Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 2280, 2018 — full text

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## CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE BYLAW NO. 2280 ## A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE TO IMPOSE DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 559 of the Local Government Act the Council may, by Bylaw, impose development cost charges; AND WHEREAS development cost charges may be imposed for the purpose of providing funds to assist the City in paying the capital cost of providing, constructing, altering or expanding sewage, water drainage and highway facilities, other than off-street parking facilities, in order to service, directly or indirectly, the development in respect of which the charge is imposed; AND WHEREAS the Council has, in fixing the development cost charges in this Bylaw, considered future land use patterns and development, the phasing of works and services, and how development designed to result in a low environmental impact may affect the capital costs of infrastructure, and has determined that the charges: - i) are not excessive in relation to the capital cost of prevailing standards of services in the City; 2. iii) will not discourage the construction of reasonably-priced housing or the provision of reasonablypriced serviced land in the City; 3. ii) will not deter development in the City; and NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Williams Lake, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: ## SHORT TITLE 1. This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "City of Williams Lake Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 2280, 2018." ## DEFINITIONS ## 2. In this Bylaw: building means any structure or portion thereof used or intended to be used for the purpose of supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy, said structure to have at least four walls and a roof supporting structure constructed with wood, concrete, steel or similar material; built floor space means the total of the gross horizontal area of all floors of a building as measured from the outermost perimeter of the building For the purpose of a multi-family dwelling or commercial, industrial or institutional building, built floor space excludes: - (a) any portion of a floor used for parking purposes, unless such parking is a principal use; - (b) any portion of a floor used for common laundry purposes, unless such laundry is a principal use; - (c) any portion of a basement or cellar containing heating or other utilities which service the building; - (d) uncovered swimming pools and open sun decks. dwelling unit means one (1) self-contained unit designed for year-round occupancy by one (1) family, and the principal use of such dwelling unit is residential, with complete living facilities for one (1) or more lot means any block, parcel or other area in which land is held or into which it is subdivided, but does not include a highway; multiple family dwelling means a residential building consisting of two (2) or more dwelling units, residential use means a use providing for the accommodation and home life of a person or persons and includes horticulture and the keeping of animals as household pets when such animals are normally kept within the dwelling unit and when such activities are not performed for financial gain or favour; single family dwelling means a detached residential building consisting of one (1) dwelling unit, which may include a secondary suite use as defined by the City of Williams Lake Zoning Bylaw. ## DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES PAYABLE 3. Every person who obtains: 2. approval of a subdivision, as defined in the Land Title Act or the Strata Property Act, for single family residential use; or 3. 3.2 a building permit authorizing the construction, alteration or extension of a building or structure; 4. 3.3 a building permit authorizing the construction, alteration of extension of a building or structure which contains fewer than four (4) self-contained dwelling units put to no use other than residential; shall pay to the City at the time of approval of the subdivision or the issue of the building permit, as the case may be, the applicable development cost charges set out in Schedule A attached to and forming part of this Bylaw. Where a development comprises more than one use, development cost charges must be calculated separately for each residential, commercial, industrial and / or institutional use that is part of that development, and the developer must pay the sum total of the development cost charges calculated for each separate use. ## DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES EXEMPT 4. No development cost charge is payable where: 2. 4.1 the development does not impose new capital cost burdens on the City; 3. a development cost charge has previously been paid for the same development unless, as a result of further development, new capital cost burdens will be imposed on the City; 4. 4.3 the building permit authorizes the construction, alteration or extension to a building or part of a building that is, or will be exempt from taxation under Section 220(1)(h) or 224(2)(f) of the Community Charter, ( - 4.4 the building permit authorizes the construction, alteration or extension of self-contained dwelling units where each unit is no larger in area than 29 square metres and each unit is to be put to no use other than the residential use in those dwelling units; or - 4.5 the value of the work authorized by the building permit does not exceed $50,000 or other such amount as may be prescribed under the Local Government Act. ## REPEAL 5. That City of Williams Lake Development Cost Charge Bylaw No. 1529, 1995 is hereby repealed. | READ A FIRST TIME THIS | 10th | DAY OF | | April, 2018. | |-------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|-------|----------------| | READ A SECOND TIME THIS | 24th | DAY OF | April | , 2018. | | READ A THIRD TIME THIS | 24th | DAY OF | April | , 2018. | | APPROVED BY THE INSPECTOR OF MUNICIPALITIES THIS 15th | | DAY OF | June | , 2018. | | RECONSIDERED AND ADOPTED THIS | 10th | DAY OF | July | |  , 2018.  MAYO Chauchard CORPORATE OFFICER ## SCHEDULE A ## DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGE BYLAW NO. 2280, 2018 | Total Development Cost Charge per lot | per dwelling unit | per mr of total built floor space | per m2 of total built floor space | per m? of total built floor space | |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| | $2,183 | $1,724 | $13.36 | $7.01 | $16.56 | | Water $1,528 | $1,283 | $5.50 | $3.06 | $6.72 | | $100 | $84 | $0.52 | $0.28 | $0.44 | | $27 | $15 | $0.09 | $0.04 | $0.08 | | Transportation Drainage Sanitary $528 | $342 | $7.25 | $3.63 | $9.32 | | Single Family Dwelling | Multiple Family Dwelling | Commercial | Industrial | Institutional | sauchanel CITY OF MILAN LAKE, DO HERE CERTY THIS TO BE SCHEDULE "A" TO BYLAW NO. 2280. CINDY BOUCHARD, CORPORATE OFFICER