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Development Charges By-law #2024-054 shall
continue in force and effect for ten (10) years,
effective June 10, 2024, to a date not beyond
June 9, 2034.
TERM OF BYLAW
Service
Singles &
Semis
Rows &
Other
Multiples
Apartment -
Large
Apartment -
Small
Park Model
Trailers
Library Services
$808
$531
$454
$353
$454
Parks And Recreation
$2,891
$1,898
$1,626
$1,265
$1,626
Fire Protection
$3,510
$2,303
$1,974
$1,536
$1,974
Services Related To A Highway
$2,446
$1,605
$1,376
$1,070
$1,376
Development - Related Studies
$447
$294
$252
$196
$252
Total Township Charge
$10,102
$6,631
$5,682
$4,420
$5,682
Service
Charge per Square
Metre
Charge per Square
Feet
Library Services
$-
$-
Parks And Recreation
$-
$-
Fire Protection
$23.95
$2.22
Services Related To A Highway
$16.68
$1.55
Development - Related Studies
$3.05
$0.28
Total Township Charge
$43.68
$4.06
DEVELOPMENT CHARGE
INFORMATION
BY-LAW 2024-054
Effective Date: January 1, 2026
The Township's Treasurer is required to produce an annual statement showing detailed
information about each reserve fund established to account for development charge
revenues. The statement will document the continuity of each reserve fund, including the
description of each service, opening, and closing balances, details of any credit transactions,
details of any borrowing from the reserve fund that may have occurred, the amount spent on
growth related projects, the portion of each project that is funded from the reserve fund and
the portion funded from other sources of financing.
STATEMENT OF THE TREASURER
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES BY-LAW 2024-054
Schedule "A" Residential Development Charges
Schedule "B" Non-Residential Development Charges
Jasvinder Rattigan,
Director of Financial Services/Treasurer
Township of Georgian Bay
99 Lone Pine Road, Port Severn, ON L9M 0E3
Tel: (705) 538-2337 x243
Email: [email protected]
SERVICES COVERED
Development charges have
been imposed for the following
categories of Township services
in order to pay for the
increased capital costs
required as a result of
increased needs for services
arising from development:
LIBRARY
PARKS & RECREATION
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ROADS AND RELATED
INFRASTRUCTURE
FIRE PROTECTION
BACKGROUND STUDY
The Development Charges Act, 1997 and Ontario Regulation 82/98 require that, prior to
the passing of a by-law, a development charges background study be undertaken, with
reference to:
Hemson Consulting Ltd. prepared the Development Charges Background Study for the
Township dated April 4, 2024. The study served as the basis for the development charge
rates approved by Council on June 3, 2024, through by-law No. 2024-054. Development
charges came into effect on June 10, 2024.
The forecasted amount, type, and location of future development
The average service levels provided in the Township over the 10-year period
immediately preceding the preparation of the background study
Capital cost calculations for each eligible development charge service
An examination of the long-term capital and operating costs for the
infrastructure required to service the forecasted development.
INDEXING OF DEVELOPMENT
CHARGES
The development charges will be
adjusted annually on January 1 of
each year, without amendment to
the by-law, in accordance with
the most recent annual change in
the Statistics Canada Quarterly,
Construction Price Statistics.
UNPAID CHARGES TO BE ADDED TO TAX ROLL
Where a development charge or any part of it remains
unpaid after it is payable, the amount unpaid will be
added to the tax roll and will be collected in the same
manner as taxes.
REDEVELOPMENT
A credit will be provided against development charges
owing where buildings or structures have been
demolished to permit the redevelopment of the
property. The eligibility for demolition credits is
restricted to demolitions that occur within three (3)
years of the redevelopment of the property.
EXEMPTIONS
A number of exemptions to the payment of
development charges are established under the
Development Charges Act, S.O. 1997 and By-law
No. 2024-054. These include hospitals, government
agencies, schools, colleges and universities, places
of worship, farm buildings, and certain residential
expansions.
PURPOSE OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
Development charges assist in financing capital
projects required to meet the increased need for
services resulting from growth and development.
Revenues collected from Development Charges assist
the Municipality in capital projects for services
required in our growing community. Development
charge funds may only be used for the purpose for
which they are collected.
District Municipality of Muskoka Council has passed By-Law #2024-34. The Township of
Georgian Bay is responsible for the collection of these charges on behalf of the District.
For more information on the District of Muskoka's By-Law please visit www. .muskoka.on.ca
or call 1-705-645-2231.
UPPER TIER DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
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