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The Corporation of the Township of Huron-Kinloss
BY-LAW No.
2024 - 103
Being a By-Law with respect to the imposition of
Development Charges for the Township of Huron-Kinloss
WHEREAS Section 2 (1) of the Development Charges Act, 1997 S.O. 1997, c. 27,
authorizes 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 WHEREAS the Township of Huron-Kinloss has completed a Development Charges
Background Study in accordance with Section 10 of the Development Charges Act,
1997;
AND WHEREAS the Council has given notice of its intention to pass a By-Law and held
a public meeting on October 16, 2024 in accordance with Section 12 of the Development
Charges Act, 1997:
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Huron-Kinloss
ENACTS as follows;
1. DEFINITIONS
In this By-Law,
1.1.
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 of floor area or both, and exclusively devoted to a principal use, building
or structure.
1.2.
Act means the Development Charges Act, 1997, c. 27, as amended.
1.3.
Affordable residential unit means a residential unit that meets the criteria set out
in subsection 4.1 of the Act.
1.4.
Agreement means a contract between the Municipality and an owner of land and
any amendment thereto.
1.5.
Agricultural use means the cultivation of land, the production of crops and the
selling of such products on the premises, and the breeding and care of livestock
and the selling of such livestock or the product of such livestock raised on the
premises, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes aviaries,
apiaries, fish farming, animal husbandry, and the raising and harvesting of field,
bush, or tree crops, market gardening, nurseries and greenhouses. However,
"agricultural use" does not include facilities for the permanent or temporary
housing of persons employed on the lot.
1.6.
Ancillary residential building means a residential building or structure that would
be ancillary to a detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, or row dwelling and
includes an accessory dwelling.
1.7.
Apartment unit means any residential unit within a building containing four or more
dwelling units where access to each residential unit is obtained through a common
entrance or entrances from the street level and the residential units are connected
by an interior corridor and is not a special care/special dwelling unit.
1.8.
Apartment Building means the whole of a structure that contains four or more
dwelling units which units have a common entrance from street level and are
served by a common corridor and the occupant of which have the right to use in
common the corridors, stairs, elevators, yards or one or more of them, and
Apartment shall mean one such unit located within an apartment building.
1.9.
Attainable residential unit means a residential unit that meets the criteria set out
in subsection 4.1 of the Act.
1.10. Average level of service means the average level of service in the Township for
the fifteen (15) years immediately preceding the preparation of the background
study.
1.11. Background study means the study required prior to passage of this by-law of the
increases in services, and the capital costs associated therewith, projected as a
result of development.
1.12. A bedroom means a habitable room larger than 7 square metres, including a den,
study or similar area, but does not include a living room, dining room or kitchen.
1.13. Benefiting area means an area defined by map, plan, or legal description in a front-
ending agreement as an area that will receive a benefit from the construction of a
service.
1.14. Board of Education means a board defined in s.s. 1 (1) of the Education Act.
1.15. Bona fide farm uses means the proposed development will qualify as a farm
business operating with a valid Farm Business Registration Number issued by the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and be assessed in the
Farmland Realty Tax Class by the Ontario Property Assessment Corporation.
1.16. Capital costs means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the Corporation
or a local board thereof directly or under an agreement;
1.16.1. costs to acquire land or an interest in land, including the capital
component of costs to acquire a leasehold interest;
1.16.2. costs to improve land;
1.16.3. costs to acquire, lease, construct or improve buildings and structures;
1.16.4. costs to acquire, lease, construct or improve facilities including;
1.16.4.1. rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or
more, and
1.16.4.2. furniture and equipment, other than computer equipment.
1.16.5. costs to undertake studies in connection with any of the matters referred
to in paragraphs 1.16.1 to 1.16.4
1.16.6. costs of the development charge background study, and
1.16.7. interest on money borrowed to pay for costs described in paragraphs
1.16.1 to 1.16.4.
1.17. Class means a grouping of services combined to create a single service for the
purposes of this by-law and as provided in Section 7 of the Act.
1.18. Commercial means any use of land, structures or buildings for the purposes of
buying or selling commodities and services, but does not include industrial or
agricultural uses, but does include hotels, motels, motor inns and boarding,
lodging and rooming houses.
