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BY-LAW NUMBER 2022-071
OF THE
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF KITCHENER
Being a by-law to establish development charges
for the City of Kitchener and to repeal By-law 2019-086
WHEREAS subsection 2(1) of the Development Charges Act, 1997, c. 27 (the
Act") authorizes the council of a municipality to pass By-laws for the imposition of
development charges against land to pay for increased capital costs required
because of increased needs for services arising from development of the area to
which the By-law applies;
AND WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of the City of Kitchener ("City
of Kitchener") has given Notice in accordance with Section 12 of the Act of its
intention to pass a by-law under Section 2 of the said Act;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the City of Kitchener has heard all persons
who applied to be heard no matter whether in objection to, or in support of,
the development charge proposal at a public meeting held on April 25, 2022;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the City of Kitchener had before it a report
entitled Development Charges Background Study dated March 31, 2022 (the
"Study") prepared by Hemson Consulting Ltd., wherein it is indicated that the
development of any land within the City of Kitchener will increase the need for
services as defined herein;
AND WHEREAS copies of the background study were made available on
March 31, 2022 and copies of the proposed development charges by-law were
made available on April 11, 2022 to the public in accordance with Section 12 of
the Act;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the City of Kitchener on May 30, 2022 approved
the applicable Development Charges Background Study, dated March 31,
2022, in which certain recommendations were made relating to the
establishment of a development charge policy for the City of Kitchener pursuant
to the Development Charges Act, 1997;
AND WHEREAS by resolution adopted by Council of The Corporation of the
City of Kitchener on May 30, 2022, Council determined that the increase in the
need for services attributable to the anticipated development as contemplated
in the Development Charges Background Study dated March 31, 2022, as
amended including any capital costs, will be met by updating the capital budget
and forecast for the City, where appropriate.
AND WHEREAS by Resolution adopted by Council on May 30, 2022, Council
approved the Study and determined that no further public meetings were
required under Section 12 of the Act;
AND WHEREAS by resolution adopted by Council of The Corporation of the
City of Kitchener on May 30, 2022, Council determined that the future excess
capacity identified in the Development Charges Background Study dated
March 31,2022 shall be paid for by the development charges contemplated in
the said Development Charges Background Study, or other similar charges;
AND WHEREAS the Council has given consideration of the use of more than
one development charge by-law to reflect different needs for services in
different areas, also known as area rating or area specific DCs, and has
determined that for the services, and associated infrastructure proposed to be
funded by DCs under this by-law, that it is fair and reasonable that the charges
be calculated on a municipal-wide and area-specific basis;
AND WHEREAS the Development Charges Background Study dated March
31,2022 includes an Asset Management Plan that deals with all assets whose
capital costs are intended to be funded under the development charge by-law
and that such assets are considered to be financially sustainable over their full
life-cycle.
AND WHEREAS the Council of the City of Kitchener will give consideration to
incorporate the asset management plan outlined in the Development Charges
Background Study within the City of Kitchener's ongoing practices and
corporate asset management strategy.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the City of
Kitchener enacts as follows:
SECTION 1
INTERPRETATION
Definitions
1.1 In this by-law:
"accessory use" means a use, including a building, which is commonly incidental,
subordinate and exclusively devoted to the main use or main building situate on
the same lot;
"agricultural use" means the use of land and buildings for apiaries, fish farming,
animal husbandry or the cultivation of trees, shrubs, flowers, grains, sod, fruits,
vegetables and other crops or ornamental plants ("agricultural products") but shall
not include any building or structure where agricultural products are displayed for
sale in more than twenty-five per cent of the gross floor area of such building or
structure;
"capital cost" has the same meaning it has pursuant to the Act,
"development" means any activity or proposed activity in respect of land that
requires one or more of the actions referred to in Section 2.3, and includes
redevelopment;
"development charge" means a development charge imposed pursuant to this
By-law.
