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DISTRICT OF TOFINO
BYLAW NO. 1124, 2010
A Bylaw to Impose Development Cost Charges
WHEREAS a Municipality may impose Development Cost Charges for the purpose of providing
funds to assist the municipality in paying the capital cost of providing, constructing, altering, or
expanding sewage, water, drainage, and highway facilities, and providing and improving
parkland and recreation facilities, in order to serve directly or indirectly, the development in
respect of which the charges are imposed;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the District of Tofino deems it appropriate to impose
Development Cost Charges for these purposes;
AND WHEREAS in the opinion of the Council of the District of Tofino 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 within the municipality;
d. Will not discourage development designed to result in low environmental impact;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the District of Tofino has considered the charges imposed by
this bylaw as related to future land use patterns and development the phasing of works and
services, the provision of park land described in the Official Community Plan, and how
development designed to result in low environmental impact may affect the capital costs of the
infrastructure for which Development Cost Charges may be imposed;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the District of Tofino, in the Province of British Columbia, in
open meeting assembled ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
Title
1. This bylaw may be cited as "District of Tofino Development Cost Charge Bylaw No.
1124, 2010".
Definitions
2. In this bylaw:
Affordable Housing means housing owned and administered by a non-profit entity or
subject to the terms of a Housing Agreement with the District of Tofino, that is affordable
to households with incomes which are 80% or less than the average household income
in the District of Tofino as reported by Statistics Canada and as defined by CMHC.
Building Inspector means the person or persons appointed from time to time by the
District as Building Inspector and includes chief, deputy and assistant Building
Inspectors.
Building Permit means a permit issued for construction, alteration or extension of a
building or structure required pursuant to the District of Tofino Building Bylaw.
Commercial Tourist Accommodation means a tourist accommodation use carried out
for financial gain including, but not limited to, campgrounds and recreational vehicle
parks, Guesthouses, Hostels, Hotels, Inns, Motels, Resorts, and Resort Condominiums.
Multi-family residential means a building that contains more than two dwelling units as
per section 933 (4.1) (a) of the Local Government Act.
Onsite Employee Rental Housing means housing that is located on the same parcel of
land as commercial tourist accommodation and that has been designated as housing for
employees of a commercial tourist accommodation provider by means of a covenant
under Section 219 of the Land Title Act in favour of the District of Tofino as per section
933.1 (1) b). of the Local Government Act.
Short Term Vacation Rental means the use of a dwelling unit for the accommodation of
tourists during the absence of the residential occupant of the dwelling unit, where such
use is permitted by the applicable zoning regulations.
Imposition of Development Cost Charges
3. Every person who obtains approval of a subdivision of a parcel or a building permit must
at the time of obtaining the approval, pay development cost charges in accordance with
this Bylaw including Schedule A attached to and forming part of this Bylaw.
4. Inthe event that a structure will have mixed uses, Development Cost Charges will be
charged on each portion of the structure according to its use as if it was a separate
structure.
5. Where a type of development is not identified in this Bylaw and Schedule A the
development cost charges for the most comparable type of development are to be used
to determine the amount payable.
Amount of Development Cost Charges
6. Subdivision of a parcel zoned for Detached Single and Two Family Dwelling Units shall
incur a Development Cost Charge based on the Detached Single and Two Family
Dwelling Unit Charge as indicated in Schedule A and multiplied by the number of parcels
created by the subdivision.
7. A building permit that authorizes the construction, extension, or alteration of a multi-
family residential building shall incur a Development Cost Charge based on the Multi-
family Charge as indicated in Schedule A, and for that purpose the floor area of the
building shall be the sum of the floor areas in square metres of all of the dwelling units in
the building, measured to the interior surfaces of the exterior walls of the dwelling units.
8. A building permit that authorizes the construction, extension, or alteration of commercial
tourist accommodation shall incur a Development Cost Charge based on the
Commercial Tourist Accommodation Charge as indicated in Schedule A, and for that
purpose a camping or recreational vehicle parking space in a campground or recreation
vehicle park, an accommodation unit in a hotel, motel or resort, a bedroom in a
guesthouse or hostel, and a dwelling unit used for short term vacation rentals shall be
deemed to be a commercial tourist accommodation unit.
9. A building permit that authorizes the construction, extension, or alteration of commercial
floor area shall incur a Development Cost Charge based on the Commercial Charge as
indicated in Schedule A, and for that purpose the floor area of the building shall be the
total of the floor areas of all floors of the building measured to the exterior surface of the
exterior walls.
10. A building permit that authorizes the construction, extension, or alteration of institutional
floor area shall incur a Development Cost Charge based on the Institutional Charge as
indicated in Schedule A, and for that purpose the floor area of the building shall be the
total of the floor areas of all floors of the building measured to the exterior surface of the
exterior walls.
11. A building permit that authorizes the construction, extension, or alteration of industrial
floor area shall incur a Development Cost Charge based on the Industrial Charge as
indicated in Schedule A, and for that purpose the floor area of the building including any
building or portion of a building used for permitted residential purposes shall be the total
of the floor areas of all floors of the building measured to the exterior surface of the
exterior walls and loading spaces shall be deemed to be floor area.
12. A building permit that authorizes the construction, extension, or alteration of public utility
floor area shall incur a Development Cost Charge based on the Public Utilities Charge
as indicated in Schedule A, and for that purpose the floor area of the building shall be
the total of the floor areas of all floors of the building measured to the exterior surface of
the exterior walls.
