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 "answer": "In the City of Pickering, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by Community Benefits Charge By-law No. 8192/25 and 3 other bylaws, verified 2026-10-19. Charge per single-detached home: $37,468 per unit (Rest of Pickering); $21,656 per unit (Seaton) (Schedule C effective July 1, 2025). Charge per apartment unit: 2+ bed: $21,791 Rest of Pickering, $12,595 Seaton; bachelor/1-bed: $13,372 Rest, $7,728 Seaton per unit (Schedule C, effective July 1, 2025). Non-residential charge: Other Pickering Non Residential: $8.35 per sq.ft. (Rest of Pickering), $2.79 per sq.ft. (Seaton) (Schedule C effective July 1, 2025).",
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 "municipality": "Pickering",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "http://www.pickering.ca/",
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   "adopted_date": "2025-06-23",
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   "title": "Community Benefits Charge By-law No. 8192/25",
   "document_url": "https://corporate.pickering.ca/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=259943&dbid=0&repo=PICKERING",
   "summary": "City of Pickering community benefits charge by-law, passed June 23, 2025.",
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   "facts": {
    "services_covered": "Parks Services; Arts, Culture, and Museum; Animal Services; Administration.",
    "exemptions": "No charge for <5 storeys or <10 residential units; exemptions: long-term care, retirement homes, post-secondary, Legion, hospice, non-profit housing, affordable/attainable/inclusionary units.",
    "payment_timing": "Payable prior to issuance of any building permit unless an agreement establishes an alternative timeline; City and Owner may agree to defer payment."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "services_covered": "s. 1.3(c)(i)-(iv)",
    "exemptions": "s. 2.4(b); s. 2.5",
    "payment_timing": "s. 2.11; s. 2.12"
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   "is_official": true,
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-23",
   "discovered_by": "dc-handfix",
   "title": "Development Charges By-law No. 8190/25",
   "document_url": "https://corporate.pickering.ca/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=259941&dbid=0&repo=PICKERING",
   "summary": "City of Pickering city-wide development charges by-law, passed June 23, 2025. 2026/27 city charge $44,055 per single/semi-detached (pamphlet, July 1, 2026).",
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   "document_number": "8190/25",
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   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$37,468 per unit (Rest of Pickering); $21,656 per unit (Seaton) (Schedule C effective July 1, 2025)",
    "apartment_charge": "2+ bed: $21,791 Rest of Pickering, $12,595 Seaton; bachelor/1-bed: $13,372 Rest, $7,728 Seaton per unit (Schedule C, effective July 1, 2025)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Other Pickering Non Residential: $8.35 per sq.ft. (Rest of Pickering), $2.79 per sq.ft. (Seaton) (Schedule C effective July 1, 2025)",
    "area_levy": "$97,136 per net hectare (Seaton Prestige Employment Lands) (Schedule C effective July 1, 2025)",
    "services_covered": "Fire protection, by-law enforcement, transportation, other transportation, parks and recreation, library, stormwater management, growth-related studies.",
    "exemptions": "Non-profit/affordable/attainable housing, nursing homes/hospitals, farm buildings, university/municipal/education land, no additional units/GFA, demolition replacement, additional residential units, rental housing reductions, industrial enlargement ≤50%.",
    "payment_timing": "Payable in full at building permit issuance; rental/institutional in 6 annual installments from occupancy; high-rise/commercial/industrial deferral to occupancy or up to 3 years after permit (s. 2(8)).",
    "indexing_expiry": "Rates adjusted annually July 1 by Statistics Canada Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index for Toronto (March 31 period); by-law in force July 1, 2025 for up to ten years unless repealed earlier."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "area_levy": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "services_covered": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "exemptions": "s. 1(2); s. 7; s. 9; s. 12(4)",
    "payment_timing": "s. 15(1); s. 2(3); s. 2(8)",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 17(1); s. 22"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/pickering/development-charges/bylaw-8190-25/",
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges Pamphlet - City-wide, July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/pickeringca-009-ca/media/wl4en3hp/developmentcharges_citywide_2026-2027final.pdf",
   "summary": "City of Pickering charges under By-law 8190/25, effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 (excludes Seaton Lands): $44,055 per single/semi-detached; $27,314 apartment 2+ bedrooms; $17,154 bachelor/1-bedroom; $34,010 other multiples; $10.95/sq ft non-residential. City charges only; Durham Region and school-board charges are extra.",
   "notes": "rates page: 2026/2027 (July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027)",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$44,055 per unit (City of Pickering, July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027; excl. Seaton Lands)",
    "apartment_charge": "2+ bedrooms $27,314; bachelor/1-bed $17,154 per unit (City of Pickering, July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027)",
    "non_residential_charge": "$10.95 per sq ft of total floor area (City of Pickering, July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027)",
