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905-272-3600
February 8, 2024
[email protected]
2023 Development Charges Background
Study
Municipality of Trent Hills
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Table of Contents
Page
Executive Summary ....................................................................................................... i
1.
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1
Purpose of this Document ....................................................................... 1-1
1.2
Summary of the Process ......................................................................... 1-2
1.3
Changes to the Development Charges Act, 1997 ................................... 1-3
1.3.1
More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108) ......................... 1-3
1.3.2
Plan to Build Ontario Together Act, 2019 (Bill 138) .................... 1-4
1.3.3
COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 (Bill 197) .................. 1-4
1.3.4
Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020 (Bill 213) ..... 1-6
1.3.5
More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 (Bill 109) .......................... 1-7
1.3.6
More Homes Built Fast Act, 2022 (Bill 23) ................................. 1-7
2.
Current Municipality of Trent Hills D.C. Policy ............................................. 2-1
2.1
By-law Enactment ................................................................................... 2-1
2.2
Services Covered ................................................................................... 2-1
2.3
Timing of D.C. Calculation and Payment ................................................ 2-1
2.4
Indexing .................................................................................................. 2-1
2.5
Redevelopment Credits .......................................................................... 2-2
2.6
Area to Which the By-law Applies and Exemptions ................................ 2-2
3.
Anticipated Development in the Municipality of Trent Hills ......................... 3-1
3.1
Requirement of the Act ........................................................................... 3-1
3.2
Basis of Population, Household and Non-Residential Gross Floor
Area Forecast ......................................................................................... 3-1
3.3
Summary of Growth Forecast ................................................................. 3-2
4.
The Approach to the Calculation of the Charge ........................................... 4-1
4.1
Introduction ............................................................................................. 4-1
4.2
Services Potentially Involved .................................................................. 4-1
4.3
Increase in the Need for Service ............................................................. 4-1
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4.4
Local Service Policy ................................................................................ 4-6
4.5
Capital Forecast ...................................................................................... 4-6
4.6
Treatment of Credits ............................................................................... 4-7
4.7
Eligible Debt and Committed Excess Capacity ....................................... 4-7
4.8
Existing Reserve Funds .......................................................................... 4-7
4.9
Deductions .............................................................................................. 4-8
4.9.1
Reduction Required by Level of Service Ceiling ........................ 4-8
4.9.2
Reduction for Uncommitted Excess Capacity ............................ 4-9
4.9.3
Reduction for Benefit to Existing Development .......................... 4-9
4.9.4
Reduction for Anticipated Grants, Subsidies and Other
Contributions ............................................................................ 4-10
4.10
Municipal-Wide vs. Area Rating ............................................................ 4-11
4.11
Allocation of Development .................................................................... 4-11
5.
D.C.-Eligible Cost Analysis by Service .......................................................... 5-1
5.1
Introduction ............................................................................................. 5-1
5.2
Service Levels and 10-Year Capital Costs for D.C. Calculation .............. 5-1
5.2.1
Services Related to a Highway .................................................. 5-1
5.2.2
Fire Protection Services ............................................................. 5-2
5.2.3
Parks and Recreation Services .................................................. 5-2
5.2.4
Library Services ......................................................................... 5-3
6.
D.C. Calculation ............................................................................................... 6-1
7.
D.C. Policy Recommendations and D.C. Policy Rules ................................. 7-1
7.1
Introduction ............................................................................................. 7-1
7.2
D.C. By-law Structure ............................................................................. 7-2
7.3
D.C. By-law Rules ................................................................................... 7-2
7.3.1
Payment in any Particular Case ................................................. 7-2
7.3.2
Determination of the Amount of the Charge ............................... 7-2
7.3.3
Application to Redevelopment of Land (Demolition and
Conversion) ................................................................................ 7-3
7.3.4
Exemptions (full or partial) ......................................................... 7-4
7.3.5
Transition ................................................................................... 7-4
7.3.6
Timing of Collection ................................................................... 7-5
7.3.7
Indexing ..................................................................................... 7-5
7.3.8
D.C Spatial Applicability ............................................................. 7-5
7.4
Other D.C. By-law Provisions ................................................................. 7-7
7.4.1
Categories of Services for Reserve Fund and Credit
Purposes .................................................................................... 7-7
7.4.2
By-law In-force Date .................................................................. 7-7
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7.4.3
Minimum Interest Rate Paid on Refunds and Charged for
Inter-Reserve Fund Borrowing ................................................... 7-7
7.5
Other Recommendations ........................................................................ 7-8
8.
Asset Management Plan ................................................................................. 8-1
8.1
Introduction ............................................................................................. 8-1
8.2
Asset Management Plan ......................................................................... 8-3
9.
By-law Implementation ................................................................................... 9-1
9.1
Public Consultation Process ................................................................... 9-1
9.1.1
Introduction ................................................................................ 9-1
9.1.2
Public Meeting of Council........................................................... 9-1
9.1.3
Other Consultation Activity ......................................................... 9-1
9.2
Anticipated Impact of the Charge on Development ................................. 9-2
9.3
Implementation Requirements ................................................................ 9-3
9.3.1
Introduction ................................................................................ 9-3
9.3.2
Notice of Passage ...................................................................... 9-3
9.3.3
By-law Pamphlet ........................................................................ 9-3
9.3.4
Appeals ...................................................................................... 9-4
9.3.5
Complaints ................................................................................. 9-4
9.3.6
Credits ....................................................................................... 9-5
9.3.7
Front-Ending Agreements .......................................................... 9-5
9.3.8
Severance and Subdivision Agreement Conditions ................... 9-5
Appendix A Background Information on Residential and Non-Residential
Growth Forecast ............................................................................................. A-1
Appendix B Historical Level of Service Calculations ............................................ B-1
Appendix C D.C. Cash Flow Calculations .............................................................. C-1
Appendix D Long-Term Capital and Operating Cost Examination ...................... D-1
Appendix E Proposed D.C. By-laws ........................................................................ E-1
E1. Services Related to a Highway ................................................................... E-2
E2. Fire Protection Services ............................................................................ E-19
E3. Parks and Recreation Services ................................................................. E-36
E4. Library Services ........................................................................................ E-53
Appendix F Local Service Policy ............................................................................. F-1
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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acronym
Full Description of Acronym
D.C.
Development charge
D.C.A.
Development Charges Act, 1997 as amended
G.F.A.
Gross floor area
LPAT.
Local Planning Appeal Tribunal
N.F.P.O.W.
No Fixed Place of Work
OLT.
Ontario Land Tribunal
O.M.B.
Ontario Municipal Board
O.Reg.
Ontario Regulation
P.O.A.
Provincial Offences Act
P.P.U.
Persons per unit
s.s.
Subsection
sq.m.
square metre
km
kilometer
Development
Charges Background
Study
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Executive Summary
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Executive Summary
1. The report provided herein represents the Development Charges (D.C.)
Background Study for Municipality of Trent Hills (Municipality) required by the
Development Charges Act, 1997 (D.C.A.). This report has been prepared in
accordance with the methodology required under the D.C.A. The contents
include the following:
- Chapter 1 - Introduction and overview of the legislative requirements of
the D.C.A.;
- Chapter 2 - Current Municipality of Trent Hills D.C. policy
- Chapter 3 - Summary of the residential and non-residential growth
forecasts for the Municipality;
- Chapter 4 - Approach to calculating the D.C.;
- Chapter 5 - Review of historical service standards and identification of
D.C. recoverable capital costs to service growth;
- Chapter 6 - Calculation of the D.C.s;
- Chapter 7 - D.C. policy recommendations and D.C. by-law rules;
- Chapter 8 - Asset management plan requirements of the D.C.A.; and
- Chapter 9 - By-law implementation.
2. D.C.s provide for the recovery of growth-related capital expenditures from new
development. The D.C.A. is the statutory basis to recover these charges. The
methodology is detailed in Chapter 4; a simplified summary is provided below:
1) Identify amount, type and location of growth;
2) Identify servicing needs to accommodate growth;
3) Identify capital costs to provide services to meet the needs;
4) Deduct:
- Grants, subsidies and other contributions;
- Benefit to existing development;
- Amounts in excess of 15-year historical service calculation;
- D.C. reserve funds;
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5) Net costs are then allocated between residential and non-residential benefit;
and
6) Net costs divided by growth to provide the D.C. calculation.
3. Changes to the D.C.A. were introduced through eight bills passed in the Ontario
legislature since the Municipality's last municipal-wide D.C. by-law: Bill 108, Bill
138, Bill 197, Bill 213, Bill 109, and Bill 23, Bill 97, and Bill 134. The following
provides a brief summary of the recent changes.
Bill 108: More Homes, More Choice: Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan
On May 2, 2019, the Province introduced Bill 108 (More Homes, More Choice
Act), which proposed changes to the D.C.A. The Bill was introduced as part of
the province's "More Homes, More Choice: Ontario's Housing Supply Action
Plan." The Bill received Royal Assent on June 6, 2019. While having received
Royal Assent, many of the amendments to the D.C.A. did not come into effect
until they were proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor. On January 1, 2020, the
following provisions were proclaimed:
- A D.C. for rental housing and institutional developments will pay the
charge in six equal annual installments, with the first payment
commencing on the date of occupancy. Non-profit housing developments
will pay D.C.s in 21 equal annual payments (note that further changes
related to non-profit housing have been made through Bill 23). Any
unpaid D.C. amounts may be added to the property and collected as
taxes. The installment payments for non-profit housing have been further
amended by Bill 23.
- The determination of the D.C. for all developments occurring within two
years of a Site Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment planning approval shall
be determined based on the D.C.s in effect on the date the planning
application was submitted. These provisions only apply to Site Plan and
Zoning By-law Amendment planning applications received on or after
January 1, 2020. Developments arising from planning application
approvals not fitting these criteria, or if the building permit arising from
these planning approvals is issued two-years or more after the planning
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application approval, the D.C. is determined based on the provisions of
the D.C. by-law.
Further changes to the D.C.A. were proposed related to the list of eligible
services which could be recovered through D.C.s, which recommended the
removal of some services previously eligible, and introduced a new charge under
the Planning Act (i.e., the community benefits charge).
Bill 138: Plan to Build Ontario Together Act, 2019
On November 6, 2019, the Province release Bill 138 which provided further
amendments to the D.C.A. and Planning Act. This Bill received Royal Assent on
December 10, 2019 and was proclaimed which resulted in sections related to the
D.C.A. (schedule 10) becoming effective on January 1, 2020. The amendments
to the D.C.A. included removal of instalment payments for commercial and
industrial developments that were originally included in Bill 108.
Bill 197: COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020
In response to the global pandemic that began affecting Ontario in early 2020,
the Province released Bill 197 which provided amendments to a number of Acts,
including the D.C.A. and Planning Act. This Bill also revised some of the
proposed changes identified in Bill 108. Bill 197 was tabled on July 8, 2020,
received Royal Assent on July 21, 2020, and was proclaimed on September 18,
2020. With respect to the above noted changes from Bill 108, the following
changes are provided in Bill 197 (additional details provided in subection 1.3.3):
- Eligible Services: The list of eligible services for the D.C. has now been
expanded to include most services eligible under the D.C.A. prior to Bill
108.
- Mandatory 10% Deduction: The mandatory 10% deduction is removed
(consistent with Bill 108). This applies to all D.C.-eligible services.
- Community Benefits Charges (C.B.C.): a municipality may, by by-law
impose a C.B.C. to pay for the capital costs for formerly-eligible D.C.
services in addition to parkland dedication and bonus zoning contributions.
- Additional statutory exemptions for the creation of additional residential
units within or ancillary to existing or new residential buildings and
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structures (these exemptions have been further modified by Bill 23 and Bill
97)).
These changes to the D.C.A. were proclaimed on September 18, 2020 and are
further discussed in subsection 1.3.3 of this report.
Bill 213: Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020
On December 8, 2020, Bill 213 received Royal Assent. One of the changes of
the Bill that took effect upon Royal Assent included amending the Ministry of
Training, Colleges and Universities Act by introducing a new section that would
exempt the payment of D.C.s for developments of land intended for use by a
university that receives operating funds from the Government. As a result, this
mandatory exemption will be included in the City's D.C. by-law(s).
Bill 109: More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022
On April 14, 2022, Bill 109 received Royal Assent. One of the changes of the Bill
and Ontario Regulation (O. Reg.) 438/22 that took effect upon Royal Assent
included amending the D.C.A. and O. Reg. 82/98 related to the requirements for
the information which is to be included in the annual Treasurer's statement on
D.C. reserve funds and the requirement for publication of the statement. Further
information is provided in subsection 1.3.5.
Bill 23: More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022
On November 28, 2022, Bill 23 received Royal Assent. This Act amends a
number of pieces of legislation including the Planning Act and the D.C.A.
Subsequently, further amendments to these provisions were made through Bills
97 and 134. The following provides a summary of the changes to the D.C.A.
(further details are provided in subsection 1.3.6 of this report):
- Additional residential unit exemption: Allowance of a third unit to be
exempt from D.C.s in existing and new residential dwellings;
- Removal of housing as an eligible D.C. service;
- New statutory exemptions for affordable units, attainable units (to be in
effect upon proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor);
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- New statutory exemptions for inclusionary zoning units, and non-profit
housing developments;
- Historical level of service extended to 15-year period instead of the prior
10-year period;
- Capital cost definitino may be revised to prescribe services for which land
or an interest in land will be restricted;
- Capital cost definition has been revised to remove studies;
- Mandatory reduction for new D.C. by-laws passed after November 28,
2022, as follows:
o Year 1 - 80% of the maximum charge;
o Year 2 - 85% of the maximum charge;
o Year 3 - 90% of the maximum charge;
o Year 4 - 95% of the maximum charge; and
o Year 5 to expiry - 100% of the maximum charge.
