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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
OTONABEE-SOUTH MONAGHAN
BY-LAW NUMBER 2020-60
A by-law for the imposition of development charges
WHEREAS the Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan will experience growth through
development and re-development;
AND WHEREAS development and re-development requires the provision of capital
works by the Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan;
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 Otonabee-South Monaghan 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 Township of Otonabee-South
Monaghan has given notice of and held a public meeting on the 9th of November, 2020 in
accordance with the Act and the regulations thereto;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
OTONABEE-SOUTH MONAGHAN ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
INTERPRETATION
1.1
In this By-law the following items shall have the corresponding meanings:
"Act" means the Development Charges Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c.27, as amended,
or any successor thereof;
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"Agricultural Use" means the cultivation of land, the production of crops and the
selling of such produce on the premises, and the breeding and care of livestock
and the selling of such livestock or the product of such livestock raised on the
premises and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes aviaries,
apiaries, fish farming, animal husbandry, market gardening, and nurseries but
excludes
any
Residential
Use,
Greenhouse-Commercial,
and
Cannabis
Production and Processing;
"Apartment Dwelling" means a Residential Dwelling comprised of a building
containing more than four Dwelling Units where the units are connected by an
interior corridor;
"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 the Education Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, as amended, or any successor thereof;
"Bona Fide Farm Use" means an agricultural use carried out by a farm business
operating with a valid Farm Business Registration Number issued by the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on lands assessed in the Farm
Property Class by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation pursuant to the
Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as amended;
"Building Code Act" means the Building Code Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c.23, as
amended, or any successor thereof;
"Cannabis" shall mean a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae.
Synonyms include but are not limited to marijuana, and marihuana. This definition
does not include the industrial or agricultural production of hemp (a source of
foodstuffs [hemp milk, hemp seed, hemp oil], fiber and biofuels);
"Cannabis Production and Processing" means lands, buildings or structures
used for producing, processing, testing, destroying, packaging and/or shipping of
cannabis authorized by an issued license or registration by the Federal Minister of
Health, pursuant to the Cannabis Regulations, SOR/2018-144, to the Cannabis
Act, SC 2018, c 16, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, SC 1996, c 19 and
the Food and Drugs Act, RSC 1985, c F-27, as amended from time to time, or any
successors thereto;
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"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, and
(ii) material acquired for circulation, reference or information purposes by a
library board as defined in the Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.
P.44, as amended, or any successor thereof; and
(iii) rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or more, and
(a) to undertake studies in connection with any matter under the Act and any of
the matters in clauses (a) to (d) above, including the development charge
background study required for the provision of services designated in this
By-law within or outside the municipality, including interest on borrowing for
those expenditures under clauses (a) to (e) above that are growth-related;
"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;
"Commercial" means use of any lands, buildings or structures for the purpose of
buying and selling commodities and supplying services, but does not include
Industrial Use or Agricultural Use, but does include hotels, motels, motor inns,
lodging and rooming houses, and retirement homes;
"Council" means the Council of the Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan;
"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;
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"Development Charge" means a charge imposed with respect to this By-law;
"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;
"Existing Industrial Building" means a building or buildings existing on a site in
the Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan as per the date of the original issued
building permit for the buildings or structures constructed and occupied on a
vacant site pursuant to site plan approval under section 41 of the Planning Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13 (the "Planning Act") subsequent to June 15, 2010 for which
full development charges were paid, and is used for or in connection with,
(a)
the production, compounding, processing, packaging, crating, bottling,
packaging
(b)
or
assembling
of
raw
or
semi-processed
goods
or
materials
("manufacturing") in not less than seventy-five per cent of the total gross
floor area of the building or buildings on a site ("manufacturing") or
warehousing related to the manufacturing use carried on in the building or
buildings,
(c)
research or development in connection with manufacturing in not less than
seventy-five per cent of the total gross floor area of the building or buildings
on a site,
(d)
retail sales by a manufacturer, if the retail sales are at the site where the
manufacturing is carried out, such retail sales are restricted to goods
manufactured at the site, and the building or part of a building where such
retail sales are carried out does not constitute greater than twenty-five per
cent of the total gross floor area of the building or buildings on the site, or
(e)
office or administrative purposes, if they are,
(i) carried out with respect to the manufacturing or warehousing; and,
(ii) in or attached to the building or structure used for such manufacturing
or warehousing;
"Farm Building" means barns, silos and other development ancillary to a Bona
