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 "answer": "In the Municipality of Kincardine, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by By-law No. 2025-034, 9/21 Business Park Area-Specific Development Charge By-law and 3 other bylaws, verified 2026-10-26. Charge per single-detached home: $26,759.23 per unit (single and semi dwelling). Charge per apartment unit: $14,018.34 per unit (apartments). Non-residential charge: $134.24 per square meter.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001582",
 "municipality": "Kincardine",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "http://www.kincardine.net/",
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   "primary": true,
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   "title": "By-law No. 2025-034, 9/21 Business Park Area-Specific Development Charge By-law",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-03-26",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kincardine-005-ca/media/he5lwqy4/034-kincardine-asdc-by-law_9_21-business-park.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipality of Kincardine By-law 2025-034, 9/21 Business Park area-specific development charge (adopted 2025-03-26): 2026 rate $246,069 per hectare.",
   "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": "2025-034",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "area_levy": "$236,151 per net hectare",
    "services_covered": "Storm water, wastewater infrastructure, water infrastructure, and services related to a highway: roads and related infrastructure.",
    "exemptions": "Exemptions for intensification of existing and new housing per Act; land owned by board of education or municipality/local board; local services; redevelopment credits.",
    "payment_timing": "Payable per Act ss. 26-26.2; building permit not issued until paid in full; subdivision/consent agreements payable immediately upon entering agreement.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually as of Jan 1, 2026 per Statistics Canada Construction Price Statistics (Ottawa-Gatineau or Toronto); expires ten years after coming into force (effective Mar 26, 2025)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "area_levy": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "services_covered": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "exemptions": "s. 6(1); s. 5(2); s. 7(2); s. 11",
    "payment_timing": "s. 13(1)-(3)",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 17; s. 23; s. 24"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kincardine/development-charges/bylaw-2025-034/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 2025-084, Gary Street Lands Area-Specific Development Charge By-law",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-07-09",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kincardine-005-ca/media/1lqoyrnz/25-084-gary-street-asdc-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipality of Kincardine By-law 2025-084, Gary Street Lands area-specific development charge (adopted 2025-07-09): 2026 rate $79,759.89 per hectare.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "be2d629970532ef708983f0f7e548f7a059116eed6ce59ef626b86221bdc787e",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
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   "document_number": "2025-084",
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   "facts": {
    "area_levy": "$76,545 per net hectare",
    "services_covered": "Storm Sewer; Sanitary Sewer; Watermains; Services Related to a Highway: Roads and Related",
    "exemptions": "Board of education; municipality/local board; non-residential <232 square metres; affordable/non-profit housing; institutional; child care; certain subdivision agreement lands; intensification per Act.",
    "payment_timing": "Calculated and payable per Act sections 26, 26.1, 26.2; building permit not issued until paid in full; subdivision/consent upon agreement.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually as of January 1, 2026 per Statistics Canada Construction Price Statistics Catalogue 62-007; expires ten years after July 9, 2025."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "area_levy": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "services_covered": "s. 3(1)",
    "exemptions": "s. 5(2); s. 6(1)",
    "payment_timing": "s. 13(1)-(3)",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 17; s. 23; s. 24"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kincardine/development-charges/bylaw-2025-084/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges (Municipality of Kincardine web page)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.kincardine.ca/big/development-planning-and-zoning/development-charges/",
   "summary": "rates page: 2026 (indexed Jan 1). Municipal-wide by-law 2021-114 as amended by 26-069; area-specific 2026 charge per net hectare $79,759.89 (9/21 Business Park), $246,069.35 (Gary Street).",
   "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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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$26,759.23 per unit (single and semi dwelling)",
    "apartment_charge": "$14,018.34 per unit (apartments)",
    "non_residential_charge": "$134.24 per square meter",