"duplex" means a dwelling or residential building divided predominantly
horizontally into two dwelling units;
"dwelling unit" means a room or suite of rooms which:
(a) is located in a building (including a non-residential building),
(b) is occupied or designed to be occupied by a household as a single,
independent and separate housekeeping establishment,
(c) contains both a kitchen and bathroom for the exclusive common
use of the occupants thereof, and
(d) has a private entrance leading directly from outside the building or
from a common hallway or stairway inside the building;
"excess capacity" means uncommitted excess capacity but excludes
uncommitted excess capacity if, either before or at the time the excess capacity
was created, the Council of the City expressed a clear intention that the excess
Capacity would be paid for by development charges or other similar charges;
"existing industrial building" means an industrial building or buildings that existed
on July 1, 2022 or the first building or buildings constructed and occupied on a
vacant site pursuant to a site plan approval under section 41 of the Planning Act
subsequent to July 1, 2022 for which full development charges were paid.
"floor area" means the area of floors of a building or structure measured between
the outside surfaces of exterior walls or between the outside surfaces of exterior
walls and the centre line of party walls, and in the case of a dwelling unit includes
only those floor areas above grade. This shall not include any area which is
specifically designed for parking and is not being used for the repair or sale of
vehicles;
"grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a dwelling unit at all
exterior walls;
"gross floor area" means the total floor area of a building or structure;
"growth-related net capital cost" means the portion of the net capital cost of
services that is reasonably attributable to the need for such net capital cost that
results or will result from the anticipated development in all or a defined part of
the City less the City's excess capacity and the extent to which an increase in
service to meet the increased need will benefit existing development within the
City;
"home business" means a vocational use, as permitted by the applicable City
zoning by-law, conducted in a dwelling unit which is secondary to the use of the
dwelling unit as a private residence;
"hospital" means a hospital as defined in the Public Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c. P.40;
"household" means one or more persons living together as a single non-profit,
housekeeping unit, sharing all areas of the dwelling unit and may, in addition, be
designed to accommodate lodging units containing less than four residents;
"industrial building" means a building used in connection with:
(a) manufacturing, producing, processing, storing (but only where the storage
is ancillary to related manufacturing, production, processing or
distribution) or distributing something;
(b) research or development in connection with manufacturing, producing or
processing something;
(c) retail sales by a manufacturer, producer or processor of something they
manufactured, produced or processed, if the retail sales are at the site
where the manufacturing, production or processing takes place; or,
(d) office or administrative purposes, if they are,
i. Carried out with respect to manufacturing, producing, processing,
storage or distributing of something, and,
ii. in or attached to the building or structure used for that
manufacturing, producing, processing, storage or distribution.
"local board" means a municipal service board, transportation commission, public
library board, board of health, police services board, planning board or any other
board, commission, committee, body or local authority established or exercising
any power under any Act with respect to any of the affairs or purposes of the City
or the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (the "Region") or any part or parts
thereof, excluding a school board, a conservation authority and any other board
excluded under any general or special Act;
"local services" means services related 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, or as a condition of approval under
section 53 of the Planning Act;
"lodging house" means a dwelling or residential building containing one or more
lodging units designed to accommodate four or more residents. The residents
may share common areas of the dwelling other than the lodging units, and do not
appear to function as a household. This shall not include a group home, nursing
home, hospital or any residential care facility licensed, approved, or supervised
under any general or specific Act, or a hotel or motel. This shall include but not
be limited to student residences, convents, unlicensed nursing homes and tourist
homes;
"lodging unit" means a room or set of rooms located in a lodging house designed
or intended to be used for sleeping and living accommodation, which:
(a) is designed for the exclusive use of the resident or residents of the
unit;
(b) is not normally accessible to persons other than the resident or
residents of the unit; and
(c) may contain either a bathroom or kitchen but does not contain both
for the exclusive use of the resident or residents of the unit,
but does not include a unit or room in a hotel, motel, nursing or retirement home,
group home, or hostel designed for human habitation;
"multiple dwelling" means a dwelling or residential building containing three or
more dwelling units, but shall not include townhouse or row dwellings;
"net capital cost" means the capital cost less capital grants, subsidies and other
contributions made to the City or that the Council of the City anticipates will be