- D.C. by-law expiry will be 10 years after the date the by-law comes into
force (unless repealed earlier);
- D.C. for rental housing developments to receive a discount as follows:
o Three or more bedrooms - 25% reduction;
o Two bedrooms - 20% reduction; and
o All other bedroom quantities - 15% reduction.
- Maximum interest rate for installments and determination of charge for
eligible site plan and zoning by-law amendment applications to be set at
the average prime rate plus 1%; and
- Requirement to allocate funds received- municipalities will be required to
spend or allocate at least 60% of their reserve fund at the beginning of the
year for water, wastewater, and services related to a highway.
4. The Municipality is undertaking a D.C. public process and anticipates passing a
new by-law for the eligible services. The mandatory public meeting has been set
for Jaunuary 9, 2024 with adoption of the by-law anticipated for February 13,
2023 in advance of the expiry of the current by-law on ApFebruary 20, 2024.
5. The growth forecast (Chapter 3) on which the Municipality-wide D.C. is based,
projects the following population, housing and non-residential floor area for the
10-year (2024 to 2034), period.
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Table ES-1
Summary of Growth Forecast by Planning Period
Measure
10 Year
2024 to 2034
(Net) Population Increase
711
Residential Unit Increase
506
Non-Residential - Gross Floor
Area Increase (sq.ft.)
260,700
Source: Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. forecast 2023.
6. Chapter 5 herein provides, in detail and by service area, the gross capital costs
for the increase in need to service new development and the respective
deductions that have been made to arrive at the D.C. recoverable costs included
in the calculation of the charge. The following services are calculated based on a
unicipal-wide 10-year forecast:
- Services related to a highway (including municipal works facilities, fleet
and equipment);
- Fire protection services;
- Parks and recreation services; and
- Library services;
A summary of the total growth-related costs is provided below in Table ES-2.
Table ES-2
Summary of Expenditures Anticipated Over the Respective Forecast Periods
Summary of Expenditures Anticipated
Over the Life of the By-law
Expenditure
Amount
Total Gross Capital Costs
$68,168,500
Less: Benefit to Existing Development
$51,571,000
Less: Post Planning Period Benefit
$5,655,300
Less: Other Deductions
$699,100
Less: Grants, Subsidies and Other Contributions
$0
Less: Existing D.C. Reserve Funds
$4,856,700
Net Costs to be Recovered from Development Charges
$5,386,300
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Based on the above table, the Municiaplity plans to spend $68.2 million over the
10-year planning period of which $10.3 million (15%) is recoverable from D.C.s
(including $4.9 million of D.C. reserve funds already collected). Of the net $5.4
million included in the calcualtion, $4.8 million is recoverable from residential
development and $620,000 from non-residential development. It is noted also
that any exemptions or reductions in the charges would reduce this recovery
further. This suggests that non-D.C. costs over the forecast period will total
$57.9 million.
This report has undertaken a calculation of charges based on the anticipated
development summarized in Table ES-1 and the future identified needs
(presented in Table ES-2). Charges have been provided on a Municipal-wide
basis for all services. The corresponding single detached unit charge is $20,648.
The non-residential charge is $39.76 per sq.m. of building area. These rates
would be reduced by 20% during the first year of the by-law (i.e., $16,518 per
single detached unit and $31.81 per sq.m. of building area) as per the Bill 23
requirements to reduce the charge during the first four years of the by-law. The
calculated schedule of charges is presented in Table ES-3 and the charges that
would be imposed during the first year of the by-law are presented in Table ES-4.
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Table ES-3
Calculated Schedule of Development Charges
Table ES-4
Schedule of Development Charges (80% of maximum charge to be imposed in first year of by-law)
Single and Semi-
Detached Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
(per sq.m. of Gross
Floor Area)
Green Energy (per
500 kW nameplate
generating capacity
of Solar Energy
Developments)
Green Energy (per
wind turbine for
Wind Turbine
Developments)
Municipal Wide Services/Class of Service:
Services Related to a Highway
1,206
823
798
641
6.91
1,206
1,206
Fire Protection Services
2,998
2,046
1,983
1,592
17.17
2,998
2,998
Parks and Recreation Services
16,443
11,223
10,877
8,732
15.69
-
-
Library Services
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total Municipal Wide Services/Class of Services
20,648
14,092
13,658
10,965
39.76
4,204
4,204
Year 1 Charge (80% of Full Charge)
16,518
11,274
10,926
8,772
31.81
3,364
3,364
Service/Class of Service
RESIDENTIAL
NON-RESIDENTIAL
Single and Semi-
Detached Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
(per sq.m. of Gross
Floor Area)
Green Energy (per
500 kW nameplate
generating capacity
of Solar Energy
Developments)
Green Energy (per
wind turbine for
Wind Turbine
Developments)
Services Related to a Highway
965
658
638
513
5.52
965
965
Fire Protection Services
2,399
1,637
1,586
1,274
13.73
2,399
2,399
Parks and Recreation Services
13,155
8,978
8,702
6,986
12.55
-
-
Library Services
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total Municipal Wide Services/Class of Services
16,518
11,274
10,926
8,772
31.81
3,364
3,364
Service/Class of Service
RESIDENTIAL
NON-RESIDENTIAL
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7. Chapter 7 outlines the D.C. by-law policy recommendations and rules as
summarized below:
- Timing of Collection:
o D.C.s to be calculated and payable at the time of building permit
issuance
o D.C.s for developments proceeding through Site Plan or Zoning By-
law Amendment applications will be determined based on the
charges in effect on the day of the application (charges to be frozen
for a maximum period of two years after planning application
approval)
o Rental housing and institutional developments would pay D.C.s in
six equal annual payments, commencing from the date of
occupancy
- Statutory D.C. Exemptions:
o Upper/Lower Tier Governments and School Boards
o Development of lands intended for use by a university that received
operating funds from the Government
o Existing industrial building expansions (may expand by 50% with no
D.C.)
o Additional residential units in existing and new residential buildings
- May add up to two apartments for a single detached, semi-
detached or row house (only one unit can be in an ancillary
structure)
- One additional unit or 1% of the units in an existing rental
residential building with four or more residential units
o Non-profit housing
o Inclusionary zoning affordable units
- D.C. Discounts for rental housing development based on dwelling unit
type:
o >2 bedrooms - 25% discount
o 2 bedrooms - 20% discount
o <2 bedrooms - 15% discount
- Mandatory reduction of the charge:
o Year 1 - 80% of the maximum charge
o Year 2 - 85% of the maximum charge
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o Year 3 - 90% of the maximum charge
o Year 4 - 95% of the maximum charge, and
o Year 5 to expiry - 100% of the maximum charge
- Non-Statutory Deductions:
o Buildings or structures used as farm buildings;
o Public Hospitals; and
o Solar energy projects with a nameplate generating capacity less
than 100 kilowatts
- Redevelopment credits provided where building permit issuance occurs
within two years for conversion or demolitions of existing structures
- Charges to be inexed annually on the date the by-law comes in to force, in
accordance with the D.C.A.
8. Council will consider the findings and recommendations provided in the report
and, in conjunction with public input, approve such policies and rates it deems
appropriate. These directions will refine the draft D.C. by-laws which are
appended in Appendix E. These decisions may include:
- adopting the charges and policies recommended herein;
- considering additional exemptions to the by-laws; and
- considering reductions in the charge by class of development (e.g.,
obtained by removing certain services on which the charge is based
and/or by a general reduction in the charge).
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Chapter 1
Introduction
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1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this Document
This background study has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of the
Development Charges Act 1997 (s.10), and accordingly, recommends new
Development Charges (D.C.s) and policies for the Municipality of Trent Hills
(Municipality).
The Municipality retained Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. (Watson) to undertake
the D.C. study process. Watson worked with senior staff of the Municipality in preparing
this D.C. analysis and the policy recommendations.
This D.C. background study, containing the proposed D.C. by-law, will be distributed to
members of the public in order to provide interested parties with sufficient background
information on the legislation, the study's recommendations, and an outline of the basis
for these recommendations.
This report has been prepared, in the first instance, to meet the statutory requirements
applicable to the Municipality's D.C. background study, as summarized in Chapter 4. It
also addresses the forecast amount, type, and location of growth (Chapter 3), the
requirement for "rules" governing the imposition of the charges (Chapter 7), and the
proposed by-law(s) to be made available as part of the approval process (Appendix E).
In addition, the report is designed to set out sufficient background on the legislation and
the policies underlying the proposed by-law, to make the exercise understandable to
interested parties. Finally, the D.C. background study addresses post-adoption
implementation requirements (Chapter 9) which are critical to the successful application
of the new policy.
The chapters in the report are supported by appendices containing the data required to
explain and substantiate the calculation of the charge. A full discussion of the statutory
requirements for the preparation of a background study and calculation of a D.C. is
provided herein.
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1.2 Summary of the Process
A public meeting required under Section 12 of the D.C.A. will be scheduled at least two
weeks after the posting of the D.C. background study and draft D.C. by-law on the
Municipality's website. Its purpose is to present the background study and draft D.C.
by-law to the public and to solicit public input on the matter. The public meeting is also
being held to answer any questions regarding the study's purpose, methodology and
the proposed D.C. by-law for the Municipality.
In accordance with the legislation, the background study and proposed D.C. by-law will
be available for public review at least 60 days prior to by-law passage.
The process to be followed in finalizing the report and recommendations includes:
- consideration of responses received prior to, at or immediately following the
public meeting; and
- finalization of the report and Council consideration of the by-law subsequent to
the public meeting.
Table 1-1 outlines the study process to date and the proposed schedule to be followed
with respect to the D.C. by-law adoption process.
Table 1-1
Schedule of Key D.C. Process Dates
Process Steps
Dates
1. Project initiation meeting with Municipal Staff
June 2023
2. Data collection and staff interviews
June 2023 to
October 2023
3. Presentation of draft findings and D.C. policy discussion
with Municipal Staff
November 21, 2023
4. Presentation of draft findings and D.C. policies to Council
November 28, 2023
5. D.C. Background Study and draft D.C. by-law(s) available
to public
December 11, 2023
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Process Steps
Dates
6. Public Meeting of Council
January 9, 2024
7. D.C. By-law(s) passage (anticipated)
February 13, 2024
8. Newspaper notice given of by-law(s) passage
By 20 days after
passage
9. Last day for by-law(s) appeal
40 days after
passage
10. Municipality makes available D.C. pamphlet
by 60 days after in
force date
1.3 Changes to the Development Charges Act, 1997
Over the past four years, a number of changes to the Development Charges Act, 1997
have been introduced through various legislation including the following:
- More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108);
- Plan to Build Ontario Together Act, 2019 (Bill 138);
- COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 (Bill 197);
- Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020 (Bill 213);
- More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 (Bill 109);
- More Homes Built Fast Act, 2022 (Bill 23); and
- Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134).
The following provides an overview of the changes to the D.C.A. that each of these
pieces of legislation provided.
1.3.1 More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108)
On May 2, 2019, the Province introduced Bill 108 (More Homes, More Choice Act),
which proposed changes to the D.C.A. The Bill was introduced as part of the province's
"More Homes, More Choice: Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan." The Bill received
Royal Assent on June 6, 2019. While having received Royal Assent, many of the
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amendments to the D.C.A. did not come into effect until they were proclaimed by the
Lieutenant Governor. On January 1, 2020, the following provisions were proclaimed:
- A D.C. for rental housing and institutional developments will pay the charge in
six equal annual installments, with the first payment commencing on the date
of occupancy. Non-profit housing developments will pay D.C.s in 21 equal
annual payments (note that further changes related to non-profit housing
have been made through Bill 23). Any unpaid D.C. amounts may be added to
the property and collected as taxes.
- The determination of the D.C. for all developments occurring within two years
of a Site Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment planning approval shall be
determined based on the D.C.s in effect on the date the planning application
was submitted. These provisions only apply to Site Plan and Zoning By-law
Amendment planning applications received on or after January 1, 2020.
Developments arising from planning application approvals not fitting these
criteria, or if the building permit arising from these planning approvals is
issued two-years or more after the planning application approval, the D.C. is
determined based on the provisions of the D.C. by-law.
Further changes to the D.C.A. were proposed related to the list of eligible services
which could be recovered through D.C.s, which recommended the removal of some
services previously eligible, and introduced a new charge under the Planning Act (i.e.
the Community Benefits Charge).
1.3.2 Plan to Build Ontario Together Act, 2019 (Bill 138)
On November 6, 2019, the Province release Bill 138 which provided further
amendments to the D.C.A. and Planning Act. This Bill received Royal Assent on
December 10, 2019 and was proclaimed which resulted in sections related to the D.C.A.
(schedule 10) becoming effective on January 1, 2020. The amendments to the D.C.A.
included removal of instalment payments for commercial and industrial developments
that were originally included in Bill 108.