Fide Farming Use, but does not include a residential use;
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"Garden Nursery Sales and Supply Establishment" means a building or part of
a building and land adjacent thereto for growing or displaying of flowers, fruits,
vegetables, plants, shrubs, trees, or similar vegetation which is sold to the public
at retail and shall also include the sale of such goods, products and equipment as
are normally associated with gardening or landscaping, but shall not include
Cannabis Production and Processing;
"Greenhouse-Commercial" means a building or structure for the growing of
flowers, fruits, vegetables, plants, shrubs, trees and similar vegetation, which are
not necessarily planted outdoors on the same lot containing such greenhouse,
and, which are sold directly from such lot a wholesale or retail, but shall not
include Cannabis Production and Processing;
"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 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) loading facilities above or below grade; and
(iii) 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;
(iv)
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"Home Industry" means a small-scale commercial or industrial establishment that
operates entirely within a separate accessory building on the same lot as the
home of the proprietor. Home industries include uses such as a carpentry shop, a
metal/wielding shop, an electrical shop, a plumbing shop, small engine repair, a
landscaping or landscape contracting business, a nursery greenhouse, and a
bus/truck parking and maintenance facility, but shall not include Cannabis
Production and Processing;
"Industrial" 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. Industrial does not include Cannabis Production and Processing;
"Institutional Development" 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
Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007;
(b) as a retirement home within the meaning of subsection 2 (1) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010;
(c) by any of the following post-secondary institutions for the objects of the
institution:
(i) a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular and ongoing
operating funding from the Government of Ontario,
(ii) a college or university federated or affiliated with a university
described in subclause (i), or
(iii) an Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of section 6
of the Indigenous Institutes Act, 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.
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"Local Board" means a local board as defined in the Development Charges Act,
1997, S.O. 1997, c.27, as amended;
"Local Services" means those services, facilities or things which are under the
jurisdiction of the Township and are related to a plan under Sections 41, 51 or 53
of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended, or any successor thereof,
or are within the area to which the plan relates in respect of the lands;
"Manufacturing, Processing, Assembling or Fabricating Plant" a plant in
which the process of producing any product, by hand or mechanical power and
machinery, is carried on systematically with division of labour, but shall not include
Cannabis Production and Processing;
"Multiple Dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached, semi-
detached and apartment unit dwellings. For the purposes of this By-law, Park
Model Trailers are considered multiple dwellings;
"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 object is
to provide housing;
(b) a corporation without share capital to which the Canada Not-for-profit
Corporations Act applies, that is in good standing under that Act and whose
primary object is to provide housing; or
(c) a non-profit housing co-operative that is in good standing under the Co-
operative Corporations 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 Township, as amended
and approved;
"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'
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"Park Model Trailer" has the same meaning as that contained in the zoning by-
law;
"Place of Worship" means that part of a building or structure that is exempt from
taxation as a place of worship under the Assessment Act, 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;
"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;
"Semi-detached Dwelling" means a building divided vertically into two dwelling
units each of which has a separate entrance and access to grade;
"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
Township relative to the provision of municipal services to specified land within the
jurisdiction of the Township;
"Single Detached Dwelling Unit" means a residential building consisting of one
dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
"Special Care Facilities" means lands, buildings or structures used or designed
or intended for uses for the purpose of providing supervision, nursing care or
medical treatment, which do not comprise dwelling units, that are licensed,
approved or supervised under any special or general statute, and excludes the
special care/special dwelling portions of the building;
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"Special Care/Special Dwelling" means a residential portion of special care
facilities containing rooms or suites of rooms designed or intended to be used for
sleeping and living accommodation that have a common entrance from street
level:
(i) Where the occupants have the right to use in common, halls, stairs, yards,
common rooms and accessory buildings;
(ii) Which may or may not have exclusive sanitary and/or culinary facilities;
(iii) That is designed to accommodate persons with specific needs, including,
but not limited to, independent permanent living arrangements; and
(iv) Where support services such as meal preparation, grocery shopping,
laundry, housekeeping, nursing, respite care and attendant services may be
provided at various levels
"Township" means the area within the geographic limits of the Township of
Otonabee-South Monaghan;
"Warehouse" means a building or part of a building used for the storage of goods,
wares, merchandise, articles or things, and may include facilities for a wholesale
or retail commercial outlet, but shall not include a cartage, transport depot or
Cannabis Production and Processing; and
"Zoning By-Law" means the Zoning By-Law of the Township of Otonabee-South
Monaghan, or any successor thereof passed pursuant to Section 34 of the
Planning Act, S.O. 1998.