made but only to the extent that the grant, subsidy or other contribution is clearly
intended by the person making it to benefit new development and includes
conveyances or payments under sections 42, 51.1 and 53 of the Planning Act, in
respect of the capital cost;
"non-residential use" means the use of land, building or structures for a use other
than residential use, including all commercial, industrial and institutional uses and
excluding agricultural uses;
"owner" means the owner of land or a person who has made application for an
approval for the development or redevelopment of land upon which a
development charge is imposed;
"residential use" means the use of land, buildings or structures for one or more
single detached, semi-detached, townhouse, row dwelling, multiple dwelling or
duplex dwelling units and lodging houses;
"semi-detached dwelling" means a dwelling or residential building divided
predominantly vertically into two dwelling units;
"services" means services designated in Schedule "A" attached to this by-law;
"single-detached dwelling" means a dwelling or residential building consisting of
one dwelling unit and not attached to another residential structure, and shall
include a mobile home located on a foundation;
"site" means a parcel of land which can be legally conveyed pursuant to section
50 of the Planning Act and includes a development having two or more lots
consolidated under one identical ownership;
"townhouse or row dwelling" means a dwelling or residential building divided
predominantly vertically into three or more attached dwelling units, each of which
has a separate entrance from the outside; and
Interpretation
1.2. This By-law shall be construed in accordance with the Act and the
regulations thereunder, and the definitions in Section 1.1 shall be read with
any necessary modifications as may be required in order to comply with
the Act and the Regulation, or any successor legislation, as amended from
time to time. Subject to the foregoing, undefined words in this By-law for
which definitions exist within the applicable Zoning By-law of the City of
Kitchener shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with the said
Zoning By-law. The intention of this By-law is that it shall be interpreted
and applied in a manner so that there is consistency between the Act, any
regulations passed thereunder, and the applicable Zoning By-law of the
City.
Declaration
1.3 It is hereby declared by the Council that all development of land within the
City will increase the need for services.
Statutory Contents of By-law
1.4 For purpose of complying with section 6 of the Act, rules have been
developed as follows:
The rules for determining if a development Section 2.3 and Schedule
charge is payable in any particular case and for "B"
determining the amount of the charge
development charges
development charges
Relates
SECTION 2
APPLICATION AND EXEMPTIONS
Geographic Application
2.1. Subject to section 2.2, this by-law applies to all lands within the City of
Kitchener and any lands outside the City of Kitchener to which services
are provided by the City, whether or not the land or use thereof is exempt
from taxation under section 3 of the Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31.
Exceptions
2.2 -- This by-law does not apply to land owned by and used for the purposes
of:
(a) a board of education as defined by subsection 1(1) of the Education
Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.2;
(b) the City of Kitchener or any local board thereof;
(c) the Region or any local board thereof;
(d) any area municipality within the Region; and
(e) the Crown in right of Ontario or the Crown in right of Canada.
Imposition of Development Charges
2.3 Subject to sections 2.4 to 2.9 inclusive, development charges shall apply
on land to be developed for residential and non-residential use, where the
development or redevelopment requires one or more of the following
approvals:
(a) the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment thereto under
section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13;
(b) the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning
Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13;
(c) a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under subsection
50(7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13 applies;
(d) the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the
Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13;
(e) a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.
13;
(f) the approval of a description under section 9 of the Condominium
Act, S.O. 1998, c. 19; or
(g) the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act, 1992, S.O.
1992, c.23 (the "Building Code"), in relation to a building or structure.
2.4 Section 2.3 shall not apply in respect of,
(a) local services; or
(b) local connections to water mains, sanitary sewers and storm
drainage facilities installed at the expense of the owner including
amounts imposed under a by-law passed under section 326 of the
Municipal Act, 2001, c. 25, as amended.
2.5 Where two or more of the actions described in section 2.3 are required
before the land to which a development charge applies can be developed
or redeveloped, only one development charge shall be imposed,
calculated and collected in accordance with the provisions of this by-law.
2.6 Despite section 2.5, if two or more of the actions described in section 2.3
occur at different times and if the subsequent action or actions has the
effect of increasing the need for services as designated in this by-law,
additional development charges shall be imposed, calculated and
collected in accordance with the provisions of this by-law.
