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The Corporation of The Township of King
By-Law Number 2026-050
A BY-LAW FOR THE IMPOSITION OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
WHEREAS the Corporation of the Township of King will experience growth through
development and redevelopment; and
WHEREAS development and redevelopment require the provision of physical and social
services by the Township of King; and
WHEREAS Council desires to ensure that the capital cost of meeting growth-related demands
for or burden on municipal services does not place an excessive financial burden on the
Township of King or its existing taxpayers while at the same time ensuring new taxpayers
contribute no more than the net capital cost attributable to providing the current level of
municipal services; and
WHEREAS the Development Charge Act, 1997 (the "Act") provides that the Council of a
municipality may by by-law impose Development Charges against land to pay for increased
capital costs required because of increased needs for services; and
WHEREAS a Development Charge Background Study has been completed in accordance with
the Act; and
WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of the Township of King has given notice of and
held a public meeting on the 8th day of December 2025 in accordance with the Act and the
regulations thereto;
Now therefore the Council of the Corporation of the Township of King enacts as follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
In this By-law, the following items shall have the corresponding meanings:
1.1.1 "Act" means the Development Charge Act, 1997 as amended, or any successor thereof;
1.1.2 "Accessory" use means that the use, Building or Structure
is naturally and normally
incidental to or subordinate in purpose or both, and exclusively devoted to a principal use,
Building or Structure;
1.1.3 "Affordable residential unit" means a residential unit that meets the criteria set out in
subsection 4.1(2) or 4.1(3) of the Act;
1.1.4 "Agricultural Use" means lands or Buildings, excluding any portion thereof used as a
Dwelling Unit, used or designed or intended for use for the purpose of a bona fide farming
operation
operated
by
a Bona
Fide
Farmer,
including,
but
not
limited
to,
animal
husbandry, dairying, livestock, fallow, field crops, removal of sod, forestry, fruit farming,
horticulture, market gardening, pasturage, poultry keeping, equestrian facilities and any
other activities customarily carried on in agriculture, but does not include a Building,
Structure or greenhouse or part thereof solely designed, used or intended to be used for
the growing, cultivation, harvesting, drying, processing, testing, trimming, storage, or sale
of Cannabis and does not include producing, packaging or processing, or commercial
activities;
1.1.5 "Ancillary" means a use, building, and/or structure that is incidental and/or subordinate to a
main use, and is located on the same lot as a main use;
1.1.6 "Ancillary residential building" means a residential building that would be accessory to a
detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling or row dwelling;
1.1.7 "Apartment dwelling" means any residential unit within a building containing more than four
dwelling units where the units are connected by an interior corridor but does not include
a special care/special need dwelling unit. Despite the foregoing, an apartment dwelling
includes those stacked townhouse dwellings that are developed on a block approved for
development at a minimum density of sixty (60) units per net hectare pursuant to plans
approved under section 41 of the Planning Act;
1.1.8 "Attainable residential unit" means a residential unit that meets the criteria set out in
subsection 4.1(4) of the Act;
1.1.9 "Back-to-back townhouse dwelling" means a building containing four or more dwelling units
separated vertically by a common wall, including a rear common wall, that do not have
rear yards;
1.1.10 "Board of Education" has the same meaning as set out in the Education Act, R.S.O.
1990, Chap. E.2, as amended, or any successor thereof;
1.1.11 "Bona Fide Farmer" means an individual currently actively engaged in a farm operation
with a valid Province of Ontario Farm Business Registration number within the Township
of King;
1.1.12 "Building" means a building or structure occupying an area greater than 10 square meters
consisting of a wall, roof, and floor, or a structural system serving the function thereof,
including an air supported Structure or mezzanine;
1.1 .13 "Building Code Act" means the Building Code Act, S.O. 1992, c.23, as amended and any
successor legislation;
1.1.14 "Capital cost" shall have the same meaning as set out in subsection 5(3) of the Act;
1.1.15 "Cannabis" means":
1.1.15.1
A plant that belongs to the genus cannabis;
1.1.15.2 Any part of such a plant, including the phytocannabinoi ds produced by, or found
in such a plant, regardless of whether that part has been processed or not;
1.1.15.3
Any substance or mixture of substances that contains or has on
it any part of
such a plant; and
1.1 .15.4 Any substance that is identical to any phytocannabinoid produced by, or found
in such a plant, regardless of how the substance was obtained or produced.
