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THE GORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF MONO
BY.LAW NUMBER 2024.28
A BYLAW FOR THE IMPOSITION OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGE
WHEREAS the Town of Mono will experience growth through development and re-
development;
AND WHEREAS development and re-development requires the provision of physical
and social services by the Town of Mono;
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 Town of Mono 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 Charges 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 Town of Mono has given notice
of and held a public meeting on the 25th day of June, 2024 in accordance with the Act
and the regulations thereto;
AND WHEREAS any person who attended the public meeting was afforded an
opportunity to make representations and the public generally were afforded an
opportunity to make written submissions relating to this proposed By-law;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
MONO ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
INTERPRETATION
1.1 ln this By-law the following items shall have the corresponding meanings
"Act" means the Development Charges Acf, as amended, or any successor
thereof;
"Accessory Use" means that the 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;
"Affordable Residential Unit" means a Residential Unit that meets the criteria set
out in subsection 4.1 of the Act;
"Agricultural Use" means the growing of crops, including nursery, biomass, and
horticulture crops; raising of livestock; raising of other animals for food, fur, or
fibre, including poultry and fish; aquaculture; apiaries; agro-forestry, maple syrup
production; and associated on-farm buildings and structures, including but not
limited to livestock facilities and manure storages, but excluding:
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a) A Residential Use;
b) On-farm Diversified Uses;
c) Cannabis Facilities; and
d) A Greenhouse.
"Ancillary Residential Use" means a Residential Dwelling that would be ancillary
to a Single Detached Dwelling, Semi-Detached Dwelling, or Row dwelling;
"Apartment Unit" means any residential unit within a building containing more
than four dwelling units where the units are connected by an interior corridor, and
include stacked townhouses;
"Assessment Act" means the Assessment Acf, R.S.O. 1990, c. A.31 , as
amended or any successor thereto;
"Attainable Residential Unit" means a residential unit that meets the criteria set
out in subsection 4.1 of the Act;
"Back-to-Back Townhouse Dwelling" means a building containing three or more
dwelling units separated vertically by a common wall, including a rear common
wall, that do not have rear yards;
"Bedroom" means a habitable room which can be used as sleeping quarters, but
does not include a bathroom, living room, dining room or kitchen;
"Board of Education" has the same meaning as set out in lhe Education Act,
R.S.O. 1990, Chap. E.2, as amended, or any successor thereof;
"Bona Fide Farm Uses" means the proposed development that will qualify as a
farm business operating with a valid Farm Business Registration Number issued
by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and be assessed in
the Farmland Realty Tax Class by the Ontario Property Assessment Corporation;
"Building" means a permanent enclosed structure occupying an area greater than
ten square metres (10 m'?) and, notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing,
includes, but is not limited to:
a) An above-grade storage tank;
b) An air-supported structure;
c) An industrial tent;
d) A roof-like structure over a gas-bar or service station; and
e) An area attached to and ancillary to a retail development delineated by
one or more walls or part walls, a roof-like structure, or any one or
more of them.
"Building Code Act" meansthe Building Code Acf, S.O. 1992, as amended, or
any successor thereof;
"Cannabis" means:
a) A Cannabis plant;
b) Any part of a cannabis plant, including the phytocannabinoids
produced by, orfound in, such a plant, regardless of whetherthat part
has been processed or not;
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c) Any substance or mixture of substances that contains or has on it any
part of such a plant; and
d) Any substance that is identical to any phytocannabinoid produce by, or
found in, such a plant, regardless of how the substance was obtained.
"Cannabis Plant" means a plant that belongs to the genus "Cannabis;"
"Cannabis Facilities" means a Building, or part thereof, designed, used, or
intended to be used for one or more of the following: cultivation, growing,
propagation, production, processing, harvesting, testing, alteration, destruction,
storage, packaging, shipment, or distribution of Cannabis where a licence,
permit, or authorization has been issued under applicable federal law but does
not include a building or part thereof solely designed, used, or intended to be
used for retail sales of Cannabis;
"Capital Cost" means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the
municipality or a local board thereof directly or by others on behalf of and as
authorized by the municipality or local board,
a) to acquire land or an interest in land, including a leasehold interest;
b) to improve land;
c) to acquire, lease, construct or improve buildings and structures;
d) to acquire, construct or improve facilities including;
i. furniture and equipment other than computer equipment;
ii. material acquired for circulation, reference or information purposes
by a library board as defined in the Public Libraries Acf, R.S.O.
