of canopies, sundecks,
outside stairs, concealed parking, separate and attached carports and garages.
"Industrial" means a use providing for the processing, manufacture, storage, transportation,
distribution, wholesaling, testing, servicing, repairing, wrecking, or salvaging of goods, materials
or, things; includes communication, electric, gas, sanitary service, and the selling of heavy
industrial equipment.
"Institutional" means development of a public or institutional nature in an Assembly Zone listed in
the Zoning Bylaw.
"Lot" means any lot, parcel, block, or other area in which land is held or into which it is subdivided,
but does not include a highway.
"Municipality" means the municipal corporation of the District of Saanich.
"Official Community Plan" or "OCP" means the municipality's Official Community Plan Bylaw,
2008, No. 8940, as amended or replaced from time to time.
"Quadplex" means four dwelling units on a lot at least three of which are contained within a
common building and each dwelling unit has its own principal access at ground level.
"Residential" means the use of a building or part thereof as a dwelling unit or dwelling units.
"Secondary Suite" means an additional dwelling unit located within a building of residential
occupancy containing one other dwelling unit.
"Sewer Service Area" has the meaning assigned in the municipality's Sanitary Sewer Bylaw,
2006, No. 8792, as amended or replaced from time to time.
"Structure" means any material or a combination of materials that form a construction for use,
occupancy, or ornamentation whether installed on, above, or below the surface of land or water,
but does not include concrete and asphalt paving or similar surfacing of a lot.
"Single Family" means a residential use of a building for one dwelling unit, and for purposes of
this bylaw a secondary suite or garden suite is deemed not to be a separate dwelling unit from
the principle dwelling unit.
"Subdivision" means a subdivision as defined in the Land Title Act or Strata Property Act.
"Townhouse" means three or more dwelling units on a strata lot where at least two of which are
contained within a common building and each dwelling unit has its own principal access at ground
level.
"Triplex" means three dwelling units on a lot at least two of which are contained within a common
building and each dwelling unit has its own principal access at ground level.
"Water Service Area" has the meaning assigned in the municipality's Water Utility Bylaw, 2000,
No. 8124, as amended or replaced from time to time.
"Zone" means a zone identified and defined in the Zoning Bylaw.
"Zoning Bylaw" means the municipality's Zoning Bylaw, 2003, as amended or replaced from time
to time.
1.3 If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this bylaw is, for any reason, held to be invalid
by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be deemed to be severed and the remainder of
this bylaw shall remain valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms.
PART 2 - DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES
2.1 The Development Cost Charges set out in Schedules "A", "B" and "C" attached hereto and
forming part of this bylaw, are hereby imposed on every person who:
a. obtains approval of a subdivision;
b. obtains a building permit authorizing the construction, alteration or extension of a building
or structure, including a building that will, after the construction, alteration or extension,
contain fewer than four (4) self-contained dwelling units and be put to no other use than
the residential use in those dwelling units.
PART 3 - EXEMPTIONS
3.1 Despite any other provision of this bylaw, a development cost charge is not payable if any of the
following applies in relation to a development authorized by a building permit:
a. the permit authorizes the construction, alteration or extension of a building or part of a
building that is, or will be, after the construction, alteration or extension, exempt from
taxation under section 220(1)(h) or 224(2)(f) of the Community Charter;
b. a development cost charge has previously been paid for the development unless, as a
result of further development, new capital cost burdens will be imposed on the
municipality;
c. the development does not impose new capital cost burdens on the municipality;
d. the permit authorizes the construction, alteration or extension of self-contained dwelling
units in a building, the area of each self-contained dwelling unit is no larger than 29m2,
and each dwelling unit will be put to no other use than residential use; or
e. the value of the work authorized by the permit does not exceed $50,000.
PART 4 - CALCULATION OF APPLICABLE CHARGES
4.1 The amount of development cost charges payable in relation to a particular development shall
be calculated using the applicable charges set out in the schedules to this bylaw based on
the applicable number of development units or gross floor area.
4.2 Development cost charges are applicable in the following areas:
a. Transportation, drainage, park acquisition and development cost charges are
applicable within the municipal boundary of the District of Saanich;
b. Water development cost charges are applicable within the Water Service Area;
c. Sewer development cost charges are applicable within the Sewer Service Area;
d. Cordova Bay Roads development cost charges are applicable with the boundaries as
shown in Schedule "B"; and
e. Parks Quadrant development cost charges are applicable within the boundaries as
shown in Schedule "C".
4.3 Where a type of development is not specifically identified in the schedules the amount of
development cost charges to be paid to the municipality shall be equal to the development cost
charges that are payable for the most comparable type of development.
