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THE CORPORATION
OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRE HASTINGS
BY-LAW NUMBER 2026-42
Being a By-law with respect
to Development
Charges
for the Municipality of Centre
Hastings.
WHEREAS
Section 2(1) of the Development
Charges
Act, 1997, 8.0.
1997, c. 27
(hereinafter
called the Act) enables
the Council of a municipality to pass by--laws for the
imposition of development
charges
against land located in the municipality where the
development
of land would increase the need for municipal services
as designated
in the
by-law and the development
requires one or more of the actions set out in Subsection
2(2)
of the Act;
AND WHEREAS the Municipality of Centre Hastings willexperience
growth through
development
and re-development;
AND WHEREAS the Council desires to ensure that the capital cost of meeting growth-
related demands
for or burden on municipal services does not place an excessive
financial
burden on the Municipality or its existing taxpayers
while at the same time ensuring that the
new taxpayers
contribute no more than the net capital cost attributable to providing the
current level of municipal services;
AND WHEREAS
the Council has given Notice in accordance
with Section 12 of the
Development
Charges
Act, 1997 of its development
charges
proposal and held a public
meeting on April 15'",2026;
AND WHEREAS the Council has heard all persons who applied to be heard in objection to,
or in support of, the development
charges
proposal at such public meeting and provided a
subsequent
period for written communications
to be made;
AND WHEREAS by passing this by-law the Municipality of Centre Hastings has determined
that no additional public meeting is required;
AND WHEREAS a copy of the Study was made available on March 20'",2026 and copy of
the proposed Development
Charges
by--lawwas also made available on April 15',2026 to the
public in accordance
with Section
12 of the Act;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Municipality of Centre
Hastings,
had before it a report
entitled Development
Charges
Background
Study dated March 20'",2026 prepared
by
Hemson Consulting Ltd., wherein it is indicated that the development
of any land within the
Municipality of Centre Hastings will increase the need for services as defined
herein;
AND WHEREAS by passing this by--lawCouncil intends to ensure that the increase
in the
need for services attributable to the anticipated
development
will be met;
AND WHEREAS
Council by passing this by--lawintends that the future excess
capacity
identified in the Development
Charges
Background
Study, dated March 20'",2026, shall be
paid for by development
charges
or other similar charges;
AND WHEREAS
Council of the Municipality of Centre Hastings on May 20'",2026
determined that the increase
in the need for services attributable to the anticipated
development
as contemplated in the Study, including any capital costs,
will be met by
updating the capital budget and forecast for the Municipality of Centre Hastings, where
appropriate;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Municipality of CentreHastings has given consideration
of the use of more than one Development
Charge
By--lawto reflect different needs for
services
in different areas,
also known as "area rating" or "area specific development
charges",
and has determined
that for the services,
and associated
infrastructure
proposed
to be funded by development
charges
under this by--law,that it is fair and reasonable
that
the charges
be calculated on a municipal-wide basis. Furthermore,
Development Charges for
Water and Wastewater services shall only be applied to lands withinthe urban area where water and
wastewater
services are available;
AND WHEREAS the Study dated March 20'",2026 includes an Asset Management
Plan that
deals with all assets
whose capital costs are intended to be funded under the Development
Charge
By--Iawand that such assets
are considered
to be financially sustainable
over their
full life-cycle.
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Municipality of Centre Hastings adopted the applicable
Development
Charges
Background
Study, March 20'",2026;
AND WHEREAS the Council, in adopting the Municipality of Centre Hastings Development
Charges
Background
Report on May 20'", 2026, directed that development
charges
be
imposed on land under development
or redevelopment
within the geographical
limits of the
municipality as hereinafter provided;
NOW THEREFORE
the Council enacts
as follows: In this By--law:
1.
DEFINITIONS
(1)
"Act" means the Development Charges
Act, 8.0.