1.1.16 "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 Development Charges Act. Also referred
to as class of service or classes of services;
1.1.17 "Commercial" means any Non-Residential Development other than "Institutional" or
"Industrial";
1.1.18 "Council" means the Council of the Corporation of the Township of King;
1.1.19 "Development" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more Buildings on
land or the making of an addition or alteration to a Building that has the effect of increasing
the size of usability thereof, and includes redevelopment;
1.1.20 "Development Charge" means a charge imposed with respect to this By-law;
1.1.21 "Dwelling Unit" means a room or suite of rooms used, or designed or intended for use by
one person or persons living together, in which culinary and sanitary facilities are provided
for the exclusive use of such person or persons;
1.1.22 "Existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of the date this by-law was
passed;
1.1.23 "Garden suite" means a building containing one (1) dwelling unit where the garden suite
is detached from and ancillary to an existing single detached dwelling or semi-detached
dwelling on a residential lot and such building is designed to be portable and where the
property owner has entered into an agreement with the municipality that establishes the
temporary nature of the garden suite;
1.1.24 "Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a Building at all exterior
walls;
1.1.25 "Gross Floor Area" means:
1.1.25.1
in the case of a Residential Building, 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
1.1.25.2 in the case of a Non-Residential Building, or the Non-Residential portion of a
mixed-use Building, the aggregate of the areas of each floor, whether above or
below Grade, measured between the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the
Building or from the centre line of a common wall separating a Non-Residential
and a Residential use, excluding, in the case of a Building containing an atrium,
the sum of the areas of the atrium at the level of each floor surrounding the
atrium above the floor level of the atrium, and excluding,
in the case of a
Building containing parking spaces, the sum of the areas of each floor used, or
designed or intended for use for the parking
of motor vehicles unless the
Building
is
a parking
Structure,
and,
for the purposes
of this
definition,
notwithstanding any other section of this by-law, the Non-Residential portion of
a mixed-use Building is deemed to include one-half of any area common to the
Residential
and
Non-Residential
portions
of
such
mixed-use
Building.
Notwithstanding any other section of this by-law, Gross Floor Area shall not
include the surface area of swimming pools or the playing surfaces of indoor
sport fields including hockey arenas and basketball courts, or, in the case of
Industrial, office or Institutional
Buildings, a part of such Building above or below Grade or a stand-alone
Building above or below Grade that is used for the parking of motor vehicles
which is associated with but Accessory to such Industrial, office or Institutional
Building;
1.1.25.3 The measures determined in subsection (b) above shall be expressed or
converted to metric square meters and rounded to two decimal places for
application to the non-residential development charge rates set out in Schedule
"B".
For clarity, the conversion rate to be used is
1 sq. ft. = 0.09290304 m2.