2.7 ~-- Section 2.3 shall not apply to:
(a) a temporary use permitted under a zoning by-law enacted
under sections 39 or 39.1o0f the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.P.13;
(b) an accessory use to residential uses;
(c) a home business;
(d) an agricultural use;
(e) temporary erection of a building without foundation for a
period not exceeding six consecutive months and not more
than six months in any one calendar year on a site for which
development charges or lot levies have previously been
paid; and
(f) the enlargement of a new or existing dwelling unit or the
creation of additional dwelling units as prescribed by Ontario
Regulation 82/98 and set out in Schedule "D" attached
hereto, and as such Regulation may be amended from time
to time, provided that:
(i) the number of dwelling units created in the renovated
or enlarged residential building does not exceed the
applicable maximum number of additional dwelling units set
out in Schedule "D" attached hereto, and the total gross floor
area of the additional dwelling units does not exceed the
applicable maximum gross floor area provisions set out in
Schedule "D" attached hereto; and
(ii) no more than one or two additional dwelling units,
notwithstanding rental residential buildings, in accordance
with this subsection may ever be created without the
imposition of development charges.
2.8 Development charges as set out in Sections 3, 4, and 5 of this by-law shall
apply to all lands that are developed or redeveloped for residential and
non-residential use in accordance with this by-law, but only insofar as,
(a) the growth-related net capital costs of services are attributable to
residential or non-residential use, as the case may be; and,
(b) the growth-related net capital cost of each service is attributable to
the anticipated development and at standards no higher than the
average level of each such service provided by the City over the
ten year period immediately preceding the preparation of the Study.
SECTION 3
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
3.1. Development charges against land to be developed or redeveloped for
residential use shall be based upon the services to be provided by the City
which are designated in Schedule "A" attached hereto.
3.2 Subject to the provisions of this by-law, development charges are hereby
imposed against land to be developed or redeveloped for residential use
located within the Suburban Area the boundary of which is shown on
Schedule "C-2" attached hereto and shall be calculated and collected at
the rates set out in Schedule "B" attached hereto.
3.3 Subject to the provisions of this by-law, development charges are hereby
imposed against land to be developed or redeveloped for residential use
located within the Central Neighbourhoods the boundary of which is shown
on Schedule "C-1" attached hereto and shall be calculated and collected
at the rates set out in Schedule "B" attached hereto.
3.4 Subject to the provisions of this by-law, development charges against land
to be developed or redeveloped for mixed residential use shall be the
aggregate of the amount applicable for each dwelling unit according to its
type as set forth in Schedule "B" attached hereto.
3.5 | Where Subsection 26.2(1)(a) or (1)(b) of the Act apply to a development
for the purposes of determining the amount of the development charge,
interest shall be charged on the development charge in accordance with
Corporate Policy, as may be amended from time to time with Council
approval.
SECTION 4
NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
4.1 Development charges against land to be developed or redeveloped for
non-residential use shall be based upon the services to be provided by the
City which are designated in Schedule "A" attached hereto.
4.2 Subject to the provisions of this by-law, development charges are hereby
imposed against land to be developed or redeveloped for non-residential
use located in the Suburban Area the boundary of which is shown on
Schedule "C-2" attached hereto and shall be calculated and collected at
the rate set out in Schedule "B" attached hereto
4.3. Subject to the provisions of this by-law, development charges are hereby
imposed against land to be developed or redeveloped for non-residential
use in the Central Neighbourhoods the boundary of which is shown on
Schedule "C-1" attached hereto and shall be calculated and collected at
the rate set out in Schedule "B" attached hereto.
4.4 Despite anything in this by-law, there shall be an exemption from the
payment of development charges for one or more enlargements of an
existing industrial building on a site in accordance with the Act and the
Regulation.
4.5 Despite anything in this by-law, there shall be an exemption from the
payment of development charges in respect of any enlargement of a
hospital.