    "area_levy": "Gary Street Lands: $79,759.89 per net hectare (2026); 9/21 Business Park: $246,069.35 per net hectare (2026)",
    "services_covered": "Cemetery, development-related studies, fire and emergency services, general government, parks and recreation, public works and fleet, roads, wastewater, waste management, water",
    "exemptions": "Deferred payment schedules available for rental housing, certain institutional, and non-profit developments; Bill 23 amendments may apply",
    "payment_timing": "Calculated and collected at building permit issuance; for Site Plan/Zoning By-Law amendments, calculated at complete application receipt and frozen up to two years from Site Plan approval; deferred schedules for rental housing, certain institutional, non-profit"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Table row total under 'Single and semi dwelling, per unit': $26,759.23",
    "apartment_charge": "Table row total under 'Apartments, per unit': $14,018.34",
    "non_residential_charge": "Table row total under 'Non-residential charge per square meter': $134.24",
    "area_levy": "Gary Street Lands: '2026 charge per net Hectare $79,759.89'; 9/21 Business Park: '2026 charge per net Hectare $246,069.35'",
    "services_covered": "Municipal Services section list under 'Development charges in the Municipality of Kincardine include these categories of services'",
    "exemptions": "'There are also deferred payment schedules for: rental housing, certain institutional, non-profit developments'; 'Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act'",
    "payment_timing": "'development charges are calculated and collected on the date a building permit is issued'; 'frozen for a period of up to two years from Site Plan approval (Bill 108.)'"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kincardine/development-charges/development-charges/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of Kincardine Development Charges Pamphlet, effective January 1, 2026",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/kincardine-005-ca/media/mulje2sk/2026-01-01-municiality-of-kincardine_updated-dc-pamphlet.pdf",
   "summary": "rates page: 2026-01-01. Municipal-wide subtotal $11,488.55 singles/semis; $8,026.14 rows & other; $6,018.85 apartments; $46.95/m2 non-residential. Lists exemptions (additional units, farm, institutional).",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "aaca25f0e8aefff0099289c193bc5b5de295741f7c4ecabab1e363528a2b9611",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/aaca25f0e8aefff0099289c193bc5b5de295741f7c4ecabab1e363528a2b9611.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$26,759.23 per unit (Singles & Semi-Detached; as of January 1, 2026)",
    "apartment_charge": "$14,018.34 per unit (Apartments)",
    "non_residential_charge": "$134.24 per square metre",
    "area_levy": "Highway 9/21 Business Park Lands: $246,069.34 per net developable hectare; Gary Street Lands: $79,759.89 per net developable hectare",
    "services_covered": "Parks and Recreation; Public Works & Municipal Fleet; Roads & Related; Fire Services; Waste Management; Development-Related Studies; Water; Wastewater; area-specific storm water, wastewater/water infrastructure, roads.",
    "exemptions": "Boards of education; municipalities/local boards; additional residential units (max 3); rental housing discounts 15-25%; non-residential institutional/farm buildings; C1 under 232 m2; industrial enlargement up to 50%.",
    "payment_timing": "Rental housing and institutional development: equal annual instalments beginning earlier of building permit issuance and first occupancy, over 5 years; all other development: building permit issuance; Council may agree to before/after payment.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Indexed annually on January 1st in accordance with the most recent annual change in Statistics Canada Quarterly Construction Price Statistics (catalogue 62-007)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "MUNICIPAL-WIDE DEVELOPMENT CHARGES; as of January 1, 2026",
    "apartment_charge": "MUNICIPAL-WIDE DEVELOPMENT CHARGES",
    "non_residential_charge": "MUNICIPAL-WIDE DEVELOPMENT CHARGES",
    "area_levy": "AREA-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT CHARGES - HIGHWAY 9/21 LANDS; AREA-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT CHARGES - GARY STREET LANDS",
    "services_covered": "SERVICES INCLUDED",
    "exemptions": "EXEMPTIONS & DISCOUNTS",
    "payment_timing": "TIMING OF PAYMENT",
    "indexing_expiry": "INDEXING OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kincardine/development-charges/municipality-of-kincardine-development-charges-pamphlet/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bruce County development charges",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.brucecounty.on.ca/development-charges",
   "summary": "Kincardine collects Bruce County's DCs on its behalf; county page linked from the municipal DC page (not opened).",
   "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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   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kincardine/development-charges/bruce-county-development-charges/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/kincardine/development-charges/"
}