1997, c. 27;
(2)
"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 purpose
or floor area or both, and exclusively devoted to a principal use, building orstructure;
(3)
"agricultural use" means
the growing of crops,
including
nursery,
biomass,
and
horticultural crops; raising of other animals for food, fur or fibre, including poultry and
fish; aquaculture;
apiaries;
agro-forestry;
maple syrup production; and associated
on--farm buildings
and
structures,
including but not limited to livestock facilities,
manure
storages,
value-retaining
facilities,
and accommodation
for full-time farm
labour when the size and nature of operation requires
additional employment;
(4)
"apartment
dwelling unit" means
any
residential
dwelling
unit within a building
containing
more than two dwelling units where sharing a common hall or halls and
common entry and are connected by an interior corridor;
(5)
"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;
(6)
"benefitting
area" means
an area defined by a map, plan, or legal description
in a
front--ending agreement
as an area that will receive
a benefit from the construction
of a service;
(7)
"capital costs" means
costs
incurred or proposed
to be incurred by the municipality
or a local board thereof directly or under an agreement,
(a)
to acquire land or an interest in land,
(b)
to improve land,
(0)
to acquire, construct
or improve buildings and structures,
(d)
to acquire, construct or improve facilities including:
(i)
rolling stock, furniture, and equipment with an estimated
useful life of
seven years or more;
(ii)
materials acquired for circulation, reference
or information purposes
by
a library board as defined in the Public Libraries Act, 1990 c.P.44;
(iii)
furniture and equipment,
other than computer
equipment;
(e)
to undertake studies in connection with any matter under the Act and any of the
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
matters
in clauses (a) to (d),as 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), (b), (c) and (d) that are growth-
related;
"Council" means the Council of the municipality;
"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 has the effect of increasing
the size of or usability thereof, and includes
redevelopment;
"development
charge"
means a charge
imposed with respect
to growth-related
net
capital costs
against land in the municipality under this by-Iaw;
"duplex dwelling unit" means the whole of a dwelling house that is divided horizontally
into two separate
dwelling units each of which has an independent
entrance
either
directly from the outside or through a public corridor;
"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;
"existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of the date of passage
of
this by--law;
farm building" means that part of a bona fide farming operation such as barns, silos or
other ancillary development to an agricultural use, but excluding a residential use;
"front--endpayment" means a payment
made by an owner pursuant
to a front-ending
agreement,
which may be in addition to a development
charge
that the owner
is
required
to pay under this by-law, to cover the net capital costs
of the services
designated
in the agreement
that are required to enable the land to be developed;
"front--endingagreement"
means an agreementthat:
(a)
applies with respect to work that relates to the provision of services for which there
willbe an increased need as a result of development and that willbenefit an area
of the municipality, defined in the agreement,
to which the development
charge by-
law applies;
(b)
provides for the costs of the work to be borne by one or more of the parties to the
agreement;
and
(0)
provides for persons who, in the future, develop land within the area defined in the
agreement
to pay an amount to reimburse some part of the costs or the work.
"grade" means the average
level of finished ground adjoining a building or structure
at all exterior walls;
"gross
floor area"
means
the total floor area
measured
between
the outside
of
exterior walls or between
the outside
of exterior walls and the centre
line of party
walls dividing the building from another building, of all floors above the average
level
of finished ground adjoining the building at its exterior walls (0. Reg. 82/98, s.1(1));
"growth-related
net capital cost" means that 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 Municipality;
"institutional development"
means
development
of a building or structure
intended
for use:
(a)
As a long-term care home with the meaning of subsection
2(1) of the Fixing
Long--Term Care Home Act, 2021;
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(b)
A retirement
home with 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. 0. Reg. 454/19, s. 3 (1).
