{
 "answer": "In the City of Victoria, British Columbia, development charges & levies rules are set by Amenity Cost Charges Bylaw 2025 No. 25-048 and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-25. Charge per single-detached home: Amenity Cost Charge $3,366.47 per lot / dwelling unit, low density residential (Bylaw 25-048); separate from DCCs. Charge per apartment unit: Amenity Cost Charge: medium density $2,290.80; high density $1,394.40 per dwelling unit (Bylaw 25-048). Non-residential charge: Amenity Cost Charge: commercial and institutional $2.19/m²; industrial $0.90/m² of floor area (Bylaw 25-048).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000151",
 "municipality": "Victoria",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
 "official_website": "https://www.victoria.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Amenity Cost Charges Bylaw 2025 No. 25-048",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-10-02",
   "document_url": "https://www.victoria.ca/media/4264",
   "summary": "Amenity cost charges for community amenities. Low density residential $3,366.47 per lot/dwelling unit; medium density $2,290.80 per unit; high density $1,394.40 per unit.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-bc",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "25-048",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/47c26c2e4aabe7fa07f0289b9a10ab1698caae96bc22c638557f7bd119a5c459.pdf",
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   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Amenity Cost Charge $3,366.47 per lot / dwelling unit, low density residential (Bylaw 25-048); separate from DCCs",
    "apartment_charge": "Amenity Cost Charge: medium density $2,290.80; high density $1,394.40 per dwelling unit (Bylaw 25-048)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Amenity Cost Charge: commercial and institutional $2.19/m²; industrial $0.90/m² of floor area (Bylaw 25-048)",
    "services_covered": "Community amenity space and street parks/plazas for recreational, civic, social, educational, and cultural uses",
    "payment_timing": "At time of subdivision approval or building permit issuance"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule A, \"Low Density Residential\"",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule A, \"Medium Density Residential\" and \"High Density Residential\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule A, \"Commercial\", \"Industrial\", \"Institutional\"",
    "services_covered": "Schedule B, \"Community Amenity Space\" and \"Street 'Parks' and Plazas\"",
    "payment_timing": "s. 3, \"shall be paid at the time of approval of a subdivision or issuance of a building permit\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/victoria/development-charges/bylaw-25-048/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Cost Charges Bylaw",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.victoria.ca/media/573",
   "summary": "Establishes development cost charges for new development in Victoria to fund infrastructure expansion.",
   "capture_sha256": "1b9706c4ba5e44c455d1c41463b96f496cec8b68712e2008263e99207c1ccd4d",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-12T02:48:21+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1b9706c4ba5e44c455d1c41463b96f496cec8b68712e2008263e99207c1ccd4d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$24,582.06 per lot / per dwelling unit (low density residential)",
    "apartment_charge": "High density residential: $10,207.18 per dwelling unit; medium density residential: $14,529.66 per dwelling unit",
    "non_residential_charge": "Commercial: $91.03 per square metre of total floor area; Industrial: $30.70 per square metre of total floor area; Institutional: $91.03 per square metre of total floor area",
    "services_covered": "Transportation, water, drainage, sewer, and parks capital costs for servicing development",
    "payment_timing": "Upon approval of a subdivision or issuance of a building permit"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule A, \"Low density residential\"",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule A, \"High density residential\" and \"Medium density residential\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule A, \"Commercial\", \"Industrial\", \"Institutional\"",
    "services_covered": "s. 1 preamble (a): \"sanitary sewer, water, drainage and roads facilities, and providing and improving park land\"",
    "payment_timing": "s. 3: \"development cost charge shall be paid upon approval of a subdivision or issuance of a building permit\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/victoria/development-charges/development-cost-charges-bylaw/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/victoria/development-charges/"
}