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BY-LAW NO. 51-26
OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AYLMER
Being a By-Law to Establish Development Charges For the Town of Aylmer
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WHEREAS Section 2 of the Development Charges Act, 1997 (the "Act") provides that the
council of a municipality may pass By-laws for the imposition of development charges
against land to pay for increased capital costs required because of increased needs for
services arising from development;
AND WHEREAS a Development Charges Background Study has been completed in
accordance with the Act;
AND WHEREAS Council had before it a report entitled "Town of Aylmer Development
Charge Background Study" prepared by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. dated May
8, 2026;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Aylmer has given notice
of and held a public meeting on the 3rd day of June 2026, in accordance with the Act and
the regulations thereto;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF
THE TOWN OF AYLMER AS FOLLOWS:
1. Definitions
In this by-law,
1. "Act" means the Development Charges Act, 1997, c.27, as amended;
2. "Administration service" means any and all development-related studies carried
out by the municipality which are with respect to eligible services for which a
development charge by-law may be imposed under the Development Charges
Act, 1997, as amended;
3. "Accessory use" means where used to describe a use, building, or structure that
the use, building or structure is naturally and normally incidental, subordinate in
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purpose of floor area or both, and exclusively devoted to a principal use, building
or structure;
4. "Affordable residential unit" means a residential unit that meets the criteria set out
in subsection 4.1(2) or 4.1(3) of the Act;
5. "Agricultural use" means a bona fide farming operation;
6. "Ancillary residential building" means a residential building or structure that would
be ancillary to a detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, or row dwelling and
includes an accessory dwelling;
7. "Apartment unit" means any residential unit within a building containing three or
more dwelling units where access to each residential unit is obtained through a
common entrance or entrances from the street level and the residential units are
connected by an interior corridor;
8. "Attached dwelling" means a dwelling in a residential building which contains two
or more dwelling units, which dwelling units have one or two vertical walls, but no
other parts, attached to other dwelling units;
9. "Attainable residential unit" means a residential unit that meets the criteria set out
in subsection 4.1(4) of the Act;
10. "Back-to-back townhouse dwelling" means a building containing more than two
dwelling units separated vertically by a common wall, including a rear common
wall, that do not have rear yards;
11. "Bedroom" means a habitable room larger than seven square metres, including a
den, study, or other similar area, but does not include a living room, dining room
or kitchen;
12. "Benefiting area" means an area defined by map, plan or legal description in a
front-ending agreement as an area that will receive a benefit from the
construction of a service;
13. "Board of Education" means a board defined in s.s. 1(1) of the Education Act;
14. "Building Code Act" means the Building Code Act, 1992, S.0. 1992, c.23, as
amended;
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15. "Capital cost" means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the
municipality or a local board thereof directly or by others on behalf of, and as
authorized by, the municipality or local board,
a. to acquire land or an interest in land, including a leasehold interest;
b. to improve land;
c. to acquire, lease, construct or improve buildings and structures;
d. to acquire, lease, construct or improve facilities including,
i.
rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or more,
ii.
furniture and equipment, other than computer equipment, and
iii.
