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 "answer": "In the Municipality of Clarington, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by By-law 2025-070, a by-law to impose development charges against land in the Municipality of Clarington and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-28. Charge per single-detached home: $43,498 per unit (Municipality of Clarington, July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027). Charge per apartment unit: Two-bedroom and larger: $20,980; one-bedroom and smaller: $14,596 per unit (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027). Non-residential charge: Non-Industrial: $215.01/m2; Industrial: $98.17/m2 (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001469",
 "municipality": "Clarington",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.clarington.net",
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   "primary": true,
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   "title": "By-law 2025-070, a by-law to impose development charges against land in the Municipality of Clarington",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://weblink.clarington.net/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=451265&dbid=0&repo=Clarington",
   "summary": "Municipality of Clarington DC by-law under the DC Act, 1997; rates indexed annually July 1 (Laserfiche file).",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
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   "document_number": "2025-070",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f76725fcce1704e6ccc28b918c6dd532c373c795a13cfedaebb8e215c66aa09e.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "services_covered": "Library Services; Emergency & Fire Protection Services; Parks and Indoor Recreation; Services Related to a Highway: Roads & Related and Operations; General Government; Land Acquisition",
    "exemptions": "Hospitals, municipal/regional/local boards, schools, colleges/universities; agricultural/agri-tourism; farm bunkhouses; places of worship; temporary buildings/sales offices; industrial/commercial expansions ≤50%; redevelopment/brownfield/heritage/relocation/cancelled-permit credits.",
    "payment_timing": "Payable in full at first building permit; rental/institutional in 6 annual installments from occupancy; residential (excluding rental) at occupancy permit/first occupation; agreements may defer.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Indexed annually on July 1 from 2026 by Statistics Canada Non-Residential Construction Price Index for Toronto; expires ten years after coming into force (effective Dec 15, 2025)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "services_covered": "s. 10; Schedule 1",
    "exemptions": "ss. 23-36",
    "payment_timing": "s. 18",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 22; s. 43"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/clarington/development-charges/bylaw-2025-070/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges page (rates July 1 2026 to June 30 2027)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.clarington.net/planning-and-development/land-development-and-building/development-charges/",
   "summary": "rates page: effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027: $43,498 single/semi-detached; $35,708 low-density multiples; $14,596 one-bedroom apartments and smaller; $20,980 two-bedroom apartments and larger; non-residential $215.01/m2 (1 category), $98.17/m2 (other); $58,936 and $44,411 per hectare.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "bbda6b5014dc7fb6e4388e84164bad9a55f52bd6dd2c04bce8aa0c9e2e5b89ba",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bbda6b5014dc7fb6e4388e84164bad9a55f52bd6dd2c04bce8aa0c9e2e5b89ba.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$43,498 per unit (Municipality of Clarington, July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027)",
    "apartment_charge": "Two-bedroom and larger: $20,980; one-bedroom and smaller: $14,596 per unit (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Non-Industrial: $215.01/m2; Industrial: $98.17/m2 (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027)",
    "area_levy": "$103,348 per net hectare (Quality and Quantity Control combined); Stormwater Quality Control $58,936/ha; Stormwater Quantity Control $44,411/ha (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027)",
    "services_covered": "Library, fire facilities, indoor recreation, park development and facilities, roads, operations, parking and general government",
    "exemptions": "Housing intensification, agricultural uses, temporary buildings, certain institutional uses and industrial expansions, subject to by-law rules",
    "payment_timing": "At the time a building permit is issued"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "non_residential_charge": "\"Non-Industrial | *2 $215.01/m2 | Industrial | *1 $98.17/m2\" (Non-Residential development charges table, Effective July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027)",
    "area_levy": "\"Total - Lands Benefitting from Quality and Quantity Control | $103,348\" (Technology Park area-specific development charges table, Effective July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027)",
    "services_covered": "\"library, fire facilities, indoor recreation, park development and facilities, roads, operations, parking and general government\"",
    "exemptions": "\"exemptions or credits for housing intensification, agricultural uses, temporary buildings, certain institutional uses and industrial expansions\"",
    "payment_timing": "\"fees collected from developers and builders at the time a building permit is issued\"",
    "single_detached_charge": "\"Non-Industrial | *2 $215.01/m2 | Industrial | *1 $98.17/m2\" (Non-Residential development charges table, Effective July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027)",
    "apartment_charge": "\"Non-Industrial | *2 $215.01/m2 | Industrial | *1 $98.17/m2\" (Non-Residential development charges table, Effective July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/clarington/development-charges/development-charges-page/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges Background Study (2025/2026)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/clarington-018-ca/media/5nkdjvmm/developementchargesbackgroundstudy-march26-aoda.pdf",
   "summary": "Background study PDF linked from DC page.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "5bec7f0df407b7bb83f9f538e9dccf0837c4fcdddab2fd522789de1edbaec517",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5bec7f0df407b7bb83f9f538e9dccf0837c4fcdddab2fd522789de1edbaec517.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/clarington/development-charges/development-charges-background-study/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Previous DC By-law 2021-011",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "repealed",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://weblink.clarington.net/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=340514&dbid=0&repo=Clarington",
   "summary": "Earlier DC by-law linked on the page; superseded by 2025-070 (inferred).",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "3d805bf3eeb8dab518a1ccf8b6df77a984e944b7243dcbda7a37152118165ea5",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2021-011",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3d805bf3eeb8dab518a1ccf8b6df77a984e944b7243dcbda7a37152118165ea5.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/clarington/development-charges/bylaw-2021-011/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
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 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/clarington/development-charges/"
}