1.3.3 COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 (Bill 197)
In response to the global pandemic that began affecting Ontario in early 2020, the
Province released Bill 197 which provided amendments to a number of Acts, including
the D.C.A. and Planning Act. This Bill also revised some of the proposed changes
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identified in Bill 108. Bill 197 was tabled on July 8, 2020, received Royal Assent on July
21, 2020, and was proclaimed on September 18, 2020. The following provides a
summary of the changes:
1.3.3.1 List of D.C. Eligible Services
The D.C.A. previously defined ineligible services for D.C.s. The amendments to the
D.C.A. now defined the services that are eligible for inclusion in a D.C. by-law. The
following summarizes the D.C. eligible services:
- Water supply services, including distribution and treatment services;
- Wastewater services, including sewers and treatment services;
- Storm water drainage and control services;
- Services related to a highway;
- Electrical power services;
- Toronto-York subway extension, as defined in subsection 5.1 (1);
- Transit services other than the Toronto-York subway extension;
- Waste diversion services;
- Policing services;
- Fire protection services;
- Ambulance services;
- Library Services;
- Long-term care services;
- Parks and recreation services (excluding the acquisition of land for parks);
- Public health services;
- Childcare and early years services;
- Housing services (Note that as per Bill 23, housing services are no longer
eligible);
- Provincial Offences Act services;
- Services related to emergency preparedness;
- Services related to airports, but only in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo;
and
- Additional services as prescribed.
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1.3.3.2 Classes of D.C. Services
Prior to the Royal Assent of Bill 108/197 legislation (i.e. D.C.A., 1997), the D.C.A.
allowed for categories of services to be grouped together into a minimum of two
categories (90% and 100% services).
The Act (as amended) repeals and replaces the above with the following subsections:
- A D.C. by-law may provide for any eligible service or capital cost related to
any eligible service to be included in a class, set out in the by-law.
- A class may be composed of any number or combination of services and may
include parts or portions of the eligible services or parts or portions of the
capital costs in respect of those services.
- A class of service set out in the D.C. by-law is deemed to be a single service
with respect to reserve funds, use of monies, and credits.
As well, the removal of the 10% deduction for soft services that was proposed under Bill
108 was maintained.
1.3.3.3 Statutory Exemptions
The D.C.A. provides for statutory exemptions from payment of D.C.s where the
development is creating additional residential dwelling units within prescribed classes of
existing residential buildings or structures. This statutory exemption was expanded to
include secondary residential dwelling units, in prescribed classes, that are ancillary to
existing residential buildings. Furthermore, additional statutory exemptions were
provided for the creation of a second dwelling unit in prescribed classes of proposed
new residential buildings, including structures ancillary to new dwellings. This section
has been further refined under Bill 23.
1.3.4 Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020 (Bill 213)
On December 8, 2020, Bill 213 received Royal Assent. One of the changes of the Bill
that took effect upon Royal Assent included amending the Ministry of Training, Colleges
and Universities Act by introducing a new section that would exempt the payment of
D.C.s for developments of land intended for use by a university that receives operating
funds from the Government. As a result, this mandatory exemption will be included in
the Municipality's D.C. by-law(s).
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1.3.5 More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 (Bill 109)
On April 14, 2022, Bill 109 received Royal Assent. One of the changes of the Bill and
Ontario Regulation (O.Reg.) 438/22 that took effect upon Royal Assent included
amending the D.C.A. and O.Reg. 82/98 related to the requirements for the information
which is to be included in the annual Treasurer's statement on D.C. reserve funds and
the requirement for publication of the statement. The following additional information
must be provided for each D.C. service being collected for during the year:
a) whether, as of the end of the year, the municipality expects to incur the amount
of capital costs that were estimated, in the relevant development charge
background study, to be incurred during the term of the applicable development
charge by-law;
b) if the answer to a) is no, the amount the municipality now expects to incur and a
statement as to why this amount is expected; and
c) if no money was spent from the reserve fund during the year, a statement as to
why there was no spending during the year.
The changes to the D.C.A. has also been amended to now require that the annual
Treasurer's statement be made available to the public on the website of the municipality
or, if there is no such website, in the municipal office.
1.3.6 More Homes Built Fast Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
On November 28, 2022, Bill 23 received Royal Assent. This Act amends a number of
pieces of legislation including the Planning Act and the D.C.A. Subsequently the
proposed exemptions for affordable units was further amended through Bill 134. The
following provides a summary of the changes to the D.C.A.:
1.3.6.1 Additional Residential Unit Exemption
The rules for these exemptions are now provided in the D.C.A., rather than the
regulations and are summarized as follows:
- Exemption for residential units in existing rental residential buildings - For
rental residential buildings with four or more residential units, the greater of
one unit or 1% of the existing residential units will be exempt from D.C.
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- Exemption for additional residential units in existing and new residential
buildings - The following developments will be exempt from a D.C.:
o A second unit in a detached, semi-detached, or rowhouse if all buildings
and ancillary structures cumulatively contain no more than one residential
unit;
o A third unit in a detached, semi-detached, or rowhouse if no ancillary
buildings or structures contain any residential units; and
o One residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to a detached, semi-
detached, or rowhouse on a parcel of land, if the detached, semi-
detached, or rowhouse contains no more than two residential units and no
other buildings or ancillary structures contain any residential units.
o Bill 97 (The Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act), extended the
mandatory exemption from payment of D.C.s for addition residential units
new residential buildings or in existing houses to all lands versus just
urban lands.
1.3.6.2 Removal of Housing as an Eligible D.C. Service
Housing services is removed as an eligible service. Municipalities with by-laws that
include a charge for housing services can no longer collect for this service.
1.3.6.3 New Statutory Exemptions for Affordable Units, Attainable Units,
and Inclusionary Zoning Units
Affordable units, attainable units, inclusionary zoning units and non-profit housing
developments will be exempt from the payment of D.C.s, as follows:
- Affordable Rental Units:
o The rent is no greater than the lesser of,
o the income-based affordable rent for the residential unit set out in the
Affordable Residential Units bulletin, as identified by the Minister of
Municipal Affairs and Housing in accordance with subsection (5), and
o the average market rent identified for the residential unit set out in the
Affordable Residential Units bulletin.
- Affordable Owned Units:
o The price of the residential unit is no greater than the lesser of,
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- the income-based affordable purchase price for the residential unit
set out in the Affordable Residential Units bulletin, as identified by
the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing in accordance with
subsection (6), and
- 90 per cent of the average purchase price identified for the
residential unit set out in the Affordable Residential Units bulletin.
- Attainable Units: Excludes affordable units and rental units; will be defined as
prescribed development or class of development and sold to a person who is at
"arm's length" from the seller.
o Note: for affordable and attainable units, the municipality shall enter into
an agreement that ensures the unit remains affordable or attainable for 25
years. Also exemptions for affordable and attainable units will come into
effect on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- Inclusionary Zoning Units: Affordable housing units required under inclusionary
zoning by-laws are exempt from a D.C.
1.3.6.4 New Statutory Exemption for Non-Profit Housing
Non-profit housing development has been removed from the instalment payment
section of the Act (section 26.1), as these units are now exempt from the payment of
D.C.s.
1.3.6.5 Rental Housing Discount
The D.C. payable for rental housing development will be reduced based on the number
of bedrooms in each unit as follows:
- Three or more bedrooms - 25% reduction;
- Two bedrooms - 20% reduction; and
- All other bedroom quantities - 15% reduction.
1.3.6.6 Historical Level of Service extended to 15-year period instead of
the historical 10-year period
Prior to Royal Assent of Bill 23, the increase in need for service was limited by the
average historical level of service calculated over the 10-year period preceding the
preparation of the D.C. background study. This average historical level of service is
now extended to the historical 15-year period.
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1.3.6.7 Revised Definition of Capital Costs
The definition of capital costs has been revised to remove studies. Further, the
regulations to the Act will prescribe services for which land or an interest in land will be
restricted. As at the time of writing, no services have been prescribed for this purpose.
1.3.6.8 Mandatory Phase-in of a D.C.
For all D.C. by-laws passed after January 1, 2022, the charge must be phased-in
annually over the first five years the by-law is in force, as follows:
- Year 1 - 80% of the maximum charge;
- Year 2 - 85% of the maximum charge;
- Year 3 - 90% of the maximum charge;
- Year 4 - 95% of the maximum charge; and
- Year 5 to expiry - 100% of the maximum charge.
1.3.6.9 D.C. By-law Expiry
A D.C. by-law now expires ten years after the day it comes into force (unless the by-law
provides for an earlier expiry date). This extends the by-law's maximum life from what
was previously five years.
1.3.6.10 Maximum Interest Rate for Instalments and Determination of
Charge for Eligible Site Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment
Applications
The Act allows interest to be charged on D.C.s calculated at the time of Site Plan or
Zoning By-law Amendment applications (S.26.2 of the Act) and for mandatory
installment payments (S. 26.1 of the Act). No maximum interest rate was previously
prescribed, which allowed municipalities to choose the interest rate to impose. As per
Bill 23, the maximum interest rate is set at the average prime rate plus 1%. This
maximum interest rate provision would apply to all instalment payments and eligible site
plan and zoning by-law amendment applications occurring after November 28, 2022.
1.3.6.11 Requirement to Allocate Funds Received
Annually, beginning in 2023, municipalities will be required to spend or allocate at least
60% of the monies in a reserve fund at the beginning of the year for water services,
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wastewater services, and services related to a highway. Other services may be
prescribed by the regulation.
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Chapter 2
Current Municipality of Trent
Hills D.C. Policy
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2. Current Municipality of Trent Hills D.C. Policy
2.1 By-law Enactment
The Municipality adopted By-law number 2019-025 on February 20, 2019, which
provides for Municipal-wide a D.C.s to be imposed in the Municipality. By-law 2019-025
will expire on February 20, 2024. The following sections review the current D.C. policy
within by-law 2019-025.
2.2 Services Covered
The following Municipal-wide services are included under By-law 2019-025:
- Roads and Related Services;
- Protection of Persons & Property Services;
- Parks & Recreation Services;
- Library Services; and
- Administration Studies.
2.3 Timing of D.C. Calculation and Payment
Calculation and payment of D.C.s are due and payable at the time of building permit
issuance for the development. The By-law also allows the Municipality to enter into
alternative payment agreements with owners.
2.4 Indexing
The by-law provides for annual indexing of the charges on January 1st of each year.
Table 2-1 provides the charges currently in effect including the anticipated indexing for
January 1, 2024, for residential and non-residential development types, as well as the
breakdown of the charges by service.
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Table 2-1
Municipality of Trent Hills
Anticipated 2024 Development Charges
2.5 Redevelopment Credits
D.C. credits for residential and non-residential redevelopments, are provided for
demolitions/conversions of development that pre-exists two years prior to the date of
payment of the D.C. The credit period is extended to five years for the replacement of a
building destroy by a fire or similar action.
2.6 Area to Which the By-law Applies and Exemptions
By-law 2019-025 provides for the following statutory exemptions at the time of by-law
passage:
- The municipality or local board thereof;
- A board of education; and
- Industrial additions of up to and including 50% of the existing G.F.A. of the
building - for industrial additions which exceed 50% of the existing G.F.A., only
the portion of the addition in excess of 50% is subject to D.C.s;
Through the various legislative changes discussed in Chapter 1, the Municipality also
provides the following additional and revised (since by-law passage) statutory
exemptions:
- An enlargement to an existing dwelling unit;
- Additional units in existing and new residential buildings:
Single &
Semi-Detached
Apartments
2 Bedrooms +
Apartments
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
Other
Multiples
per sq m of
Gross Floor Area
Green Energy
(per 500 kW
nameplate
generating
capacity of Solar
Energy
Developments)
Green Energy
(per wind turbine
for Wind Turbine
Developments
Roads and Related Services
7,114
4,917
3,612
5,713
57.68
7,114
7,114
Protection of Persons & Property
3,163
2,185
1,606
2,540
25.75
3,163
3,163
Parks & Recreation Services
5,456
3,770
2,769
4,381
13.18
-
-
Library Services
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Administration Studies
856
591
434
687
7.31
856
856
Total
16,588
11,464
8,421
13,321
103.91
11,132
11,132
Service
Residential
Non Residential
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o May add up to two apartments for a single detached, semi-detached or
row house (only one unit can be in an ancillary structure)
o One additional unit or 1% of the units in an existing rental residential
building with four or more residential units
- Affordable Units, Attainable Units, and Inclusionary Zoning Units;
- Non-Profit Housing; and
- Universities.
The D.C. by-law also provides non-statutory exemptions from payment of D.C.s with
respect to:
- Buildings or structures used as farm buildings;
- Buildings or structures to be used as hospitals as governed by the Public
Hospitals Act, R.S.O., 1900
- Solar Energy Projects with a nameplate generating capacity less that 100
kilowatts.
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Chapter 3
Anticipated Development in
the Municipality of Trent Hills
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3. Anticipated Development in the Municipality of
Trent Hills
3.1 Requirement of the Act
The growth forecast contained in this chapter (with supplemental tables in Appendix A)
provides for the anticipated development for which the Municipality will be required to
provide services over a 10-year (2024 to 2034) and a longer-term (2024 to 2051) time
horizon.
Chapter 4 provides the methodology for calculating a D.C. as per the D.C.A. Figure 4-1
presents this methodology graphically. It is noted in the first box of the schematic that in
order to determine the D.C. that may be imposed, it is a requirement of subsection 5 (1)
of the D.C.A. that "the anticipated amount, type and location of development, for which
development charges can be imposed, must be estimated."