1990, Chap. P .44, as amended, or any successor thereof; and
iii. rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or more.
"Commercial" means any use of land, structures, or buildings for the purposes of
buying or selling commodities and services, but does not include industrial or
agricultural uses, but does include hotels, motels, motor inns and boarding,
lodging and rooming houses;
"Council" means the Council of the Town of Mono;
"Development" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
buildings or structures on land or the making of an addition or alteration to a
building or structure that the effect of increasing the size of usability thereof, and
includes redevelopment;
"Development Charge" means a charge imposed with respect to this By-law;
"Duplex" means a building that is divided horizontally into two dwelling units each
of which has an independent entrance either directly or through a common
vestibule.
"Dwelling Unit" means any part of a building or structure used, designed, or
intended to be used as a domestic establishment in which one or more persons
may sleep and are provided with culinary and sanitary facilities for their exclusive
use;
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"Education Act' means the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, as amended or
any successor thereto;
"Existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of the date this by-law
was passed;
"Existing lndustrial" means an lndustrial Building or structure existing on a site as
of the date this by-laws comes into effect, or the first building or structures
constructed on a vacant site pursuant to site plan approval under section 41 of
the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended, or any successor thereof,
subsequent to this by-law, for which full development charges were paid;
"Farm Building" means a building or structure associated with and located on
land devoted to the practice of farming and that is used essentially for the
housing of farm equipment or livestock or the production, storage or processing
of agricultural and horticultural produce or feeds and as part of or in connection
with a bona fide farming operation and includes barns, silos and other buildings
or structures ancillary to that farming operation, including greenhouses, but
excludes:
a) a residential use, with the exception of a bunk house for seasonal farm
workers required for that farm operation; and
b) any building or portion thereof used or intended to be used for any
other Non-Residential Use, including, but not limited to: retail sales;
commercial services; restaurants; banquet facilities; hospitality and
accommodation facilities; gift shops; contractors' shops; services
related to grooming, boarding, or breeding of household pets; and
alcohol and marijuana production facilities.
"Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or
structure at all exterior walls;
"Greenhouse" means the use of a building or structure for the growing of such
items as flowers, bushes, shrubs, trees, plants, fruits, vegetables, and other
types of nursery stock for wholesale or retail purposes. Such use may also
include the retail sale of greenhouse products customarily, incidental,
subordinate, and exclusively, devoted to the principal use, located on the same
let therein. A retail space accessory to a greenhouse shall have a maximum
retail floor area of 75 square metres.
"Gross Floor Area" means
a) in the case of a residential building or structure, 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
b) in the case of a non-residential building or structure, or in the case of a
mixed-use building or structure in respect of the non-residential portion
thereof, the total area of all building floors above or below grade
measured between the outside surfaces of the exterior walls, or
between the outside surfaces of exterior walls and the centre line of
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party walls dividing a non-residential use and a residential use, except
for:
i.
a room or enclosed area within the building or structure above
or below that is used exclusively for the accommodation of
heating, cooling, ventilating, electrical, mechanical or
telecommunications equipment that service the building;
ii. outdoor loading facilities above grade; and
c) a part of the building or structure below grade that is used for the
parking of motor vehicles or for storage or other accessory use, but
does not include showrooms
"Hospice" means a building or portion of a mixed-use building designed and
intended to provide palliative care and emotional support to the terminally ill in a
home or homelike setting so that quality of life is maintained, and family
members may be active participants in care;
"lndustrial" means lands, buildings or structures 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 general 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 self- storage facilities.
"lnstitutional" means development of a building or structure intended for use:
a) as a long-term care home within the meaning of subsection 2 (1) of the
Fixing Long-Term Care Homes Act,2021;
b) as a retirement home within the meaning of subsection 2 (1) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010;
c) by any institution of the following post-secondary institutions for the
objects of the institution:
i. a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular, and ongoing
operation funding from the Government of Ontario;
ii. a college or university federated or affiliated with a university
described in subclause (i); or
iii. an lndigenous lnstitute prescribed for the purposes of section 6
of the lndigenous lnstitute \ct,2017;
d) as a memorial home, clubhouse, or athletic grounds by an Ontario
branch of the Royal Canadian Legion; or
e) as a hospice to provide end of life care.