1.19. Corporation means the Corporation of the Township of Huron-Kinloss.
1.20. Council means the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Huron-Kinloss.
1.21. Developer means a person who undertakes development or redevelopment.
1.22. Development which includes redevelopment, means:
1.22.1. 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,
including alterations to the interior, that has the effect of changing the size
or usability thereof, and includes all enlargement of existing development
which creates new dwelling units; and redevelopment has a
corresponding meaning; and/or
1.22.2. property that is being that is being divided by either a Plan of Subdivision
or by Consent within the meaning of the Planning Act.
1.23. Development charge means a charge imposed for increased capital costs required
because of increased need for service arising from development of the area to
which this By-Law applies.
1.24. A dwelling means a building, occupied or designed to be occupied exclusively as
a home, residence or sleeping place by one or more persons.
1.25. A dwelling, multiple means all dwellings other than a single detached dwelling, a
semi-detached dwelling, an apartment, or a multiple occupancy residential
retirement/senior citizens/nursing type home.
1.26. A dwelling, semi-detached or row means a residential building, which contains a
single dwelling unit, that has one or two vertical walls, but no other parts, attached
to other buildings.
1.27. A dwelling, single detached means a residential building, which contains a single
dwelling unit that is not attached to other buildings.
1.28. A dwelling unit means one or more habitable rooms occupied or designed to be
occupied by an individual or family as an independent and separate housekeeping
establishment in which separate kitchen and sanitary facilities are provided for the
use of such individual or family, with a private entrance from outside the building
or from a common hallway or stairway inside the building.
1.29. Existing means the number, use and size that existed as of the date this by-law
was passed.
1.30. Farm building means that part of a bona fide farming operation that is located upon
land which is assessed and used for farm purposes encompassing barns, silos
and other ancillary development to an agricultural use, but excluding a residential
use.
1.31. Finlay St. Service Area means the lands fronting on the north and south sides of
the Finlay Street road allowance, that are not connected to the Ripley sewage
collection or water distribution systems.
1.32. Floor above ground level means any floor, the entire area of which is located below
the lowest level at which the land upon which the building or structure stands abuts
any land.
1.33. Floor below ground level means any floor the entire area of which is located below
the lowest level at which the land upon which the building or structure stands abuts
any land.
1.34. A front-end payment 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 capital costs of the
services designated in the agreement that are required to enable land to be
developed within the Corporation.
1.35. Grade means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or structure
at all exterior walls.
1.36. Gross floor area means
1.36.1. in the case of a residential building or structure, the total area of all floors
above grade of a dwelling unit measured between the outside surfaces of
exterior walls or between the outside surfaces of exterior walls and the
centre line of party walls dividing the dwelling unit from any other dwelling
unit or other portion of a building; and
1.36.2. in the case of a non-residential building or structure, or in the case of a
mixed-use building or structure in respect of the non-residential portion
thereof the total area of all building floors above or below grade measured
between the outside surfaces of the exterior walls, or between the outside
surfaces of exterior walls and the centre line of party walls dividing a non-
residential use and a residential use, except for:
1.36.2.1. a room or enclosed area within the building or structure above
or below that is used exclusively for the accommodation of
heating,
cooling,
ventilating,
electrical,
mechanical
or
telecommunications equipment that service the building;
1.36.2.2. loading facilities above or below grade; and
1.36.2.3. a part of the building or structure below grade that is used for
the parking of motor vehicles or for storage or other accessory
use.
1.37. Industrial means lands, buildings or structures used or designed or intended for
use for manufacturing, processing, fabricating or assembly of raw goods,
warehousing or bulk storage of goods, and includes office uses and the sale of
commodities to the general public where such uses are accessory to an industrial
use, but does not include the sale of commodities to the general public through a
warehouse club.
1.38. Institutional development means development of a building or structure, or
portions thereof, intended for use:
1.38.1.
as a long-term care home within the meaning of subsection 2 (1) of the
Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007.
1.38.2.
as a retirement home within the meaning of subsection 2 (1) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010.
1.38.3.
by any of the following post-secondary institutions for the objects of the
institution:
1.38.3.1. a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular, and ongoing
operating funding from the Government of Ontario,
1.38.3.2. a college or university federated or affiliated with a university
described in subclause (i) or
1.38.3.3. an Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of section
6 of the Indigenous Institutes Act, 2017.
1.38.4.
as a memorial home, clubhouse, or athletic grounds by an Ontario
branch of the Royal Canadian Legion; or
1.38.5.
as a hospice to provide end of life care.