3.2 Basis of Population, Household and Non-Residential
Gross Floor Area Forecast
The D.C. growth forecast has been derived by Watson. In preparing the growth
forecast, the following information sources were consulted to assess the residential and
non-residential development potential for the Municipality over the forecast period,
including:
- Northumberland County Official Plan Review, Municipal Comprehensive Review
- Long-Term Growth Forecast and Urban Land Needs Analysis (November
2021), Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.;
- Municipality of Trent Hills 2019 Development Charges Background Study
Consolidated Report, December 21, 2018 by Watson & Associates Economists
Ltd.
- 2011, 2016 and 2021 population, household and employment Census data;
- Historical residential building permit data over the 2013 to 2022 period;
- Residential and non-residential supply opportunities as identified by the
Municipality of Trent Hills staff; and
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- Discussions from Municipal staff regarding anticipated residential and non-
residential development in the Municipality of Trent Hills.
3.3 Summary of Growth Forecast
A detailed analysis of the residential and non-residential growth forecasts is provided in
Appendix A and the methodology employed is illustrated in Figure 3-1. The discussion
provided herein summarizes the anticipated growth for the Municipality and describes
the basis for the forecast. The results of the residential growth forecast analysis are
summarized in Table 3-1 below, and Schedule 1 in Appendix A.
As identified in Table 3-1 and Appendix A - Schedule 1, population in the Municipality of
Trent Hills (excluding census undercount) is anticipated to reach approximately 15,100
by early-2034 and 16,230 by 2051, resulting in an increase of approximately 730 and
1,860 persons, respectively. [1]
[1] The population figures used in the calculation of the 2024 D.C. exclude the net
Census undercount, which is estimated at approximately 2.3%. Population figures
presented herein have been rounded.
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Figure 3-1
Population and Household Forecast Model
Intensification
Designated Lands
Servicing Capacity
Residential Units in the
Development Process
Employment Market by Local
Municipality,
Economic Outlook
Local, region
and Provincial
Forecast of
Residential Units
Decline in Existing Population
Net Population Increase
Historical Housing
Construction
DEMAND
SUPPLY
Occupancy Assumptions
Gross Population Increase
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Table 3-1
Municipality of Trent Hills
Residential Growth Forecast Summary
[1] Population includes the Census undercount estimated at approximately 2.3% and has been rounded.
[2] Includes townhouses and apartments in duplexes.
[3] Includes bachelor, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom+ apartment units.
Notes:
Numbers may not add due to rounding.
Source: Derived from Northumberland County Official Plan Review (2021) forecast for the Municipality of Trent Hills by Watson
& Associates Economists Ltd.
Population
Institutional
Population
Population
Excluding
Institutional
Population
Singles &
Semi-
Detached
Multiple
Dwellings[2]
Apartments[3]
Other
Total
Households
Equivalent
Institutional
Households
12,900
12,604
299
12,305
4,784
144
384
22
5,334
272
2.363
13,200
12,900
295
12,605
4,905
195
365
40
5,505
268
2.343
14,190
13,861
251
13,610
5,275
220
375
40
5,910
228
2.345
14,710
14,375
260
14,115
5,448
267
375
40
6,130
236
2.345
15,460
15,101
275
14,826
5,757
398
441
40
6,636
250
2.276
16,611
16,230
293
15,937
5,982
665
552
40
7,239
266
2.242
300
296
-4
300
121
51
-19
18
171
-4
990
961
-44
1,005
370
25
10
0
405
-40
520
514
9
505
173
47
0
0
220
8
750
726
15
711
309
131
66
0
506
14
1,901
1,855
33
1,822
534
398
177
0
1,109
30
Early 2024 - Early 2034
Early 2024 - Mid 2051
Population
(Including
Census
Undercount)[1]
Year
Excluding Census Undercount
Housing Units
Person Per Unit
(P.P.U.): Total
Population/
Total
Households
Historical
Mid 2051
Forecast
Incremental
Mid 2011 - Mid 2016
Mid 2016 - Mid 2021
Mid 2011
Mid 2016
Mid 2021
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Figure 3-2
Municipality of Trent Hills
Annual Housing Forecast [1]
[1] Growth forecast represents calendar year.
Source: Historical housing activity derived from Municipality of Trent Hills building permit data, 2013 to 2022.
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Provided below is a summary of the key assumptions and findings regarding the
Municipality of Trent Hills D.C. growth forecast:
1. Unit Mix (Appendix A - Schedules 1, 6 and 7)
- The housing unit mix for the Municipality was derived from a detailed
review of historical development activity (as per Schedule 7), as well as
active residential development applications (as per Schedule 6) and
discussions with Municipal staff regarding anticipated development trends
for the Municipality of Trent Hills.
- Based on the above indicators, the 2024 to 2051 household growth
forecast for the Municipality is comprised of a unit mix of 48% low density
units (single detached and semi-detached), 36% medium density
(multiples except apartments) and 16% high density (bachelor, 1-bedroom
and 2-bedroom apartments).
2. Geographic Location of Residential Development (Appendix A - Schedule 2)
- Schedule 2 summarizes the anticipated amount, type, and location of
development by area for the Municipality of Trent Hills
- In accordance with forecast demand and available land supply, the
amount and percentage of forecast housing growth between 2024 and
2051 by development location is summarized below.
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Table 3-2
Municipality of Trent Hills
Geographic Location of Residential Development
Development Location
Amount of Housing
Growth, 2023 to 2051
Percentage of Housing
Growth, 2023 to 2051
Campbellford
730
66%
Hastings
220
20%
Warkworth
130
12%
Urban
1,090
98%
Rural
20
2%
Municipality of Trent Hills
1,110
100%
Note: Figures may not sum precisely due to rounding.
3. Planning Period
- Short- and longer-term time horizons are required for the D.C. process.
The D.C.A. limits the planning horizon for transit services to a 10-year
planning horizon. All other services can utilize a longer planning period if
the municipality has identified the growth-related capital infrastructure
needs associated with the longer-term growth planning period.
4. Population in New Units (Appendix A - Schedules 3, 4 and 5)
- The number of housing units to be constructed by 2051 in the Municipality
of Trent Hills over the forecast period is presented in Table 3-1. Over the
2024 to 2051 forecast period, the Municipality is anticipated to average
approximately 41 new housing units per year.
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- Institutional population [1] is anticipated to increase by approximately 30
people between 2024 to 2051.
- Population in new units is derived from Schedules 3, 4 and 5, which
incorporate historical development activity, anticipated units (see unit mix
discussion) and average persons per unit (P.P.U.) by dwelling type for
new units.
- Schedule 8a summarizes the average P.P.U. assumed for new housing
units by age and type of dwelling based on Statistics Canada 2021 custom
Census data for the Municipality of Trent Hills. Due to data limitations
high density P.P.U. data was derived from Northumberland County, which
includes the Municipality of Trent Hills and is outlined in Schedule 8b. The
total calculated P.P.U. for all density types has been adjusted accordingly
to account for the P.P.U. trends which has been recently experienced in
both new and older units. Forecasted 25-year average P.P.U.s by
dwelling type are as follows:
o Low density:
2.561
o Medium density:
1.748
o High density:
1.583
5. Existing Units and Population Change (Appendix A - Schedules 3, 4, and 5)
- Existing households for early-2024 are based on the 2021 Census
households, plus estimated residential units constructed between mid-
2021 to the beginning of the growth period, assuming a minimum six-
month lag between construction and occupancy (see Schedule 3).
- The change in average occupancy levels for existing housing units is
calculated in Schedules 3 through 5.[2] The forecast population change in
existing households over the 2024 to 2051 forecast period is forecast to
decline by approximately 520.
[1] Institutional population largely includes special care facilities such as nursing home or
residences for senior citizens. A P.P.U. of 1.100 depicts 1-bedroom and 2-or-more-
bedroom units in collective households.
[2] Change in occupancy levels for existing households occurs due to aging of the
population and family life cycle changes, lower fertility rates and changing economic
conditions.
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6. Employment (Appendix A - Schedules 10a, 10b and 10c)
- The employment projections provided herein are largely based on the
activity rate method, which is defined as the number of jobs in the
Municipality divided by the number of residents. Key employment sectors
include primary, industrial, commercial/population-related, institutional,
and work at home, which are considered individually below.
- 2016 employment data [1],[2] (place of work) for the Municipality of Trent
Hills is outlined in Schedule 10a. The 2016 employment base is
comprised of the following sectors:
o 130 primary (3%);
o 740 work at home employment (19%);
o 685 industrial (18%);
o 1,125 commercial/population-related (30%); and
o 1,130 institutional (30%).
- The 2016 employment by usual place of work, including work at home, is
3,800. An additional 740 employees have been identified for the
Municipality of Trent Hills in 2016 that have no fixed place of work
(N.F.P.O.W.).[3]
- Total employment, including work at home and N.F.P.O.W. for the
Municipality of Trent Hills is anticipated to reach approximately 5,100 by
early-2034 and 5,990 by 2051. This represents an employment increase
of approximately 310 for the 10-year forecast period and 1,200 for the
longer-term forecast period.
- Schedule 10b, Appendix A, summarizes the employment forecast,
excluding work at home employment and N.F.P.O.W. employment, which
is the basis for the D.C. employment forecast. The impact on municipal
[1] 2016 employment is based on Statistics Canada 2016 Place of Work Employment
dataset by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
[2] Statistics Canada 2021 Census place of work employment data has been reviewed.
The 2021 Census employment results have not been utilized due to a significant
increase in work at home employment captured due to Census enumeration occurring
during the provincial COVID-19 lockdown from April 1, 2021 to June 14, 2021.
[2] No fixed place of work is defined by Statistics Canada as "persons who do not go
from home to the same workplace location at the beginning of each shift. Such persons
include building and landscape contractors, travelling salespersons, independent truck
drivers, etc."
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services from work at home employees has already been included in the
population forecast. The need for municipal services related to
N.F.P.O.W. employees has largely been included in the employment
forecast by usual place of work (i.e., employment and gross floor area
generated from N.F.P.O.W. construction employment). Furthermore,
since these employees have no fixed work address, they cannot be
captured in the non-residential G.F.A. calculation. Accordingly, work at
home and N.F.P.O.W. employees have been removed from the D.C.A.
employment forecast and calculation.
- Total employment for the Municipality of Trent Hills (excluding work at
home and N.F.P.O.W. employment) is anticipated to reach approximately
3,400 by early-2034 and 4,040 by 2051. This represents an employment
increase of approximately 230 for the 10-year forecast period and 870 for
the longer-term forecast period.
7. Non-Residential Sq.ft. Estimates (G.F.A.), Appendix A - Schedule 10b)
- Square footage estimates were calculated in Schedule 10b based on the
following employee density assumptions:
o 1,300 sq.ft. per employee for industrial;
o 550 sq.ft. per employee for commercial/population-related; and
o 700 sq.ft. per employee for institutional employment.
- The Municipal-wide incremental G.F.A. is anticipated to increase by
260,700 sq.ft. over the 10-year forecast period and 964,500 sq.ft. over the
longer-term forecast period.
- In terms of percentage growth, the 2024 to 2051 incremental G.F.A.
forecast by sector is broken down as follows:
o industrial - 85%;
o commercial/population-related - 9%; and
o institutional - 6%.
8. Geographic Location of Non-Residential Development (Appendix A, Schedule
10c)
- Schedule 10c summarizes the anticipated amount, type and location of
non-residential development by servicing area for the Municipality of Trent
Hills by area.
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- The amount and percentage of forecast total non-residential growth
between 2024 and 2051 by development location is summarized below.
Table 3-3
Municipality of Trent Hills
Geographic Location of Non-Residential Development
Development Location
Amount of Non-
Residential
G.F.A. (sq.ft.),
2024 to 2051
Percentage of Non-
Residential G.F.A.,
2024 to 2051
Campbellford
886,800
92%
Hastings
29,500
3%
Warkworth
11,500
1%
Urban
927,300
96%
Rural
37,200
4%
Municipality of Trent Hills
964,500
100%
Note: Figures may not sum precisely due to rounding
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Chapter 4
The Approach to the
Calculation of the Charge
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4. The Approach to the Calculation of the Charge
4.1 Introduction
This chapter addresses the requirements of subsection 5 (1) of the D.C.A. with respect
to the establishment of the need for service which underpins the D.C. calculation.
These requirements are illustrated schematically in Figure 4-1.
4.2 Services Potentially Involved
Table 4-2 lists the full range of municipal services that are provided by the Municipality.
A number of these services are not listed as eligible services for inclusion in a D.C. by-
law as per subsection 2 (4) of the D.C.A. These are shown as "ineligible" on Table 4-2.
Two ineligible costs defined in subsection 5 (3) of the D.C.A. are "computer equipment"
and "rolling stock with an estimated useful life of (less than) seven years." Furthermore,
studies are also no longer an eligible capital cost. In addition, local roads are covered
separately under subdivision agreements and related means (as are other local
services). Services which are potentially eligible for inclusion in the Municipality's D.C.
are indicated with a "Yes."
4.3 Increase in the Need for Service
The D.C. calculation commences with an estimate of "the increase in the need for
service attributable to the anticipated development," for each service to be covered by
the by-law. There must be some form of link or attribution between the anticipated
development and the estimated increase in the need for service. While the need could
conceivably be expressed generally in terms of units of capacity, subsection 5 (1) 3,
which requires that Council indicate that it intends to ensure that such an increase in
need will be met, suggests that a project-specific expression of need would be most
appropriate.
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Figure 4-1
The Process of Calculating a Development Charge under the Act
that must be followed
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Table 4-1
Categories of Municipal Services to be Addressed as Part of the Calculation - Eligibility
Legend
Eligibility for
Inclusion in the
D.C. Calculation
Description
Yes
Municipality provides the service - service has been included in
the D.C. calculation.