"Live-work Unit" means a Building, or part of thereof, which contains, or is
intended to contain, both a Dwelling Unit and non-residential unit and which is
intended for both Residential Use and Non-residential Use concurrently, and
shares a common wall or floor with or without direct access between the
residential and non-residential uses;
"Local Board" means a school board, public utility, commission, transportation
commission, public library board, board of park management, local board of
health, board of commissioners of police, planning board, or any other board,
commission, committee, body or local authority established or exercising any
power or authority under any general or special Act with respect to any of the
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affairs or purposes, including school purposes, of the municipality or any part or
parts thereof;
"Local Services" means those services, facilities or things which are under the
jurisdiction of the Town of Mono and are related to a plan of subdivision or within
the area to which the plan relates in respect of the lands under sections 41, 51 or
53 of lhe Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. P.13, as amended, or any successor
thereof;
"Mixed Use Development" means a building that is used, designed, and/or
designated to be used for both residential and non-residential purposes,
including, but not limited to a Live-work Unit;
"Municipality" means the Corporation of the Town of Mono;
"Non-Profit Housing Development" means development of a building or structure
intended for use as residential premises by.
a) a corporation without share capital to which the Corporations Act
applies, that is in good standing under that Act and whose primary
objective is to provide housing;
b) a corporation without share capital to which lhe Canada Not-for-profit
Corporation Act applies, that is in good standing under that Act and
whose primary objective is to provide housing; or
c) a non-profit housing co-operative that is in good standing under the
Co-o pe rative Co rpo rati o n s Act;
"Non-Residential Use" means a building or structure of any kind whatsoever
used, designed, or intended to be used for other than a residential use;
"Official Plan" means the Official Plan adopted for the Town, as amended, and
approved;
"On-farm Diversified Use" means a use, occurring entirely and exclusively within
a detached building that is secondary and subordinate to the active and principle
agricultural use occurring on a property. Such uses shall be integrated within a
farm cluster of buildings which must include a residential dwelling, and may
include, but not be limited to, uses that produce value added agricultural products
or provide a service that is supportive of regional agri-business.
"Other Multiple Dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached, semi-
detached and apartment unit dwellings;
"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'
"Place of Worship" means that part of a building or structure that is exempt from
taxation as a place of worship under the Assessment Acf, R.S.O. 1990, Chap.
A.31, as amended, or any successor thereof;
"Rate" means the interest rate established weekly by the Bank of Canada based
on Treasury Bills having a term of 91 days;
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"Redevelopment" means the construction, erection or placing of one (1) or more
buildings or structures on land where all or part of a building or structure has
previously been demolished on such land, or changing the use of a building or
structure from residential to non-residential or from non-residential to residential;
"Regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act;
"Rental Housing" means development of a building or structure with four or more
dwelling units all of which are intended for use as rented residential premises;
"Residential Dwelling" means a building, occupied or capable of being occupied
as a home, residence or sleeping place by one or more persons, containing one
or more dwelling units but not including motels, hotels, tents, truck campers,
tourist trailers, mobile camper trailers or boarding, lodging or rooming houses;
"Residential Use" means the use of a building or structure or portion thereof for
one or more dwelling units. This also includes a dwelling unit on land that is
used for an agricultural use;
"Retirement Home" means a residential building or the residential portion of a
mixed-use building which provides accommodation primarily for retired persons
or couples where each private bedroom or living accommodation has a separate
private bathroom and separate entrance from a common hail but where common
facilities for the preparation and consumption of food are provided, and common
lounges, recreation rooms and medical care facilities may also be provided;
"Row Dwelling" means a building containing three or more attached dwelling
units in a single row, each of which dwelling units has an independent entrance
from the outside and is vertically separated from any abutting dwelling unit;
"Semi-Detached Dwelling" 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,
"Service" means a service designed in Schedule "A" to this By-law, and
"services" shall have a corresponding meaning;
"servicing Agreement" means an agreement between a landowner and the
municipality relative to the provision of municipal services to specified land within
the municipality;
"single Detached Dwelling Unit" means a residential building consisting of one
dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
"stacked Townhouse Dwelling" means a Building, or part of a building, containing
two or more dwelling units where each Dwelling Unit is separated horizontally
and/or vertically from another Dwelling Unit by a common wall and having direct
separate access to an exterior ground level main entrance/exit;
"Temporary Structure" means a building or structure constructed or erected or
placed on land for a continuous period not exceeding eight months, or an
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addition or alteration to a building or structure that has the effect of increasing the
gross floor area thereof for a continuous period not exceeding eight months;
"Town" means the area within the geographic limits of the Town of Mono; and
"Townhouse Dwelling" means a dwelling unit in a building divided vertically into
no less than three nor more than eight dwelling units attached by common walls
extended from the base of the foundation to the roof line, each dwelling unit
having a separate entrance at grade, and includes a Back-to-Back Townhouse.