1.39. Lawfully existing means a building:
1.39.1.
that is not prohibited by a by-law passed under Section 34 of the
Planning Act, or a predecessor of that section; or
1.39.2.
that is a legal non-conforming use; or
1.39.3.
that is allowed by a minor variance authorized under Section 45 of the
Planning Act, or a predecessor of that section.
1.40. A local board means a public utility commission, transportation commission, public
library board, board of park management, board of health, police service board,
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 of the Corporation or any
part or parts thereof, but does not include a board as defined in subsection 1(1) of
the Education Act
1.41. Lakeshore Area includes the lands west of Highway 21 in the former Huron
Township in the service area for the Lake Huron Shoreline Water System.
1.42. Local services means those services, facilities or things which are under the
jurisdiction of the Township of Huron-Kinloss and are related to a plan of
subdivision or within the area to which the plan relates in respect of the lands
under Sections 41, 51 or 53 of the Planning Act, R. S. 0. 1990, Chap. P. 13, as
amended, or any successor thereof.
1.43. Lucknow Settlement Area includes all properties within the boundaries of the
Lucknow Urban Area and any properties outside of Lucknow Urban Area that are:
1.43.1. created by consent or
1.43.2. created by Plan of Subdivision or Condominium or
1.43.3. governed by Site Plan Control or
1.43.4. are existing lots of record
and that are allowed to connect to the existing water system or the existing
sanitary sewer system or the existing storm water drainage system of the
Township.
1.44. Minister means the Minster of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
1.45. Mixed-use means land, building or structures used or designed or intended for a
combination of non-residential use and residential use.
1.46. Mobile home means a dwelling unit that is designed to be mobile, and constructed
or manufactured to provide a permanent or seasonal residence for one or more
persons but does not include a trailer or tent trailer. A mobile home shall be
distinguished from other forms of prefabricated transportable housing by reason
of a design which permits and features ready transfer from place to place.
1.47. Multi-unit means all dwellings other than single detached, semi-detached,
apartment and special care dwellings and special dwelling units.
1.48. Non-profit housing development means development of a building or structure
intended for use as residential premises by:
1.48.1.
a corporation without share capital to which the Corporations Act
applies, that is in good standing under that Act and whose primary
object is to provide housing;
1.48.2.
a corporation without share capital to which the Canada Not-for-
Profit Corporations Act applies, that is in good standing under that Act
and whose primary object is to provide housing; or
1.48.3.
a non-profit housing co-operative that is in good standing under
the Co-operative Corporations Act, or any successor legislation.
1.49. Non-residential use means a building or structure of any kind whatsoever used
designed, or intended to be used for other than a residential use.
1.50. OLT means the Ontario Land Tribunal.
1.51. 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.
1.52. Place of worship means that part of a building or structure that is exempt from
taxation as a place of worship under the Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990 Chap. A.31,
as amended, or any successor thereof.
1.53. Prescribed index means the price index as prescribed in O. Reg. 82/98.
1.54. Redevelopment means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
buildings on land where all or part of a building on such land has been previously
demolished or changing the use of all or part of a building from a residential
purpose to a non-residential purpose or form a non-residential purpose to a
residential purpose, or changing all or part of a building from one form of residential
development to another form of residential development or from one form of non-
residential development to another form of non-residential development.
1.55. Rental housing means development of a building or structure with four or more
dwelling units all of which are intended for use as rented residential premises.
1.56. Residential dwelling means a building, occupied or capable of being occupied as
a home, residence or sleeping place by one or more persons, containing one or
more dwelling units but not including motels, hotels, tents, truck campers, tourist
trailers, mobile camper trailers, or boarding, lodging or rooming houses.
1.57. Residential development means land, buildings or portions thereof used,
designed, or intended to be used as living accommodations for one or more
individuals, and shall include a single detached dwelling, a semi-detached
dwelling, a multiple dwelling, an apartment unit dwelling, a mobile home, a park
model trailer, a special care/special need dwelling, an ancillary residential building,
and the residential portion of a mixed-use building and "residential use'' and
"residential purpose" has the same meaning.
1.58. Residential retirement/senior citizens/nursing type home refers to a residentially
zoned dwelling that may contain, in addition to dwelling units, bedrooms for the
use of residents, which do not have separate, individual culinary and/or sanitary
facilities for the exclusive use of the residents.
