{
 "answer": "In the Town of Mississippi Mills, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by Mississippi Mills 2023 Development Charges By-laws 23-081 to 23-088 and 2 other bylaws, verified 2026-10-19. Services covered: Highway, fire protection, parks and recreation, library, child care, septage (rural), wastewater and water (urban). Indexing and expiry: Adjusted annually on January 1 per prescribed index; expires as per Section 9 of the Act unless repealed earlier.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001642",
 "municipality": "Mississippi Mills",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "http://www.mississippimills.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Mississippi Mills 2023 Development Charges By-laws 23-081 to 23-088",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-12-05",
   "document_url": "https://www.mississippimills.ca/media/stclr0xx/2023-development-charges-by-laws-23-081-to-23-088.pdf",
   "summary": "2023 service-specific DC by-laws (fire, parks, library, septage remain in force as amended).",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "7c6f8a593b19a226c5aebc1ae46009cb5d89529fa5f0f8a0a0010017a340254c",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "23-081",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7c6f8a593b19a226c5aebc1ae46009cb5d89529fa5f0f8a0a0010017a340254c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Per-service by-laws, Jan 1, 2024: highway $4,945; fire $430; parks $3,427; library $2,912; child care $165; septage $60; wastewater $7,219 per single/semi (water 23-088 rate not in transcript)",
    "apartment_charge": "2+ bed / bachelor-1 bed, Jan 1, 2024: highway $2,913/$2,103; fire $253/$183; parks $2,019/$1,457; library $1,716/$1,238; child care $97/$70; septage $35/$26; wastewater $4,253/$3,070",
    "non_residential_charge": "Highway $3.26; Fire $0.22; Parks $0.39; Library $0.33; Child Care $0.00; Septage $0.03; Wastewater $1.83 per sq.ft. of gross floor area (By-laws 23-081 to 23-087; water 23-088 schedule not in transcript)",
    "services_covered": "Highway, fire protection, parks and recreation, library, child care, septage (rural), wastewater and water (urban).",
    "exemptions": "Additional residential units; non-profit housing; inclusionary zoning units; industrial development; hospitals; non-residential farm buildings; industrial enlargement ≤50%; redevelopment demolition/conversion credits.",
    "payment_timing": "Payable in full on building permit issuance; rental housing and institutional developments in six installments from occupancy; site plan/zoning amendment charges based on application date if permit within 2 years; Council may agree to before/after payment.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually on January 1 per prescribed index; expires as per Section 9 of the Act unless repealed earlier."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"A\" to By-laws 23-081 to 23-087; s. 9.1",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"A\" to By-laws 23-081 to 23-087",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"A\" to By-laws 23-081 to 23-087",
    "services_covered": "s. 2.1 (By-laws 23-081 to 23-088)",
    "exemptions": "ss. 3.5–3.13, 3.16",
    "payment_timing": "ss. 3.17–3.21",
    "indexing_expiry": "ss. 5.1, 10.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mississippi-mills/development-charges/bylaw-23-081/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Mississippi Mills By-law 25-042 Development Charges (highway, childcare, studies, wastewater, water)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-17",
   "document_url": "https://www.mississippimills.ca/media/vsdd2nq0/by-law-25-042-development-charges.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipal-wide DC by-law passed 2025-06-17, effective June 18, 2025, replacing 2023 highway, childcare, wastewater and water by-laws.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "f5ad1cb1df93e1dc46172075645e93ef42447759cb6acb8ebc915890a2a96549",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "25-042",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f5ad1cb1df93e1dc46172075645e93ef42447759cb6acb8ebc915890a2a96549.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "services_covered": "Highway, child care, growth-related studies, wastewater, and water services.",
    "exemptions": "Existing/new additional residential units; industrial enlargement ≤50%; non-profit and inclusionary zoning housing; hospitals; farm buildings; temporary buildings ≤6 months.",
    "payment_timing": "Payable in full when building permit issued; rental/institutional in six installments from occupancy.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually on January 1 per prescribed index; expires per s. 9 of Act unless repealed earlier."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "services_covered": "s. 2.1",
    "exemptions": "ss. 3.5–3.13",
    "payment_timing": "ss. 3.17, 3.19",
    "indexing_expiry": "ss. 5.1, 10.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mississippi-mills/development-charges/bylaw-25-042/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Mississippi Mills Development Charges page",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.mississippimills.ca/build-and-invest/development-services-and-engineering-department/planning-and-land-use/development-charges/",
   "summary": "rates page: as of Jan 1, 2026 single/semi $47,218 urban, $12,023 rural (plus Lanark County $1,036); 2+ bedroom apt $27,801 urban; other multiples $42,011 urban; commercial $31.04/sq ft urban.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "8976232821581f9351be5ed2fe5704de0318ef27b48f3d3898e796658a8a85b8",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8976232821581f9351be5ed2fe5704de0318ef27b48f3d3898e796658a8a85b8.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "payment_timing": "Payable at the time a Building Permit is issued",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually on January 1st in accordance with Statistics Canada Non-residential Building Construction Price Index for Ottawa-Gatineau"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "payment_timing": "\"calculated and payable at the time a Building Permit is issued\"",
    "indexing_expiry": "\"adjusted annually on January 1st of each year, in accordance with the Statistics Canada Non-residential Building Construction Price Index for Ottawa-Gatineau\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mississippi-mills/development-charges/mississippi-mills-development-charges-page/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Lanark County Development Charges By-law 2021-42",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.mississippimills.ca/media/0vhbejrk/by-law-2021-42-development-charges-effective-jan-1-2022.pdf",
   "summary": "Lanark County DC by-law, also payable in Mississippi Mills; county may have since replaced it.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "0fc90118cef049b965c6c1d5da5be9cc42fa67b1dd3cc2bf16605e4867e9c27f",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2021-42",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0fc90118cef049b965c6c1d5da5be9cc42fa67b1dd3cc2bf16605e4867e9c27f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mississippi-mills/development-charges/bylaw-2021-42/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Mississippi Mills By-law 25-043 amending DC by-laws 23-082/083/084/086",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-17",
   "document_url": "https://www.mississippimills.ca/media/pt4fxibx/bylaw-25-043-development-charges-amending-by-law-2025.pdf",
   "summary": "Amends fire, parks and recreation, library and septage DC by-laws.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "8ddb17c1beb07ea851ceb3a8efae850f43a6a71d27be42f86455b5bb24a951c7",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "25-043",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8ddb17c1beb07ea851ceb3a8efae850f43a6a71d27be42f86455b5bb24a951c7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mississippi-mills/development-charges/bylaw-25-043/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/mississippi-mills/development-charges/"
}