"Zoning By-Law" means the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Mono, or any
successor thereof passed pursuant to section 34 of the Planning Act, S.O. 1998.;
2.
DESIGNATION OF SERVICES
2.1
The categories of services for which development charges are imposed
under this By-law includes Service Related to a Highway, Fire Protection
Services, Library Services, Policing Services, Parks and Recreation
Services, and Provincial Offences Act lncluding By-law Enforcement.
2.2
The categories of class of services for which development charges are
imposed under this By-law includes Growth-Related Studies.
2.3
The components of the services designated in subsections 2.1 and 2.2 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.a (a).
Area to Which Bv_law Applies
3.2
Subject to section 3.3, this By-law applies to all lands in the Town of Mono
whether or not the land or use thereof is exempt from taxation under
section 13 or the Assessment Act.
3.3
Notwithstanding clause 3.2 above, this by-law shall not apply to lands that
are owned by and used for the purposes of:
a) the municipality or a local board thereof; or
b) a board of education.
Approvals for Development
a) Development Charges shall be imposed on all lands, buildings or
structures that are developed for residential or non-residential uses if
the development requires:
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3.4
Exemptions
3.5
i. the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment to a zoning
by-law under section 34 of lhe 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 Acf applies;
iv. the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the
Planning Act;
v. a consent under section 53 of lhe Planning Act;
vi. the approval of a description under section 50 of the
Condominium Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. C.26, as amended, or
any successor thereof; or
vii. the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act in relation to
a building or structure.
b) No more than one development charge for each service or class of
services designated in sections 2.1 and 2.2 shall be imposed upon any
lands, buildings, or structures to which this By-law applies even though
two or more of the actions described in subsection 3.4 (a) are required
before the lands, buildings or structures can be developed.
c) Despite subsection 3.4 (b), if two or more of the actions described in
subsection 3.4 (a) occur at different times, additional development
charges shall be imposed if the subsequent action has the effect of
increasing the need for services.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this by-law, development charges shall
not be imposed with respect to developments or portions of developments
as follows:
a) an enlargement to an existing dwelling unit;
b) 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;
c) 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;
d) One residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to an existing
detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of
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;
e) 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
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structures ancillary to the new detached house, semi-detached house
or rowhouse cumulatively will contain no more than one residential
unit;
f) 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, semi-detached house or
rowhouse contains any residential units;
g) 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 rowhouse
contains no more than two residential units and no other building or
structure ancillary to the new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse contains any residential units; or
h) ln an existing rental residential Building, which contains four or more
residential Dwelling Units, the creation of the greater of one residential
Dwelling Unit or one percent of the existing residential Dwelling Units.
3.6 Exemption for lndustrial Development
a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, no development
charge is payable with respect to an enlargement of the gross floor
area of an existing industrial building where the gross floor area is
enlarged by 50 percent or less.
b) lf the gross floor area of an existing industrial building is enlarged by
greater than 50 percent, the amount of the development charge
payable in respect of the enlargement is the amount of the
development charge that would otherwise be payable multiplied by the
fraction determined as follows:
i. notwithstanding section 3.9, if the Gross Floor Area is enlarged
by more than 50 percent (50%), development charges shall be
payable and collected and the amount payable shall be
calculated in accordance with s.4(3) of the Act.