1.59. Ripley Settlement Area includes all properties within the boundaries of the Ripley
Urban Area and any properties outside of Ripley Urban Area that are:
1.59.1. created by consent or
1.59.2. created by Plan of Subdivision or Condominium or
1.59.3. governed by Site Plan Control or
1.59.4. are existing lots of record
and that are allowed to connect to the existing water system or the existing sanitary
sewer system or the existing storm water drainage system of the Township.
1.60. Rowhouse means a building containing three or more attached dwelling units in a
single row, each of which dwelling units has an independent entrance from the
outside and is vertically separated from any abutting dwelling unit.
1.61. Rural-Huron includes the lands in the former Huron Township not in the Water
Supply Master Plan Area.
1.62. Rural-Kinloss includes all the lands in the former Kinloss Township.
1.63. Services means those services designated in section 9 of this By-Law.
1.64. Treasurer means the treasurer for the Corporation of the Township of Huron-
Kinloss.
2. APPLICATION
2.1. This By-Law applies to all lands in the geographic area of the Corporation. Different
charges shall apply to development of land within the Ripley Settlement Area, the
Lucknow Settlement Area, the former Township of Kinloss, the former Township of
Huron, the Lakeshore Area, and Finlay St. Service Area.
2.2.
This By-Law does not apply to land that is owned by and used for the purposes of,
2.2.1.
a board of education;
2.2.2.
the Corporation or any local board thereof;
2.2.3.
the Corporation of the County of Bruce or any local board thereof;
2.2.4.
The Crown in Right of Ontario or the Crown in Right of Canada.
2.3.
No development charge under section 3.2 is payable where the development;
2.3.1.
is an enlargement of an existing dwelling unit;
2.3.2.
a second residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached
house or rowhouse, if all buildings and structures ancillary to the existing
dwelling contain no more than one residential unit.
2.3.3.
a third residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached
house, or rowhouse, if no buildings and structures ancillary to the
existing dwelling contains any residential units.
2.3.4.
one residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to an existing
detached, semi-detached or rowhouse, if the existing dwelling contains
no more than two residential units and no other buildings or structures
ancillary to the dwelling contain any residential units.
2.3.5.
a second residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached
house or rowhouse, if all buildings and structures ancillary to the existing
dwelling contain no more than one residential unit.
2.3.6.
a third residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached house,
or rowhouse, if no buildings and structures ancillary to the existing
dwelling contains any residential units.
2.3.7.
one residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to a new detached,
semi-detached or rowhouse, if the existing dwelling contains no more
than two residential units and no other buildings or structures ancillary
to the dwelling contain any residential units.
2.3.8.
the creation of additional dwelling units equal to the greater of one or 1
% of the existing dwelling units in an existing residential rental building
containing four or more dwelling units or prescribed ancillary structure
to the existing residential building.
2.3.9.
is a bona fide non-residential farm building.
2.3.10. is for commercial, industrial or institutional uses.
2.3.11. Is for 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.
2.3.12. Is for non-profit housing development.
2.3.13. Is for affordable housing units required pursuant to section 34 and 16(4)
of the Planning Act (Inclusionary Zoning).
2.3.14. Is for affordable residential units and attainable residential units.
2.4.
Subject to section 3, development charges shall be imposed upon and shall be
applied, calculated and collected in accordance with the provisions of this By-Law
on all lands, buildings or structures that are developed for residential uses if the
development requires:
2.4.1.
the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment thereto under
Section 34 of the Planning Act,
2.4.2.
the approval of a minor variance under Section 45 of the Planning Act,
2.4.3.
a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under Subsection 50(7)
of the Planning Act applies,
2.4.4.
the approval of a plan of subdivision under Section 51 of the Planning
Act,
2.4.5.
a consent under Section 53 of the Planning Act,
2.4.6.
the approval of a description under Section 50 of the Condominium Act,
or
2.4.7.
the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act, 1992, in relation to
a building or structure.
all lots of record shall pay a development charge upon issuance of a building permit,
where no development charge or lot levy has previously been collected for that lot.
2.5.
Section 3.2 shall not apply in respect of,
2.5.1.
those services, relating to a plan of subdivision or within the area to
which the plan relates, to be installed or paid for by the owner as a
condition of approval under section 51 of the Planning Act; and
2.5.2.
those services to be installed or paid for by the owner as a condition of
approval under section 53 of the Planning Act.