1.1.26 "Group Home" means a Residential Building or the Residential portion of a mixed use
Building containing a single housekeeping unit supervised on a 24 hours a day basis on
site by agency staff on a shift rotation basis, funded wholly or in part by any government
and licensed, approved or supervised by the Province of Ontario under any general or
special act, for the accommodation of not fewer than 3 and not more than 8 residents,
exclusive of staff;
1.1.27
"Industrial"
means
lands
or
Buildings
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 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 or a self-storage building;
1.1.28 "Institutional" means lands or Buildings used or designed or intended for use by an
organized body, society or religious group for promoting a public or non-profit purpose
and shall include, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, places of worship,
and Special Care Facilities;
1.1.29 "Interest rate" means the annual rate of interest as set out in section 26.3 of the Act;
1.1.30 "Large Apartment" means a Dwelling Unit in an Apartment Building that is 700 square
feet or larger in size;
1.1.31
"Live/work unit" means
a
unit which contains separate residential and non-residential
areas intended for both residential and non-residential uses concurrently, and shares a
common wall or floor with direct access between the residential and non-residential areas;
1.1.32 "Local Board" means a local board as defined in the Development Charge Act;
1.1.33 "Long-term care home" means development as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Fixing
Long-Term Care Home Act, 2021;
1.1.34 "Mobile Home" means any dwelling that is designed to be made mobile, and constructed
or manufactured to provide a permanent residence for one or more persons, but does not
include a travel trailer or tent trailer;
1.1.35
"Multiple
dwelling"
means
all
dwellings
other
than
single
detached
dwellings,
semidetached
dwellings,
apartment
unit
dwellings,
and
special
care/special
need
dwellings and includes, but is not limited to, back-to-back townhouse dwellings and the
residential component of live/work units;
1.1.36 "Municipality" means the Corporation of the Township of King;
1.1.37 "Non-profit housing development" means Development of a building or structure that
meets the criteria set out in section 4.2 of the Act;
1.1.38 "Non-Residential" use means a Building of any
kind whatsoever used, designed
or
intended
to
be used
for other than a Residential
use and includes
all Commercial,
Industrial and Institutional uses;
1.1.39 "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';
1.1.40 "Place of Worship" means a Building that is used primarily for worship and
religious
practices
and
purposes,
including
related
administrative,
teaching,
assembly
and
associated spaces including a gymnasium, but does not include portions of such Building
used for any continuous Commercial uses, including but not limited to daycare facilities
or office spaces for the administration of a regional district of such places of worship;
1.1.41 "Planning Act" means the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.13, as amended and any
successor legislation;
1.1.42 "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 previously been demolished, or
changing the use of all or part of a building from a residential purpose to a non-residential
purpose or from 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
nonresidential development;
1.1.43 "Rental Housing" means a Building with four or more Dwelling Units all of which are
intended for use as rented Residential premises;
1.1.44 "Residential" use means lands or Buildings used, or designed or intended for use as a
residence for one or more individuals, and shall include, but is not limited to, a Single
Detached Dwelling, a Semi-detached Dwelling Unit, a Multiple Unit Dwelling, a Small
Apartment, a Large Apartment,
a Group Home, a Mobile Home and a Residential
Dwelling
Unit Accessory to a Non-Residential use but shall not include a motel or hotel or lodging
house;
1.1.45 "Semi-detached Dwelling Unit" means a Dwelling Unit in a Residential Building consisting
of two Dwelling Units having one vertical wall or one horizontal wall, but not other parts,
attached or another Dwelling Unit where the Residential unit are not connected by an
interior corridor;
1.1.46 "Service" (or "Services") means a service designated in Schedule "A" to this By-law;
1.1.47 "Single Detached Dwelling Unit" means a Residential Building consisting of one Dwelling
Unit and not attached
to another Structure and
includes Mobile Homes. For greater
certainty, a Residential Building consisting of one Dwelling Unit that is attached to another
Structure by footings only shall be considered a single family dwelling for purposes of this
by-law;
1.1.48 "Small Apartment" means a Dwelling Unit in an Apartment Building that is less than 700
square feet in size;
1.1.49 "Special Care Facilities" means lands or Buildings without dwelling units, which are used
or designed or intended for use for the purpose of providing supervision, nursing care or
medical treatment, that are licensed, approved or supervised under any special or general
Act;
1.1.50 "Special Care/Special Dwelling" means the residential portion of Special Care Facilities,
including Group Homes, containing rooms or suites of rooms designed or intended to be
used for sleeping and living accommodations that have a common entrance from street
level:
1.1.50.1
Where the occupants have the right to use in common, halls, stairs, yards,
common rooms, and accessory buildings;
1.1.50.2
Which may or may not have exclusive sanitary and/or culinary facilities;
1.1.50.3
That is designed to accommodate persons with specific needs, including, but
not limited to, independent permanent living arrangements; and
1.1.50.4
Where support services such as meal preparation, grocery shopping, laundry,
housekeeping, nursing, respite care, and attendant services may be provided
at various levels.
