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 "answer": "In the Town of Aurora, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by Community Benefits Charges By-law No. 6454-22, as amended (office consolidation) and 3 other bylaws, verified 2026-10-26. Charge per single-detached home: $37,147 for Single and Semi-Detached Dwelling (Schedule 'B' total; indexed semi-annually commencing July 1, 2024). Non-residential charge: $7.02 per sq.ft. of gross floor area; $75.56 per sq.m. of gross floor area (Schedule 'B' total). Payable: Prior to Building Permit issuance; for phased development, prior to first permit for each phase.",
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 "municipality": "Aurora",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
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   "title": "Community Benefits Charges By-law No. 6454-22, as amended (office consolidation)",
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   "document_url": "https://records.aurora.ca/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=29354&dbid=0&repo=Public",
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    "services_covered": "Capital costs of facilities, services and matters required because of development or redevelopment",
    "exemptions": "Town/Local Board, school board, York Region; buildings <5 storeys or <10 units; long-term care, retirement, post-secondary, Legion, hospice, non-profit housing; affordable/attainable units reduced",
    "payment_timing": "Prior to Building Permit issuance; for phased development, prior to first permit for each phase"
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    "exemptions": "ss. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 6.1(1.2)",
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   "title": "Development Charges By-law Number 6592-24",
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   "summary": "Town of Aurora by-law establishing development charges; in effect until March 26, 2034; indexed each January 1 and July 1.",
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    "single_detached_charge": "$37,147 for Single and Semi-Detached Dwelling (Schedule 'B' total; indexed semi-annually commencing July 1, 2024)",
    "apartment_charge": "$20,860 for Apartments - Large; $14,335 for Apartments - Small (Schedule 'B' totals); rental reductions: 25% (3+ bedrooms), 20% (2 bedrooms), 15% (<2 bedrooms) (s. 3.5.2)",
    "non_residential_charge": "$7.02 per sq.ft. of gross floor area; $75.56 per sq.m. of gross floor area (Schedule 'B' total)",
    "services_covered": "Library; Fire; Parks and Recreation; Services Related to a Highway; Wastewater; Water",
    "exemptions": "Private school, cemetery, places of worship, agricultural, public hospital, university, non-profit residential, affordable/attainable units; additional residential units; industrial enlargement; rental bedroom reductions",
    "payment_timing": "Payable upon issuance of first building permit; Town-wide engineered services upon execution of vacant land condominium/development/subdivision agreement, remainder at building permit; rental/institutional in 6 installments from first occupancy certificate (ss. 3.14–3.16)",
    "indexing_expiry": "Semi-annual indexing on Jan 1 and July 1 commencing July 1, 2024 per Statistics Canada Quarterly Construction Price Statistics; expires 10 years from final passage unless repealed earlier (ss. 5.1, 8.1)"
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    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"B\"; s. 5.1",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"B\"; ss. 1.1(r), 1.1(mm), 3.5.2",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "services_covered": "s. 2.1",
    "exemptions": "ss. 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.13",
    "payment_timing": "ss. 3.14–3.16",
    "indexing_expiry": "ss. 5.1, 8.1"
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   "title": "Parkland Dedication By-law No. 6534-23",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-07-11",
   "document_url": "https://records.aurora.ca/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=27123&dbid=0&repo=Public",
   "summary": "Town of Aurora parkland dedication / cash-in-lieu by-law. Laserfiche viewer.",
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    "parkland_rate": "5% of the Land Area, or 1 hectare per 600 Net Dwelling Units, whichever generates the greater parkland dedication (dedication); 5% of the Land Area, or 1 hectare per 1000 Net Dwelling Units, whichever is greater (payment in lieu); 2% of the Land Area (commercial/industrial); 5% of the Land Area (all other non-residential)",
    "services_covered": "Parks and other public recreational purposes",
    "exemptions": "Province/municipalities/Board of Education; non-profit housing; replacement dwelling; long-term care; colleges/universities; Indigenous Institutes; public hospitals; second/third residential units; temporary sales structures; places of worship; Strata Parks 50% credit; POPS 100% credit"
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    "parkland_rate": "s. 3.1(a)-(b); s. 3.3(a)",
    "services_covered": "for parks and other public recreational purposes",
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   "title": "Town of Aurora Development Charges Rates, effective July 1, 2026 (By-law No. 6592-24 pamphlet)",
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   "document_type": "announcement",
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   "summary": "Town of Aurora development charges from July 1, 2026 (By-law 6592-24): $41,301 per single/semi-detached in total (Town-wide services $28,551 plus area services), $7.94/ft2 non-residential. York Region charges extra.",
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    "apartment_charge": "Large >700 sq.ft: $23,191 per unit; Small <700 sq.ft: $15,938 per unit (effective July 1, 2026)",
    "non_residential_charge": "$7.94 per sq.ft or $85.45 per m2 for Industrial/Office/Institutional, Retail, Hotel/Motel (effective July 1, 2026)",
    "services_covered": "water, fire, wastewater, library, roads, public works and parks & recreation",
    "exemptions": "Private schools, cemeteries/burial grounds, places of worship, certain non-residential uses, no additional GFA, agricultural uses, public hospitals, university land, non-profit residential, affordable/attainable units",
    "payment_timing": "Generally due at first building permit; non-residential immediately, residential at occupancy; purpose-built rental/institutional in equal annual installments over five years from occupancy/permit",
    "indexing_expiry": "Semi-annual adjustments on Jan 1 and Jul 1 using Statistics Canada Non-Residential Building Quarterly Construction Price Index for Toronto; by-law in effect until March 26, 2034 unless repealed earlier"
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    "apartment_charge": "Residential Development Charges Rates; Effective July 1, 2026",
    "non_residential_charge": "Non-Residential Development Charges Rates; Effective July 1, 2026",
    "services_covered": "services including water, fire, wastewater, library, roads, public works and parks & recreation",
    "exemptions": "Exemptions include, but are not limited to",
    "payment_timing": "Development Charges Payment Timing",
    "indexing_expiry": "Indexing; Development Charges By-law Term"
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   "title": "By-law Number 6614-24, Being a By-law to amend By-law Number 6592-24 to establish development charges for the Town of Aurora",
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   "summary": "Amendment to DC By-law 6592-24 (June 2024).",
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   "title": "By-law Number 6644-24, Being a By-law to amend By-law Number 6592-24, as amended, to establish development charges for the Town of Aurora",
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   "title": "Development Charges page (by-law, amendments 6614-24 and 6644-24, rates)",
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   "title": "Final 2024 DC Background Study",
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