3. RATES AND CALCULATIONS
3.1.
Development charges against designated lands within the Corporation which is to
be developed shall be based upon the following designated services provided by
the Corporation:
3.1.1.
sanitary sewage services
3.1.2.
water services
3.1.3.
stormwater services;
3.1.4.
road services;
3.1.5.
fire protection;
3.1.6.
parks and recreation services;
3.1.7.
septage services
3.1.8.
administration
3.2.
Subject to the provisions of this Part and this By-Law, development charges
imposed upon designated lands within the Corporation which is to be developed
shall be calculated and collected at the rates set out in Schedule 'A' attached
hereto.
3.3.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, the Development Charges
payable for residential housing developments, as defined in the Act, will be
reduced based on the number of bedrooms in each unit as follows:
3.3.1. Three or more bedrooms - 25% reduction;
3.3.2. Two bedrooms - 20% reduction; and
3.3.3. All other bedroom quantities - 15% reduction.
3.4.
Despite any other provisions of this by-law, where, as a result of the
redevelopment of land, a building or structure existing on the same land within 5
years prior to the date of payment of development charges in regard to such
redevelopment was, or is to be demolished, in whole or in part, or converted from
one principal use to another principal use on the same land, in order to facilitate
the redevelopment, the development charges otherwise payable with respect to
such redevelopment shall be reduced by in the case of a residential building or
structure, or in the case of a mixed-use building or structure, the residential uses
in the mixed-use building or structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the
applicable development charge under Section 3.2 by the number, according to
type, of dwelling units that have been or will be demolished or converted to another
principal use.
3.5.
In the case of the demolition of all or part of a building or structure associated with
a development on a singular and certain parcel of land a credit shall be allowed
against the development charges otherwise payable, provided a demolition permit
for a residential building or structure has been issued and not revoked, and a
building permit issued for the redevelopment within 5 years from the date the
demolition permit for the residential building or structure was issued.
3.6.
Development charges imposed under this By-law are calculated, payable, and
collected on the date a building permit is issued in respect of the building or
structure for which the owner has made a building permit application, unless the
development charge is to be paid at a different time under Section 26 or Section
26.1 of the Act, or is to be paid or has been paid at a different time under an
agreement pursuant to Section 27 of the Act.
3.7.
Notwithstanding section 3.6, development charges for rental housing and
institutional developments are due and payable in 6 equal annual payments
commencing with the first instalment payable on the earlier of the date the first
occupancy permit is granted or the date of first occupancy, and each subsequent
instalment, including interest calculated in accordance with the Development
Charge Act.
3.8.
Where the development of land results from the approval of a site plan or zoning
by-law amendment received on or after January 1, 2020, and the approval of the
application occurred within two years of building permit issuance, the development
charges under section 12 shall be calculated on the rates set out in Schedule A
on the date of the planning application, including interest as per the Development
Charge Act. Where both planning applications apply, development charges under
section 3.2 shall be calculated on the rates, including interest as provided in the
Development Charge Act, payable on the anniversary date each year thereafter,
set out in Schedule A on the date of the later planning application, including
interest.
3.9.
Despite sections 3.6 to 3.8, Council from time to time, and at any time, may enter
into an agreement with an owner to provide for the payment in full of development
charges before building permit issuance or later than the issuing of a building
permit, in accordance with section 27 of the Act.
4. COMPLAINTS
4.1.
An owner may complain in writing to the Council in respect of the development
charge imposed by the Corporation that,
4.1.1. the amount of the development charge was incorrectly determined;
4.1.2. whether a credit is available to be used against the development charge,
or the amount of the credit or the service with respect to which the credit
was given, was incorrectly determined;
4.1.3. there was an error in the application of this By-Law.
4.2.
A complaint may not be made under section 4.1 later than 90 days after the day
the development charge, or any part of it, is payable.
4.3.
The complaint must be in writing, must state the complainant's name, the address
where notices can be given to the complainant and the reasons for the complaint.
4.4.
The Council shall hold a hearing into the complaint and shall give the complainant
an opportunity to make representation at the hearing.
4.5.
The Clerk of the Corporation shall mail a notice of the hearing to the complainant
at least fourteen (14) days before the hearing.
4.6.
Council may
4.6.1. dismiss the complaint; or
4.6.2. rectify any incorrect determination or error that was the subject of the
complaint.
4.7.