1.1.51 "Stacked townhouse dwelling" means a building containing two or more dwelling units
where each
dwelling
unit
is separated
horizontally from
another dwelling
unit by a
common wall or floor;
1.1 .52 "Temporary Structure" means a temporary building or structure that is constructed, erected
or placed on land for a continuous period of not more than eight months, or an addition or
alteration to a building or structure that has the effect of increasing the size or usability
thereof for a period of not more than eight months.
2. DESIGNATION OF SERVICES
2.1 The categories of services and classes of services for which Development Charges are
imposed under this By-law are as follows:
(a)
Water and Wastewater Studies;
(b)
Water Distribution;
(c)
Wastewater Services - King City;
(d)
Wastewater Services - Nobleton;
(e)
Services Related to a Highway;
(f)
Fire protection services;
(g)
Library Services;
(h)
Parks and Recreation Services;
(i)
Growth Studies;
(j)
Land -10 Year;
(k)
Land-2051;
(I)
Land - Urban 2051;
(m)
Land - Urban 2051 (King City); and
(n)
Land-Urban 2051 (Nobleton).
2.2
The components of the services and classes of services designated in section 2.1 are
described in Schedule A.
3. APPLICATION OF BY-LAW RULES
3.1
Development Charges shall be payable in the amounts set out in this By-law where:
(a) the lands are located in the area described in section 3.2; and
(b) the Development of the lands requires any of the approvals set out in subsection
3.3(a).
Area to Which By-law Applies
3.2
Subject to sections 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6, this By-law applies to all lands in the Township of
King whether or not the land or use thereof is exempt from taxation under subsection3(1)
or the Assessment Act.
Approvals for Development
3.3
(a) Development Charges shall be imposed on all lands or Buildings that are
developed for Residential or Non-Residential uses if the Development requires:
(i)
the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment to a zoning by-law
under section 34 of the Planning Act;
(ii)
the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning Act;
(iii)
a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under subsection 50(7) of
the Planning Act applies;
(iv)
the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the Planning Act;
(v)
a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act;
(vi)
the approval of a description under section 50 of the Condominium Act,
R.S.O. 1990, Chap. 0.26, as amended, or any successor thereof; or
(vii)
the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act in relation to a Building.
(b)
No more than one Development Charge for each service or class of services
designated in subsection 2.1
shall be imposed upon any lands or Buildings to
which this By-law applies, even though two or more of the actions described in
subsection 3.3(a) are required before the lands or Buildings can be developed.
(i)
Despite subsection 3.3
(b),
if two or more of the actions described
in
subsection
3.3
(a)
occur
at
different times,
additional
Development
Charges shall be imposed
if the subsequent action has the effect of
increasing the need for services.
Exemptions
3.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, Development Charges shall not be imposed
with respect to:
(a)
the enlargement of an existing residential dwelling unit;
(b)
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;
(c)
A second residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached
house or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than
ancillary residential use, is permitted, if all buildings and structures ancillary to the
existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse cumulatively contain
no more than one residential unit.
(d)
A third
residential
unit
in an existing detached house, semi-detached
house or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than
ancillary residential use, is permitted,
if no building or structure ancillary to the
existing
detached
house,
semi-detached
house
or rowhouse
contains
any
residential units...
(e)
One
residential
unit
in
a
building or structure ancillary to an
existing
detached
house,
semi-detached
house
or rowhouse
on
a
parcel
of urban
residential land, if the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
contains no more than two residential
units and no other building or structure
ancillary to the existing detached
house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
contains any residential units..
(f)
A second residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached house
or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than ancillary
residential use,
is permitted,
if all buildings and structures ancillary to the new
detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse cumulatively will contain no
more than one residential unit.
(g)
A third residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential
use, other than ancillary
residential
use,
is
permitted,
if no
building
or structure ancillary to the new
detached house, semidetached house or rowhouse contains any residential units.
(h)
One residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to a new detached
house, semi-detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of land,
if the new detached
house,
semi-detached
house
or other
multiple
contains
no
more
than two
residential units and no other building or structure ancillary to the new detached
house, semidetached house or rowhouse contains any residential units.