materials acquired for circulation, reference or information purposes
by a library board as defined in the Public Libraries Act, R. 0. 1990,
c. 57, and
e. to undertake studies in connection with any matter under the Act and any
of the matters in clauses (a) to (d) above, including the development
charge background study required for the provision of services designated
in this By-law within or outside the municipality, including interest on
borrowing for those expenditures under clauses (a) to (d) above that are
growth-related;
16. "Charitable dwelling" means a residential building, a part of a residential building
or the residential portion of a mixed-use building maintained and operated by a
corporation approved under the Charitable Institutions Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.9,
for persons requiring residential, specialized or group care and charitable
dwelling includes a children's residence under the Child, Youth and Family
Services Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, C. 14, Sched. 1, a psychiatric facility under the
Mental Health Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.7, long-term care home under the Long-
Term Care Homes Act, 2007, S.O. 2007, c. 8, c. N.7, and a home for special
care under the Homes for Special Care Act, R.S.O. 1990, c, H.12;
17. "Class" means a grouping of services combined to create a single service for the
purposes of this by-law and as provided in section 7 of the Development Charges
Act;
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18. "Commercial" means any use of land, structures or buildings for the purposes of
buying or selling commodities and services, but does not include industrial or
agricultural uses, but does include hotels, motels, motor inns and boarding,
lodging and rooming houses;
19. "Condominium Act" means the Condominium Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, Chap. c. 19;
20. "Corporation" means the Corporation of the Town of Aylmer;
21. "Council" means the Council of the Town of Aylmer;
22. "Developer'" means a person who undertakes development or redevelopment;
23. "Development" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
buildings or structures on land or the making of an addition or alteration to a
building or structure that the effect of increasing the size of usability thereof, and
includes redevelopment;
24. "Development Charge" means a charge imposed pursuant to this By-law with
respect to growth related net capital cost;
25. "Dwelling Unit: means any part of a building or structure used, designed or
intended to be used as a domestic establishment in which one or more persons
may sleep and are provided with culinary and sanitary facilities for their exclusive
use;
26. "Exemption" means that no development charge is payable;
27. "Existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of the date this by-law
was passed;
28. "Floor" does not include a storey;
29. "Floor above ground level" means any floor, the entire area of which is located
below the lowest level at which the land upon which the building or structure
stands abuts any land;
30. "Floor below ground level" means any floor the entire area of which is located
below the lowest level at which the land upon which the building or structure
stands abuts any land;
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31. "Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or
structure at all exterior walls;
32. "Group home" means a residential building or the residential portion of a mixed-
use building containing a single housekeeping unit, supervised on a 24 hour a
day basis on site by agency staff on a shift rotation basis, funded wholly or in part
by any government and licensed, approved or supervised by the Province of
Ontario under a general or special Act and amendments or replacements thereto,
for the accommodation of not less than 3 and not more than 8 residents,
exclusive of staff;
33. "Growth-Related Net Capital Cost" means the portion of the net capital cost of
services that is reasonably attributable to the need for such net capital cost that
results or will result from new development in all or a defined part of the Town of
Aylmer;
34. "Gross floor area" means:
a. in the case of a residential building or structure, the total area of all floors
above grade of a dwelling unit measured between the outside surfaces of
exterior walls or between the outside surfaces of exterior walls and the
centre line of party walls dividing the dwelling unit from any other dwelling
unit or other portion of a building; and
b. in the case of a non-residential building or structure, or in the case of a
mixed-use building or structure in respect of the non-residential portion
thereof, the total area of all building floors above or below grade measured
between the outside surfaces of the exterior walls, or between the outside
surfaces of exterior walls and the centre line of party walls dividing a non-
residential use and a residential use, except for:
i.
a room or enclosed area within the building or structure above or
below that is used exclusively for the accommodation of heating,
cooling, ventilating, electrical, mechanical or telecommunications
equipment that service the building;
ii.
loading facilities above or below grade; and
iii.
a part of the building or structure below grade that is used for the
parking of motor vehicles or for storage or other accessory use;
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35. "Hospice" means a building or portion of a mixed-use building designed and
intended to provide palliative care and emotional support to the terminally ill in a
home or homelike setting so that quality of life is maintained, and family
members may be active participants in care;
36. "Industrial" means lands, buildings or structures used or designed or intended for
use for manufacturing, processing, fabricating or assembly of raw goods,
warehousing or bulk storage of goods, and includes office uses and the sale of
commodities to the general public where such uses are accessory to an industrial
use, but does not include the sale of commodities to the general public through a
warehouse club;
37. "Institutional" means land, buildings, structures or any part thereof used by any
organization, group or association for promotion of charitable, educational or
benevolent objectives and not for profit or gain;
38. "Institutional development" means development of a building or structure, or
portions thereof, intended for use;
a. as a long-term care home within the meaning of subsection 2 (1) of the
Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007;
b. as a retirement home within the meaning of subsection 2 (1) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010;
c. by any of the following post-secondary institutions for the objects of the
institution:
i.