2.
DESIGNATION OF SERVICES AND CLASSES
2.1
The categories of services and classes for which development charges are
imposed under this By-law are as follows:
(a) Services Related to a Highway;
(b) Fire protection Services;
(c) Library Services;
(d) Parks and Recreation Services; and
(e) Growth Studies.
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2.2
The components of the services and classes 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 to all
land within the Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan where the development
of the lands requires any of the approvals set out in subsection 3.4(a).
Area to Which By-law Applies
3.2
Subject to section 3.3, this By-law applies to all lands within the jurisdiction of the
Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan whether or not the land or use thereof is
exempt from Development Charges under section 3 of this by-law or from taxation
under the Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as amended.
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 Township or a local board thereof;
(b) a board of education; or
(c) the Corporation of the County of Peterborough or a local board thereof.
Approvals for Development
3.4
(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:
(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; a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under
subsection 50(7) of the Planning Act applies;
(iii) the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the
Planning Act;
(iv) a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act;
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(v) 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
(vi) 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 designated in
subsection 2.1 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.
Exemptions
3.5
Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, no development charge shall be
payable where the development:
(a) is limited to the enlargement of an existing dwelling unit;
(b) is limited to the creation of up to two additional dwelling units as
prescribed, in prescribed classes of existing residential buildings as set out
in the regulations to the Development Charges Act, 1997;
(c) is limited to the creation of an additional dwelling unit as prescribed, in
prescribed classes of new residential buildings as set out in the
Regulations to the Development Charges Act, 1997; and
(d) is limited to the creation of an additional dwelling unit ancillary to a new
dwelling unit for prescribed classes of new residential buildings as set out
in the Regulations to the Development Charges Act, 1997.
3.6
Notwithstanding section 3.5, development charges shall be imposed if the total
gross floor area of the additional units exceeds the gross floor area of the existing
dwelling unit.
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3.7
Notwithstanding section 3.5, development charges shall be imposed if the
additional unit has a gross floor area greater than
(a) in the case of a semi-detached or row dwelling, the gross floor area of
the existing dwelling unit; and
(b) in the case of any other residential building, the gross floor area of the
smallest dwelling unit contained in the residential building.
3.8
Exemption for Industrial Development:
3.8.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of 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 its site, whether attached
or separate from the existing industrial building, up to a maximum of fifty
per cent of the gross floor area before the first enlargement for which an
exemption from the payment of development charges was granted
pursuant to the Development Charges Act or this section. Development
charges shall be imposed in accordance with this by-law with respect to the
amount of the floor area of an enlargement that results in the gross floor
area of the industrial building being increased by greater than fifty per cent
of the gross floor area of the existing industrial building.
3.8.2 If 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:
1) determine the amount by which the enlargement exceeds 50
percent of the gross floor area before the enlargement;
2) divide the amount determined under subsection 1) by the amount
of the enlargement
3.9
For the purpose of section 3.8 herein, "existing industrial building" is used as
defined in the Regulation made pursuant to the Act.
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3.10 Other Exemptions:
Notwithstanding the provision of this by-law, development charges shall not be
imposed with respect to:
a) Industrial uses;
b) Agricultural uses; and
c) Places of worship.
Amount of Charges
Residential
3.11 The 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, according to the type of
residential unit, and calculated with respect to each of the services according to
the type of residential use.
Non-Residential
3.12 The development charges described in Schedule B 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 calculated with respect to each of the services according
to the total floor area of the non-residential use.
