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## THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WHITE ROCK
## BYLAW 2581
A bylaw for the levying of rates on land and improvements and to provide for the payment of taxes and user fees for the year 2026
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The Council of the City of White Rock, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
## 1. Definitions
"Collector" means the municipal officer assigned responsibility as collector of taxes for the municipality.
2. The following rates are hereby imposed and levied for the year 2026:
2. 2.1. For all lawful general purposes of the municipality, on the applicable assessed value of land and improvements taxable for that purpose, the rates appearing in Column A of Schedule 1 attached hereto and forming a part hereof.
3. 2.2. For the purposes of the Fraser Valley Regional Library, on the applicable assessed value of land and improvements taxable for that purpose, the rates appearing in Column B of Schedule 1 attached hereto and forming a part hereof.
4. 2.3. For the purposes of the Metro Vancouver Regional District, on the applicable assessed value of land and improvements taxable for that purpose, the rates appearing in Column C of Schedule 1 attached hereto and forming a part hereof.
5. 2.4. For the purposes of the White Rock Business Improvement Association, on the applicable assessed value of land and improvements taxable for that purpose, the rates appearing in Column D of Schedule 1 attached hereto and forming a part hereof.
3. Property taxes and other fees and charges levied on the property tax notice are due and payable on July 2, 2026. On July 3, 2026, the City Collector shall add to the current year unpaid taxes and other fees and charges levied on the property tax notice, for each parcel and its improvements on the property tax roll, 5% of the amount that remains unpaid after July 2, 2026. On August 18, 2026, the City Collector shall add to the current year unpaid taxes and other fees and charges levied on the property tax notice, for each parcel and its improvements on the property tax roll, an additional 5% of the amount that remains unpaid after August 17, 2026.
4. An owner of residential classification property who is eligible for the provincial home owners grant shall have a period of time between July 2, 2026 and August 17, 2026 to apply for the grant, thus deferring the initial 5% penalty applied to the grant.
5. The municipal tax collection scheme set out in Section 3 and Section 4 above shall apply unless a property owner makes an election under Section 236 of the Community Charter for the general tax collection scheme under Section 234 of the Community Charter to apply. Elections can be made, on or before July 2, 2026, in writing to the Director of Financial Services or by email at [email protected].
6. This Bylaw may be cited as the "White Rock Annual Rates Bylaw, 2026, No.2581".
| RECEIVED FIRST READING on the | | 27th day of April, 2026 |
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| RECEIVED SECOND READING on the | 27th day of | April, 2026 |
| RECEIVED THIRD READING on the | 27th day of | April, 2026 |
| ADOPTED on the | 11th day of | May, 2026 |
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MEGAN KNIGHT, MAYOR
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TRACEY ARTHUR, DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION
## Schedule "A"
Tax Rates (Dollars of tax per $1,000 Taxable Value)
| Property Class | A Municipal General Purposes | Fraser Valley Regional Library Purposes | Metro Vancouver Regional District Purposes | D Business Improvement Area |
|------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 01 Residential | 2.63757 | 0.09249 | 0.05719 | N/A |
| 02 Utilities | 14.05208 | 0.49276 | 0.20017 | N/A |
| 05 Light Industry | 4.09434 | 0.14357 | 0.19445 | 0.61966 |
| 06 Business/Other | 3.88032 | 0.13607 | 0.14012 | 0.61966 |
| 08 Seasonal/Recreation | 2.25744 | 0.07916 | 0.05719 | N/A |