a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular, and ongoing
operating funding from the Government of Ontario,
ii.
a college or university federated or affiliated with a university
described in subclause (i), or
iii.
an Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of section 6 of
the Indigenous Institutes Act, 2017;
d. as a memorial home, clubhouse, or athletic grounds by an Ontario branch
of the Royal Canadian Legion; or
e. as a hospice to provide end of life care.
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39. "Live/work unit" means a unit which contains separate residential and non-
residential areas intended for both residential and non-residential uses
concurrently, and shares a common wall or floor with direct access between the
residential and non-residential areas;
40. "Lawfully existing" means a building:
a. that is not prohibited by a by-law passed under Section 34 of the Planning
Act, or a predecessor of that section; or
b. that is a legal non-conforming use; or
c. that is allowed by a minor variance authorized under Section 45 of the
Planning Act, or a predecessor of that section;
41. "Local Board" means a school board, public utility, commission, transportation
commission, public library board, board of park management, local board of
health, board of commissioners of police, planning board, or any other board,
commission, committee, body or local authority established or exercising any
power or authority under any general or special Act with respect to any of the
affairs or purposes, including school purposes, of the municipality or any part or
parts thereof;
42. "Local Services" means those services, facilities or things which are under the
jurisdiction of the Town of Aylmer and are related to a plan of subdivision or
within the area to which the plan relates in respect of the lands under Sections
41, 51 or 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. P.13, as amended, or any
successor thereof;
43. "Lot" means a parcel of land capable of being conveyed lawfully without any
approval under the Planning Act or successor thereto which meets the minimum
lot area requirements under the Town's Zoning By-law;
44. "Mixed-use" means land or buildings used or designed or intended to be used for
a combination of non-residential development and residential development;
45. "Multiple dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached, semi-
detached, and apartments;
46. "Municipality" means The Corporation of the Town of Aylmer;
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47. "Net Capital Cost" means the capital cost less capital grants, subsidies and other
contributions made to the Town of Aylmer or that the Council of the Town of
Aylmer anticipates will be made, including conveyances or payments under the
Planning Act, in respect of the capital cost;
48. "Non-profit housing development" means development of a building or structure
intended for use as residential premises by:
a. a corporation without share capital to which the Corporations Act applies,
that is in good standing under that Act and whose primary object is to
provide housing;
b. a corporation without share capital to which the Canada Not-for-Profit
Corporations Act applies, that is in good standing under that Act and
whose primary object is to provide housing; or
c. a non-profit housing co-operative that is in good standing under the Co-
operative Corporations Act, or any successor legislation;
49. "Non-residential use" means a building or structure of any kind whatsoever used,
designed or intended to be used for other than a residential use;
50. "Other multiple" means all residential units other than a single detached dwelling,
semi-detached dwelling, or apartment dwelling including, but not limited to, row
dwellings, back-to-back townhouse dwelling, and the residential component of
live/work units;
51. "Official Plan" means the Official Plan plus amendments of the Town of Aylmer;
52. "Owner" means the owner of land or a person who has made application for an
approval for the development of land upon which a development charge is
imposed;
53. "Planning Act" means the Planning Act, 1990, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended;
54. "Prescribed index" means the price index as prescribed in the Regulation;
55. "Redevelopment" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
buildings on land where all or part of a building on such land has been previously
demolished, or changing the use of all or part of a building from a residential
purpose to a non-residential purpose or from a non-residential purpose to a
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residential purpose, or changing all or part of a building from one form of
residential development to another form of residential development or from one
form of non-residential development to another form of non-residential
development;
56. "Regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act;
57. "Rental housing" means development of a building or structure with four or more
dwelling units all of which are intended for use as rented residential premises;