4.4 The amount of development cost charges payable in relation to a mixed-use type of development
shall be calculated separately for each portion of the development, according to the separate use
types, which are included in the building permit application and shall be the sum of the charges
payable for each type.
PART 5 - REPEAL AND TRANSITION
5.1 Subject to section 5.2, Development Cost Charges Bylaw, 1997, No. 7692 and all amendments
thereto are hereby repealed.
5.2 Despite section 5.1, Development Cost Charges Bylaw, 1997, No. 7692 and all amendments
thereto shall apply for the purpose of imposing and collecting development cost charges in
relation to development referred to in sections 511 and 568 of the Local Government Act, and
for no other purpose.
PART 6 - TITLE
6.1 This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES BYLAW,
2019, NO. 9553."
Includes Bylaw Amendment No. 9881 and 9987
SCHEDULE "A"
ATTACHED TO DISTRICT OF SAANICH
DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES BYLAW NO. 9553, 2019
Table 1.0: DCC Rates in force at Date of Bylaw Adoption
District-wide
DCC
Collection
Basis
Transportation
Drainage
Sewer
Water
Park
Acquisition
and
Development
Municipal Assist Factor
20%
1%
1%
1%
20%
Single Family
Residential
Per Lot
$3,643
$1,173
$1,749
$1,173
$3,804
Duplex /
Triplex /
Quadplex
Residential
Per Unit
$3,024
$704
$1,399
$938
$3,043
Townhouse
Residential
Per Unit
$2,659
$704
$1,224
$821
$2,663
Apartment
Residential
Per Unit
$2,222
$340
$1,014
$680
$2,206
Commercial
Per gross
floor area in
m2
$35.70
$3.75
$8.05
$5.40
$3.42
Industrial
Per gross
floor area in
m2
$10.56
$2.58
$3.32
$2.23
$1.52
Institutional
Per gross
floor area in
m2
$35.70
$3.75
$8.05
$5.40
$3.42
Table 2.0: DCC Rates in force at Date of Bylaw Adoption Plus One Year
District-wide
DCC
Collection
Basis
Transportation
Drainage
Sewer
Water
Park
Acquisition
and
Development
Municipal Assist Factor
15%
1%
1%
1%
15%
Single Family
Residential
Per Lot
$3,897
$1,173
$1,749
$1,173
$4,055
Duplex /
Triplex /
Quadplex
Residential
Per Unit
$3,235
$704
$1,399
$938
$3,244
Townhouse
Residential
Per Unit
$2,845
$704
$1,224
$821
$2,838
Apartment
Residential
Per Unit
$2,377
$340
$1,014
$680
$2,352
Commercial
Per gross
floor area in
m2
$38.19
$3.75
$8.05
$5.40
$3.65
Industrial
Per gross
floor area in
m2
$11.30
$2.58
$3.32
$2.23
$1.62
Institutional
Per gross
floor area in
m2
$38.19
$3.75
$8.05
$5.40
$3.65
Development Cost Charges Bylaw, 2019, Amendment Bylaw, 2023, No. 9881
Table 3.0: DCC Rates in force at Date of Bylaw Adoption Plus Two Years
District-wide
DCC
Collection
Basis
Transportation
Drainage
Sewer
Water
Park
Acquisition
and
Development
Municipal Assist Factor
10%
1%
1%
1%
10%
Single Family
Residential
Per Lot
$4,152
$1,173
$1,749
$1,173
$4,306
Duplex /
Triplex /
Quadplex
Residential
Per Unit
$3,446
$704
$1,399
$938
$3,444
Townhouse
Residential
Per Unit
$3,031
$704
$1,224
$821
$3,014
Apartment
Residential
Per Unit
$2,533
$340
$1,014
$680
$2,497
Commercial
Per gross
floor area in
m2
$40.69
$3.75
$8.05
$5.40
$3.88
Industrial
Per gross
floor area in
m2
$12.04
$2.58
$3.32
$2.23
$1.72
Institutional
Per gross
floor area in
m2
$40.69
$3.75
$8.05
$5.40
$3.88
Development Cost Charges Bylaw, 2019, Amendment Bylaw, 2023, No. 9881
Table 4.0: DCC Rates in force at Date of Bylaw Adoption Plus Three Years
District-
wide DCC
Collection
Basis
Transportation
Drainage
Sewer
Water
Park
Acquisition
and
Development
Total
Municipal Assist Factor
5%
1%
1%
1%
5%
Single
Family
Residential
