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 "answer": "In the Municipality of Bluewater, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by By-law Number 78-2025, Being a By-law to reduce development charges for The Corporation of the Municipality of Bluewater and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-23. Charge per single-detached home: Rural $1,986.60; Bayfield $18,668.65; Hensall $5,144.15; Zurich $15,681.05 (in effect July 15, 2025, By-law 78-2025). Non-residential charge: Non-residential: Rural $2.27; Bayfield $5.29; Hensall $2.41; Zurich $3.51 per sq ft gross floor area; wind turbines: $1,321.10 (all areas). Payable: When developers apply for a building permit.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001424",
 "municipality": "Bluewater",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
 "official_website": "http://www.municipalityofbluewater.ca/",
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   "title": "By-law Number 78-2025, Being a By-law to reduce development charges for The Corporation of the Municipality of Bluewater",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-07-14",
   "document_url": "https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/media/1cwfdoc5/20250714-cs-bl-78-2025-development-charges-reduction.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted July 14, 2025; amends/reduces development charges from By-law 86-2022. Scanned PDF, text not machine-readable; identified from the municipality's DC page and file name.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "da38c374e75a638d69a49c9ac1b1e20e25062eeeffe4e49f0fb1cafd6d1b6ef4",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
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   "document_number": "78-2025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/da38c374e75a638d69a49c9ac1b1e20e25062eeeffe4e49f0fb1cafd6d1b6ef4.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "exemptions": "Prevailing development charges under By-Law 86-2022 reduced by forty-five (45%) percent from date of this By-Law until earlier of this By-Law or By-Law 86-2022 repeal.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Indexing under s. 5 of By-Law 86-2022 not limited; reduction calculated after applicable annual indexing; reduction applies until earlier of this By-Law or By-Law 86-2022 repeal."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "exemptions": "s. 2",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 5; s. 2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bluewater/development-charges/bylaw-78-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges (Municipality of Bluewater)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.municipalityofbluewater.ca/business-building-and-development/building-and-renovating/development-charges/",
   "summary": "rates page: effective July 15, 2025. Single/semi per unit: Rural $1,986.60; Hensall $5,144.15; Zurich $15,681.05; Bayfield $18,668.65. Multi-units Rural $1,362.90; apartments 2BR+ Rural $1,330.45. Collected at building permit; indexed annually.",
   "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/9aa911c1d1eb215a842b6ddcab28806574b5f5bfb156fa7cc05b3e051dc36405.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Rural $1,986.60; Bayfield $18,668.65; Hensall $5,144.15; Zurich $15,681.05 (in effect July 15, 2025, By-law 78-2025)",
    "apartment_charge": "2+ bedrooms: Rural $1,330.45; Bayfield $12,498.20; Hensall $3,445.20; Zurich $10,498.95 per unit; bachelor/1 bedroom, mobile home, park model trailer: Rural $1,248.50; Bayfield $11,718.85; Hensall $3,230.70; Zurich $9,844.45 per unit",
    "non_residential_charge": "Non-residential: Rural $2.27; Bayfield $5.29; Hensall $2.41; Zurich $3.51 per sq ft gross floor area; wind turbines: $1,321.10 (all areas)",
    "services_covered": "Transportation; water/sewer infrastructure; community centres; fire and police facilities; library facilities",
    "exemptions": "Places of worship/cemeteries; non-residential farm buildings for bona fide farm uses; certain industrial expansions; park model trailer replacements",
    "payment_timing": "When developers apply for a building permit",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually without by-law amendment by Statistics Canada Non-Residential Third Quarter Construction Price Index (CPI); Jan 1, 2025 increase 4.3%; previous rates remain in effect until August 19, 2027 unless repealed earlier"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Grand totals by area for single and semi-detached dwelling",
    "apartment_charge": "apartments--two bedrooms plus; apartments--bachelor and one bedroom",
    "non_residential_charge": "non-residential development (per square foot of gross floor area); non-residential--wind turbines",
    "services_covered": "Transportation; Water/sewer infrastructure; Community centres; Fire and police facilities; Library facilities",
    "exemptions": "development charges would not apply to the following",
    "payment_timing": "collects DCs from developers when they apply for a building permit",
    "indexing_expiry": "Indexing; 2027 DC Background Study"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bluewater/development-charges/development-charges/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges page (plans-reports-and-projects)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/plans-reports-and-projects/development-charges/",
   "summary": "Companion page; states current DC by-law 86-2022 as amended.",
   "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/7cd91c2e45ca04cac60919d65260bfd4aeff8f98ccef06b5a4b2791b8751ecd6.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bluewater/development-charges/development-charges/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/bluewater/development-charges/"
}