58. "Residential dwelling" means a building, occupied or capable of being occupied
as a home, residence or sleeping place by one or more persons, containing one
or more dwelling units but not including motels, hotels, tents, truck campers,
tourist trailers, mobile camper trailers or boarding, lodging or rooming houses;
59. "Residential development" means land, buildings or portions thereof used,
designed, or intended to be used as living accommodations for one or more
individuals, and shall include a single detached dwelling, a semi-detached
dwelling, a multiple dwelling, an apartment unit dwelling, an ancillary residential
building, and the residential portion of a mixed-use building and "residential use"
and "residential purpose" has the same meaning;
60. "Residential use" means the use of a building or structure or portion thereof for
one or more dwelling units. This also includes a dwelling unit on land that is
used for an agricultural use;
61. "Row dwelling" means a building containing three or more attached dwelling units
in a single row, each of which dwelling units has an independent entrance from
the outside and is vertically separated from any abutting dwelling unit;
62. "Semi-Detached Dwelling" means a dwelling unit in a residential building
consisting of two dwelling units having one vertical wall or one horizontal wall, but
not other parts, attached or another dwelling unit where the residential unit are
not connected by an interior corridor;
63. "Service" means a service designed in Schedule "A" to this By-law, and
"Services" shall have a corresponding meaning;
64. "Servicing Agreement means an agreement to provide municipal services by the
Town of Aylmer pursuant to the provisions of section 51 of the Planning Act;
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65. "Single Detached Dwelling" means a completely detached building containing
only one dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
66. "Zoning By-Law" means the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Aylmer or any
successor thereof passed pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act, S.O. 1998.
2. Designation of Services and Classes of Services
2.1. The categories of services and classes of services for which development
charges are imposed under this By-law are as follows:
(a)
Services Related to a Highway;
(b)
Public Works (Facilities and Fleet);
(c)
Fire Protection Services;
(d)
Policing Services;
(e)
Parks and Recreation Services;
(f)
Library Services (Facilities);
(g)
Growth Studies;
(h)
Wastewater Services; and
(i)
Water Services.
2.2. The components of the services and classes of services designated in section
2.1 are described in Schedule A.
3. Application of By-law Rules
3.1. Development charges shall be payable in the amounts set out in this By-law
where:
(a) the lands are located in the area described in section 3.2; and
(b) the development of the lands requires any of the approvals set out in
subsection 3.4(a).
Area to Which By-law Applies
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3.2 Subject to section 3.3, this By-law applies to all lands in the Town of Aylmer
whether or not the land or use thereof is exempt from taxation under s. 3(1) or
the Assessment Act.
3.3 Notwithstanding clause 3.2 above, this by-law shall not apply to lands that are
owned by and used for the purposes of:
(a) the Town of Aylmer or a local board thereof;
(b) a board of education;
(c) the Corporation of the County of Elgin or a local board thereof; or
(d) land vested in or leased to a university that receives regular and ongoing
operating funds from the government for the purposes of post-secondary
education is exempt from development charges imposed under the Act, if
the development in respect of which development charges would otherwise
be payable is intended to be occupied and used by the university.
Approvals for Development
3.4. Approvals for Development
(a) Development charges shall be imposed on all lands, buildings or structures
that are developed for residential or non-residential uses if the development
requires:
i. the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment to a zoning by-law
under section 34 of the Planning Act;
ii. the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning Act;
iii. a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under subsection 50(7) of
the Planning Act applies;
iv. the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the Planning Act;
v. a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act;
vi. the approval of a description under section 50 of the Condominium Act,
R.S.O. 1990, Chap. C.26, as amended, or any successor thereof; or
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vii. the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act in relation to a building
or structure.
(b) No more than one development charge for each service designated in
subsection 2.1 shall be imposed upon any lands, buildings or structures to
which this By-law applies even though two or more of the actions described in
subsection 3.4(a) are required before the lands, buildings or structures can be
developed.