4.6 Where Subsection 26.2(1)(a) or (1)(b) of the Act apply to a development
for the purposes of determining the amount of the development charge,
interest shall be charged on the development charge in accordance with
Corporate Policy, as may be amended from time to time with Council
approval.
SECTION 5
MIXED USE
5.1. Subject to the provisions of this by-law, development charges against land
to be developed or redeveloped for mixed residential and non-residential
use shall be the aggregate of the amount applicable to the residential
component and the amount applicable to the gross floor area of the non-
residential component.
5.2 Where Subsection 26.2(1)(a) or (1)(b) of the Act apply to a development
for the purposes of determining the amount of the development charge,
interest shall be charged on the development charge in accordance with
Corporate Policy, as may be amended from time to time with Council
approval.
SECTION 6
ADMINISTRATION
Payment
6.1. All development charges required to be paid to the City pursuant to this
by-law shall be paid by a method acceptable to the Treasurer of the City.
Calculations
6.2 Subject to the provisions of this Section, development charges shall be
calculated and payable in accordance with Section 26.1 and Section 26.2
of the Act.
6.3 Where subsections 26.1 and 26.2 of the Act do not apply, the development
charges shall be calculated and payable in full on the date that a building
permit is issued in relation to a building or structure on land to which a
development charge applies.
6.4 Where development charges apply to land where a building permit is
required, no building permit shall be issued until the development charge
is paid in full in accordance with subsection 26.1 and 26.2 of the Act.
6.5 Notwithstanding subections 6.3 and 6.4, developments to which Section
26.1 applies only, shall be payable in instalments in accordance with the
requirements of subsection 26.1 (3), including applicable interest, or in
accordance with the terms of an agreement entered into with the City
pursuant to section 27 of the Act.
6.6 Despite section 6.2, the City may require that development charges
applicable with respect to the services described in subsections 2.9 (a) to
(d) inclusive of this by-law ("Engineering Services"), be calculated as set
forth in Schedule "B" hereto and payable immediately upon the execution
of a subdivision agreement under section 51 of the Planning Act, R.S.O.
1990, c. P. 13. or a consent agreement under section 53 of the Planning
Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13., with respect to the lands to which such
agreement, as the case may be, relates.
Credits
6.7 The City may by agreement permit the owner of land to which development
charges apply to provide services for development or redevelopment of
that land in lieu of the payment of all or any portion of a development
charge, including services additional to or of a greater size or capacity than
is required under this by-law ("services in lieu").
6.8 Upon proof of the installation or construction of services in lieu to the
satisfaction of the City's Engineer, a credit, without interest, shall be
applied against development charges payable for an amount equal to the
reasonable cost to the owner of providing services in lieu, as determined
by the City's Engineer, not to exceed the total amount of the development
charges otherwise payable.
6.9 Any unused credit may be applied, upon proof satisfactory to the City's
Chief Building Official, to any subsequent development charge payable
with respect to the same land as referred to in section 6.5, or transferred
and applied to any development charge payable with respect to other land
owned by the same owner to be developed or redeveloped with the
consent of the City on terms satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
Redevelopment Allowances
6.10 Subject to the provisions of this section, where any redevelopment or re-
use of land replaces or changes a former or existing development and, in
the case of demolition upon proof of issuance of a demolition permit for the
land being provided, the development charge applicable to the
redevelopment or re-use shall be reduced by a redevelopment allowance,
without interest, not to exceed an amount equal to the total of:
(a) the number and types of legally established residential units in the
former or existing development; and
(b) the legally established non-residential gross floor area of the former
or existing development,
as determined by the Chief Building Official, or his or her designate, at the
rates applicable to such units or gross floor area at the time the first
building permit for the re-development is issued.
6.11 No redevelopment allowance shall be made in excess of the development
charge payable for a redevelopment; however, the redevelopment
allowance may be carried forward and applied, upon proof satisfactory to
the City's Chief Building Official, to any subsequent development charge
payable with respect to the same land as referred to in section 6.8.
6.12 A credit can, in no case, exceed the amount of the development charge
that would otherwise be payable, and no credit is available if the existing
built form is exempt under this by-law.