3.5 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this B-law, development charges shall not be imposed
or may be deferred, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Township, with respect to:
(i)
the Municipality or a Local Board thereof;
(ii)
a Board of Education;
(iii)
the Region of York or a Local Board thereof;
(iv)
lands or Buildings used or to be used for a Place of Worship as
defined above;
(v)
for the purposes
of a cemetery
or burial ground exempt from
taxation under the Assessment Act;
(vi)
the Development of Agricultural Use Buildings constructed for bona
fide farm uses, for a bona fide farmer, who owns the Agricultural Use Building
and the land on which the building will be constructed;
(vii)
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 Act if the development in respect of which development charges would
otherwise be payable is intended to be occupied and used by the university;
(viii)
Non-profit Housing Residential Development;
(ix)
Affordable housing units required pursuant to Section 34 and 16(4)
of the Planning Act (Inclusionary Zoning);
(x)
Affordable Residential Units;
(xi)
Attainable Residential Units (when proclaimed as per section 4.1
of the Act);
(xii)
Temporary Structures;
(b) The D.C. payable for rental housing developments, where the residential units are
intended to be used as a rented residential premises will be reduced based on the
number of bedrooms in each unit as follows:
(i)
Three (3) or more bedrooms - 25% reduction;
(ii)
Two (2) bedrooms - 20% reduction; and
(iii)
Fewer than two (2) bedrooms - 15% reduction.
Exemption for Industrial Enlargement
3.6
As set out in Section 4 of the Act,
if a Development includes the enlargement of the Gross
Floor Area of an Existing Industrial Building, the amount of the Development Charge that
is payable in respect of the enlargement is determined in accordance with this section.
For the purposes of this subsection, the term "Existing Industrial Building" shall have the
same meaning as defined in O. Reg. 82/98 under the Act, as amended, or successor
thereto.
(a)
The exemption for Industrial enlargement provided for in this subsection
shall apply only to the enlargement of the Gross Floor Area of an
Existing
Industrial Building which at the time of application for a Building permit, shall have
fifty (50) per cent or more of its Gross Floor Area occupied by Industrial uses;
(b)
Such enlargement must be attached to, or within, the Existing Industrial
Building, but shall not be attached by means only of a tunnel, bridge, passageway,
shared below Grade connection, foundation, footing, shared connected roof, or
parking facility;
(c)
Both the enlargement and Existing Industrial Building must be constructed
on lands owned by the same beneficial Owner;
(d)
The enlargement shall be for use for, or in connection with, an Industrial
purpose as set out in this By-law on lands owned by the same beneficial Owner;
(e)
The enlargement
shall
be
for the
exclusive use
of the
occupant
in
occupation at the time of the application for a Building permit, whose occupancy
equals fifty (50) percent or more of the total Gross Floor Area of the existing
Structure immediately prior to the issuance of the subject expansion Building
permit;
(f)
The Building permit for the construction of the enlargement is to be issued
no earlier than five (5) years from most recent occupancy or Building permit issued
for the Building;
(g)
For the purposes of the calculation of the applicable Development Charge,
the Gross Floor Area of an existing Industrial Building shall be calculated as
it
existed prior to the first enlargement in respect of that Building for which an
exemption under Section 4 of the Act is sought;
(h)
For the purposes of the calculation of the applicable Development Charge,
the enlargement shall be measured to also include all prior enlargements from the
Existing Industrial Building as determined in clause 3.6 (g) above;
(i)
If the area of the enlargement, as determined in clause 3.6 (h) above, is
fifty (50) percent or less of the Gross Floor Area determined in clause 3.6 (g)
above, the amount of the Development Charge in respect of the enlargement is
zero (0) dollars; and
(j)
If the area of the enlargement as determined in clause 3.6 (h) above is
more than fifty (50) percent of the Gross Floor Area determined in clause 3.6 (g)
above, the amount of the Development Charge in respect of the enlargement is
the amount of the Development Charge that would otherwise be payable less that
portion related to any Gross Floor Area of the enlargement which brings the
cumulative amount of enlargements to the fifty (50) percent limit, as determined
in accordance with clause 3.6 (g) above.