No
Municipality provides the service - service has not been
included in the D.C. calculation.
n/a
Municipality does not provide the service.
Ineligible
Service is ineligible for inclusion in the D.C. calculation.
Table 4-2
Categories of Municipal Services to be Addressed as Part of the Calculation
Categories of Municipal
Services
Inclusion in
the D.C.
Calculation
Service Components
1. Water supply services,
including distribution and
treatment services
No
No
n/a
No
1.1 Treatment plants
1.2 Distribution systems
1.3 Local systems
1.4 Vehicles and equipment1
2. Wastewater services,
including sewers and
treatment services
No
No
n/a
No
2.1 Treatment plants
2.2 Sewage trunks
2.3 Local systems
2.4 Vehicles and equipment1
3. Stormwater Drainage and
Control Services
No
No
No
3.1 Main channels and drainage
trunks
3.2 Channel connections
3.3 Retention/detention ponds
1 with a 7+ year useful life
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Categories of Municipal
Services
Inclusion in
the D.C.
Calculation
Service Components
4. Services Related to a
Highway
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
4.1 Arterial roads
4.2 Collector roads
4.3 Bridges, Culverts and
Roundabouts
4.4 Local municipal roads
4.5 Traffic signals
4.6 Sidewalks and streetlights
4.7 Active Transportation
4.8 Works Yard
4.9 Rolling stock1
5. Electrical Power Services
n/a
n/a
n/a
5.1 Electrical substations
5.2 Electrical distribution system
5.3 Electrical system rolling stock1
6. Transit Services
No
No
6.1 Transit vehicles1 & facilities
6.2 Other transit infrastructure
7. Waste Diversion Services
n/a
n/a
7.1 Waste diversion facilities
7.2 Waste diversion vehicles and
equipment1
8. Policing Services
n/a
n/a
n/a
8.1 Police detachments
8.2 Police rolling stock1
8.3 Small equipment and gear
9. Fire Protection Services
Yes
Yes
Yes
9.1 Fire stations
9.2 Fire Vehicles1
9.3 Fire Equipment and gear
10. Ambulance Services
n/a
10.1 Ambulance station space
10.2 Vehicles1
11. Services provided by a
board within the meaning
of the Public Libraries Act
Yes
n/a
Yes
11.1 Public library space (incl.
furniture and equipment)
11.2 Library vehicles1
11.3 Library materials
12. Services Related to Long-
Term Care
n/a
n/a
12.1 Long-Term Care space
12.2 Vehicles1
1 with a 7+ year useful life
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Categories of Municipal
Services
Inclusion in
the D.C.
Calculation
Service Components
13. Parks and Recreation
Services
Ineligible
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
13.1 Acquisition of land for parks,
woodlots and E.S.A.s
13.2 Development of municipal parks
13.3 Parks rolling stock1 and yards
13.4 Facilities, such as arenas, indoor
pools, fitness facilities,
community centres, etc.
13.5 Recreation vehicles and
equipment1
14. Services Related to Public
Health
n/a
n/a
14.1 Public Health department space
14.2 Public Health department
vehicles1
15. Child Care and Early
Years Programs and
Services within the
meaning of Part VI of the
Child Care and Early
Years Act, 2014 and any
related services.
n/a
n/a
15.1 Childcare space
15.2 Vehicles1
16. Services related to
proceedings under the
Provincial Offences Act,
including by-law
enforcement services and
municipally administered
court services
n/a
n/a
16.1 P.O.A. space, including by-law
enforcement and municipally
administered court services
16.2 Vehicles1
17. Services Related to
Emergency Preparedness
No
No
17.1 Emergency Preparedness Space
17.2 Equipment
18. Services Related to
Airports
n/a
Ineligible
18.1 Airports (in the Regional
Municipality of Waterloo)
18.2 Other Airports
19. Other
Yes
19.1 Interest on money borrowed to
pay for growth-related capital
1 with a 7+ year useful life
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4.4 Local Service Policy
Some of the need for services generated by additional development consists of local
services related to a plan of subdivision. As such, they will be required as a condition of
subdivision agreements or consent conditions. The Municipality's Local Service Policy
is included in Appendix F.
4.5 Capital Forecast
Paragraph 7 of subsection 5 (1) of the D.C.A. requires that "the capital costs necessary
to provide the increased services must be estimated." The Act goes on to require
potential cost reductions and the regulation sets out the way in which such costs are to
be presented. These requirements are outlined below.
These estimates involve capital costing of the increased services discussed above.
This entails costing actual projects or the provision of service units, depending on how
each service has been addressed.
The capital costs include:
a) costs to acquire land or an interest therein (including a leasehold interest);
b) costs to improve land;
c) costs to acquire, lease, construct or improve buildings and structures;
d) costs to acquire, lease or improve facilities, including rolling stock (with a useful
life of 7 or more years), furniture and equipment (other than computer
equipment), materials acquired for library circulation, reference, or information
purposes; and
e) interest on money borrowed to pay for the above-referenced costs.
In order for an increase in need for service to be included in the D.C. calculation,
municipal Council must indicate "that it intends to ensure that such an increase in need
will be met" (subsection 5 (1) 3). This can be done if the increase in service forms part
of a Council-approved Official Plan, capital forecast, or similar expression of the
intention of Council (O. Reg. 82/98 section 3). The capital program contained herein
reflects the Municipality's approved and proposed capital budgets and master
servicing/needs studies.
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4.6 Treatment of Credits
Section 8, paragraph 5, of O.Reg. 82/98 indicates that a D.C. background study must
set out "the estimated value of credits that are being carried forward relating to the
service." Subsection 17, paragraph 4, of the same regulation indicates that, "...the
value of the credit cannot be recovered from future D.C.s," if the credit pertains to an
ineligible service. This implies that a credit for eligible services can be recovered from
future D.C.s. As a result, this provision should be made in the calculation, in order to
avoid a funding shortfall with respect to future service needs.
The Municipality has no outstanding D.C. credit obligations.
4.7 Eligible Debt and Committed Excess Capacity
Section 66 of the D.C.A. states that for the purposes of developing a D.C. by-law, a debt
incurred with respect to an eligible service may be included as a capital cost, subject to
any limitations or reductions in the Act. Similarly, s.18 of O. Reg. 82/98 indicates that
debt with respect to an ineligible service may be included as a capital cost, subject to
several restrictions.
In order for such costs to be eligible, two conditions must apply. First, they must have
funded excess capacity which is able to meet service needs attributable to the
anticipated development. Second, the excess capacity must be "committed," that is,
either before or at the time it was created, Council must have expressed a clear
intention that it would be paid for by D.C.s or other similar charges. For example, this
may have been done as part of previous D.C. processes.
4.8 Existing Reserve Funds
Section 35 of the D.C.A. states that:
"The money in a reserve fund established for a service may be spent only
for capital costs determined under paragraphs 2 to 8 of subsection 5(1)."
There is no explicit requirement under the D.C.A. calculation method set out in s.s.5(1)
to net the outstanding reserve fund balance as part of making the D.C. calculation;
however, s.35 does restrict the way in which the funds are used in future.
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The Municipality's D.C. Reserve Funds balances, by service, are presented in Table 4-2
below. 2022 year-end reserve fund balances have been adjusted to account for eligible
and actual reserve fund draws and commitments occurring over the 2019 to 2023
period. Furthermore, the reserve funds have also been adjusted to account for
estimated 2023 D.C. revenues. These balances have been applied against future
spending requirements for all services.
Table 4-2
Municipality of Trent Hills
Estimated D.C. Reserve Funds Balances
4.9 Deductions
The D.C.A. potentially requires that four deductions be made to the increase in the need
for service. These relate to:
- the level of service ceiling;
- uncommitted excess capacity;
- benefit to existing development; and
- anticipated grants, subsidies, and other contributions.
The requirements behind each of these reductions are addressed as follows:
4.9.1 Reduction Required by Level of Service Ceiling
This is designed to ensure that the increase in need included in 4.3 does "...not include
an increase that would result in the level of service (for the additional development
increment) exceeding the average level of the service provided in the Municipality over
the 15-year period immediately preceding the preparation of the background study..."
O. Reg. 82.98 (s.4) goes further to indicate that, "...both the quantity and quality of a
service shall be taken into account in determining the level of service and the average
level of service."
Service
2022 Year-End
Reserve Fund
Balance
2019-2023
Adjustment
2023 D.C.
Revenue
Interest
Adjusted
Balance
Protection Services
490,332
(192,325)
155,390
4,719
458,115
Services Related to a Highway
2,177,108
-
349,396
23,518
2,550,022
Parks and Recreation Services
1,508,459
-
267,055
16,420
1,791,934
Library Services
104,088
(25,948)
-
911
79,051
Administration Studies
189,949
(38,488)
42,056
1,917
195,435
Total
4,469,937
(256,761)
813,897
47,485
5,074,558
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In many cases, this can be done by establishing a quantity measure in terms of units as
floor area, land area or road length per capita, and a quality measure in terms of the
average cost of providing such units based on replacement costs, engineering
standards or recognized performance measurement systems, depending on
circumstances. When the quantity and quality factors are multiplied together, they
produce a measure of the level of service which meets the requirements of the Act, i.e.,
cost per unit.
The average service level calculation sheets for each service component in the D.C.
calculation are set out in Appendix B.
4.9.2 Reduction for Uncommitted Excess Capacity
Paragraph 5 of subsection 5 (1) requires a deduction from the increase in the need for
service attributable to the anticipated development that can be met using the
Municipality's "excess capacity," other than excess capacity which is "committed."
"Excess capacity" is undefined, but in this case must be able to meet some or all of the
increase in need for service, in order to potentially represent a deduction. The
deduction of uncommitted excess capacity from the future increase in the need for
service would normally occur as part of the conceptual planning and feasibility work
associated with justifying and sizing new facilities, e.g., if a road widening to
accommodate increased traffic is not required because sufficient excess capacity is
already available, then widening would not be included as an increase in need, in the
first instance.
4.9.3 Reduction for Benefit to Existing Development
Section 5 (1) 6 of the D.C.A. provides that, "The increase in the need for service must
be reduced by the extent to which an increase in service to meet the increased need
would benefit existing development." The general guidelines used to consider benefit to
existing development included:
- the repair or unexpanded replacement of existing assets that are in need of
repair;
- an increase in average service level of quantity or quality (compare water as
an example);
- the elimination of a chronic servicing problem not created by growth; and
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- providing services where none previously existed (generally considered for
water or wastewater services).
This step involves a further reduction in the need by the extent to which such an
increase in service would benefit existing development. The level of service cap in
section 4.9.1 is related but is not the identical requirement. Sanitary, storm, and water
trunks are highly localized to growth areas and can be more readily allocated in this
regard than other services such as services related to a highway, which do not have a
fixed service area.
Where existing development has an adequate service level which will not be tangibly
increased by an increase in service, no benefit would appear to be involved. For
example, where expanding existing library facilities simply replicates what existing
residents are receiving, they receive very limited (or no) benefit as a result. On the
other hand, where a clear existing service problem is to be remedied, a deduction
should be made accordingly.
In the case of services such as recreation facilities, community parks, libraries, etc., the
service is typically provided on a municipal-wide system basis. For example, facilities of
the same type may provide different services (i.e., leisure pool vs. competitive pool),
different programs (i.e., hockey vs. figure skating), and different time availability for the
same service (i.e., leisure skating available on Wednesdays in one arena and
Thursdays in another). As a result, residents will travel to different facilities to access
the services they want at the times they wish to use them, and facility location generally
does not correlate directly with residence location. Even where it does, displacing users
from an existing facility to a new facility frees up capacity for use by others and
generally results in only a very limited benefit to existing development. Further, where
an increase in demand is not met for a number of years, a negative service impact to
existing development is involved for a portion of the planning period.
4.9.4 Reduction for Anticipated Grants, Subsidies and Other
Contributions
This step involves reducing the capital costs necessary to provide the increased
services by capital grants, subsidies, and other contributions (including direct developer
contributions required due to the local service policy) made or anticipated by Council
and in accordance with various rules such as the attribution between the share related
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to new vs. existing development. That is, some grants and contributions may not
specifically be applicable to growth or where Council targets fundraising as a measure
to offset impacts on taxes (O. Reg. 82/98, section 6).
4.10 Municipal-Wide vs. Area Rating
This step involves determining whether all the subject costs are to be recovered on a
uniform municipal-wide basis or whether some or all are to be recovered on an area-
specific basis. Under the D.C.A., it is now mandatory to "consider" area-rating of
services (providing charges for specific areas and services), however, it is not
mandatory to implement area-rating. Further discussion is provided in section 7.3.8.
4.11 Allocation of Development
This step involves relating the costs involved to anticipated development for each period
under consideration and using allocations between residential and non-residential
development and between one type of development and another, to arrive at a schedule
of charges.
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D.C.-Eligible Cost Analysis by
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5. D.C.-Eligible Cost Analysis by Service
5.1 Introduction
This chapter outlines the basis for calculating eligible costs for the D.C.s to be applied
on a uniform basis. In each case, the required calculation process set out in subsection
5 (1) paragraphs 2 to 7 in the D.C.A. and described in Chapter 4 was followed in
determining D.C.-eligible costs.
The nature of the capital projects and timing identified in this chapter reflects Council's
current intention. Over time, however, Municipal projects and Council priorities change;
and accordingly, Council's intentions may alter, and different capital projects (and
timing) may be necessary to meet the need for services required by new growth.