6.13 The availability of redevelopment allowances is time-limited, and such
availability shall expire in accordance with the following:
(a) Where a demolition permit was issued after the passing of this By-
law:
(i) For the redevelopment of former residential lands,
redevelopment allowances shall not be available later than the
fifth anniversary of the date on which a demolition permit was
issued in respect of the applicable buildings or structures on the
lands; and,
(ii) For redevelopment of former non-residential lands,
redevelopment allowances shall not be available later than the
tenth anniversary of the date on which a demolition permit was
issued in respect of the applicable buildings; or structures on the
lands; and,
(b) Where a demolition permit was issued prior to the passing of this
By-law:
(i) For the redevelopment of former residential lands,
redevelopment allowances shall not be available later than the
tenth anniversary of the date on which a demolition permit was
issued in respect of the applicable buildings or structures on the
lands; and,
(ii) For redevelopment of former non-residential lands,
redevelopment allowances shall not be available later than the
twentieth anniversary of the date on which a demolition permit
was issued in respect of the applicable buildings.
6.14 Despite section 6.10, where the applicable timeframes in section 6.10
have not expired, a record of site condition is required for the development
of lands, and the process to obtain the record of site condition is underway
and is being pursued with all due dispatch, the Chief Building Official may
grant one or more extensions to the expiration dates in section 6.10 to
alleviate the delay occasioned by the necessity of obtaining a record of site
condition, provided that no such extension (or the cumulative effect of
multiple extensions) shall result in a total extension exceeding ten years in
relation to any site.
Reserve Funds
6.15 Monies received from payment of development charges shall be
maintained in a separate reserve fund or funds, and shall be used only to
meet the growth-related net capital costs for which the development
charge was imposed under this by-law.
6.16 Income received from investment of the development charge reserve fund
or funds shall be credited to the development charge reserve fund or funds
in relation to which the investment income applies.
6.17 Where any development charge, or part thereof, remains unpaid after the
due date, the amount unpaid shall be added to the tax roll and shall be
collected as taxes.
6.18 Where any unpaid development charges are collected as taxes under
section 6.14, the monies so collected shall be credited to the development
charge reserve fund or funds referred to in section 6.12.
SECTION 7
GENERAL PROVISIONS
7.1. This by-law shall be administered by the City's Chief Building Official and
the City's Treasurer, and their respective designates.
Annual Adjustment
7.2 The development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be
adjusted annually, without amendment to this by-law, as of the 1st day of
December in each year, in accordance with the index prescribed by
Ontario Regulation 82/98 and as such Regulation may be amended from
time to time.
7.3 The minimum interest rate that the City shall pay under subsection 18(3)
and 25(2) of the Development Charges Act, 1997, c.27 in relation to a
development charges by-law shall be the Bank of Canada interest rate
on the day the by-law comes into force and thereafter as such rate is
adjusted on the first business day of every January, April, July and
October of each year.
SECTION 8
REPEAL -- ENACTMENT
Term
8.1. This by-law shall come into force and effect on July 1, 2022.
8.2 This by-law shall continue in force and effect for a term not to exceed five
years from the date of its coming in to force and effect unless it is repealed
or replaced at an earlier date by a subsequent by-law.
8.3 Nothing in this by-law shall be construed so as to commit or require the
City or it's Council to authorize or proceed with any specific capital project
at any specific time.
8.4 Each and every provision of this by-law is severable and, if any provision
or provisions of this by-law should, for any reason, be declared invalid by
any court, it is the intention of Council that each and every of the then
remaining provisions of this by-law shall remain in full force and effect.
8.5 The Clerk is hereby directed to make this by-law a part of The City of
Kitchener Municipal Code as Chapter 315 by adding it to the Concordance
and arranging and numbering it so as to fit within the scheme of the Code.
8.6 By-law No. 2019-086 and the contents of Chapter 315 of The City of
Kitchener Municipal Code, as amended, are hereby repealed effective at
midnight on June 30, 2022.
PASSED at the Council Chambers in the City of Kitchener this 30th day of
May, A.D. 2022.