ii. that for greater certainty in applying the exemption in this
section, the gross floor area of an Existing lndustrial building is
enlarged where there is a bona fide increase in the size of the
Existing lndustrial building, the enlarged area is attached to the
Existing lndustrial building, there is a direct means of ingress
and egress from the Existing lndustrial building to and from the
enlarged areas for persons, goods, and equipment, and the
Existing lndustrial building and the enlarged area are used for or
in connection with an industrial purpose as set out in subsection
1.1 of this by-law. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the exemption in this section shall not apply where
the enlarged area is attached to the Existing lndustrial building
by means only of a tunnel, bridge, canopy, corridor, or other
passageway, or through a shared below-grade connection such
as a service tunnel, foundation, footing, or a parking facility
iii. in particular, for the purposes of applying this exemption, the
industrial building is considered existing if it is built, occupied,
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and assessed for property taxation at the time of the application
respecting the enlargement
the exemption of an Existing lndustrial building provided by this
section shall be applied to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of
the gross floor area that was existing as of the effective date of
this by-law, or based on the first building or structures
constructed on a vacant site pursuant to site plan approval
under section 41 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P' 13, as
amended, or any successor thereof, subsequent to the effective
date of this by-law, for which full development charges were
paid.
3.7 Other Exemptions
a) Notwithstanding the provision of this by-law, development charges
shall not be imposed with respect to:
i. Land vested in or leased to a publicly assisted university where
it is intended to be occupied and used by the university that
receives direct, regular, and ongoing operating funds from the
Government of Ontario for the purposes of post-secondary
education if the development is intended to be occupied and
used by the university;
ii. Non-profit Housing;
iii. Non-residential farm buildings constructed for bona fide farm
uses; and
iv. Temporary uses as defined in this by-law.
v. Affordable residential units;
vi. Affordable inclusionary zoning units; or
vii. Attainableresidentialunits.
Amount of Charges
Residential
3.8
Non-residential
3.9
The residential development charges set out in Schedule "B" shall be
imposed on residential uses of lands, buildings or structures, including a
dwelling unit accessory to a non-residential use and, in the case of a
mixed-use building or structure, on the residential uses in the mixed-use
building or structure, and the residential portion for a Live-Work unit,
according to the type of residential unit, and calculated with respect to the
service according to the type of residential use.
The development charges described in Schedule "8" to this by-law shall
be imposed on non-residential uses of lands, buildings, or structures, and,
in the case of a mixed-use building or structure, on the non-residential
uses in the mixed-use building or structure, and the non-residential portion
for a Live-Work unit, and calculated with respect to each of the services
according to the total floor area of the non-residential use.
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Reduction of Deve
nt Charqes for Redevelopment
3.10 Despite any other provisions of this By-law, where, as a result of the
redevelopment of land, a building or structure existing on the same land
within 5 years prior to the date of payment of development charges in
regard to such redevelopment was, or is to be demolished, in whole or in
part, or converted from one principal use to another principal use on the
Same land, in order to facilitate the redevelopment, the development
charges otheruuise payable with respect to such redevelopment shall be
reduced by the following amounts:
a) in the case of a residential building or structure, or in the case of a
mixed-use building or structure, the residential uses in the mixed- use
building or structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the
applicable development charge under section 3.8 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 structure or, in the case of
mixed-use building or structure, the non-residential uses in the mixed-
use building or structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the
applicable development charges under section 3.9, 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 charges othenruise payable with respect to the
redevelopment.
Discounts for Rental Housinq
3.11 The Development Charge payable for Rental Housing developments will
be reduced based on the number of bedrooms in each unit as follows:
a) Three or more bedrooms - 25% reduction;
b) Two bedrooms - 20% reduction; and
c) All other bedroom quantities - 15% reduction
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3.12 Development charges shall be calculated and payable in money or by
provision of service as may be agreed upon, or by credit granted under
the Act, on the date that the first building permit is issued in relation to a
building or structure on land to which the development charge applies.
3.13 Except as otherwise provided in this By-law, a building permit shall not be
issued until the development charge has been paid in full.
3.14 Notwithstanding Subsections 3.12, Development Charges for rental
housing and institutional developments are due and payable in 6 equal
installments commencing with the first installment payable on the date of
occupancy, and each subsequent installment, including interest, payable
on the anniversary date each year thereafter.