Per Lot
$4,713
$1,255
$1,871 $1,255
$4,873
$13,966
Duplex /
Triplex /
Quadplex
Residential
Per Unit
$3,912
$753
$1,496 $1,003
$3,899
$11,063
Townhouse
Residential
Per Unit
$3,441
$753
$1,309
$878
$3,411
$9,792
Apartment
Residential
Per Unit
$2,875
$364
$1,085
$727
$2,827
$7,878
Commercial
Per gross
floor area
in m2
$46.19
$4.01
$8.61
$5.78
$4.39
$68.97
Industrial
Per gross
floor area
in m2
$13.67
$2.76
$3.55
$2.39
$1.95
$24.31
Institutional
Per gross
floor area
in m2
$46.19
$4.01
$8.61
$5.78
$4.39
$68.97
Development Cost Charges Bylaw, 2019, No. 9553
Table 5.0: DCC Rates in force at Date of Bylaw Adoption Plus Four Years
District-
wide DCC
Collection
Basis
Transportation
Drainage
Sewer
Water
Park
Acquisition
and
Development
Total
Municipal Assist Factor
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
Single
Family
Residential
Per Lot
$4,931
$1,255
$1,871 $1,255
$5,088
$14,399
Duplex /
Triplex /
Quadplex
Residential
Per Unit
$4,092
$753
$1,496 $1,003
$4,070
$11,415
Townhouse
Residential
Per Unit
$3,599
$753
$1,309
$878
$3,562
$10,101
Apartment
Residential
Per Unit
$3,008
$364
$1,085
$727
$2,951
$8,134
Commercial
Per gross
floor area
in m2
$48.33
$4.01
$8.61
$5.78
$4.58
$71.30
Industrial
Per gross
floor area
in m2
$14.30
$2.76
$3.55
$2.39
$2.03
$25.03
Institutional
Per gross
floor area
in m2
$48.33
$4.01
$8.61
$5.78
$4.58
$71.30
Development Cost Charges Bylaw, 2019, No. 9553
Table 6.0: DCC Rates in force at Date of Bylaw Adoption of Amendment Bylaw, 2024,
NO. 9987
District-
wide DCC
Collection
Basis
Transportation
Drainage
Sewer
Water
Park
Acquisition
and
Development
Total
Municipal Assist Factor
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
Single
Family
Residential
Per Lot
$5,113
$1,301
$1,940
$1,301
$5,276
$14,933
Duplex /
Triplex /
Quadplex
Residential
Per Unit
$4,243
$781
$1,551
$1,040
$4,221
$11,836
Townhouse
Residential
Per Unit
$3,732
$781
$1,357
$910
$3,694
$10,475
Apartment
Residential
Per Unit
$3,119
$377
$1,125
$754
$3,060
$8,436
Commercial
Per gross
floor area
in m2
$50.12
$4.16
$8.93
$5.99
$4.75
$73.95
Industrial
Per gross
floor area
in m2
$14.83
$2.86
$3.68
$2.48
$2.11
$25.96
Institutional
Per gross
floor area
in m2
$50.12
$4.16
$8.93
$5.99
$4.75
$73.95
Development Cost Charges Bylaw, 2019, No. 9553
SCHEDULE "B"
ATTACHED TO DISTRICT OF SAANICH
DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES BYLAW NO. 9553, 2019
Table 1.0: DCC Rates in force at Date of Bylaw Adoption of Amendment Bylaw, 2024,
NO. 9987
Cordova Bay Roads DCC
(area-specific)
Collection
Basis
Date of
Adoptio
n (DoA)
DoA +
One
Year
DoA +
Two
Years
DoA +
Three
Years
DoA +
Four
Years
Municipal Assist Factor
20%
15%
10%
5%
1%
Single Family Residential
Per Lot
$344
$638
$932
$1,310
$1,514
Duplex / Triplex /
Quadplex Residential
Per Unit
$286
$529
$773
$1,017
$1,257
Townhouse Residential
Per Unit
$251
$466
$680
$894
$1,105
Apartment Residential
Per Unit
$210
$389
$568
$747
$924
Commercial
Per gross floor
area in m2
$3.37
$6.25
$9.13
$12.01
$14.84
Industrial
Per gross floor
area in m2
$1.00
$1.85
$2.70
$3.55
$4.39
Institutional
Per gross floor
area in m2
$3.37
$6.25
$9.13
$12.01
$14.84
Development Cost Charges Bylaw, 2019, No. 9553
SCHEDULE "C"
ATTACHED TO DISTRICT OF SAANICH
DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES BYLAW NO. 9553, 2019
Parks
Quadrant DCC
(area-specific)
Subdivision
(per lot)
Building Permit
(per dwelling
unit)
Building Permit
(per sq.m.
GFA)
Southeast
$0
$0
$0
Southwest
$0
$0
$0
Northeast
$0
$0
$0
Northwest
$0
$0
$0