Mayor
Clerk
Schedule 'A' to Development Charge By-law
Services - Designations
SERVICES DESIGNATION
Residential/Non-residential
1. Sanitary Servicing
2. Services Related to a Highway:
a. Public Works
b. Roads and Related
3. Watermains
4. Engineering Studies
5. Storm/Watercourse
6. Intensification Allowance
7. Fire Protection
8. Growth-Related Studies
Residential
9. Library
10. Indoor Recreation
11. Outdoor Recreation
SCHEDULE 'B'
DEVELOPMENT CHARGE RATES
Residential Charge by Unit Type Non-
Singles & Multiples & Lodging Residential
Semis Townhouses Duplexes Houses Charge per m2
Total Suburban Partial Services -
No Sanitary Sewer $20,403 $14,329 $10,316 $5,797 $48.55
Total Suburban Partial Services -
No Sanitary Sewer or Water $19,977 $14,030 $10,100 $5,676 $45.87
Total Central Neighbourhood $8,399
Note: 1 square metre = 10.761 square feet.
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Schedule 'D' -- Classes of Development
Exception Relating to the Creation of Additional Dwelling Units in
Existing Residential Buildings
Name of Description of Class of | Maximum Restrictions
Class of Existing Residential number of
Existing Buildings additional
Residential dwelling
Building units
Existing single | Existing residential Two The total gross floor area
detached buildings, each of which of the additional dwelling
dwellings contains a single unit or units must be less
dwelling unit, that are not than or equal to the gross
attached to other floor area of the dwelling
buildings. unit already in the
building.
Existing semi- | Existing residential One The gross floor area of
detached buildings, each of which the additional dwelling
dwellings or contains a single unit must be less than or
row dwellings | dwelling unit, that have equal to the gross floor
one or two vertical walls, area of the dwelling unit
but no other parts, already in the building.
attached to other
buildings.
Existing rental | Existing residential rental | Greater of one | None
residential buildings, each of which | and 1% of the
buildings contains four or more existing units
dwelling units. in the building
Other existing | An existing residential One The gross floor area of
residential building not in another the additional dwelling
buildings class of residential unit must be less than or
building described in this equal to the gross floor
table. area of the smallest
dwelling unit already in
the building.
Exception Relating to the Creation of Additional Dwelling Units in New
Residential Buildings
Name of Class of Description of Class of Restrictions
Proposed New Proposed New Residential
Residential Buildings
Buildings
Proposed new Proposed new residential The proposed new detached
detached dwellings | buildings that would not be dwelling must only contain
attached to other buildings two dwelling units.
and that are permitted to
contain a second dwelling The proposed new detached
unit, that being either of the dwelling must be located on
two dwelling units, if the units | a parcel of land on which no
have the same gross floor other detached dwelling,
area, or the smaller of the semi-detached dwelling or
dwelling units. row dwelling would be
located.
Proposed new Proposed new residential The proposed new semi-
semi-detached buildings that would have one | detached dwelling or row
dwellings or row or two vertical walls, but no dwelling must only contain
dwellings other parts, attached to other | two dwelling units.
buildings and that are
permitted to contain a second | The proposed new semi-
dwelling unit, that being either | detached dwelling or row
of the two dwelling units, if the | dwelling must be located on
units have the same gross a parcel of land on which no
floor area, or the smaller of other detached dwelling,
the dwelling units. semi-detached dwelling or
row dwelling would be
located.
Proposed new Proposed new residential The proposed new detached
residential buildings that would be dwelling, semi-detached
buildings that ancillary to a proposed new dwelling or row dwelling, to
would be ancillary | detached dwelling, semi- which the proposed new
to a proposed new _ | detached dwelling or row residential building would be
detached dwelling, | dwelling and that are ancillary, must only contain
semi-detached permitted to contain a single one dwelling unit.
dwelling or row dwelling unit.
dwelling The gross floor area of the
dwelling unit in the proposed
new residential building
must be equal to or less
than the gross floor area of
the detached dwelling, semi-
detached dwelling or row
dwelling to which the
proposed new residential
building is ancillary.