{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Thames Centre, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by Municipality of Thames Centre By-law No. 17-2022 - Development Charge By-law, 2022 (consolidated, amended Jan 2026) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-23. Charge per single-detached home: Rural: $17,350.37 per unit; Urban: $51,083.71 per unit (Jan 1 2026). Charge per apartment unit: Rural: Apartments - 2 Bedrooms+ $10,802.39/unit; Apartments - 1 Bedroom $6,807.29/unit (Jan 1 2026). Non-residential charge: Rural: $3.91 per sq. ft.; Urban: $19.86 per sq. ft. (Jan 1 2026).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001786",
 "municipality": "Thames Centre",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.thamescentre.on.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of Thames Centre By-law No. 17-2022 - Development Charge By-law, 2022 (consolidated, amended Jan 2026)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-03-07",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/thamescentre-006-ca/media/qrzjlx2z/017-2022-development-charges-by-law-amended_jan2026.pdf",
   "summary": "Thames Centre by-law 17-2022 establishing development charges, repealing 69-2018; consolidated copy amended Jan 2026. Rates are in Schedule B (image, not extractable); payable at building permit.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "17-2022",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bd7c8a962fb0639c84ccea6c8d659c1c78506ecd177f1306d60d14e0dc5a250b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Rural: $17,350.37 per unit; Urban: $51,083.71 per unit (Jan 1 2026)",
    "apartment_charge": "Rural: Apartments - 2 Bedrooms+ $10,802.39/unit; Apartments - 1 Bedroom $6,807.29/unit (Jan 1 2026)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Rural: $3.91 per sq. ft.; Urban: $19.86 per sq. ft. (Jan 1 2026)",
    "services_covered": "Services Related to a Highway; Public Works; Fire Protection; Parks and Recreation; Library; Growth Studies; Water; Wastewater; Waste Diversion",
    "exemptions": "Boards of education, municipalities/local boards, hospitals, colleges, cemeteries/places of worship, bona fide farm buildings, universities; industrial development exempt from municipal-wide charges; residential intensification up to two additional units.",
    "payment_timing": "Payable prior to building permit issuance/commencement; rental/institutional 6 equal annual payments; non-profit housing 21 equal annual payments; agreements may defer.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually each Jan 1 commencing Jan 1, 2023 per Statistics Canada Construction Price Statistics; no expiry stated."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "services_covered": "s. 2.1",
    "exemptions": "s. 6(2), s. 6(3), s. 7(1)",
    "payment_timing": "s. 4(2)-(3), s. 13(1)",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 16"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/thames-centre/development-charges/bylaw-17-2022/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of Thames Centre By-law No. 33-2024 - Parkland Dedication By-law",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-04-29",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/thamescentre-006-ca/media/fkiktn2a/033-2024.pdf",
   "summary": "Planning Act s.42 by-law requiring parkland dedication or cash in lieu for development and redevelopment in Thames Centre.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "1e17e8bbf18776c6de738af8f160312eeee7277c700d8ab7b4aba0f0ad8b9c8d",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
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   "document_number": "33-2024",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1e17e8bbf18776c6de738af8f160312eeee7277c700d8ab7b4aba0f0ad8b9c8d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "parkland_rate": "Land: residential 5% (≤30 units/ha) or 1 ha per 600 units if greater; comm./ind. 2%; other 5%. Cash in lieu: 5% of land value (≤50 units/ha) or 1 ha value per 1,000 units",
    "services_covered": "park or other public recreational purposes",
    "exemptions": "Municipal; Board of Education with Shared Use Agreement; accidental replacement; residential enlargement; institutional; temporary construction; additional residential units; affordable/attainable units reduce parkland/PIL.",
    "payment_timing": "Conveyance: condition of subdivision/consent approval or prior to building permit; PIL: prior to building permit issuance unless condition of approval.",
    "indexing_expiry": "PIL per-lot rates indexed annually on Jan 1 from Jan 1, 2025 by Statistics Canada New Housing Price Index (house and land, most recent month year-over-year)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "parkland_rate": "s. 5(a)-(d); s. 9(b)(i)-(iv)",
    "services_covered": "\"park or other public recreational purposes\"",
    "exemptions": "s. 4(a)-(g); s. 5(a); s. 9(b)(i)",
    "payment_timing": "s. 8(a)-(b); s. 10(a)",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 9(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/thames-centre/development-charges/bylaw-33-2024/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "2025 County of Middlesex Development Charges Brochure",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/thamescentre-006-ca/media/pyvjvhgx/2025-county-of-middlesex-development-charges-brochure.pdf",
   "summary": "County of Middlesex (upper tier) development charges brochure, linked from the Thames Centre page; applies on top of local charges. Not opened.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "8f5622d1b1dcd08e59411aaeaff22331e9cb89a85877849b2dddb1022deee0bb",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8f5622d1b1dcd08e59411aaeaff22331e9cb89a85877849b2dddb1022deee0bb.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/thames-centre/development-charges/2025-county-of-middlesex-development-charges-brochure/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fees and Development Charges page",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.thamescentre.on.ca/planning-and-building/fees-and-development-charges/",
   "summary": "Thames Centre page linking DC by-law and the County of Middlesex DC brochure; County DCs apply in addition.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "70a939d8a6f6c608e0e2ef88b00094b55d6c8884c872860f3f589a7849d0612d",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/70a939d8a6f6c608e0e2ef88b00094b55d6c8884c872860f3f589a7849d0612d.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/thames-centre/development-charges/fees-and-development-charges-page/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/thames-centre/development-charges/"
}