    "services_covered": "Fire Protection, By-law Enforcement, Other Transportation, Parks and Recreation, Library, Stormwater Management, Growth-Related Studies, Transportation Services (Area Specific)",
    "exemptions": "Boards of education, municipalities, agricultural farm buildings, places of worship, no added units/area, nursing homes, hospitals, universities, non-profit housing, affordable/attainable units (Inclusionary Zoning), demolition replacements, purpose-built rentals 15–25% discount",
    "payment_timing": "Payable at building permit issuance; equal annual installments over 5 years for rental housing and institutional; deferral to occupancy or up to 3 years post-permit for high-rise residential and commercial/industrial",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually as of July 1 per Statistics Canada Quarterly Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index, annual period ending March 31; By-law No. 8190/25"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "\"Total $42,812\" under \"Single and Semi-Detached Dwelling\", \"Effective July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027\"",
    "apartment_charge": "\"Total\" row: \"$26,543\", \"$16,670\", \"$33,049\" under respective apartment columns, \"Effective July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "\"Total\" row: \"$10.63\" under \"Non-Residential per ft² of Total Floor Area\", \"Effective July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027\"",
    "services_covered": "\"Services to which DC charges relate\" section listing all seven service categories",
    "exemptions": "\"Exemptions\" section, items (a)–(m), including \"Purpose built rentals are eligible for development charge discounts ranging from 15~25%\"",
    "payment_timing": "\"In most cases, DC's are calculated and payable on the date a building permit is issued\"; deferral under \"Incentives - DC Deferral Program\"",
    "indexing_expiry": "\"The schedule of development charges shall be adjusted annually as of July 1 each year, in accordance with the change in the index for the annual period ending March 31 for the Statistics Canada Quarterly, Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/pickering/development-charges/development-charges-pamphlet-city-wide-july-1-2026-to-june/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges Pamphlet - Seaton Lands, July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/pickeringca-009-ca/media/540gsf5e/developmentcharges_seatonlands_2026-2027_final.pdf",
   "summary": "Seaton Lands charges effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027: $25,531 per single/semi under DC By-law 8190/25 ($27,339 including Financial Impacts Agreement charges); $15,829 apartment 2+ bedrooms; $19,708 other multiples; $3.28/sq ft non-residential. Regional and school-board charges are extra.",
   "notes": "rates page: 2026/2027",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$25,531 per single/semi (DC By-law 8190/25, Seaton, July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027); $27,339 incl. Seaton FIA charges",
    "apartment_charge": "2+ bed $15,829; bachelor/1-bed $9,941 per unit (DC by-law, Seaton, July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027); $16,654 / $10,766 incl. FIA charges",
    "non_residential_charge": "$3.28 per ft2 total floor area (DC by-law, Seaton, July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027); $3.43 incl. FIA charges",
    "area_levy": "$86,201 per net Ha of Prestige Employment Land in Seaton (July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027)",
    "services_covered": "Fire Protection, By-law Enforcement, Other Transportation, Parks and Recreation, Library, Stormwater Management, Growth-Related Studies, Transportation Services (Area Specific)",
    "exemptions": "Board of education, municipalities, farm buildings, places of worship, no additional units/GFA, nursing homes/hospitals, universities, non-profit/affordable/attainable housing, demolition replacements, purpose-built rental discounts 15-25%.",
    "payment_timing": "Generally payable at building permit issuance; rental/non-profit/institutional in equal annual installments over five years; high-rise/commercial/industrial deferral until occupancy or up to 3 years after permit.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually as of July 1 each year per Statistics Canada Quarterly, Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index (annual period ending March 31)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Total Charges - Seaton Lands; July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027",
    "apartment_charge": "Total Charges - Seaton Lands; July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027",
    "non_residential_charge": "Total Charges - Seaton Lands; July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027",
    "area_levy": "Total Charges - Seaton Lands; July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027",
    "services_covered": "Services to which DC charges relate",
    "exemptions": "Exemptions",
    "payment_timing": "When DC's are payable; Incentives - DC Deferral Program",
    "indexing_expiry": "Indexing of Development Charges"
   },
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   "title": "Development Charges (City page)",
   "category": "development_charges",
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   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.pickering.ca/business-building-development/planning-and-development/development-charges/",
   "summary": "Page linking by-laws, 2025 background study, pamphlets and CBC strategy.",
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