{
 "answer": "In the City of Ottawa, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by Development Charges By-law No. 2024-218, verified 2026-10-25. Charge per single-detached home: Inside Greenbelt $48,265; Outside Greenbelt $57,596; Rural unserviced $40,597 per single/semi (effective May 15, 2024). Non-residential charge: City-wide: Industrial $15.59/sq ft; Non-Industrial $35.73/sq ft (effective May 15, 2024). Payable: Payable on first building permit; for eligible phased buildings, at first permit or permit allowing construction above grade; agreements may alter timing.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001687",
 "municipality": "Ottawa",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
 "official_website": "https://ottawa.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges By-law No. 2024-218",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-05-15",
   "document_url": "https://documents.ottawa.ca/sites/documents/files/2024_dev_charge_bylaw_en.pdf",
   "summary": "City of Ottawa Development Charges By-law 2024-218, passed May 15, 2024 (10-year term), repealing 2019-156. Rates effective May 15, 2024 per single/semi: $48,265 inside the Greenbelt; $57,596 outside the Greenbelt; separate rural rates. Indexed annually starting October 1, 2024.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "df3a41f816e21a425860ae7f44da018a7bf43c21e8e4844e482950017948f11a",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2024-218",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/df3a41f816e21a425860ae7f44da018a7bf43c21e8e4844e482950017948f11a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Inside Greenbelt $48,265; Outside Greenbelt $57,596; Rural unserviced $40,597 per single/semi (effective May 15, 2024)",
    "apartment_charge": "2+ bed / <2 bed per unit: Inside Greenbelt $26,516 / $18,850; Outside $30,976 / $22,019; Rural serviced $23,128 / $16,441; Rural unserviced $22,063 / $15,683 (May 15, 2024)",
    "non_residential_charge": "City-wide: Industrial $15.59/sq ft; Non-Industrial $35.73/sq ft (effective May 15, 2024)",
    "services_covered": "Roads; sanitary sewer; water; stormwater; police; fire; public transit; parks; recreation; libraries; ambulance.",
    "exemptions": "Additional residential units, city/school board buildings, places of worship (transit excepted), cemeteries, agricultural, accessory <10 m2, industrial first enlargement ≤50%, garden suites, non-profit housing, coach houses.",
    "payment_timing": "Payable on first building permit; for eligible phased buildings, at first permit or permit allowing construction above grade; agreements may alter timing.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Rates indexed annually commencing Oct 1, 2024 per Statistics Canada IDCPI 62-007; by-law expires 10 years from enactment (May 15, 2024)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"B\" (Areas #1, #2, Rural Unserviced)",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"B\" (Areas #1, #2, #3)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "services_covered": "s. 3(2)",
    "exemptions": "s. 7(1)",
    "payment_timing": "s. 16(1)-(4)",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 18(1); s. 22"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/ottawa/development-charges/bylaw-2024-218/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/ottawa/development-charges/"
}