{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Sooke, British Columbia, development charges & levies rules are set by Development Cost Charges (current DCC rates page) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-26. Charge per single-detached home: $20,568.21 per lot (Low Density Residential). Charge per apartment unit: $6,571.36 per unit (High Density Residential). Non-residential charge: Commercial: $101.73/m² GFA; Industrial: $68.48/m² GFA; Institutional: $101.28/m² GFA.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000131",
 "municipality": "Sooke",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://sooke.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Cost Charges (current DCC rates page)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.sooke.ca/programs-services/development-cost-charges/",
   "summary": "rates page: DCC rates under Bylaw 909 (2024 minor update): $20,568.21 per low-density lot; $11,224.99 per medium-density unit; $6,571.36 per high-density unit; commercial $101.73/m2. Covers waivers, credits, who pays and when.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-bc",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "1006c3c3b1f64cd99a1d378c67df6fc4ce36f31da3fa203ffadc2afec039b0f4",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1006c3c3b1f64cd99a1d378c67df6fc4ce36f31da3fa203ffadc2afec039b0f4.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$20,568.21 per lot (Low Density Residential)",
    "apartment_charge": "$6,571.36 per unit (High Density Residential)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Commercial: $101.73/m² GFA; Industrial: $68.48/m² GFA; Institutional: $101.28/m² GFA",
    "services_covered": "Transportation, drainage, sanitary sewer, parkland acquisition and improvements, and water infrastructure (collected on behalf of the Capital Regional District).",
    "exemptions": "Town Centre Revitalization Area: 30% reduction for residential ≥50 units/ha; additional 30% for Green Projects; 100% waiver for eligible not-for-profit rental or affordable housing subject to housing agreement.",
    "payment_timing": "At subdivision approval or building permit application (multi-family; commercial/industrial/institutional; or single family on lot created prior to July 11, 2005)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Current DCC Rates table",
    "apartment_charge": "Current DCC Rates table",
    "non_residential_charge": "Current DCC Rates table",
    "services_covered": "What Do DCCs Pay For?",
    "exemptions": "DCC Waivers and Reductions",
    "payment_timing": "Who Pays DCCs and When?"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/sooke/development-charges/development-cost-charges/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Cost Charges Bylaw No. 775, 2021 (consolidated with Amending Bylaw No. 909 (775-01), 2024)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-06-13",
   "document_url": "https://www.sooke.ca/media/jh5drxgo/development-cost-charge-dcc-bylaw-no-775-2021.pdf",
   "summary": "Imposes DCCs for transportation, drainage, sewer and parks. Rates per Bylaw 909: low density residential $20,568.21 per lot; medium density $11,224.99 per unit; high density $6,571.36 per unit; commercial $101.73/m2 GFA. Consolidated June 3, 2025.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-bc",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "6ffb15017ceb73345242c81afe16e8fc076c43300f919afbffb566925e81148a",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "775",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6ffb15017ceb73345242c81afe16e8fc076c43300f919afbffb566925e81148a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$20,568.21 per lot",
    "apartment_charge": "$6,571.36 per unit",
    "non_residential_charge": "Commercial $101.73/m² GFA; Industrial $68.48/m² GFA; Institutional $101.28/m² GFA",
    "services_covered": "sanitary sewer, drainage and roads facilities, and providing and improving park land",
    "exemptions": "s. 7: tax-exempt buildings; units ≤29m²; work ≤$50,000; previously paid unless new capital cost burdens",
    "payment_timing": "Prior to approval of a subdivision or issuance of a building permit, as the case may be"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"A\"; s. 4 (Low Density Residential)",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"A\"; s. 4 (High Density Multi-Family)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "services_covered": "sanitary sewer, drainage and roads facilities, and providing and improving park land",
    "exemptions": "s. 7(1)-(4)",
    "payment_timing": "s. 5(4)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/sooke/development-charges/bylaw-775/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/sooke/development-charges/"
}