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 "answer": "In the Municipality of Middlesex Centre, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by By-law 2024-064, Municipality of Middlesex Centre Development Charge By-law, 2024 and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-19. Charge per single-detached home: Single and Semi-Detached Dwelling: $14,358 rural / $38,926 urban per unit (Schedule A; effective July 11, 2024). Non-residential charge: Other Non-Residential: $34.69 rural / $134.69 urban per sq.m. GFA; Agricultural: $22.62 per sq.m. GFA (Schedule A; effective July 11, 2024). Services covered: Highway; fire protection; parks and recreation; growth-related studies; wastewater (serviced area only); water (serviced area only).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001635",
 "municipality": "Middlesex Centre",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "https://www.middlesexcentre.ca/",
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   "title": "By-law 2024-064, Municipality of Middlesex Centre Development Charge By-law, 2024",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-07-10",
   "document_url": "https://www.middlesexcentre.ca/sites/default/files/2024-07/2024-064%20Development%20Charges.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipality-wide DC by-law effective July 11, 2024 to July 11, 2034; indexed annually. Phased-in reductions apply (e.g. apartments 15%, single/semi 5%).",
   "notes": "Adoption date approximate: effective 2024-07-11.",
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   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Single and Semi-Detached Dwelling: $14,358 rural / $38,926 urban per unit (Schedule A; effective July 11, 2024)",
    "apartment_charge": "Apartments - 2 Bedrooms +: $10,016 rural / $27,155 urban per unit; Apartments - Bachelor and 1 Bedroom: $6,378 rural / $17,291 urban per unit (Schedule A; effective July 11, 2024)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Other Non-Residential: $34.69 rural / $134.69 urban per sq.m. GFA; Agricultural: $22.62 per sq.m. GFA (Schedule A; effective July 11, 2024)",
    "services_covered": "Highway; fire protection; parks and recreation; growth-related studies; wastewater (serviced area only); water (serviced area only)",
    "exemptions": "Additional residential units; non-profit housing; inclusionary zoning units; affordable/attainable units; industrial enlargement 50% or less; municipal/education/university lands; temporary buildings; rental housing reductions by bedroom.",
    "payment_timing": "Payable in full on first building permit issuance; rental housing and institutional developments in 6 installments from partial/full occupancy; Council may agree to earlier/later payment.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually on January 1st by the most recent 12-month change in Building Construction Price Indexes; expires July 11, 2034."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"A\"; s. 3(3)(a); s. 20",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"A\"; s. 3(3)(a); s. 20",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"A\"; s. 3(3)(b); s. 20",
    "services_covered": "s. 2(1)",
    "exemptions": "ss. 3(5), 4(2)-(8)",
    "payment_timing": "s. 10(1)-(3), (5)",
    "indexing_expiry": "ss. 13, 21"
   },
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   "title": "Development Charges Imposed under By-law 2024-064 - Rates for 2026 (brochure)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.middlesexcentre.ca/sites/default/files/2025-12/Middlesex_Centre_Development_Charges_DC_2026.pdf",
   "summary": "rates page: 2026. Brochure shows a 2026 example charge of $29,220.74 per unit before discounts.",
   "notes": "rates page: 2026. Example figure only; per-unit table not isolated.",
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   "facts": {
    "services_covered": "Services related to a highway, fire protection, parks & recreation, growth-related studies, water, wastewater",
    "exemptions": "Education boards, municipalities, publicly funded universities; temporary buildings; additional residential units; creation of ≥1 unit or 1% of units in rental buildings of 4+ units; industrial expansion ≤50% of original GFA; non-profit housing; inclusionary zoning units; affordable and attainable units; long-term care homes",
    "payment_timing": "Generally payable on building permit issuance; locked in on complete ZBA/Site Plan application approval for up to 18 months; deferred payment schedules available for rental housing and certain institutional development",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually on January 1st using the Construction Price Index; by-law effective July 11, 2024 to July 11, 2034"
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   "fact_citations": {
    "services_covered": "\"The services for which development charges are imposed under Middlesex Centre By-law 2024-064 include\"",
    "exemptions": "\"The following uses are exempt from development charges under the by-law\"",
    "payment_timing": "\"Generally, development charges are calculated and payable on the date of building permit issuance\"",
    "indexing_expiry": "\"adjusted for inflation annually on January 1st using the Construction Price Index\"; \"By-law Effective July 11, 2024, to July 11, 2034\""
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   "title": "By-law 2025-064 to amend By-law 2024-064 for the imposition of development charges",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-09-03",
   "document_url": "https://www.middlesexcentre.ca/sites/default/files/2025-09/By-law%202025-064%20to%20Amend%202024-064%20Development%20Charges_0.pdf",
   "summary": "Amends DC By-law 2024-064.",
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   "title": "Development Charges By-Law (2024-064) listing",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.middlesexcentre.ca/by-laws/administration-finance/development-charges-law-2024-064",
   "summary": "By-law index entry.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Middlesex County Development Charges",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.middlesex.ca/departments/planning-development/middlesex-county-development-charges",
   "summary": "Middlesex County also levies county-wide DCs (By-law 7291), payable in addition.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/middlesex-centre/development-charges/"
}