Amount of Charges - Residential
3.7
The Development Charges set out in Schedule B shall be imposed on Residential uses of
lands or Buildings, including a Dwelling Unit Accessory to a Non-Residential use and, in
the case of a mixed use Building, on the Residential uses in the mixed use Building,
according to the type and number of Residential units, and calculated with respect to each
of the services and classes of services according to the type of Residential use.
Amount of Charges - Non-Residential
3.8
The Development Charges described in Schedule B to this by-law shall be imposed on
Non-Residential uses of lands or Buildings, and, in the case of a mixed use Building, on
the Non-Residential uses in the mixed use Building, and calculated with respect to each
of the services and classes of services according to the Gross Floor Area of the Non-
Residential use.
Reduction of Development Charge for Redevelopment
3.9
Despite any other provisions of this By-law, where, as a result of the redevelopment of
land, a Building existing on the same land within 48 months prior to the date of payment
of Development Charge in regard to such redevelopment was, or is to be:
(i) demolished,
in whole or in part; or (ii) converted from one principal use to another principal use on the
same
land,
then the Development Charge otherwise payable with
respect
to such
redevelopment shall be reduced by the following amounts:
(a)
in the case of a Residential Building, or in the case of a mixed-use Building,
the
Residential
uses
in
the
mixed-use
Building,
an
amount
calculated
by
multiplying the applicable Development Charge under subsection
3.7
by the
number, according to type, of Dwelling Units that have been or will be demolished
or converted to another principal use; and
(b)
in the case of a Non-Residential Building or,
in the case of mixed-use
Building,
the
Non-Residential
uses
in
the
mixed-use
Building,
an
amount
calculated by multiplying the applicable Development Charge under subsection
3.8, by the Gross Floor Area that has been or will be demolished or converted to
another principal use; provided that such amounts shall not exceed, in total, the
amount
of the Development Charge
otherwise payable with
respect
to the
redevelopment.
3.10
For the purposes of subsection 3.9, a demolition is deemed to have occurred on the
date of issuance of a demolition permit, or in the case of accidental or natural destruction
of the
structure,
or relocation
of the
structure from
the
lands,
the
date
of such
occurrence.
3.11
For purposes of section 3.9, the onus is on the applicant to produce evidence to the
satisfaction of the Township, acting reasonably, to establish the following:
a)
The number of dwelling
units that have been or will be demolished,
relocated from the lands or converted to another principal use; or
b)
The non-residential Gross Floor Area that has been or will be demolished,
relocated from the lands or converted to another principal use; and
c)
In the case of a demolition, that the dwelling units and /or non-residential
Gross Floor Area were demolished within 48 months prior to the date of the
payment of development charges in regard to the redevelopment.
3.12
Any Building that is determined to be derelict, and ordered to be demolished by the Council
of the Township of King, or any duly appointed officer of the municipality with appropriate
authority, shall be eligible for development charge credits if a building permit is issued for
a Building on the lands previously occupied by the deemed derelict Building within one
hundred and twenty (120) months or less of the issuance of the demolition permit for the
deemed
derelict
Building.
The
development
charge
credit
shall
be
calculated
in
accordance with the time requirements between demolition permit issuance and building
permit issuance as set out in Schedule "C" to this By-law.
For redevelopment to which
this section applies, the development charge otherwise payable with respect to such
redevelopment shall be reduced by the amount of the credit calculated in this subsection.
Should
the
calculated
credit exceed the amount
of development charge
otherwise
payable, no development charge shall be payable, and any excess credit shall have no
cash or credit value for any purpose.
Timing of Payment of Development Charge
3.13
A Development Charge imposed under this By-law is payable upon the issuance of the
first Building permit with respect to each
Building.
Where applicable, Development
Charge in respect of engineered services shall be payable upon execution of a vacant
land condominium agreement, a Development agreement, or a subdivision agreement,
with the remaining applicable portions of the Development Charge to be payable at
issuance of the Building permit as above.