The Clerk of the Corporation shall mail to the complainant a notice of the Council's
decision and of the last day for appealing the decision, which shall be the day that
is forty (40) days after the day the decision is made. The notice required under
this section must be mailed not later than twenty (20) days after the day the
Council's decision is made.
5. CREDITS
5.1.
The Corporation shall give a person a credit towards the development charge in
accordance with the agreement if the person performs work that relates to a
service to which a development charge by-law relates.
5.2.
The amount of the credit is the reasonable cost of doing the work as agreed by the
Corporation and the person who is to be given the credit.
5.3.
No credit may be given for any part of the cost of the work that relates to an
increase in the level of service that exceeds the average level of service.
5.4.
A credit, or any part of it, may be given before the work for which the credit is given
is completed.
5.5.
A credit given in exchange for work done is a credit only in relation to the service
to which the work relates.
5.6.
If the work relates to more than one service, the credit for the work must be
allocated, in the manner agreed by the Corporation, among the services to which
the work relates.
5.7.
The Corporation may agree that a credit given be in relation to another service to
which this By-Law applies.
5.8.
The Corporation may agree to change a credit so that it relates to another service
to which this By-Law relates
5.9.
A Credit may not be transferred unless the holder and person to whom the credit
is to be transferred have agreed in writing to the transfer, and the Corporation has
agreed to the transfer, either in the agreement under which the holder was given
the credit or subsequently.
5.10. The transfer of a credit is not effective until the Corporation transfers it.
5.11. The Corporation shall transfer a credit upon being requested to do so by the
holder, the person to whom the credit is to be transferred or the agent of either of
them and being given proof that the conditions in section 5.1 are satisfied.
5.12. A credit that relates to a service may be used only with respect to that part of a
development charge that relates to the service.
5.13. A credit may only be used by the holder or the holder's agent.
6. INDEXING OF CHARGE
6.1.
Development charges imposed pursuant to this by-law shall be adjusted
annually, without amendment to this by-law, commencing on January 1, 2026
and annually thereafter, in accordance with the prescribed index in the Act.
7. ADMINISTRATION
7.1.
A certified copy of this by-law may be registered against the land to which it
applies.
7.2.
Where a development charge or any part of it remains unpaid after it is payable,
the amount unpaid shall be added to the tax roll and shall be collected in the same
manner as taxes.
7.3.
This By-Law shall be administered by Council.
7.4.
This By-Law shall come into force and effect on January 1, 2025.
7.5.
This By-Law shall continue in force and effect for a period not to exceed ten (10)
years from the date of its enactment, unless it is repealed at an earlier date by
subsequent by-law.
7.6.
This By-law repeals By-law No. 2019-133 and 2024-88.
7.7.
This By-Law may be cited as the "Development Charges By-Law".
READ a FIRST and SECOND TIME this 18th day of November, 2024.
READ a THIRD TIME and FINALLY PASSED this 18th day of November, 2024.
Mayor
Clerk
Original signed by Don Murray
Original signed by Jennifer White
Schedule "A" to Development Charges By-law
By-Law 2024 - 103
(Indexed to 2026 rates - Nov 2025)
Township of Huron-Kinloss Development Charges
Lucknow
Single & Semi
Detached (per
unit)
Multi-Unit
(per unit)
Apartment, 2
or more
bedroom (per
unit)
Apartment, 1
bedroom or
bachelor (per unit)
Residential
Nursing/
Retirement (1
person per
bedroom)
Parks and Recreation
834
511
442
404
323
Administration
435
267
230
211
168
Sanitary Sewage
143
87
76
69
55
Water
3325
2036
1765
1611
1289
Stormwater
-
-
-
-
-
Roads
-
-
-
-
-
Fire
465
285
247
225
180
Septage
-
-
-
-
-
Total
5,201
3,185
2,761
2,520
2,016
Ripley
Single & Semi
Detached (per
unit)
Multi-Unit
(per unit)
Apartment, 2
or more
bedroom (per
unit)
Apartment, 1
bedroom or
bachelor (per unit)
Residential
Nursing/
Retirement (1
person per
bedroom)
Parks and Recreation
834
511
442
404
323
Administration
435
267
230
211
168
Sanitary Sewage
1224
749
650
593
474
Water
3,349
2,051
1,779
1,624
1,298
Stormwater
-
-
-
-
-
Roads
-
-
-
-
-
Fire
124
76
66
60
48
Septage
-
-
-
-
-
Total
5,965
3,653
3,168
2,891
2,312
Schedule "A" Development Charges By-Law No. 2024- 103
Page 2
(Indexed to 2026 rates - Nov 2025)
Finlay St.