Reduction of Development Charges for Redevelopment
3.13 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 otherwise payable with respect to
such redevelopment shall be reduced by the following amounts:
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(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 subsection 3.11 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 subsection 3.12, 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 otherwise payable with respect to the redevelopment.
Time of Payment of Development Charges
3.14 Development charges imposed under this By-law are calculated, payable, and
collected upon issuance of the first building permit for the development.
3.15 Notwithstanding Subsections 3.11 and 3.12, Development Charges for rental
housing and institutional developments are due and payable in 6 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.
3.16 Notwithstanding Subsections 3.11 and 3.12, Development Charges for non-profit
housing developments are due and payable in 21 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.
3.17 Where the development of land results from the approval of a Site Plan or Zoning
Bylaw Amendment received on or after January 1, 2020, and the approval of the
application occurred within 2 years of building permit issuance, the Development
Charges under Subsections 3.11 and 3.12 shall be calculated on the rates set out
in Schedule "B" on the date of the planning application, including interest. Where
both planning applications apply Development Charges under Subsections 3.11
and 3.12 shall be calculated on the rates, including interest, set out in Schedules
"B" on the date of the later planning application, including interest.
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3.18 Despite sections 3.14 to 3.17 and in accordance with section 27 of the Act,
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.
4.
PAYMENT BY SERVICES
4.1
Despite the payment required under subsections 3.11 and 3.12, 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.
5.
INDEXING
5.1
Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted annually,
without amendment to this By-law, commencing on the 1st of January, 2022 and
each year thereafter, in accordance with the prescribed index in the Act.
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6.
SCHEDULES
6.1
The following schedules shall form part of this By-law:
Schedule A -
Components of Services and Classes Designated in section
2.1
Schedule B -
Residential and Non-Residential Development Charges
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 by a court of
competent jurisdiction, it is hereby declared to be the intention of Council that
such provision be severable and 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 on December 14, 2020.
10. DATE BY-LAW EXPIRES
10.1 This By-law will expire at 12:01 AM on December 15, 2025 unless it is repealed by
Council at an earlier date.
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11.
EXISTING BY-LAW REPEALED
11.1 By-law Number 2015-58, is hereby repealed as of the date and time of this By-law
coming into effect.
Read a First and Second time this 14th day of December, 2020
Read a Second and third time, signed and sealed with the Corporate Seal this 14th
day of December, 2020
___________________________
Mayor - Joe Taylor
___________________________
Clerk - Heather Scott
SCHEDULE "A" TO BY-LAW 2020-XX
COMPONENTS OF SERVICES AND CLASSES DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION 2.1
D.C.-Eligible Services
- Services Related to a Highway
o Roads, Sidewalks, and Streetlights Rolling Stock and Equipment
o Public Works Facilities, Fleet and Equipment
- Fire Protection Services
o Fire Facilities
o Fire Vehicles
o Fire Fighter Equipment and Gear
- Library
o Library Facilities
o Library Materials
- Parks and Recreation Services
o Recreation Facilities
o Rolling Stock and Equipment
o Parkland Development
D.C.-Eligible Class
- Growth Studies
o Services Related to a Highway
o Water Services
o Fire Protection Services
o Parks and Recreation Services
o Library Services
SCHEDULE "B" TO BY-LAW 2020-XX
RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
Single and Semi-
Detached Dwelling
Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
Special
Care/Special
Dwelling Units
Commercial /
Institutional
(per sq.ft. of Gross
Floor Area)
Industrial
(per sq.ft. of Gross
Floor Area)
Municipal Wide Services/Class of Services:
Services Related to a Highway
3,112
2,000
1,860
1,148
1,110
1.71
-
Fire Protection Services
2,175
1,398
1,300
802
776
1.20
-
Parks and Recreation Services
2,269
1,458
1,356
837
810
0.37
-
Library Services
885
569
529
326
316
0.14
-
Growth Studies
183
118
109
67
65
0.09
-
Total Municipal Wide Services/Class of Services
8,624
5,543
5,154
3,180
3,077
3.51
-
RESIDENTIAL
Service/Class
NON-RESIDENTIAL