3.14
Notwithstanding subsection 3.13, Development Charge for Rental Housing and Institutional
Developments are due and payable
in six (6) instalments commencing with the first
instalment payable on the date of first occupancy certificate issued, and each subsequent
instalment, including interest calculated at the Interest Rate, payable on the anniversary
date each year thereafter;
3.15
Notwithstanding section 3.1 3, Development Charge for Non-Profit Housing Developments
are due and payable in twenty-one (21) installments commencing with the first instalment
payable on the date of first occupancy certificate issued, and each subsequent instalment,
including interest calculated at the Interest Rate, payable on the anniversary date each
year thereafter.
3.16
Notwithstanding section 3.13, Development Charge for Small Office may be deferred
based on the Township's Development Charge Deferral for Office Buildings Policy.
3.17
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 18 months of Building permit issuance, the Development Charge under
subsections 3.13, 3.14, and 3.15 shall be calculated on the Development Charge rates
effective on the date of the complete planning application, including interest. Where both
planning applications apply, Development Charge under subsections 3.13, 3.14, and 3.15
shall be calculated on the Development Charge rates on the date of the later planning
application, including interest.
3.18
Despite subsections 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, or 3.17, Council from time to time, and at any time,
may enter into agreements providing for all or any part of a Development Charge to be
paid before or after it would otherwise be payable, in accordance with Section 27 of the
Act.
3.19
Despite the payment required under subsections 3.7 and 3.8, Council may, by agreement,
give a credit towards a Development Charge in exchange for work that relates to a service
to which a Development Charge is imposed under this By-law.
4.
TRANSITION PROVISION - PERMITS IN PROCESS AT
COMMENCEMENT
4.1
For any Residential Building permit which was issued prior to the effective date of this
Bylaw, and for which the Chief Building Official of the Township has determined that
construction has not commenced within
six
(6) months
of the permit issuance, such
Building permit may be revoked until such time as any increase in Development Charge
owing when calculated in accordance with this By-law are paid.
4.2
Any complete Residential Building permit application which was received prior to the date
which is ten (10) days prior to the effective date of this By-law, but for which a Building
permit had not been issued by the effective date, shall be subject to the Development
Charge rates which were in effect at the time the complete application was received by the
Township.
5.
INDEXING
5.1
Development Charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted semi-annually,
without amendment to this By-law, on the first day of January and July of each year,
commencing on January 2027, in accordance with the index prescribed in the Act.
5.2
The transition rules set out in Section 4 above apply with necessary modifications for the
effective date of each rate change made on account of indexing pursuant to Section 5.1.
6.
SCHEDULES
6.1
The following schedules shall form part of this By-law:
Schedule A - Components of Services/Classes of Services Designated in section 2.1
Schedule B - Residential and Non-Residential Development Charges
Schedule C - Calculation of Development Charge Credits provided to Derelict Buildings
7.
CONFLICTS
7.1
Where the Township and an Owner or former Owner have entered into an agreement
with respect to land within the area to which this By-law applies, and a conflict exists
between the provisions of this By-law and such agreement, the provisions of the
agreement shall prevail to the extent that there is a conflict.
7.2
Notwithstanding section 7.1, where a Development which is the subject of an agreement
to which section 7.1 applies, is subsequently the subject of one or more of the actions
described in subsection 3.4(a), an additional Development Charge in respect of the
Development permitted by the action shall be calculated, payable and collected in
accordance with the provisions of this By-law if the Development has the effect of
increasing the need for services, unless such agreement provides otherwise.
8.
SEVERABILITY
8.1
If, for any reason, any provision of this By-law is held to be invalid,
it is hereby declared
to be the intention
of Council that all the remainder of this By-law shall continue in full
force and effect until repealed, re-enacted, amended or modified.
9.
DATE BY-LAW IN FORCE
9.1
This By-law shall come into effect at 12:01 AM on June 15, 2026.
10.
DATE BY-LAW EXPIRES
10.1
This By-law will expire at 12:01 AM on June 15, 2036, unless it is repealed by Council at
an earlier date.
11. EXISTING BY-LAW REPEALED
11.1
By-law Number 2021-002 is hereby repealed as of the date and time of this By-law
coming into effect.
12. SHORT TITLE
12.1
This By-law may be referred to as the "Development Charge By-law".
READ a FIRST and SECOND time this 15th day of June 2026.
