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™ NIAGARA
TOWN OF PELHAM
DEVELOPMENT CHARGE
BY-LAW PAMPHLET
General Purpose of the Development Charges
This pamphlet summarizes the Town of Pelham's policy with respect to area-specific development charges for the Town.
Development charges provide for the recovery of growth-related capital expenditures from new development. The
Development Charges Act is the statutory basis to recover these charges. A simplified summary is provided below:
1) Identify amount, type and location of growth
2) Identify servicing needs to accommodate growth;
3) Identify capital costs to provide services to meet the needs;
4) Deduct:
i. Grants, subsidies and other contributions;
ii. Benefit to existing development;
iii. Statutory 10% deduction; (soft services)
iv. Amounts in excess of 10 years historic service calculation;
Vv. DC Reserve Funds (where applicable);
5) Net cost then allocated between residential and non-residential benefit; and
6) Net costs divided by growth to provide the DC charge
O.Reg. 82/98 prescribes the information that must be included in the Treasurer's statement:
e Opening balance;
e Closing balance;
e Description of each service and/or service category for which the reserve fund was established;
e Transactions for the year (e.g. collections, draws);
e List of credits by service or service category (outstanding at beginning of the year, given in the year and
outstanding at the end of the year by holder);
e Amounts borrowed, purpose of the borrowing and interest accrued during previous year
e Amount and source of money used by the Town to repay municipal obligations to the fund;
e Schedule identifying the value of credits recognized by the Town, the service to which it applies and the source of
funding used to finance the credit; and
e For each draw, the amount spent on the project from the DC reserve fund and the amount and source of any
monies spent on the project
This statement is presented to the Council of the Town of Pelham for their review and may be reviewed by the public in
the Clerk's office, Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm.
By-Law No.: 83 - 2024
Schedule of Town-Wide Development Charges
**The development charges set out in Schedule "B" to this by-law shall be adjusted annually as of January 1°, without
amendment to the by-law, in accordance with the prescribed index in the Act. The Town will use the index rate that is
being used by the Regional Municipality of Niagara.
SERVICE /
CLASS OF RESIDENTIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL
SERVICE
Town Wide Single and Apartments | Apartments Special Care | (per sq.ft. of Gross
Services Semi-Detached - - Studio Dwellings Floor Area)
Class of Dwelling 2 Bedrooms and 1
Service: + Bedroom
Services
Related toa 14,242 10,033 6,502 10,675 5,435 7.63
Highway
Public Works
(Facilities and 1,679 1,183 766 1,259 641 0.92
Fleet)
Services
Parks and
Recreation 10,318 7,269 4,709 7,733 3,937 1.87
Services
Services
Growth 328 231 150 246 125 0.19
Studies
SERVICE /
CLASS OF RESIDENTIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL
SERVICE
Town Wide Single and Apartments | Apartments Special Care (per sq.ft. of Gross
Services / Semi-Detached - - Studio Dwelling Floor Area)
Class of Dwelling 2 Bedrooms and 1
Service: + Bedroom
Total Town
Wide
Services 19,892 12,890 10,774 11.31
/Class of
Service
Schedule of Water & Sanitary Sewer Services Development Charges for Fenwick and Fonthill
SERVICE /
CLASS OF RESIDENTIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL
SERVICE
Single and | Apartments | apartments Special Care (per sq.ft. of Gross
URBAN Semi- -2 - Studio Dwellings Floor Area)
SERVICES: Detached | Bedrooms and 1
Dwelling + Bedroom
Wastewater 6,002 4,229 2,740 4,500 2,291 4.18
Services
Water Services 2,233 1,574 1019 1,674 852 1.55
Total Urban 3,759 6,174 5.73
Services
Total Town- 19,892 12,890 10,774
Wide
Total Urban 36,471 | eee 16,649 27,339 13,917 17.04
Area
Development Charge Rules
In accordance with the Development Charges Act, 1997, s2(2), a development charge is calculated, payable and
collected where the development requires one or more of the following:
a) the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment to a zoning by-law under section 34 of the Planning Act;
b) the approval of a minor variance under Section 45 of the Planning Act;
Cc) a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under section 50(7) of the Planning Act applies;
d) the approval of a plan of subdivision under Section 51 of the Planning Act;
e) a consent under Section 53 of the Planning Act;
f) the approval of a description under section 50 of the Condominium Act; or
g) the issuing of a building permit under the Building Code Act in relation to a building or structure.
Determination of the Amount of the Charge
1) Costs allocated to residential uses will be assigned to different types of residential units based on the average
occupancy for each housing type constructed during the previous decade.
2) Costs are allocated to residential uses (as opposed to non-residential uses) based upon a number of conventions,
as may be suited to each municipal circumstance, e.g.
e For Administration, the costs have been based on an employment vs. population growth ratio (82%/18%
respectively).
e For Library, Parks and Recreation services, a 5% non-residential attribution has been made to recognize
use by the non-residential sector.
e For Fire and Roads and Related, an 83%/17% non-residential attribution has been made based on a
population vs. employment growth ratio over the 20-year forecast period.
e For Water and Sanitary Sewer Services, an 86% residential/14% non-residential allocation has been made
based on a population vs. Employment growth ratio over the urban build out period.
Development Charges By-laws are available for inspection in the
Town of Pelham Clerk's office, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on the
Town's website at www.pelham.ca
For further information, please contact:
Teresa Quinlin-Murphy, Director of Corporate Services & Treasurer
Email: [email protected]_ Tel: 905-980-6668