5.2 Service Levels and 10-Year Capital Costs for D.C.
Calculation
This section evaluates the development-related capital requirements for select services
over the 10-year planning period (2024-2033). Each service is evaluated on two format
sheets: the average historical 15-year level of service calculation (see Appendix B),
which "caps" the D.C. amounts; and the infrastructure cost calculation, which
determines the potential D.C. recoverable cost.
5.2.1 Services Related to a Highway
The Municipality currently provides Services Related to a Highway utilizing an inventory
of 531 km of roads, 40 bridges and culverts, 43 km of sidewalks, 59 vehicles, and 19
facilities. This results in a total level of investment of $14,965 per capita on average
over the past 15-years. When applied against the 10-year anticipated growth (i.e., 711
net population growth, not including institutional population), this results in a maximum
D.C.-eligible amount of $10.6 million.
To service this additional growth, an anticipated $45.1 million in capital projects relating
to roads, facilities, and vehicles must be undertaken. These needs relate to the new
Trent Hills depot ($13.2 million) and road construction projects ($31.9 million). Of this
total gross capital $41.5 million of these costs are related to benefits that the existing
development will receive from the capital program cost estimate. Furthermore,
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$699,100 is related to funding from the County of Northumberland for the portion of new
public works depot that will be utilized by the County of Northumberland. After
deducting the existing reserve fund balance of $2.6 million from the net D.C.-eligible
capital costs, $401,100 is included in the calculation of the charge.
These costs are then attributed 76% to residential development and 24% to non-
residential development based on the share of population to employment growth
anticipated over the 10-year period (i.e., 711 population and 228 employment).
5.2.2 Fire Protection Services
Fire Protection Services in the Municipality are provided through three fire halls, a
command centre, and other Fire Services building and structures. These services are
further provided through the utilization of 27 vehicles and 202 equipment items. Based
on the average per capita investment of $1,498 over the 2009 to 2023 period, and the
forecast population growth of 711 persons over the next 10-year period, the resulting
maximum D.C.-eligible amount that could be included in the calculation is $1.1 million.
Capital needs to service this future growth include the outstanding principal and interest
payments for the new Emergency Services Base in Campbellford, replacement of the
Hastings fire station, an additional bay at the Warkworth fire station, equipment to outfit
2 additional firefighters, and a 1 additional vehicle. The total capital program is
estimated at $7.2 million. From these costs, $3.2 million is deducted to account for the
benefit that existing development will receive from these projects and $2.1 million is
deducted to account for the benefits growth beyond the 10-year forecast period will
receive from these projects. After accounting for the existing $458,100 reserve fund
deficit, a total of $1.4 million is included in the calculation of the charge (including
$378,200 in anticipated interest costs).
These costs are then attributed 76% to residential development and 24% to non-
residential development based on the share of population to employment growth
anticipated over the 10-year period.
5.2.3 Parks and Recreation Services
The Municipality currently operates their Parks and Recreation Services utilizing 55
acres of parkland that contain 44 park amenities and 19 km of trails. Additionally, the
Municipality operates 11 recreation facilities., including storage buildings. To assist in
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the maintenance of these assets and the provision of Parks and Recreation Services,
the Municipality utilizes 27 vehicles and equipment items. Over the past 15-year years,
the investments in these assets equate to an average per capita level of service of
$4,981. Based on this level of investment and the anticipated growth in the 10-year
forecast period (i.e., net population growth of 711 persons), the maximum D.C.-eligible
amount that could be included in the calculation of the charges is $3.5 million.
The 10-year capital needs required to meet the needs of the anticipated development
total $15.7 million, consisting of $14.5 million for the new recreation and wellness centre
(net of grants and other funding contributions), $220,000 for an ice resurfacer, $650,300
for parkland development, and $369,400 for the unfunded post period benefits from
previous growth-related projects. $3.6 million has been deducted from the gross capital
cost to recognize the benefits that growth outside of the 10-year forecast period will
receive from the recreation and wellness center. Furthermore, $6.8 million is deducted
from the calculations to account for benefits that existing development will receive from
the various capital projects. Once the existing reserve fund balance ($1.8 million) is
accounted for, a total of $3.5 million is included in the calculation of the charge.
These costs are then allocated 95% to residential development and 5% to non-
residential development as the residential population tends to be the predominant users
of Parks and Recreations Services.
5.2.4 Library Services
The Municipality currently provides library services through the use of three facilities
with a total of 12,103 sq.ft. of G.F.A. Library Services also provide a total of 46,812
physical copies of books and other materials and access to 125,817 electronic materials
through their OverDrive subscription service. These assets provide an average per
capita level of service of $544 over the 15-year historical period. When applied against
the 10-year forecast population of 711, the maximum D.C.-eligible cost that could be
included in the charge is $386,800.
Future capital needs identified by the Municipality to service the growth include
additional collection materials. These materials over the 10-year forecast period have a
total gross capital cost of $56,700. The Municipality's library D.C. capital reserve is
currently at a sufficient level to fund these needs over the forecast period therefor no
additional D.C. eligible costs have been included in the calculation of the charge.
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Table 5-1
Infrastructure Costs Covered in the D.C. Calculation - Services Related to a Highway
Less:
Potential D.C. Recoverable Cost
Prj. No
From
To
Length
Residential
Share
Non-
Residential
Share
2024-2033
76%
24%
1
Trent Hills Works Depot
2024-2033
13,199,500
-
699,100
12,500,400
11,082,100
1,418,300
1,077,908
340,392
Road Construction Projects
From
To
Length
2
Seymour Quarry Road
Culdesac
Cty # 30
809m
2024-2033
1,245,100
-
1,245,100
1,185,300
59,800
45,448
14,352
3
5th Line West
Cty # 30
Mahoney Rd.
1.8 km
2024-2033
126,000
-
126,000
120,000
6,000
4,560
1,440
4
5th Line West
Cty # 30
Mahoney Rd.
1.8 km
2024-2033
126,000
-
126,000
120,000
6,000
4,560
1,440
5
Industrial Drive
Grand Rd
Trent Drive.
690m
2024-2033
954,000
-
954,000
908,200
45,800
34,808
10,992
6
Trent Drive
Grand Rd
Swing Bridge
510m
2024-2033
1,688,610
-
1,688,610
1,607,600
81,010
61,568
19,442
7
Saskatoon
Trent Drive
Second St.
194m
2024-2033
642,000
-
642,000
611,200
30,800
23,408
7,392
8
Elmore St.
First St.
Burnbrae
220m
2024-2033
304,000
-
304,000
289,400
14,600
11,096
3,504
9
Roscoe Avenue
First St.
Burnbrae Rd. E
229m
2024-2033
316,000
-
316,000
300,800
15,200
11,552
3,648
10
First Street
Roscoe
Centre St.
348m
2024-2033
612,500
-
612,500
583,100
29,400
22,344
7,056
11
Steelcrest
Market St.
Isabella
161m
2024-2033
533,071
-
533,071
507,500
25,571
19,434
6,137
12
Ireton St.
Margaret
End
308m
2024-2033
1,019,788
-
1,019,788
970,800
48,988
37,231
11,757
13
Naseby St.
Margaret
End
280m
2024-2033
927,080
-
927,080
882,600
44,480
33,805
10,675
14
Cromwell
Naseby
Market
177m
2024-2033
586,047
-
586,047
557,900
28,147
21,392
6,755
15
Margaret
Market
Bridge St E
343m
2024-2033
603,700
-
603,700
574,700
29,000
22,040
6,960
16
Church Avenue
North St
Queen St.
451m
2024-2033
1,493,261
-
1,493,261
1,421,600
71,661
54,462
17,199
17
Kent St.
Church Ave.
Canrobert
480m
2024-2033
1,589,280
-
1,589,280
1,513,000
76,280
57,973
18,307
18
Pellissier St.
Garry St.
Bridge St W
140m
2024-2033
463,540
-
463,540
441,300
22,240
16,902
5,338
19
Elizabeth St.
Front St. N
Albert St. W
220m
2024-2033
728,420
-
728,420
693,500
34,920
26,539
8,381
20
Cedar Dr.
Culdesac
Water St.
830 m
2024-2033
2,748,130
-
2,748,130
2,616,300
131,830
100,191
31,639
21
Hope St
Albert St. W
Front St W
220m
2024-2033
728,420
-
728,420
693,500
34,920
26,539
8,381
22
New St.
Albert St. W
Front St W
220m
2024-2033
728,420
-
728,420
693,500
34,920
26,539
8,381
23
Front St. W
Park Lane
Elizabeth St.
700m
2024-2033
968,000
-
968,000
921,500
46,500
35,340
11,160
24
Front St. E
Victoria
Wellington St.
110m
2024-2033
364,210
-
364,210
346,700
17,510
13,308
4,202
25
Church Lane
Bay St.
Water St.
310m
2024-2033
545,600
-
545,600
519,400
26,200
19,912
6,288
26
Bay St
Church Lane
Argyle
560m
2024-2033
1,854,160
-
1,854,160
1,765,200
88,960
67,610
21,350
27
Elgin St
Bay St.
Cty Rd. # 45
560m
2024-2033
774,480
-
774,480
737,300
37,180
28,257
8,923
28
Queen St
Bridge St. S
Elgin St.
280m
2024-2033
927,080
-
927,080
882,600
44,480
33,805
10,675
29
Church Lane
Water St
Bay St. E
310m
2024-2033
1,026,410
-
1,026,410
977,200
49,210
37,400
11,810
30
Concession 13 E
Water St
10th Line W
4.2km
2024-2033
294,000
-
294,000
279,900
14,100
10,716
3,384
31
10th Line W
Conc. 13 E
Cty Rd. # 30
4.5 km
2024-2033
315,000
-
315,000
299,900
15,100
11,476
3,624
32
Cedar Dr.
Water St.
Dead End
830m
2024-2033
2,748,130
-
2,748,130
2,616,300
131,830
100,191
31,639
33
Homewood Ave
Princess St.
Culdesac
600m
2024-2033
829,800
-
829,800
790,000
39,800
30,248
9,552
34
Princess St
Homewood Ave.
Princess St.
190m
2024-2033
262,770
-
262,770
250,200
12,570
9,553
3,017
35
West St
Mill St
Dominion St.
340m
2024-2033
470,220
-
470,220
447,700
22,520
17,115
5,405
36
Banta Rd
Concession 3 W
Mill St.
1.9km
2024-2033
133,000
-
133,000
126,600
6,400
4,864
1,536
37
Conc 11 W.
Trentwood Est.
Cty # 45
1.12km
2024-2033
78,400
-
78,400
74,600
3,800
2,888
912
38
Trentwood Est.
Maple Ridge
Conc. 11
1.2 km
2024-2033
84,000
-
84,000
80,000
4,000
3,040
960
39
Nappan Island Rd.
Bridge
South Shores
2.7 km
2024-2033
990,000
-
990,000
942,500
47,500
36,100
11,400
40
Puffball Inn Rd.
Bridge
East culdesac
760m
2024-2033
278,700
-
278,700
265,300
13,400
10,184
3,216
41
South Shores
Nappan Is. Rd.