READ a THIRD time and FINALLY PASSED this 15th day of June 2026.
i
Denny Timm
Township Clerk
By signing this by-law on June 15, 2026, Mayor Pellegrini will not exercise the power to
veto this by-law.
SCHEDULE "A"
TO BY-LAW NO. 2026-050
DESIGNATED MUNICIPAL SERVICES/CLASSES OF SERVICES UNDER THIS BY-LAW
Engineered Services/Classes of Services:
Wastewater Services - King City
Collection System
Wastewater Services - Nobleton
Collection System
Water and Wastewater Studies
Water Services
Wastewater Services
Water Services - Urban Service Areas
Distribution System
Stormwater Drainage and Control Services
Drainage and Control
Studies
Roads and Related
Roads
Facilities
Rolling Stock
Other Services/Classes of Services:
Fire Protection
Facilities
Vehicles
Firefighter Equipment and Gear
Parks and Recreation Services
Parkland Development
Amenities
Trails
Vehicles
Facilities
Library Services
Facilities
Materials
Growth Studies
Services Related to a Highway
Fire Protection Services
Parks and Recreation Services
Library Services
Land
SCHEDULE "B"
TO BY-LAW NO. 2026-050
SCHEDULE OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
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3
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Township Wide Services/Class of Service:
Seruces Related to a Rghway
12,819
10.4'3
/915
5.683
4 065
4.87
Fire Protection Services
2,085
1,694
1,287
924
661
0.89
Parks and Recreation SerHees
22,538
18.308
13.917
9.992
711.7
2.88
Library Services
1,995
1,621
1 232
884
633
0,2:
&owth Studies
1 230
999
759
545
390
0.51
land- 10-Year
570
463
352
253
181
0,07
Land-2351
1.833
1,489
1 132
813
581
0./0
Total Township Wide Services (A)
43,070
34,987
26,594
19,094
13,658
10.17
Urban Services
Storn7ra:er Servces
362
294
.224
160
115
0.14
Water Services
3.433
2.789
2,120
1,522
1,089
1,34
Water 8 Wastetitiater Studies
1?.5
110
84
60
1.3
0.06
t and - Jrban 2051
31
25
19
"4
31
0.01
Total Urban Services
B
3,962
3,218
2,447
1,756
1,278
1.55
Area Specific Services
Wastewater-King C:y ( C)
4 219
3,427
2,605
1.871
1.338
0.71
Land - Urban 2051 (King City)
( C)
37
30
23
'6
12
0.01
'Was'ewater-Nobleton
( D )
6,714
5.454
4,11.6
2,977
2,129
0.57
Land- Jrban 2051
; Nobleton) ( D )
37
30
23
16
12
0.01
Total King City (A+ B + C)
51,288
41,662
31,669
22.737
16,286
12.44
Total Nobleton A+ B + O
53,783
43,689
33,210
23,8.43
17,077
12,30
Total Schomber
A + B
47.032
38.205
29,041
20,850
14,936
11.72
SCHEDULE "C"
TO BY-LAW NO. 2026-050
Township of King
Calculation of Development Charge Credits Provided to Derelict Buildings
Demolished Under Clause 3.12
Demolition Permit Timing
Credit Provided
Demolition permit issued, and
100% redevelopment credit with no expiration
immediate demolition, within 3
months after a building is
deemed derelict by the
municipality
Demolition permit issued, and
100% redevelopment credit for building
immediate demolition, between
permits issued within 10 years of the
3 to 6 months after a building is
demolition permit, after which no credits
deemed derelict by the
municipality
Demolition permit issued more
Declining scale of redevelopment credits
than 6 months after a building
based on the timing of building permit
is deemed derelict by the
municipality
issuance:
-
Within 84 months: 100% redevelopment
credit
-
84 to 96 months: 75% redevelopment credit
-
96 to 108 months: 50% redevelopment
credit
-
108 to 120 months: 25% redevelopment
credit
-
Over 120 months: 0% redevelopment credit
Credits are calculated as a percentage of the development charge rates
prevailing at the time of building permit issuance for the type of structure
demolished.