{
 "answer": "In the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, development charges & levies rules are set by Area Specific Development Cost Levy By-law No. 9418 (consolidated to July 22, 2025) and 2 other bylaws, verified 2026-10-26. Non-residential charge: General floor area: False Creek Flats $80.31/m²; South East False Creek $248.30/m²; industrial: $39.66/m² (South East False Creek). Exemptions: For-profit affordable rental housing waiver/reduction (class A 100%, class B 86.24%); $0 levies for specified uses; no levy for micro dwellings ≤29.7 m². Services covered: Highway facilities; park land; day care facilities; replacement housing; sewage, water, drainage facilities.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000148",
 "municipality": "Vancouver",
 "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://vancouver.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Area Specific Development Cost Levy By-law No. 9418 (consolidated to July 22, 2025)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2007-02-01",
   "document_url": "https://bylaws.vancouver.ca/9418c.PDF",
   "summary": "Layered area-specific DCLs for designated districts, on top of the city-wide and Utilities DCLs.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-bc",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "79f70e1a294b5712e6cddb4a696aab95d3e228f9d229bb41589f41d328243754",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_source": "https://web.archive.org/web/2026id_/https://bylaws.vancouver.ca/9418c.PDF",
   "document_number": "9418",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/79f70e1a294b5712e6cddb4a696aab95d3e228f9d229bb41589f41d328243754.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "non_residential_charge": "General floor area: False Creek Flats $80.31/m²; South East False Creek $248.30/m²; industrial: $39.66/m² (South East False Creek)",
    "services_covered": "Highway facilities; park land; day care facilities; replacement housing; sewage, water, drainage facilities.",
    "exemptions": "For-profit affordable rental housing waiver/reduction (class A 100%, class B 86.24%); $0 levies for specified uses; no levy for micro dwellings ≤29.7 m².",
    "payment_timing": "Levy payable prior to issuance of first building permit if staged; if total >$500,000, payer may elect installments: 1/3 at full construction permit, 1/3 within 1 year, remainder within 2 years; no levy may remain at occupancy."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "non_residential_charge": "ss. 3.7, 3.10, 3.10(a)",
    "services_covered": "ss. 2.3–2.12",
    "exemptions": "ss. 3.1A, 3.1C, 3.2–3.11, 3.17",
    "payment_timing": "ss. 3.15, 3.20–3.23"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/vancouver/development-charges/bylaw-9418/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Vancouver Development Cost Levy By-law No. 9755 (consolidated to July 22, 2025)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2008-11-25",
   "document_url": "https://bylaws.vancouver.ca/9755c.PDF",
   "summary": "City-wide DCL, effective Sept 30, 2025: $62.35/m2 residential at or below 1.2 FSR and laneway house; $134.17/m2 above 1.2 to 1.5 FSR; $268.61/m2 above 1.5 FSR; commercial $268.61/m2; industrial $107.44/m2. Waivers for for-profit affordable rental.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-bc",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "65f523e70cf352a28ac09a60b2e4c314c6be830c5b7d32f7583fecd649827cee",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_source": "https://web.archive.org/web/2026id_/https://bylaws.vancouver.ca/9755c.PDF",
   "document_number": "9755",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/65f523e70cf352a28ac09a60b2e4c314c6be830c5b7d32f7583fecd649827cee.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "non_residential_charge": "$107.44 per m² (Industrial I-2, M-1, M-1A, M-1B, M-2, MC-1, MC-2); $201.33 per m² (Mixed Employment Light Industrial IC-1, IC-2, IC-3, I-1, I-3, I-4, I-1A, I-1B); $268.61 (Commercial & Other) (effective September 30, 2025)",
    "services_covered": "highway facilities, replacement housing, childcare, and providing and improving parkland",
    "exemptions": "For-profit affordable rental housing waiver/reduction (Class B 86.24%); no levy for micro dwellings no more than 29.7 m²; alteration/extension levy only on additional floor area",
    "payment_timing": "Payable on entitlement to delivery of building permit; if staged, prior to first building permit; if total > $500,000, elect installments: 1/3 at full construction stage permit, 1/3 within 1 year, remainder within 2 years; no levy may remain payable at occupancy"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "services_covered": "s. 2.2",
    "exemptions": "ss. 3.1A, 3.4, 3.8; Schedule \"C\"",
    "payment_timing": "ss. 3.1, 3.6, 3.12–3.15"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/vancouver/development-charges/bylaw-9755/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Vancouver Utilities Development Cost Levy By-law No. 12183 (consolidated to July 22, 2025)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-07-24",
   "document_url": "https://bylaws.vancouver.ca/12183c.PDF",
   "summary": "Utilities DCL for water, sewer and drainage in Utilities DCL districts, charged in addition to the city-wide DCL.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-bc",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "bf9681bf281bb988bfcc04fd9cfa3152b7961887ee9231e781ef7661666f3c3d",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_source": "https://web.archive.org/web/2026id_/https://bylaws.vancouver.ca/12183c.PDF",
   "document_number": "12183",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bf9681bf281bb988bfcc04fd9cfa3152b7961887ee9231e781ef7661666f3c3d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "non_residential_charge": "Industrial (I-2, M-1, M-1A, M-1B, M-2, MC-1, MC-2 Zoning Districts) $33.64 per m2; Mixed Employment (Light Industrial) (IC-1, IC-2, IC-3, I-1, I-3, I-4, I-1A, I-1B Zoning Districts) $63.09 per m2; Commercial & Other $84.16 per m2; School use $5.49 per m2 (effective September 30, 2025)",
    "services_covered": "sewage, water, drainage facilities",
    "exemptions": "No levy for micro dwelling units no more than 29.7 m2; alteration/extension levy applies only to additional floor area.",
    "payment_timing": "Payable on entitlement to building permit; if permit issued in stages, prior to first building permit; if total levies exceed $500,000, payer may elect installments: 1/3 at full construction stage permit, 1/3 within one year, remainder within 2 years; no levy may remain payable at occupancy."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "services_covered": "s. 2.2",
    "exemptions": "s. 3.9; s. 3.5",
    "payment_timing": "s. 3.1; s. 3.7; s. 3.13; s. 3.14; s. 3.16"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/vancouver/development-charges/bylaw-12183/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/vancouver/development-charges/"
}