Time of
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3.15 Notwithstanding Subsections 3.12 through 3.'14, where the development
of land results from the approval of a site Plan or Zoning By-law
Amendment received and approved between January 1,2020, and June
5,2024, and the approval of the application occurred within 2 years of
building permit issuance, the Development Charges under subsections 3.8
and 3.g shall be calculated based on the rates set out in Schedule "8" on
the date the planning application was made. where both planning
applications apply, development charges under subsections 3.8 and 3.9
shall be calculated on the rates set out in Schedule "B", on the date of the
latter planning application, including interest at the prescribed rate.
3.16 Notwithstanding subsection 3.12 through 3.15, where the development of
land results from the approval of a Site Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment
received on or after Janu ary 1,2020, where the approval of the application
occurred on or after June 6,2024, and the approval of the application
occurred within 18 months of building permit issuance, the Development
Charges under subsection 3.8 and 3.9 shall be calculated based on the
rates set out in Schedule "8" on the date of the planning application,
including interest at the prescribed rate. Where both planning applications
apply, development charges under subsections 3.8 and 3.9 shall be
calculated on the rates set out in Schedule "B", on the date of the latter
planning application, including interest, including interest at the prescribed
rate.
3.17 lnterest for the purposes of subsections 3.14 through 3.16 shall be
determined as prescribed in the Development Charges Act, as amended
from time to time.
3.18 Despite subsections 3.12, and 3.14 through 3.16, 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 the Act.
4.
Payment by Services
Despite the payment required under subsections 3.8 and 3.9, 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
relates under this By-law.
4.1
5.
lndexing
5.1
6.
Schedules
Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted
annually on the anniversary date of the By-law without amendment to this
By-law, in accordance with the most recent quarter of the prescribed index
in the Act.
The following schedules shall form part of this By-law:
Schedule "Au - Designated Town Services and Class of Services Under
This By-law
6.1
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7.
Conflicts
7.1
7.2
8.
Severability
8.1
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Schedule "8" - Schedule of Development Charges
Where the Town 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.
Notwithstanding subsection 7.1, where a development which is the subject
of an agreement to which subsection 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.
lf, 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 ln Force
9.1
This By-law shall come into effect on July 16,2024, upon enactment by
Council.
10. Date By-law Expires
10.1 This By-law will expire on July 16,2034 unless it is repealed by Council at
an earlier date.
BY-LAW GIVEN THE NECESSARY READING AND PASSED IN OPEN COUNCIL
THIS 16th DAY OF JULY 2024.
MAYOR
LERK
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SCHEDULE "A" TO BY-LAW
DESIGNATED TOWN SERVICES AND CLASS OF SERVICES UNDER THIS BY-LAW
Town-Wide Services:
1. Services Related to a HighwaY
2. Fire Protection Services
3. Policing Services
4. Parks and Recreation
5. Library Services
6. Provincial Offences Acf including By-law Enforcement
Class of Services:
1. Growth-Related Studies
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SCHEDULE "8" TO BY-LAW
SCHEDULE OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
$34,781
Total Town-Wide Services/Class of Serviceg
$26,676
$29,976
$17,158
$11,175
J22,478
$r4.10
Grov"th-Related Studies
644
J to
494
416
555
207
o25
Total Town-Wido Services
$34,137
$16,850
$26,182
$22,062
$29,421
$10,968
${3.85
SeNices Related to a Highway
Fire Protection SeNices
Policing Services
Parks and Recreation Services
Library Servces
Provincial Offences Act including By-Law Enforcement
Town-Wide Services
17,364
525
4
o, zoo
54
2
22,641
684
5
1 0,735
70
2
19,513
590
4
9,252
60
2
11,175
JJO
2
4 aoo
1
7,274
220
2
3,449
22
1
14,633
442
6,938
45
1
1 0.19
0.31
0.00
0.02
0.00
RESIDENTIAL
Single/Semi-
Single/Semi-
Single/Semi-
Detached Dwelling - Detached Dwelling - Detached Dwelling - Other Multiples
4+ Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
2 or less Bedrooms
Apar8nents -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
NON-RESIDENTIAL
(per sq.ft. of Gross
Floor Area)
Services/Clas€ of Services
AparbTents - 2
Bedrooms +
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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