{
 "answer": "In the City of Peterborough, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by By-law Number 25-100 - City-wide Development Charges By-law and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-28. Charge per single-detached home: $68,604 per single/semi (Schedule B as passed, in force Sept 3, 2025); the City's rates page lists a lower current charge. Charge per apartment unit: $42,555 per apartment unit (Residential C; Schedule B as passed Sept 3, 2025). Non-residential charge: $257.29 per square metre (Schedule C as passed Sept 3, 2025).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001702",
 "municipality": "Peterborough",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.peterborough.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law Number 25-100 - City-wide Development Charges By-law",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-09-03",
   "document_url": "https://bylaws.peterborough.ca/bylaws/getFNDoc.do?class_id=20&document_id=14220",
   "summary": "City-wide DC by-law 25-100 (passed and in force Sept 3, 2025; 10-year term). Schedule B: $68,604 per single/semi (Residential A), $49,650 other multiples, $42,555 apartments; $257.29/sq m non-residential. City page lists $34,302 per single/semi effective March 30, 2026.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "407a565e55dfeec97c9008895c2fec65035a6f3373c7240f85964c3eee765c84",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "25-100",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/407a565e55dfeec97c9008895c2fec65035a6f3373c7240f85964c3eee765c84.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$68,604 per single/semi (Schedule B as passed, in force Sept 3, 2025); the City's rates page lists a lower current charge",
    "apartment_charge": "$42,555 per apartment unit (Residential C; Schedule B as passed Sept 3, 2025)",
    "non_residential_charge": "$257.29 per square metre (Schedule C as passed Sept 3, 2025)",
    "services_covered": "Development-related studies, library, fire, police, emergency medical, recreation, parks, transit, waste management, long-term care, highway-related services, sewage services",
    "exemptions": "Additional residential units; affordable, attainable, non-profit housing; hospitals; places of worship; agricultural buildings; industrial enlargement; Central Area/Downtown exemptions; temporary buildings; rental housing bedroom reductions",
    "payment_timing": "Payable on issuance of first building permit; City may enter s. 27 agreement to pay before/after; Schedule D industrial lands not payable during term",
    "indexing_expiry": "Indexed annually on January 1 beginning January 1, 2031 per Statistics Canada Construction Price Statistics; expires ten years after effective date (September 3, 2025)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"B\"; s. 26",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "services_covered": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "exemptions": "ss. 19-21",
    "payment_timing": "s. 17(b)-(d)",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 16(a); s. 27"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/peterborough/development-charges/bylaw-25-100/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges page (rates effective March 30, 2026)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.peterborough.ca/business-building-development/building-and-planning-services/planning-and-development-services/development-charges/",
   "summary": "rates page: effective 2026-03-30. City-wide $34,302 per single/semi, $24,825 other multiples, $21,278 apartment, $257.29/sq.m non-residential, plus area-specific and water charges.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "aa1299aaf9e38aa3d3896510f4a4ccd226baf8a6e230c6690d021e04351a162e",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/aa1299aaf9e38aa3d3896510f4a4ccd226baf8a6e230c6690d021e04351a162e.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Residential A (single and semi, 1 to 2 units): $34,302.00/unit city-wide (plus planning area specific charges and Water Services DC); effective March 30, 2026 to July 1, 2029",
    "apartment_charge": "Residential B (more than 2 units, e.g. plex, row or garden suites): $24,825.00/unit city-wide; Residential C (apartment-type or Multi-Suite Building): $21,278.00/unit city-wide; plus planning area specific charges and Water Services DC; effective March 30, 2026 to July 1, 2029",
    "non_residential_charge": "$257.29 per square metre city-wide (plus planning area specific charges and Water Services DC); effective March 30, 2026 to July 1, 2029",
    "services_covered": "General Government, Library, Fire, Police, Emergency Medical Services, Recreation, Parks, Transit, Waste Management, Long-Term Care, Highway and Sewage Services",
    "payment_timing": "EDC collected at time of building permit issuance; Water Services DC paid prior to building permit issuance; city-wide DC payment timing not stated in document",
    "indexing_expiry": "Current rates effective March 30, 2026 to July 1, 2029; By-law 25-100 in effect September 3, 2025; background study effective September 3, 2025 up to September 2, 2035; no indexing rule stated"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "\"Residential A: Single and semi, 1 to 2 units - $34,302.00/unit\" | \"Effective March 30, 2026 to July 1, 2029\"",
    "apartment_charge": "\"Residential B: More than 2 units...– $24,825.00/unit\" | \"Residential C: Apartment-type dwelling or Multi-Suite Building - $21,278.00/unit\" | \"Effective March 30, 2026 to July 1, 2029\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "\"Non-Residential: $257.29 per square metre\" | \"Effective March 30, 2026 to July 1, 2029\"",
    "services_covered": "\"provision of all eligible DC Services (e.g., General Government, Library Services, Fire Services, Police Services, Emergency Medical Services, Recreation, Parks, Transit Services, Waste Management, Long-Term Care, Services related to a Highway and Sewage Services)\"",
    "payment_timing": "EDC: \"collecting the education development charges (EDC) at the time of building permit issuance\"; Water Services: \"shall be paid directly to the City of Peterborough prior to the issuance of a Building Permit\"",
    "indexing_expiry": "\"Effective March 30, 2026 to July 1, 2029\" | \"By-law 25-100 went into effect on September 3, 2025\" | \"Amended City-Wide Development Charges Background Study effective September 3, 2025 up to September 2, 2035\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/peterborough/development-charges/development-charges-page/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges Pamphlet Oct 2025",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/memorialcentre-011-ca/media/i51g5vut/hemson_peterborough-dc-pamphlet-2025-amendment-october-2025-10-28-25.pdf",
   "summary": "Pamphlet with planning-area charges and city-wide totals.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "4f4404e1f254dade4a9c489a37930b00c102757c73752f81a304b0eafc64cdaf",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4f4404e1f254dade4a9c489a37930b00c102757c73752f81a304b0eafc64cdaf.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/peterborough/development-charges/development-charges-pamphlet-oct-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/peterborough/development-charges/"
}