'local
board"
means
a school
board,
public utility, commission,
transportation
commission,
public library board, board of park management,
local board of health,
board of commissioner
or 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 of Centre Hastings or any part or parts
thereof;
"local services" means those Services or facilities which are under the jurisdiction of
the Municipality and are related to a plan of subdivision or within the area to which
the plan relates, required as a condition of approval under 3.51 of the Planning Act,
or as a condition of approval under 5.53 of the Planning Act,
"long-term care home" as defined in subsection (20) (a);
"mixed-use development" means a use, building or structure with portions which are to
be used for residential development
or use and other portions for non-residential
development or use;
"municipality"means the Municipality of Centre Hastings;
"multiple dwelling unit" means all dwellings other than single detached dwellings, semi-
detached dwellings and apartment dwellings;
"net capital cost" means
the capital cost
less capital grants,
subsidies
and other
contributions made to the Municipalityor that the Council of the Municipalityanticipates
willbe made, including conveyances or payments
under sections 41, 51 and 53 of the
Planning Act, 1998 in respect of the capital cost;
"non-residential use" means land, buildings or structures
or portions thereof
used,
designed,
or intended to be used for a purpose other than for residential use but not
agricultural uses;
"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;
"Planning Act" means the Planning Act, 1990, c. P. 13, as amended,
or any successor
thereto;
"place of worship" means land, buildings or structures dedicated to religious worship and
includes a church, synagogue
or assembly hall and may include such accessory
uses
as nursery school, a school of religious education, convent,monastery,
or parish hall;
"rate" means the interest rate established weekly by the Bank of Canada for treasury
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
(37)
(38)
(39)
(40)
(41)
bills having a term of 30 days;
"regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act;
"rental housing development" means development of a building or structure with four or
more Dwelling Units all of which are intended for use as rented residential premises;
"residential use" means land or buildings or structure
of any kind whatsoever
used,
designed, or intended to be used as livingaccommodations,
for one or more individuals;
"semi-detached dwelling unit" means a building divided vertically into two dwelling units;
"services" (or "service") means those services designated
in Schedules
"A"to this by--
law or specified in an agreement
made under Section 44 of the Act;
"services in lieu" means those services specified in an agreement
made under Section
9 of this by--law;
"service standards"
means the prescribed
level of services on which the schedule
of
charges in Schedule "B"and "C"are based;
"servicing agreement" means an agreement
between a landowner and the Municipality
relative to the provision of municipal services to specified lands withinthe Municipality;
"single-detached
dwelling unit" and "single detached"
means
a residential building
consisting of one dwelling unit and not attached to another structure above grade. For
greater certainty, a residential building consisting of one dwelling unit that is attached to
another structure
by footings only shall be considered a single-family dwelling for the
purposes of this by--law
SCHEDULE OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
Subject to the provisions of this by--law,development
charges
against land shall be
calculated and collected in accordance with the base rates set out in Schedules "B"and
"C"which relate to the services designated as set out in Schedule "A".
The development charge with respect to the use of any land, buildings or structures shall
be calculated as follows:
(a)
in the case of residential development or redevelopment,
or a residential portion of
a mixed-use development or redevelopment, the sum of the product of the number
of DwellingUnits of each type multipliedby the corresponding total amount for such
dwelling Unittype, as set out in Schedule 'B".
(b)
in the case of non-residential development or redevelopment,
or a non-residential
portion of a mixed-use development or redevelopment,
the Development Charge
shall be the Gross Floor Area of such area multipliedby the corresponding total
dollar amount per square metre of Gross Floor Area, as set out in Schedule "".C
Council hereby determines that the development
of land, buildings or structures
for
residential and non--residentialuses willrequire the provision, enlargement,
expansion
or improvement of the services referenced in Schedule 'A".
Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Development Charges
for Water and Wastewater
services shall only be applied to lands withinthe urban area where water and wastewater
services are available. Development that willnot be serviced by Water and Wastewater
infrastructure willpay the Municipality--widerural charges
as identified in Schedules
"B"
and "C"of this by--law.
APPLICABLE LANDS
Subject
to Subsections
(2), (3), (4), and (5), this by--lawapplies
to all lands in the
Municipalityof Centre Hastings whether or not the land or use is exempt from taxation
under Section 3 of the Assessment
Act, R.S.0. 1980, c.A.31.
This by-law shall not apply to land, buildings or structures
that are owned by and used
for the purposes
of:
(a)
a board of education exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment Act,
R.S.0. 1990. c.A.31, as amended;
(b)
the Municipality of Centre Hastings or any local board or commission thereof,
exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990. c.A.31,
as amended;
(0)
a place of worship and land used in connection therewith, and a churchyard,
cemetery,
and burial ground
exempt
from taxation
under
Section
3 of the
Assessment
Act R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as amended;
(d)
the development
of a non-residential farm building used for bona fide agricultural
purposes;
(e)
Long--termcare home development as defined by subsection 4.4 (1) of the Act;
(f)
Affordable housing as defined by subsection 4.1 (1) of the Act;
(g)
Attainable housing as defined by subsection 4.1 (1) of the Act;
(h)
Non-profit housing as defined by subsection 4.2 (1) of the Act;
(i)
public hospitals governed
by the Public Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.40,
as
amended; and
(j)
Institutionaldevelopment.
Development charges
payable for Rental Housing Developments,
where all of the
Dwelling Units are intended to be used as rented residential premises, shall be reduced
based on the number of bedrooms in each Dwelling Unit as follows:
(a)
3 or more bedrooms
-- 25% reduction;
(b)
2 bedrooms
-- 20% reduction; and
(c)
all other quantities of bedrooms
--
15% reduction.
