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# Development Charges
Development charges are fees that the Town collects to help pay for the cost of infrastructure required to provide municipal services to new developments. This includes new infrastructure as well as the re-development of land. Infrastructure includes roads, water and wastewater infrastructure, libraries, community centres, and fire and police facilities.
The development of all lands within the Town is subject to development charges. Development Charges vary by service area and are levied according to the service area in which the development is located.
Development Charges are based on Town estimates of what new services will be needed to accommodate population growth. This information is used to update the Development Charges By-law and the Consolidated Development Charges Background Study.
The Town's current Development Charges By-law and Development Charges Background Study were completed in 2024. The Ontario Development Charges Act states that a municipality must, at minimum, review the By-law and accompanying Background Study every five years.
### Documents
* 2024-29 2024 Development Charges By-law
* 2024 Development Charges Background Study
* Development Charges Pamphlet 2026 The Blue Mountains
* Development Charges Pamphlet 2026 Grey County
* Development Charges Public Meeting Presentation
* Local Service Policy and Guidelines
* The current Development Charges By-law was passed by Council on April 15, 2024, in accordance with the requirements of the *Development Charges Act, 1997*. Notice of the Passing of a Development Charges By-law by the Town of The Blue Mountains has been circulated, and the deadline for appeals is May 27, 2024.
* The Town's Development Charges Pamphlet provides an overview of the fees collected by the Town.
+ 2026 Town of The Blue Mountains Development Charges Pamphlet
The County of Grey also collects Development Charges. Grey County's Development Charges Pamphlet provides an overview of the fees that are due to the County.
* Development charges are calculated, payable, and collected on the date that a building permit under the Building Code Act is issued.
For large commercial or residential developments, development charges for hard services (roads, water, and wastewater) will be payable upon execution of the Agreement.
* Town development charges help pay for growth-related capital costs for the following municipal services:
+ General Government
+ Fire
+ Police
+ Public Works
+ Wastewater
+ Roads and Related
+ Water Works
+ Parks and Recreation
+ Library
+ By-Law
+ Solid Waste
* You may be required to pay development charges for land development or re-development projects if you are:
+ Constructing a new building
+ Making an addition or alteration to an existing building that increases the gross floor area
+ Re-developing a property or making interior alterations that result in a change of use to all or part of a building
Some forms of institutional enlargement, and temporary structures are exempt from Development Charges. Further rules are detailed in the By-law, Act and Regulations.
* + 2024 Treasurer's Statement
+ 2023 Treasurer's Statement
+ 2022 Treasurer's Statement
+ 2021 Treasurer's Statement
+ 2020 Treasurer's Statement
+ 2019 Treasurer's Statement
+ 2018 Treasurer's Statement
+ 2017 Treasurer's Statement
+ 2016 Treasurer's Statement
+ 2015 Treasurer's Statement