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 "answer": "In the Town of Ajax, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by Ajax Development Charge By-law 13-2025 (as amended by 63-2025) and 2 other bylaws, verified 2026-10-28. Charge per single-detached home: $43,697 per unit (effective March 1, 2025). Charge per apartment unit: Apartments - 2 Bedrooms +: $23,774 per unit; Apartments - Bachelor and 1 Bedroom: $14,921 per unit (effective March 1, 2025). Non-residential charge: $11.35 per sq.ft. of gross floor area (effective March 1, 2025).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001395",
 "municipality": "Ajax",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.ajax.ca/",
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   "title": "Ajax Development Charge By-law 13-2025 (as amended by 63-2025)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-02-18",
   "document_url": "https://ajax.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/By-law-13-2025-2024-Development-Charges-Background-Study-and-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Town DC by-law 13-2025 (in force March 1, 2025; amended by 63-2025). Schedule B base: $43,697 single/semi; $35,642 other multiples; $23,774 apartment 2+ bed; $14,921 apartment under 2 bed; $11.35 per ft2 non-residential. Indexed each January 1 and April 1.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
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   "document_number": "13-2025",
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   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$43,697 per unit (effective March 1, 2025)",
    "apartment_charge": "Apartments - 2 Bedrooms +: $23,774 per unit; Apartments - Bachelor and 1 Bedroom: $14,921 per unit (effective March 1, 2025)",
    "non_residential_charge": "$11.35 per sq.ft. of gross floor area (effective March 1, 2025)",
    "services_covered": "Growth-related studies; fire protection; highway services; parks and recreation; library; Provincial Offences Act/by-law enforcement",
    "exemptions": "Non-profit/affordable/attainable housing; farm buildings; Town/Region/education board lands; temporary buildings; additional residential units; industrial enlargement ≤50%; rental housing bedroom reductions",
    "payment_timing": "Payable in full when first building permit is issued; agreement may defer; rental housing and institutional developments payable in 6 annual installments commencing at occupancy",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually commencing July 1, 2025, then April 1 each year while in force, per Statistics Canada Quarterly Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"B\"; s. 16(1)",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"B\"; s. 16(1)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"B\"; s. 16(1)",
    "services_covered": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "exemptions": "s. 3(2)-(6); s. 9(9)",
    "payment_timing": "s. 9(1)-(5)",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 13(1)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/ajax/development-charges/bylaw-13-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges & Fees (Town web page)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://ajax.ca/build-invest/for-developers-builders/development-charges-fees/",
   "summary": "rates page: Town page hosting DC by-laws, studies, rate tables and July 2026 summary.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "478eb2791a8a1380012a4d56cbc7629bc8c494d1e8f829f2bef414d93370c4cf",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/478eb2791a8a1380012a4d56cbc7629bc8c494d1e8f829f2bef414d93370c4cf.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$45,279 per unit (Town of Ajax, as of July 1, 2026); $129,041 total incl. Region of Durham/GO Transit and education",
    "apartment_charge": "2+ bed $24,635; <2 bed $15,461 per unit (Town of Ajax, July 1, 2026); totals $76,490 / $50,220 incl. Durham Region and education",
    "non_residential_charge": "$11.76 per sq ft GFA (Town of Ajax, July 1, 2026); all-in $54.01 commercial, $32.16 industrial, $35.26 institutional incl. Durham Region and education",
    "services_covered": "Transportation, Parks and Recreation, Library Services, By-Law Enforcement Services, Fire Services; additional vehicles/equipment and growth-related administrative studies.",
    "payment_timing": "Commercial/industrial: first building permit; institutional/rental housing: 6 equal annual instalments from first occupancy; Board of Education: building permit; other residential: earlier of occupancy permit or first occupation."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "As of July 1, 2026",
    "apartment_charge": "As of July 1, 2026",
    "non_residential_charge": "As of July 1, 2026",
    "services_covered": "Transportation, Parks and Recreation, Library Services, By-Law Enforcement Services and Fire Services",
    "payment_timing": "When Are Development Charges Collected?"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/ajax/development-charges/development-charges-fees/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Summary of Development Charges, July 1, 2026",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://ajax.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FIN-002-DC-summary-July-1-2026.pdf",
   "summary": "rates page: as of July 1, 2026 Town of Ajax $45,279 single/semi-detached; $36,932 other multiples; $24,635 apartment 2+ bed; $15,461 apartment under 2 bed; $11.76/ft2 commercial; Region of Durham adds $76,227 per single (total $129,041 incl. school board).",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8eea29d65643a372c6fe204cb71cfd7a31647c819c4cf0fc2fa0e85dbfe58a2e.pdf",
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   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$45,279 per unit (Town of Ajax, July 1, 2026); $129,041 total incl. Region of Durham (incl. GO Transit) and education",
    "apartment_charge": "Town of Ajax: $24,635 (2+ bedrooms), $15,461 (<2 bedrooms) per apartment (July 1, 2026); totals $76,490 / $50,220 incl. Region of Durham and education",
    "non_residential_charge": "Town of Ajax $11.76/sq ft ($126.59/m²) GFA, all non-residential (July 1, 2026); totals incl. Durham & education: commercial $54.01, industrial $32.16, institutional $35.26/sq ft"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "\"Single Detached Dwelling\" row, \"Total\" column; \"As of July 1, 2026\"",
    "apartment_charge": "\"Apartment Dwellings, two bedrooms or more\", \"Apartment Dwellings, less than two bedrooms\", \"Other Multiples\", \"Special Care/Special Dwelling Units\" rows, \"Total\" column",
    "non_residential_charge": "\"NON-RESIDENTIAL (PER SQ. FT of GROSS FLOOR AREA)\" and \"NON-RESIDENTIAL (PER SQ. METRE of GROSS FLOOR AREA)\" sections, \"Total\" column"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/ajax/development-charges/summary-of-development-charges-july-1-2026/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
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   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charge By-law 50-2018",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "repealed",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://ajax.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Development-Charge-By-law-50-2018.pdf",
   "summary": "Earlier DC by-law, superseded by 13-2025.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "97ff581f27aa94bb64bfa5d962b71e84f524dfb477d18de10cdc3a1b39187533",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "50-2018",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/97ff581f27aa94bb64bfa5d962b71e84f524dfb477d18de10cdc3a1b39187533.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/ajax/development-charges/bylaw-50-2018/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/ajax/development-charges/"
}