This by--lawshall not apply to that category
of exempt
development described
in
Subsection 2(3) of the Development Charges Act, 1997;
That where a conflict exists between the provisions of the new by--lawand any other
agreement
between the Municipality and the owner, with respect
to land to be charged
under this policy, the provisions of such agreement
prevail to the extent of the conflict.
APPLICATION OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
Subject to Subsection
(2), development charges shall apply to, and shall be calculated
and collected in accordance with, the provisions of this by-Iaw on land to be developed
for residential where:
(a)
the development of that land willincrease the need for services, and
(b)
the development
requires:
(i)
the passing of a zoning by-law or an amendment thereto 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;
(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; or
(vii)
the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act, 1992 in relation to a
building or structure.
Subsection (1) shall not apply in respect
of:
(a)
local services installed at the expense
of the owner within a plan of subdivision or
withinthe area to which the plan relates as a condition of approval under Section 51
of the Planning Act, 199(2;
(b)
local services installed at the expense of the owner as a condition of approval under
Section 53 of the Planning Act, 1999;
EXEMPTIONS FOR INTENSIFICATIONOF HOUSING
Notwithstanding Section 4 above, this bylawdoes not applywithrespect to approvals relatedto
the residentialdevelopment ofland,buildingsor structures that wouldhave the effectonly,
(a)
of permitting the enlargement of an existing dwelling unit; or
(b)
of creating additional dwelling units in existing rental residential buildings, existing
houses, or new residential buildings pursuant to subsections 2 (3.1), 2 (3.2) and 2
(3.3) of the Act.
EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USES EXPANSION EXEMPTION
Where the expansion of an existing industrial use or buildings is proposed, the amount of
development charges payable shall be zero ifthe total expansion of gross floor area does
not exceed 50% of the floor area as it existed as of the effective date of this by--law.With
the following conditions:
(a)
Where both the enlargement
and existing industrial building are constructed on
lands owned by the same beneficial owner; and
(b)
Shall only apply to the enlargement
or enlargements
of the existing industrial
buildings to a maximum of the aggregate
of fifty percent of the gross floor area of
the existing industrialbuildings while this by-Iaw remains in force.
EXISTING AGREEMENTS
An agreement
with respect to charges related to development registered prior to passage
of this by-law remains in effect after enactment
of this by-law.
MULTIPLE CHARGES
Where two or more of the actions described in Section 4(1) are required before land to
which a development
charge applies can be developed, only one development
charge
shall be calculated and collected in accordance with the provisions of this by-law.
SERVICES IN LIEU
Council may authorize an owner to substitute the whole or such part of the development
charge applicable to the owner's development
as may be specified in an agreement
by
the provision at the sole expense of the owner, of services in lieu. Such agreement
shall
further specify that where the owner provides services in lieu in accordance
with the
agreement,
Council shall give to the owner a credit against the development
charge
otherwise applicable to the development,
equal to the reasonable
cost to the owner of
providing the services in lieu provided such credit shall not exceed the total development
charge payable by an owner to the municipality.
In any agreement
under Subsection
(1), Council may also give a further credit to the
owner equal to the reasonable
cost of providing services in addition to, or of a greater
size or capacity, than would be required under this by--law.
TIMING OF CALCULATION AND PAYMENT
Development
charges
shall be calculated and payable in accordance with Section 26,
Section 26.1, and section 26.2 of the Act.
12.
Where Section
26.1 and Section 26.2 of the Act do not apply, the total amount
of
development charges shall be calculated and be payable pursuant to this Bylaw as of
the date the first building permit is issued.
Development charges
set out in Schedules
"B" and "C" shall be calculated and payable in
fullin cash, by certified cheque, or by provisionof services as may be agreed upon inwriting
by the municipality, or by credit granted under the Act, on the date that the first building
permit is issued in relation to a building or structure on land to which a development
charge
applies, or in a manner or at a time otherwise agreed upon with the municipality.
Where development
charges
apply to land in relation to which a building permit is
required, the building permit shall not be issued untilthe development charges has been
paid in full
Notwithstanding subsections
1O (3) and (4), an owner may enter into an agreement
with
the municipality to provide for the payment in fullof a development charge before building
permit issuance or later than the issuing of a building permit.