12th Line W
570m
2024-2033
39,900
-
39,900
38,000
1,900
1,444
456
42
12th Line W
South Shores Rd. Cty Rd. #30
2.4km
2024-2033
168,000
-
168,000
159,900
8,100
6,156
1,944
43
Active Transportation Needs
2024-2033
629,640
-
629,640
599,400
30,240
22,982
7,258
Reserve Fund Adjustment
-
-
-
-
(2,550,022)
(1,938,017)
(612,005)
Total
45,144,367
-
699,100
44,445,267
41,494,100
-
401,145
304,870
96,275
Various
Other
Deductions Net Capital Cost
Benefit to
Existing
Development
Grants, Subsidies
and Other
Contributions
Attributable to New
Development
Total
Increased Service Needs Attributable to
Anticipated Development
Timing
(year)
Gross Capital
Cost Estimate
(2023$)
Post Period
Benefit
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Table 5-2
Infrastructure Costs Covered in the D.C. Calculation - Fire Protection Services
Less:
Potential D.C. Recoverable Cost
Prj. No
Residential
Share
Non-
Residential
Share
2024-2033
76%
24%
1
New Emergency Services Base
(Fire Share) - NPV of Principal
2024-2046
2,223,400
-
2,223,400
1,356,100
867,300
659,148
208,152
2
New Emergency Services Base
(Fire Share) - NPV of Interst
Costs
2024-2046
969,578
-
969,578
591,400
378,178
287,415
90,763
3
Replace Fire Station 2
2026
2,558,000
1,273,300
1,284,700
1,284,700
-
-
-
4
Fire Station 3 - Additional Bay
2033
1,357,000
784,694
572,306
-
572,306
434,953
137,353
5
Fire Fighter Equipment (2)
2024-2033
35,900
-
35,900
-
35,900
27,284
8,616
6
Additional Vehicles (1)
2024-2033
48,000
-
48,000
-
48,000
36,480
11,520
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Reserve Fund Adjustment
-
-
-
-
(458,115)
(348,168)
(109,948)
Total
7,191,878
2,057,994
5,133,884
3,232,200
-
1,443,569
1,097,112
346,457
Post Period
Benefit
Net Capital
Cost
Gross
Capital
Cost
Estimate
(2023$)
Increased Service Needs
Attributable to Anticipated
Development
Timing
(year)
Benefit to
Existing
Development
Grants, Subsidies
and Other
Contributions
Attributable to New
Development
Total
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Table 5-3
Infrastructure Costs Covered in the D.C. Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services
Prj.No
Residential
Share
Non-
Residential
Share
2024-2033
95%
5%
1
Recreation and Wellness Centre - Arena & Multi-
purpose Space (Net of Grants and Other
Contributions)
2025-2054
10,911,914
2,700,672
8,211,243
5,924,800
-
2,286,443
2,172,120
114,322
2
Recreation and Wellness Centre - Pool (Net of Grants
and Other Contributions)
2025-2054
3,623,126
896,715
2,726,412
272,600
-
2,453,812
2,331,121
122,691
3
New Ice Resurfacer
2024
220,000
-
220,000
209,400
10,600
10,070
530
4
Hillside Park Redevelopment
2025-2027
375,000
-
375,000
357,000
18,000
17,100
900
5
Hastings Bike Park
2024-2033
85,000
-
85,000
80,900
4,100
3,895
205
6
Provision for New Parkland Development
2024-2033
191,257
-
191,257
-
191,257
181,694
9,563
7
Unfunded PPB Costs of Prior Completed Projects
2024-2033
369,356
-
369,356
-
369,356
350,888
18,468
Reserve Fund Adjustmnet
-
-
-
-
(1,791,934)
(1,702,338)
(89,597)
Total
15,775,654
3,597,387
12,178,268
6,844,700
-
3,541,633
3,364,552
177,082
Gross Capital
Cost Estimate
(2023$)
Increased Service Needs Attributable to
Anticipated Development
Timing
(year)
Post Period
Benefit
Net Capital
Cost
Less:
Potential D.C. Recoverable Cost
Benefit to
Existing
Development
Grants,
Subsidies
and Other
Contributions
Attributable
to New
Development
Total
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Table 5-4
Infrastructure Costs Covered in the D.C. Calculation - Library Services
Prj.No
Residential
Share
Non-
Residential
Share
2024-2033
95%
5%
1
Collection Materials
2024-2033
56,645
-
56,645
-
56,645
53,813
2,832
Reserve Fund Adjustment
(56,645)
(53,813)
(2,832)
Total
56,645
-
56,645
-
-
-
-
-
Net Capital
Cost
Benefit to
Existing
Development
Grants,
Subsidies
and Other
Contribution
s Attributable
to New
Development
Gross
Capital Cost
Estimate
(2023$)
Total
Less:
Potential D.C. Recoverable Cost
Post
Period
Benefit
Increased Service Needs
Attributable to Anticipated
Development
Timing
(year)
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Chapter 6
D.C. Calculation
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6. D.C. Calculation
The calculation of the maximum D.C.s that could be imposed by Council has been
undertaken using a cash-flow approach for the growth-related capital costs identified in
Chapter 5. Table 6-1 presents the Municipal-wide D.C. calculation for all services over
the 10-year planning horizon (i.e., 2024-2033).
The calculation for residential development is generated on a per capital basis and is
based upon four forms of housing types (single and semi-detached, apartments 2+
bedrooms, apartment's bachelor and 1 bedroom, and all other multiples). The non-
residential D.C. has been calculated uniformly on a per sq.m. of G.F.A. basis. Special
care/special needs facilities (i.e., retirement and nursing homes) have been included as
institutional development in the growth forecast and therefor would be charged the non-
residential D.C.
Green Energy developments (wind or solar) are included within the forecast of industrial
development. As these developments do not produce G.F.A. similar to other industrial
developments, a charging mechanism is deemed. Each wind turbine or 500 kilowatts of
nameplate generating capacity for solar developments is deemed to be equivalent to a
residential single detached unit, as it relates to Roads and Related and Fire Protection
Services only.
The cash-flow calculations of the maximum D.C.s that could be imposed by Council
have been undertaken to account for the timing of revenues and expenditures and the
resultant financing needs. The cash-flow calculations have been undertaken by service
for each forecast development type, i.e., residential, and non-residential. D.C. cash flow
calculation tables are provided in Appendix C and have been undertaken to account for
1% earnings on D.C. reserve fund balances and 3% interest charged for reserve fund
borrowing.
Table 6-2 summarizes the recommended schedule of charges, reflecting the maximum
D.C.s (i.e., fully phased-in D.C.s) and year 1 D.C.s (i.e., 80% of the maximum charge)
by residential dwelling type, per sq.m. of G.F.A. for non-residential development, per
wind turbine and per 500 kW nameplate generating capacity.
Table 6-3 compares the Municipality's existing charges (accounting for anticipated
January 1, 2024 indexing) to the charges (fully phased-in and year 1 charges) proposed
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herein (Table 6-2), for a single detached residential dwelling unit and per sq.m. of
G.F.A. for non-residential development. The year 1 calculated charges are $16,518 for
a single detached residential dwelling unit, and $31.81 per sq.m. of non-residential
G.F.A. The year 1 residential charges for a single detached dwelling unit represent a
0.4% decrease (-$70) over the current charges (with anticipated indexing) of $16,588
and the year 1 non-residential charges represent a 69% decrease (-$72.10 per sq.m.)
over the current charges (with anticipated indexing).
Table 6-1
Municipal-Wide Services D.C. Calculation
2019-2028
2024$ D.C.-Eligible Cost
2024$ D.C.-Eligible Cost
SERVICE/CLASS
Residential
Non-Residential
S.D.U.
per sq.m
$
$
$
$
1. Services Related to a Highway
304,870
96,275
1,206
6.91
2. Fire Protection Services
1,097,112
346,457
2,998
17.17
3. Parks and Recreation Services
3,364,552
177,082
16,443
15.69
4. Library Services
-
-
-
-
TOTAL
$4,766,534
$619,813
$20,648
$39.76
Finacing Costs/(Earnings)
$4,303,638
$343,599
D.C.-Eligible Capital Cost
$9,070,171
$963,412
10-Year Gross Population/GFA Growth (sq.m.)
1,125
24,229
Cost Per Capita/Non-Residential GFA (sq.m.)
$8,062
$39.76
By Residential Unit Type
P.P.U.
Single and Semi-Detached Dwelling
2.561
$20,648
Other Multiples
1.748
$14,093
Apartments - 2 Bedrooms +
1.694
$13,658
Apartments - Bachelor and 1 Bedroom
1.360
$10,965
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Table 6-2
Schedule of Calculated D.C.s
Table 6-3
Comparison of Current and Calculated D.C.s
Single and Semi-
Detached Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
(per sq.m. of Gross
Floor Area)
Green Energy (per
500 kW nameplate
generating capacity
of Solar Energy
Developments)
Green Energy (per
wind turbine for
Wind Turbine
Developments)
Municipal Wide Services/Class of Service:
Services Related to a Highway
1,206
823
798
641
6.91
1,206
1,206
Fire Protection Services
2,998
2,046
1,983
1,592
17.17
2,998
2,998
Parks and Recreation Services
16,443
11,223
10,877
8,732
15.69
-
-
Library Services
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total Municipal Wide Services/Class of Services
20,648
14,092
13,658
10,965
39.76
4,204
4,204
Year 1 Charge (80% of Full Charge)
16,518
11,274
10,926
8,772
31.81
3,364
3,364
Service/Class of Service
RESIDENTIAL
NON-RESIDENTIAL
Service/Class of Service
Current*
Calculated
(2024$)
Change ($)
Change (%)
Municipal Wide Services/Classes:
Services Related to a Highway
6,922
1,206
(5,716)
-83%
Fire Protection Services
3,077
2,998
(79)
-3%
Parks and Recreation Services
5,308
16,443
11,135
210%
Library Services
-
-
-
n/a
Administrative Studies
1,281
-
(1,281)
-100%
Total Municipal Wide Services/Classes
16,588
20,648
4,059
24%
Year 1 Charge (80% of Full Charge)
16,588
16,518
(70)
0%
Service/Class of Service
Current*
Calculated
(2024$)
Change ($)
Change (%)
Municipal Wide Services/Classes:
Services Related to a Highway
56.12
6.91
(49.21)
-88%
Fire Protection Services
25.05
17.17
(7.88)
-31%
Parks and Recreation Services
12.82
15.69
2.87
22%
Library Services
-
-
-
n/a
Administrative Studies
9.93
-
(9.93)
-100%
Total Municipal Wide Services/Classes
103.91
39.76
(64.15)
-62%
Year 1 Charge (80% of Full Charge)
103.91
31.81
(72.10)
-69%
* Includes anticipated indexing for January 1, 2024
Residential (Single Detached) Comparison
Non-Residential (per sq.m.) Comparison
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Chapter 7
D.C. Policy Recommendations
and D.C. Policy Rules
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7. D.C. Policy Recommendations and D.C. Policy
Rules
7.1 Introduction
This chapter outlines the D.C. policy recommendations and by-law rules.
Subsection 5 (1) 9 of the D.C.A. states that rules must be developed:
"to determine if a development charge is payable in any particular case
and to determine the amount of the charge, subject to the limitations set
out in subsection 6."
Paragraph 10 of the section goes on to state that the rules may provide for exemptions,
phasing in and/or indexing of D.C.s.
Subsection 5 (6) establishes the following restrictions on the rules:
- the total of all D.C.s that would be imposed on anticipated development must
not exceed the capital costs determined under subsection 5 (1) 2-7 for all
services involved;
- if the rules expressly identify a type of development, they must not provide for
it to pay D.C.s that exceed the capital costs that arise from the increase in the
need for service for that type of development; however, this requirement does
not relate to any particular development; and
- if the rules provide for a type of development to have a lower D.C. than is
allowed, the rules for determining D.C.s may not provide for any resulting
shortfall to be made up via other development.
With respect to "the rules," section 6 states that a D.C. by-law must expressly address
the matters referred to above re subsection 5 (1) paragraphs 9 and 10, as well as how
the rules apply to the redevelopment of land.
The rules provided give consideration for the recent changes to the D.C.A. resulting
from Bills 108, 213, 197, 109, 23, 97, and 134. However, these policies are provided for
Council's consideration and may be refined prior to adoption of the by-law.
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7.2 D.C. By-law Structure
It is recommended that:
- The Municipality uses a uniform municipal-wide D.C. calculation for all services
considered herein;
- The Municipality uses individual D.C. by-laws for each eligible service to be
recovered through D.C.s.
7.3 D.C. By-law Rules
The following sets out the recommended rules governing the calculation, payment and
collection of D.C.s in accordance with subsection 6 of the D.C.A.
7.3.1 Payment in any Particular Case
In accordance with the D.C.A., s.2(2), a D.C. be calculated, payable and collected
where the development requires one or more of the following:
(a) the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment to a zoning by-law under
section 34 of the Planning Act;
(b) the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning Act;
(c) a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under subsection 50 (7) of the
Planning Act applies;
(d) the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the Planning Act;
(e) a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act;
(f) the approval of a description under section 9 of the Condominium Act, 1998;
or
(g) the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act, 1992 in relation to a
building or structure.
7.3.2 Determination of the Amount of the Charge
The following conventions be adopted:
1) Costs allocated to residential uses will be assigned to different types of residential
units based on the average occupancy for each housing type constructed during the
previous 25-year period. Costs allocated to non-residential uses will be assigned
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based on the amount of square feet of G.F.A. constructed for eligible uses (i.e.,
primary, industrial, commercial, and institutional).
2) Costs allocated to residential and non-residential uses are based upon a number of
conventions, as may be suited to each municipal circumstance, as follows:
- For Library Services and Parks and Recreation Services, a 5% non-
residential attribution has been made to recognize use by the non-residential
sector; and
- For Fire Protection Services and Services Related to a Highway a 76%
residential and 24% non-residential attribution has been made based on a
population vs. employment growth ratio over the municipal-wide forecast
period.
7.3.3 Application to Redevelopment of Land (Demolition and
Conversion)
If a development involves the demolition and replacement of a building or structure on
the same site, or the conversion from one principal use to another, the developer shall
be allowed a credit equivalent to:
- the number of dwelling units demolished/converted multiplied by the applicable
residential D.C. in place at the time the D.C. is payable; and/or
- the G.F.A. of the building demolished/converted multiplied by the current non-
residential D.C. in place at the time the D.C. is payable.
The demolition credit is allowed only if the land was improved by occupied structures,
and if the demolition permit related to the site was issued less than 24 months (2 years)
prior to the issuance of a building permit.
With respect to the replacement of a building destroyed by fire or similar unintended
action, the demolition credit is allowed if the land was improved by occupied structures,
and if the demolition permit related to the site was issued less than 60 months (5 years)
prior to the issuance of a building permit.
The credit can, in no case, exceed the amount of D.C.s that would otherwise be
payable.
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7.3.4 Exemptions (full or partial)
Statutory
- The municipality or local board thereof;
- A board of education; and
- Industrial additions of up to and including 50% of the existing G.F.A. of the
building - for industrial additions which exceed 50% of the existing G.F.A., only
the portion of the addition in excess of 50% is subject to D.C.s. Exemptions will
only apply to 50% of the G.F.A. prior to the first expansion for which there was an
exemption to the payment of D.C.s.
- An enlargement to an existing dwelling unit;
- Additional units in existing and new residential buildings:
o May add up to two apartments for a single detached, semi-detached or
row house (only one unit can be in an ancillary structure)
o One additional unit or 1% of the units in an existing rental residential
building with four or more residential units
- Affordable Units, Attainable Units, and Inclusionary Zoning Units;
- Non-Profit Housing; and
- Universities.