(c) Despite subsection 3.4(b), if two or more of the actions described in subsection
3.4(a) occur at different times, additional development charges shall be
imposed if the subsequent action has the effect of increasing the need for
services.
3.5. Exemptions
Rules with Respect to Exemptions for Intensification of Existing Housing or New
Housing
Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not
be imposed with respect to developments or portions of developments as
follows:
(a) the enlargement to an existing residential dwelling unit;
(b) the creation of additional dwelling units equal to the greater of one or 1%
of the existing dwelling units in an existing residential rental building
containing four or more dwelling units or prescribed ancillary structure to the
existing residential building;
(c) the creation of any of the following in new or existing houses:
i.
A second residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-
detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential
use, other than ancillary residential use, is permitted, if all buildings
and structures ancillary to the existing detached house, semi-detached
house or rowhouse cumulatively contain no more than one residential
unit.
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ii.
A third residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached
house or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other
than ancillary residential use, is permitted, if no building or structure
ancillary to the existing detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse contains any residential units.
iii.
One residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to an existing
detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of
urban residential land, if the existing detached house, semi-detached
house or rowhouse contains no more than two residential units and no
other building or structure ancillary to the existing detached house,
semi-detached house or rowhouse contains any residential units.
3.6. Other Mandatory Exemptions
(a) non-profit housing residential development;
(b) affordable housing units required pursuant to section 34 and 16(4) of the
Planning Act (Inclusionary Zoning);
(c) Affordable Residential Units;
(d) Attainable Residential Units (when proclaimed as per section 4.1 of the
Act); and
(e) Long-term care homes.
3.7. Rules with Respect to an Industrial Expansion Exemption
If a development includes the enlargement of the gross floor area of an existing
industrial building, the amount of the development charges that is payable in respect
of the enlargement is determined in accordance with the following:
(a) Subject to subsection 3.7 (c), if the gross floor area is enlarged by 50 per
cent or less of the lesser of:
i. the gross floor area of the existing industrial building, or
ii. the gross floor area of the existing industrial building before the first
enlargement for which:
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i.
an exemption from the payment of development charges was granted,
or
ii.
a lesser development charge than would otherwise be payable under
this by-law, or predecessor thereof, was paid,
pursuant to Section 4 of the Act and this subsection, the amount of the
development charge in respect of the enlargement is zero;
(b) Subject to subsection 3.7 (c), if the gross floor area is enlarged by more
than 50 per cent or less of the lesser of:
i. the gross floor area of the existing industrial building, or
ii. the gross floor area of the existing industrial building before the first
enlargement for which:
a) an exemption from the payment of development charges was
granted, or
b) a lesser development charge than would otherwise be payable under
this by-law, or predecessor thereof, was paid,
pursuant to Section 4 of the Act and this subsection, the amount of
the development charge in respect of the enlargement is the amount
of the development charge that would otherwise be payable
multiplied by the fraction determined as follows:
i. determine the amount by which the enlargement exceeds 50 per
cent of the gross floor area before the first enlargement, and
ii. divide the amount determined under subsection (A) by the amount
of the enlargement.
c)
For the purposes of calculating the extent to which the gross floor
area of an existing industrial building is enlarged in subsection 3.7
(b), the cumulative gross floor area of any previous enlargements
for which:
i. An exemption from the payment of development charges was
granted, or
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ii. A lesser development charge than would otherwise be payable
under this by law, or predecessor thereof, was paid, pursuant
to Section 4 of the Act and this subsection, shall be added to the
calculation of the gross floor area of the proposed enlargement.
d)
For the purposes of this subsection, the enlargement must not be
attached to the existing industrial building by means only of a
tunnel, bridge, passageway, canopy, shared below grade
connection, such as a service tunnel, foundation, footing or parking
facility.
3.8. For the purpose of section 3.7, "existing industrial building" is used as defined
in the Regulation made pursuant to the Act.
