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Development Charge Exemptions (Full or Partial)
Statutory exemptions:
- Industrial building additions of up to and including 50% of the existing G.F.A.
(defined in O. Reg. 82/98, Section 1) of the building; for industrial building
additions that exceed 50% of the existing G.F.A., only the portion of the addition
in excess of 50% is subject to D.C.s (subsection 4 (3) of the D.C.A.);
- Chatham-Kent municipal facilities, or a local board thereof;
- A board as defined in subsection 1 (1) of the Education Act;
- Residential development in existing buildings: development that results only in
the enlargement of an existing dwelling unit, or that results only in the creation of
up to two additional dwelling units (based on prescribed limits set out in section 2
of O. Reg. 82/98);
- Residential development in new dwellings: development that includes the
creation of up to two detached dwelling units (based on prescribed limits set out
in section 2 of O. Reg. 82/98); and
- 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 Development
Charges Act, 1997 if the development in respect of which development charges
would otherwise be payable is intended to be occupied and used by the
university. 2020, c. 34, Schedule 10, s. 1.
Non-statutory Exemptions
- Lands, buildings or structures used or to be used for a place of worship or for the
purposes of a cemetery or burial ground exempt from taxation under the
Assessment Act;
- A college or university and student accommodation related directly to the college
and/or university;
- Industrial development;
- Public hospitals;
- Children's Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent;
- Chatham-Kent Municipal Airport;
- Affordable Housing Unit;
- Non-profit housing;
- Farm buildings, excluding on-farm bunk houses and greenhouses; and
- Rental Housing with fifty (50) or more Dwelling Units - 50% D.C. reduction.