13. If a building permit authorizes an extension to or alteration of a commercial, institutional,
industrial or public utility building, the floor area in respect of which development cost
charges are imposed is the incremental floor area resulting from the addition or
alteration and in the case of an industrial building includes any incremental area used for
loading spaces.
14. If a building permit authorizes an extension to or alteration of commercial tourist
accommodation, the number of units in respect of which development cost charges are
imposed is the incremental number of units resulting from the addition or alteration.
15. If a building permit authorizes an extension to or alteration of a multi-family residential
building, the floor area in respect of which development cost charges are imposed is the
incremental floor area resulting from the addition or alteration.
Reduction of Development Cost Charges
16. Residential subdivision or a building permit that authorizes the construction, extension,
or alteration of affordable housing shall incur a Development Cost Charge equal to 50%
of the applicable rate as indicated in Schedule A.
17. A building permit that authorizes the construction, extension, or alteration of onsite
employee rental housing shall incur a Development Cost Charge equal to 50% of the
Multi-family Charge as indicated in Schedule A as per section 933.1 (1) b) of the Local
Government Act.
18. Subdivision of a parcel of land located within the Village Containment Boundary shown
on Schedule B shall incur a Development Cost Charge equal to 85% of the Detached
Single and Two Family Dwelling Unit Charge in the case of each parcel being created
that has an area of less than 500 m' as permitted by Local Government Act 933.1 (1)(c).
19. A building permit that authorizes the construction, extension, or alteration of a multi-
family residential building which ;
a. Is indicated on the building permit application to be designed to an EnerGuide 80
rating (R-2000) standard; and
b. is indicated on the building permit application to contain a cistern or other
rainwater containment facility usable for irrigation and other non-potable water
uses and having a capacity of 190 litres per dwelling unit, or to be equipped with
one rain barrel per dwelling unit;
shall incur a Development Cost Charge equal to 90% of the Multi-family Charge as
indicated in Schedule A.
20. A building permit that authorizes the construction, extension, or alteration of a multi-
family residential building providing affordable housing which ;
c. Is indicated on the building permit application to be designed to an EnerGuide 80
rating (R-2000) standard; and
d. is indicated on the building permit application to contain a cistern or other
rainwater containment facility usable for irrigation and other non-potable water
uses and having a capacity of 190 litres per dwelling unit, or to be equipped with
one rain barrel per dwelling unit;
shall incur a Development Cost Charge equal to 45% of the Multi-family Charge as
indicated in Schedule A.
21. In the event that a building described in section 18 or 19 is not constructed in
accordance with the building permit application in relation to EnerGuide rating or
rainwater collection facilities, an additional 10% of the Multi-family Charge shall be paid
prior to issuance of the occupancy permit for the building.
Repeals
22. The following bylaw is hereby repealed:
District of Tofino Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 1067, 2008
Implementation
23. This Bylaw shall come into full force and effect thirty days following adoption.
Severability
24. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this bylaw is for any reason
held to be invalid by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the invalid
portion shall be severed and the decision that it is invalid shall not affect the validity of
the remainder.
READ a first time this 8" day of June, 2010
READ a second time this 8" day of June, 2010
RESCIND second reading this 14'" day of September, 2010
READ a second time as amended this 14" day of September, 2010
READ a third time this 12" day of October, 2010
RESCIND third reading this 23 day of November, 2010
READ a third time as amended this 23 day of November, 2010
Approved by the Inspector of Municipalities this 29" day of December, 2010
ADOPTED by Council the 11" day of January, 2011
SIGNED by Mayor and CAO this iB) day of September, 2016
Josie to Mayor Bob MacPherson, CAO
| hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct copy of "District of Tofino Development
Cost Charge Bylaw No. 1124, 2010", as adopted by Council the 11" day of January, 2011.
Bob MacPherson, CAO
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Schedule A
Attached to and forming part of the
District of Tofino Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 1124, 2010
Detached Single and Two Family $18,248.00
Dwelling Unit Charge
e Per parcel. Water Supply/ Dist. $9,640.00
Sanitary Sewers $4,765.00
Roads $1,175.00
Storm Drainage $1,708.00
Parks $960.00
Multi-family Residential Po $92.73 /m
e Per m* of floor area. Water Supply/ Dist. $48.99
Sanitary Sewers $24.22
Roads $5.97
Storm Drainage $8.68
Parks $4.87
Commercial Tourist Accommodation po $8,511.00
e Per unit. Water Supply/ Dist. $4,813.00
Sanitary Sewers $2,379.00
Roads $646.00
Storm Drainage $192.00
Parks $481.00
| $71.50 / m
e Per m' of floor area. Water Supply/ Dist. $30.85
Sanitary Sewers $15.25
Roads $16.90
Storm Drainage $8.50
Parks $0.00
'Institutional $71.50 /m
e Perm of floor area. Water Supply/ Dist. $30.85
Sanitary Sewers $15.25
Roads $16.90
Storm Drainage $8.50
Parks $0.00
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e Perm' of floor area. Water Supply/ Dist. $21.93
Sanitary Sewers $10.84
Roads $0.23
Storm Drainage $2.90
Parks $0.00
Public Utilities Po $35.90/ m
e Per m'of floor area. Water Supply/ Dist. $21.93
Sanitary Sewers $10.84
Roads $0.23
Storm Drainage $2.90
Parks $0.00
Schedule B
Attached to and forming part of the
District of Tofino Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 1124, 2010
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