3.9. Discounts for Rental Housing (for profit)
The D.C. payable for rental housing developments, where the residential units are
intended to be used as a rented residential premises will be reduced based on the
number of bedrooms in each unit as follows:
-
Three (3) or more bedrooms - 25% reduction;
-
Two (2) bedrooms - 20% reduction; and
-
Fewer than two (2) bedrooms - 15% reduction.
Amount of Charges
Residential
3.10. The development charges set out in Schedule B shall be imposed on
residential uses of lands, buildings, or structures, including a dwelling unit
accessory to a non-residential use and, in the case of a mixed-use building or
structure, on the residential uses in the mixed-use building or structure,
according to the type of residential unit, and calculated with respect to each of
the services according to the type of residential use.
Non-Residential
3.11. The development charges described in Schedule B to this by-law shall be
imposed on non-residential uses of lands, buildings, or structures, and, in the
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case of a mixed-use building or structure, on the non-residential uses in the
mixed-use building or structure, and calculated with respect to each of the
services according to the gross floor area of the non-residential use.
3.12. Reduction of Development Charges for Redevelopment
Despite any other provisions of this By-law, where, as a result of the
redevelopment of land, a building or structure existing on the same land
within five years prior to the date of payment of development charges in
regard to such redevelopment was, or is to be demolished, in whole or in part,
or converted from one principal use to another principal use on the same
land, in order to facilitate the redevelopment, the development charges
otherwise payable with respect to such redevelopment shall be reduced by
the following amounts:
(a) in the case of a residential building or structure, or in the case of a mixed-
use building or structure, the residential uses in the mixed-use building or
structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable development
charge under subsection 3.10 by the number, according to type, of
dwelling units that have been or will be demolished or converted to
another principal use; and
(b) in the case of a non-residential building or structure or, in the case of
mixed-use building or structure, the non-residential uses in the mixed-use
building or structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable
development charges under subsection 3.10 by the gross floor area that
has been or will be demolished or converted to another principal use;
provided that such amounts shall not exceed, in total, the amount of the
development charges otherwise payable with respect to the redevelopment.
3.13. Demolition or Removal of Temporary Buildings
(a) Where a lawfully existing temporary building or structure is demolished or
removed in its entirety from the land on which it is located within 2 years
from the date of issuance of the building permit for the construction,
erection or placing of the building or structure at such location, the owner
of the building or structure may submit a request to the Treasurer, for
payment from the Town D.C. Reserve Funds of the amount paid at
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issuance of the building permit toward all or part of the development
charge payable under this by-law.
(b) A request by an owner for a refund of a development charges payment
when approved shall be deemed to be a claim eligible for payment as of
the time the request was received by the Treasurer for the purposes of
this by-law.
Time of Calculation and Payment of Development Charges
3.14. Development charges imposed under this By-law are calculated, payable,
and collected upon issuance of the first building permit for the development.
3.15. Notwithstanding subsection 3.14 development charges for rental housing and
institutional developments are due and payable in 6 equal annual payments
commencing with the first instalment payable on the earlier of the date the
first occupancy permit is granted or the date of first occupancy, and each
subsequent instalment.
3.16. Where the development of land results from the approval of a site plan or
zoning by-law amendment received on or after January 1, 2020, and the
approval of the application occurred within the timing set out in the Act, the
development charges under subsections 3.10 and 3.11 shall be calculated on
the rates set out in Schedule "B" on the date of the planning application,
including interest. Where both planning applications apply, development
charges under subsections 3.10 and 3.11 shall be calculated on the rates, ,
including interest calculated in accordance with section 26.3 of the Act,
payable on the anniversary date each year thereafter, set out in Schedule "B"
on the date of the later planning application, including interest.
3.17. Despite sections 3.14 to 3.16, Council from time to time, and at any time, may
enter into agreements providing for all or any part of a development charge to
be paid before or after it would otherwise be payable, in accordance with
section 27 of the Act.