Single & Semi
Detached (per
unit)
Multi-Unit
(per unit)
Apartment, 2
or more
bedroom (per
unit)
Apartment, 1
bedroom or
bachelor (per unit)
Residential
Nursing/
Retirement (1
person per
bedroom)
Parks and Recreation
834
511
442
404
323
Administration
435
267
230
211
168
Sanitary Sewage
12,627
7,733
6,705
6,118
4,894
Water
19,013
11,644
10,096
9,211
7,369
Stormwater
8,380
5,132
4,449
4,060
3,248
Roads
24,791
15,182
13,164
12,012
9,609
Fire
124
76
66
60
48
Septage
-
-
-
-
-
Total
66,203
40,543
35,153
32,076
25,660
Lakeshore
Single & Semi
Detached (per
unit)
Multi-Unit
(per unit)
Apartment, 2
or more
bedroom (per
unit)
Apartment, 1
bedroom or
bachelor (per unit)
Residential
Nursing/
Retirement (1
person per
bedroom)
Parks and Recreation
834
511
442
404
323
Administration
435
267
230
211
168
Sanitary Sewage
-
-
-
-
-
Water
4,029
2,468
2,139
1,952
1,562
Stormwater
-
-
-
-
-
Roads
-
-
-
-
-
Fire
124
76
66
60
48
Septage
38
23
20
19
15
Total
5,460
3,344
2,898
2,646
2,116
Schedule "A" Development Charges By-Law No. 2024- 103
Page 3
(Indexed to 2026 rates - Nov 2025)
Huron
Single & Semi
Detached (per
unit)
Multi-Unit
(per unit)
Apartment, 2
or more
bedroom (per
unit)
Apartment, 1
bedroom or
bachelor (per unit)
Residential
Nursing/
Retirement (1
person per
bedroom)
Parks and Recreation
834
511
442
404
323
Administration
435
267
230
211
168
Sanitary Sewage
-
-
-
-
-
Water
-
-
-
-
-
Stormwater
-
-
-
-
-
Roads
-
-
-
-
-
Fire
124
76
66
60
48
Septage
38
23
20
19
15
Total
1,431
876
759
694
554
Kinloss
Single & Semi
Detached (per
unit)
Multi-Unit
(per unit)
Apartment, 2
or more
bedroom (per
unit)
Apartment, 1
bedroom or
bachelor (per unit)
Residential
Nursing/
Retirement (1
person per
bedroom)
Parks and Recreation
834
511
442
404
323
Administration
435
267
230
211
168
Sanitary Sewage
-
-
-
-
-
Water
-
-
-
-
-
Stormwater
-
-
-
-
-
Roads
-
-
-
-
-
Fire
465
285
247
225
180
Septage
38
23
20
19
15
Total
1,772
1,085
940
859
687
Schedule "A" Development Charges By-Law No. 2024- 103
Page 4
(Indexed to 2026 rates - Nov 2025)
NOTES TO SCHEDULE "A"
1.
There is a 70% reduction in the development charge for dedicated seniors care facilities (Lodge homes)
2.
The component of the Development Charge for water service in the Lakeshore Area and the component for sanitary sewage service in the Ripley Settlement Area, shall not
be assessed against, or collected from, the development of a property which has been previously assessed a Major Facilities Charge under a water rate by-law, or a
frontage charge under a sewer rate by-law, of the former Township of Huron, or of the former Village of Ripley, unless;
a)
the use of the property is being intensified by means of development as that term is defined in this By-Law
b)
the property is being redeveloped by a plan of subdivision or by consent within the meaning of the Planning Act.
3.
Lakeshore Area is defined as that area of the former Township of Huron which is included in the service area of the Lake Huron Shoreline Water System.
4.
Rural Huron is defined as the area of the former Township of Huron excluding the area of the former Village of Ripley and the area within the service area of the Lake Huron
Shoreline Water System.
5.
Rural Kinloss is defined as the area of the former Kinloss Township.
6.
Finlay St. Service Area is defined as the lands fronting on the north and south sides of the Finlay Street road allowance, that are not connected to the Ripley sewage
collection or water distribution systems.