TRANSITION PROVISIONS
Notwithstanding Section 10, where the Municipalityhas received a completed building
permit application and all required plans and documentation prior to by--Iawpassage,
the
development charge payable for the issuance of that associated permit shall be the
development charge in effect under By--Iaw2020-67 as amended, ifsaid permit is actually
issued prior to 30 days following the date of passage
of this by-law. Permits issued after
this date shall pay the development charges under this by-law.
Notwithstanding Section 10, where an executed subdivision agreement
is in place prior to
by--lawpassage, the development charge payable for those remaining lots within the
approved phase(s) shall be the development charge in effect under By-law 2020-67 as
amended, ifa building permit is issued withinone-year following the date of passage
of
this by-law. Any Building Permits issued after this date shall pay the development charges
under this by-law.
INTEREST PAYMENTS
Where Section 26.2 (1) (a) or (b) ofthe Actapplies, the Municipalitymay charge interest on
the development charge from the date of the applicationreferred to inthe applicable clause
to the date the development charge is payable under Section 26.2 (3) of the Act.
The Municipality may determine, by Council resolution or policy external to this by-law,
interest rates in relation to subsections (1) of this Bylaw but willnot exceed the maximum
permissible rate outlined in the Act.
FRONT-END AGREEMENTS
Council may enter
into a front--ending agreement
with any or all owners within a
benefitting area pursuantto
Section 27 ofthe
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7, providing
for the payment by the owner or owners of a front-end payment or for the installation of
services by the owners or any combination of front-end payments and installation of
services, which may be in addition to the required development
charge.
Front-end payments
made by benefitting
owners under a front- ending
agreement
relating to the provision of services for which a development charge is payable shall be
credited with an amount equal to the reasonable cost to the owner of providing the
services, against the development charges otherwise payable under Schedules "B"and
"C" of this by--law.
No credit given pursuant to Subsection 10(1) shall exceed the total development charge
payable by the owner for the applicable service component
or the standard of service
outlined in Schedules
"B"and "C"and referenced in Section 7.
The front--endpayment required to be made by the benefitting owner under a front-ending
agreement
may be adjusted annually.
DEVELOPMENT CHARGE CREDITS
In the case of the demolition of all or part of a residential or non-residential building or
structure:
(2)
(a)
a credit shall be allowed, provided that the land was improved by occupied
structures withinthe five years priorto the issuance of the building permit, and the
building permit has been issued for the Development or redevelopment withinfive
years from the date the demolitionpermit has been issued; and
(b)
ifa Development or redevelopment involves the demolition of and replacement of
a building or structure,
a credit shall be allowed equivalent to:
(i)
the number of Dwelling Units demolished multiplied by the applicable
residential Development
Charge
in place at the time the Development
Charge is payable, and/or
(ii)
the Gross Floor Area of the building demolished multiplied by the current
non-residential Development Charge in place at the time the Development
Charge is payable.
if a Development or redevelopment involves the conversion from one principle use to
another, a credit shall be allowed equivalent to:
(a)
the number of Dwelling Units converted
multiplied by the applicable residential
Development Charge in place at the time the Development Charge is payable,
and/or
(b)
the Gross Floor Area of the building converted multiplied by the current
non-
residential Development Charge
in place at the time the Development Charge
is
payable.
A credit can, in no case,
exceed the amount
of the Development Charge that would
otherwise be payable.
BY-LAW REGISTRATION
A certified copy of this by-Iaw may be registered on title to any land to which this by-law
applies.
RESERVE FUND(S)
Monies received
from payment
of development
charges
shall be maintained
in a
separate
reserve
fund or funds and shall be used only to meet the growth-related
net capital costs for which the development
charge was levied under this by--law.
Council directs
the
Municipal Treasurer
to divide the reserve
funds(s)
created
hereunder
into the separate
sub-accounts
in accordance
with the service categories
set out in Schedule
"A"to which the development charge payments
shall be credited
in accordance
with the amounts shown, plus interest earned thereon.
Where any unpaid development
charges
are collected as taxes under Subsection
(2)
the monies so collected shall be credited to the development
charge reserve fund or
funds referred to in Subsection
(1).
BY-LAW AMENDMENTOR REPEAL
Where this by-law or any development
charge prescribed thereunder
is amended
or
repealed
either by order of the Ontario Land Tribunal or the Municipal Council, the
Municipal Treasurer shall calculate forthwith the amount
of any overpayment
to be
refunded as a result of said amendment or repeal.