4. Payment by Services
4.1. Despite the payment required under subsections 3.10 and 3.11, Council may,
by agreement, give a credit towards a development charge in exchange for
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work that relates to a service to which a development charge relates under this
By-law.
4.2. Council may enter into agreements under Section 44 of the Act.
5. Indexing
5.1. Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted
annually, without amendment to this By-law, beginning on January 1, 2027 and
on each January 1 thereafter, in accordance with the prescribed index in the
Act.
6.
Schedules
6.1. The following schedules shall form part of this By-law:
Schedule A:
Components of Services and Classes of Services Designated in
Section 2.1
Schedule B:
Residential and Non-Residential Development Charges
7.
Conflicts
7.1. Where the Town of Aylmer and an owner or former owner have entered into an
agreement with respect to land within the area to which this By-law applies, and
a conflict exists between the provisions of this By-law and such agreement, the
provisions of the agreement shall prevail to the extent that there is a conflict.
7.2. Notwithstanding section 7.1, where a development which is the subject of an
agreement to which section 7.1 applies, is subsequently the subject of one or
more of the actions described in subsection 3.4(a), an additional development
charge in respect of the development permitted by the action shall be
calculated, payable and collected in accordance with the provisions of this By-
law if the development has the effect of increasing the need for services, unless
such agreement provides otherwise.
8.
Severability
8.1 If, for any reason, any provision of this By-law is held to be invalid, it is hereby
declared to be the intention of Council that all the remainder of this By-law shall
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continue in full force and effect until repealed, re-enacted, amended or
modified.
9.
Repeal of Current D.C. By-law
9.1 By-law 78-21 is hereby repealed as of the date and time of this By-law coming
into effect.
10.
Date By-law in Force
10.1 This By-law comes into effect at 12:00 AM on July 9, 2026.
11.
Date By-law Expires
11.1 This By-law will expire at 11:59 PM on July 8, 2036, unless it is repealed by
Council at an earlier date.
READ A First, Second and Third time this 8th day of July, 2026.
______________________________
MAYOR, Jack Couckuyt
______________________________
CLERK, Owen Jaggard
Authority: Council, Resolution 129-26
Staff Report Date: June 3, 2026
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Schedule "A"
To By-law 51-26
Components of Services and Classes of Services Designated
in Subsection 2.1
Town-wide D.C.-Eligible Services and Classes of Services:
Services Related to a Highway
Roads and Related Infrastructure
Public Works Facilities and Fleet
Public Works Facilities
Public Works Vehicles
Growth Studies
Fire Protection Services
Fire Facilities
Fire Vehicles
Small Equipment and Gear
Policing Services
Police Facilities
Police Vehicles
Small Equipment and Gear
Parks and Recreation Services
Parkland Development, Amenities, and Trails
Recreation Facilities
Recreation Vehicles and Equipment
Library Services
Library Facilities
Water Services
Storage and Distribution Systems
Wastewater Services
Treatment Plants and Sewers
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Schedule "B"
To By-law 51-26
Schedule of Development Charges
NON-RESIDENTIAL
Single and Semi-
Detached Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
(per sq.ft. of Gross
Floor Area)
Town Wide Services/Class of Service:
Services Related to a Highway
2,062
1,692
1,373
761
0.72
Public Works (Facilities and Fleet)
1,512
1,241
1,007
558
0.53
Fire Protection Services
1,516
1,244
1,010
559
0.53
Policing Services
1,181
969
787
436
0.39
Parks and Recreation Services
6,614
5,428
4,405
2,440
0.35
Library Services
751
616
500
277
0.03
Growth Studies
238
195
159
88
0.08
Wastewater Services
8,636
7,087
5,752
3,186
2.85
Water Services
1,000
821
666
369
0.35
Total
23,510
19,293
15,659
8,674
5.83
Service/Class of Service
RESIDENTIAL
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