{
 "answer": "In the Town of Smiths Falls, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by Development Charges By-law No. 10324-2022, verified 2026-10-19. Charge per single-detached home: $12,530 per unit (effective June 1, 2022). Charge per apartment unit: $7,516 per unit (effective June 1, 2022). Non-residential charge: $78.52 per sq.m (effective June 1, 2022).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001749",
 "municipality": "Smiths Falls",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "http://www.smithsfalls.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges By-law No. 10324-2022",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-03-21",
   "document_url": "https://www.smithsfalls.ca/media/qv1ajwf5/10324-2022_development-charges-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Town-wide DC by-law passed March 21, 2022, in force June 1, 2022, expiring five years later (June 2027); indexed annually. 2022 Schedule B: $12,530 single/semi; $10,024 rows/other multiples; $7,516 apartments. Non-residential $78.52 per m2 of GFA. Town says updated charges are coming soon.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "8f6f163853aba9dbd60cd3abe193b99dccc07bae7e8ea7c6f93f3d70ac7e66d8",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "10324-2022",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8f6f163853aba9dbd60cd3abe193b99dccc07bae7e8ea7c6f93f3d70ac7e66d8.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$12,530 per unit (effective June 1, 2022)",
    "apartment_charge": "$7,516 per unit (effective June 1, 2022)",
    "non_residential_charge": "$78.52 per sq.m (effective June 1, 2022)",
    "services_covered": "Library; parks and recreation; fire; police; development-related studies; highway public works and roads; water; wastewater.",
    "exemptions": "Additional residential units; municipal/school board land; industrial enlargement up to 50%; farm buildings; places of worship; hospitals; hospices; temporary uses/buildings; statutory exemptions.",
    "payment_timing": "Calculated/payable under Act ss. 26, 26.1, 26.2; otherwise at first building permit; permit not issued until paid; agreement may allow before/later; no permit: at approval.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Indexed Jan 1, 2023 and annually thereafter on Feb 1 by Statistics Canada Non-residential Building Construction Price Index for Ottawa-Gatineau, only if increase; expires five years after coming into force (effective June 1, 2022)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"B\"; s. 32",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"B\"; s. 32",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"C\"; s. 32",
    "services_covered": "s. 3(1); Schedule \"A\"",
    "exemptions": "ss. 8(1), 9, 10, 11(1)",
    "payment_timing": "s. 17(1)-(5)",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 22; ss. 32–33"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/smiths-falls/development-charges/bylaw-10324-2022/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/smiths-falls/development-charges/"
}