Refunds that are required
to be paid under Subsection
(1) shall be paid to the
registered
owner of the land on the date on which the refund is paid. Refunds that
are required
to be paid under
Subsection
(1) shall be paid with interest
to be
calculated as follows:
(a)
interest
shall be calculated
from the date
on which the
overpayment
was
collected to the date on which the refund is paid;
(b)
the refund shall include the interest owed under this Section;
18.
19.
(1)
20.
(0)
interest shall be paid at the Bank of Canada
rate in effect on the later of:
(i)
the date of enactment
of this by-law, or
(ii)
the date of the last quarterly adjustment,
in accordance
with the
provisions of Subsection
(3).
The Bank of Canada
interest
rate in effect on the date of enactment
of this by-law
shall be adjusted
on the next following business
day to the rate established
by the
Bank of Canada
on that day and shall be adjusted
quarter--yearly thereafter
in
January,
April, July and October to the rate established
by the Bank of Canada on
the day of adjustment.
DEVELOPMENT CHARGE SCHEDULE INCREASES AND INDEXING
The development
charges
referred to in Schedules
"B" and "C" shall be adjusted
annually,
without amendment
to this by-law, commencing
January
1, 2027,
and
annually thereafter while this by-law is in force, in accordance
with the most recent
twelve month change
in Statistics Canada
Quarterly,
Construction Price Statistics.
BY-LAW ADMINISTRATION
This by--lawshall be administered
by the Treasurer
or designate.
SCHEDULES TO THE BY-LAW
The following schedules
to this by--lawform an integral part of this by- law:
Schedule
"A"
--
Service Areas
Schedule
"B"--Development Charges
- Residential
Schedule "C"
-- Development Charges
-- Non-Residential
DATE BY-LAW EFFECTIVE
This by--lawshall come into force and effect on the date of its enactment.
This by--lawshall continue in force and effect for a term not to exceed ten years from
the date of its enactment
unless it is repealed
at an earlier date.
SHORT TITLE
This by-law may be cited as the Development
Charges
By-law.
Read a first and second time this 20"1day of May 2026.
Read a third time and finally passed this 20thday of May 2026.
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Tom Deline, Mayor
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Typhany Choinard, CAO/Clerk
Schedule
"A" of By-law 2026-42
Service Areas
Services
(Municipality-wide)
Library Services
Parks & Recreation
Fire Protection Services
Development Related Studies
Land Acquisition
Services
Related to a Highway
Stormwater
Management
Services
(Urban)
8.
Land Acquisition
9. Water Services
10. Wastewater
Services
Municipality
of Centre
Hastings
BY-LAW 2026-42
Schedule
B
-- Residential Development
Charges
Charge By Unit Type
Service
Single & Semi-
Rows &
_
Apartments
Detached
Other Multiples
Library Services
$216
$176
$117
Parks & Recreation
$926
$755
$504
Fire Protection Services
$745
$608
$405
Development-Related
Studies
$849
$693
$462
Land Acquisition (Rural)
$630
$514
$343
Services Related To A Highway
$6,091
$4,971
$3,314
Stormwater Management
$2,912
$2,377
$1,584
Subtotal Rural Services
$12,369
$10,094
$6,729
Land Acquisition (Urban)
$3,156
$2,576
$1,717
Water Services
$3,488
$2,847
$1,898
Wastewater
Services
$8,026
$6,551
$4,367
Subtotal Urban Services
$14,670
$11,974
$7,982
TOTAL URBANRESIDENTIALCHARGEBYUNITTYPE
$27,039
$22,068
$14,711
Municipality
of Centre
Hastings
BY-LAW 2026-42
Schedule
C - Non-Residential
Development
Charges
Non-Residential
Service
Charge
($/sq.m)
Library Services
$0.00
Parks & Recreation
$0.00
Fire Protection Services
$5.50
Development--Related Studies
$6.24
Land Acquisition (Rural)
$4.65
Services Related To A Highway
$45.03
Stormwater Management
$21.53
Subtotal Rural Services
$82.95
.Land
Acquisition (Urban)
$23.74
Water Services
$26.17
Wastewater
Services
$60.27
Subtotal Urban Services
$110.18
TOTAL NON-RESIDENTIAL URBAN CHARGE PER SQ.M.
$193.13