Non-Statutory
- Buildings or structures used as farm buildings
- Buildings or structures to be used as hospitals as governed by the Public
Hospitals Act, R.S.O., 1900
- Solar Energy Projects with a nameplate generating capacity less that 100
kilowatts
7.3.5 Transition
As required by s.s. 5(8) of the D.C.A., the maximum charge shall be reduced over the
first five years of the by-law as follows:
- Year 1 - 80% of the maximum charge;
- Year 2 - 85% of the maximum charge;
- Year 3 - 90% of the maximum charge;
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- Year 4 - 95% of the maximum charge; and
- Year 5 to expiry - 100% of the maximum charge.
7.3.6 Timing of Collection
The D.C.s for all services and classes are payable upon issuance of a building permit
for each dwelling unit, building, or structure, subject to early or late payment
agreements entered into by the Municipality and an owner under s. 27 of the D.C.A.
Rental housing and institutional developments will pay D.C.s in six equal annual
payments commencing at occupancy. Moreover, the D.C. amount for all developments
occurring within two (2) years of a Site Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment planning
approval (for applications submitted after January 1, 2020), shall be determined based
on the D.C. in effect on the day of the applicable Site Plan or Zoning By-law
Amendment application.
Installment payments and payments determined at the time of Site Plan or Zoning By-
law Amendment application are subject to annual interest charges. The maximum
interest rate the Municipality can impose is the average prime rate plus 1% as defined in
s.s. 26.3(1) of the Act.
7.3.7 Indexing
Indexing of the D.C.s shall be implemented on a mandatory basis annually on February
13 (i.e., the anticipated date of by-law passage) each year in accordance with the
Statistics Canada Quarterly, Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index (Table
18-10-0135-01)1 for the most recent year-over-year period.
7.3.8 D.C Spatial Applicability
The D.C.A. historically has provided the opportunity for a municipality to impose
municipal-wide charges or area specific charges. Sections 2(7) and 2(8) of the D.C.A.
provide that a D.C. by-law may apply to the entire municipality or only part of it and
1 O. Reg. 82/98 referenced "The Statistics Canada Quarterly, Construction Price
Statistics, catalogue number 62-007" as the index source. Since implementation,
Statistics Canada has modified this index twice and the above-noted index is the most
current. The draft by-laws provided herein refers to O. Reg. 82/98 to ensure traceability
should this index continue to be modified over time.
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more than one D.C. by-law may apply to the same area. The D.C.A. now requires
municipalities to consider the application of municipal-wide and area-specific D.C.s.
s.10(2)(c.1) requires Council to consider the use of more than one D.C. by-law to reflect
different needs from services in different areas. Most municipalities in Ontario have
established uniform, municipal-wide D.C.s. When area-specific charges are used, it is
generally to underpin master servicing and front-end financing arrangements for more
localized capital costs.
The rational for maintaining a Municipal-wide D.C. approach is based, in part, on the
following:
- The 15-year service level from all applicable services across the Municipality can
be included to establish an upper ceiling on the amount of funds which can be
collected. If a D.C. by-law applied to only a part of the municipality, the level of
service cannot exceed that which would be determined if the by-law applied to
the whole municipality. As such, when applied to forecast growth within the
specific area, it would establish an area specific level of service ceiling which
could reduce the total revenue recoverable for the municipality, potentially
resulting in D.C. revenue shortfalls and impacts on property taxes.
- Municipal-wide D.C.s ensures a consistent approach to financing the entire cost
associated with growth-related capital projects. For example, user rates and
property taxes are required to finance the share of growth-related capital projects
not recoverable by D.C.s and all associated operating costs. Therefore, the use
of area specific D.C.s results in a share of growth-related capital costs being
recovered from a specific area, with the remaining capital costs of the projects
(i.e., non-D.C. recoverable share) and the associated operating costs with those
new assets being recovered from uniform user rates and property taxes, applied
to the entire Municipality.
- Attempting to impose an area-specific D.C. potentially causes equity issues in
transitioning from a municipal-wide approach to an area-specific approach. An
area of a municipality that is less developed and becomes subject to an area
specific D.C., could face a significant increase in D.C. rates, as the municipality
will not benefit from drawing on the pool of D.C. funding and may have
contributed D.C.s to fund capital required to support development in other
communities of the municipality. Whereas another part of the municipality that
has experienced significant growth which required substantial capital
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investments, benefitted from the capital investments being financed by municipal-
wide D.C.s. The implementation of area specific D.C.s could result in varying
D.C.s across the municipality, which may impact the ability to attract investment
into parts of the community.
- Services are generally available across the municipality, used often by all
residents and are not restricted to one specific geographic area. The use of a
municipal-wide D.C. approach reflects these system-wide benefits of service and
more closely aligns with the funding principles of service provision (e.g., uniform
municipal-wide property tax rates, etc.).
Based on the foregoing and discussions with staff, the municipal practice of providing
and funding services on a municipal-wide basis is proposed to be maintained.
7.4 Other D.C. By-law Provisions
It is recommended that:
7.4.1 Categories of Services for Reserve Fund and Credit Purposes
It is recommended that the Municipality's D.C. collections be contributed into three (4)
separate reserve funds, including:
- Services Related to a Highway;
- Fire Protection Services;
- Parks and Recreation Services; and
7.4.2 By-law In-force Date
The by-law will come into force on the date of by-law passage or a later date as
determined by Council.
7.4.3 Minimum Interest Rate Paid on Refunds and Charged for Inter-
Reserve Fund Borrowing
The minimum interest rate is the Bank of Canada rate on the day on which the by-laws
come into force (as per s.11 of O. Reg. 82/98).
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7.5 Other Recommendations
It is recommended that Council:
"Adopt the D.C. approach to calculate the charges on a uniform Municipal-wide
basis for all services within this background study."
"Approve the capital project listing set out in Chapter 5 of the D.C. Background
Study dated December 11, 2023 (as amended), subject to further annual review
during the capital budget process."
"Approve the D.C.s Background Study dated December 11, 2023 (as amended)."
"Determine that no further public meeting is required." and
"Approve the D.C. By-laws as set out in Appendix E".
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Chapter 8
Asset Management Plan
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8. Asset Management Plan
8.1 Introduction
The D.C.A. (new section 10(c.2)) requires that the background study must include an
Asset Management Plan (A.M.P) related to new infrastructure. Section 10 (3) of the
D.C.A. provides:
The A.M.P. shall,
a) deal with all assets whose capital costs are proposed to be funded under
the development charge by-law;
b) demonstrate that all the assets mentioned in clause (a) are financially
sustainable over their full life cycle;
c) contain any other information that is prescribed; and
d) be prepared in the prescribed manner.
At a broad level, the A.M.P. provides for the long-term investment in an asset over its
entire useful life along with the funding. The schematic below identifies the costs for an
asset through its entire lifecycle. For growth-related works, the majority of capital costs
will be funded by the D.C. Non-growth-related expenditures will then be funded from
non-D.C. revenues as noted below. During the useful life of the asset, there will be
minor maintenance costs to extend the life of the asset along with additional program
related expenditures to provide the full services to the residents. At the end of the life of
the asset, it will be replaced by non-D.C. financing sources.
In 2012, the Province developed Building Together: Guide for Municipal Asset
Management Plans which outlines the key elements for an A.M.P., as follows:
State of local infrastructure: asset types, quantities, age, condition, financial
accounting valuation and replacement cost valuation.
Desired levels of service: defines levels of service through performance measures
and discusses any external trends or issues that may affect expected levels of service
or the municipality's ability to meet them (for example, new accessibility standards,
climate change impacts).
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Asset management strategy: the asset management strategy is the set of planned
actions that will seek to generate the desired levels of service in a sustainable way,
while managing risk, at the lowest lifecycle cost.
Financing strategy: having a financial plan is critical for putting an A.M.P. into action.
By having a strong financial plan, municipalities can also demonstrate that they have
made a concerted effort to integrate the A.M.P. with financial planning and municipal
budgeting and are making full use of all available infrastructure financing tools.
The above provides for the general approach to be considered by Ontario
municipalities. At this time, there is not a mandated approach for municipalities hence
leaving discretion to individual municipalities as to how they plan for the long-term
replacement of their assets. The asset management requirement for this D.C.
Background Study has been undertaken independently of any the Municipality's
A.M.P.s.
Purchase
Install
Commission
Operate
Maintain
Monitor
(Throughout Life
of Assets)
(To End of
Useful Life)
Removal/Decommission
Disposal
New Assets
Replacement Assets
Reserves/Reserve Funds
Debentures
User Fees
Grants
Other
Proceeds on Disposal
Funding of Disposal /
Decommissioning Costs
Operating Budget
Financing Methods
Purchase
Install
Commission
Operate
Maintain
Monitor
(Throughout Life
of Assets)
(To End of
Useful Life)
Removal/Decommission
Disposal
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8.2 Asset Management Plan
In recognition to the schematic in Section 8.1, the following table (presented in 2024$)
has been developed to provide the annualized expenditures and revenues associated
with new growth. Note that the D.C.A. does not require an analysis of the non-D.C.
capital needs or their associated operating costs so these are omitted from the table
below. Furthermore, as only the present infrastructure gap has been considered at this
time within the A.M.P., the following does not represent a fiscal impact assessment
(including future tax/rate increases) but provides insight into the potential affordability of
the new assets:
1. The non-D.C. recoverable portion of the projects which will require financing from
Municipality financial resources (i.e., taxation, rates, fees, etc.). This amount has
been presented on an annual debt charge amount based on 20-year financing.
2. Lifecycle costs for the 2023 D.C. capital works have been presented based on a
sinking fund basis. The assets have been considered over their estimated useful
lives.
3. Incremental operating costs for the D.C. services (only) have been included.
4. The resultant total annualized expenditures are $5.4 million. Of this total, $3.7
million relates the annual debt payment costs for benefit to existing development
of growth-related needs.
5. Consideration was given to the potential new taxation and user fee revenues
which will be generated as a result of new growth. These revenues will be
available to finance the expenditures above. The new operating revenues are
$0.8 million. This amount, totalled with the existing operating revenues of $27.7
million, provides annual revenues of $28.8 million by the end of the period.
6. In consideration of the above, the capital plan is deemed to be financially
sustainable.
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Table 8-1
Asset Management - Future Expenditures and Associated Revenues (2024$)
2033 (Total)
Expenditures (Annualized)
Annual Debt Payment on Non-Growth
Related Capital
$ 3,702,825
Annual Debt Payment on Post Period
Capital1
$ 416,133
Lifecycle:
Annual Lifecycle - Municipal-wide Services
$ 348,703
Sub-Total - Annual Lifecycle
348,703
$
Incremental Operating Costs (for D.C.
Services)
938,426
$
Total Expenditures
5,406,087
$
Revenue (Annualized)
Total Existing Revenue2
27,685,558
$
Incremental Tax and Non-Tax Revenue (User
Fees, Fines, Licences, etc.)
770,600
$
Total Revenues
28,456,158
$
2 As per Sch. 10 of FIR
1 Interim Debt Financing for Post Period Benefit
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Chapter 9
By-law Implementation
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9. By-law Implementation
9.1 Public Consultation Process
9.1.1 Introduction
This chapter addresses the mandatory, formal public consultation process (section
9.1.2), as well as the optional, informal consultation process (section 9.1.3). The latter
is designed to seek the co-operation and participation of those involved, in order to
produce the most suitable policy. Section 9.2 addresses the anticipated impact of the
D.C. on development from a generic viewpoint.
9.1.2 Public Meeting of Council
Section 12 of the D.C.A. indicates that before passing a D.C. by-law, Council must hold
at least one public meeting, giving at least 20 clear days' notice thereof, in accordance
with the Regulation. Council must also ensure that the proposed by-law and
background report are made available to the public at least two weeks prior to the (first)
meeting.
Any person who attends such a meeting may make representations related to the
proposed by-law.
If a proposed by-law is changed following such a meeting, Council must determine
whether a further meeting (under this section) is necessary (i.e., if the proposed by-law
which is proposed for adoption has been changed in any respect, Council should
formally consider whether an additional public meeting is required, incorporating this
determination as part of the final by-law or associated resolution. It is noted that
Council's decision, once made, is final and not subject to review by a Court or the
Ontario Land Tribunal (O.L.T.).
9.1.3 Other Consultation Activity
There are three broad groupings of the public who are generally the most concerned
with municipal D.C. policy:
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1. The first grouping is the residential development community, consisting of land
developers and builders, who are typically responsible for generating the majority
of the D.C. revenues. Others, such as realtors, are directly impacted by D.C.
policy. They are, therefore, potentially interested in all aspects of the charge,
particularly the quantum by unit type, projects to be funded by the D.C. and the
timing thereof, and municipal policy with respect to development agreements,
D.C. credits and front-ending requirements.
2. The second public grouping embraces the public at large and includes taxpayer
coalition groups and others interested in public policy.
3. The third grouping is the industrial/commercial/institutional/primary development
sector, consisting of land developers and major owners or organizations with
significant construction plans, such as hotels, entertainment complexes,
shopping centres, offices, industrial buildings, institutional buildings, and
buildings on agricultural lands. Also involved are organizations such as Industry
Associations, the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade and the Economic
Development Agencies, who are all potentially interested in Municipal D.C.
policy. Their primary concern is frequently with the quantum of the charge, gross
floor area exclusions such as basements, mechanical or indoor parking areas, or
exemptions and phase-in or capping provisions in order to moderate the impact.
9.2 Anticipated Impact of the Charge on Development
The establishment of sound D.C. policy often requires the achievement of an
acceptable balance between two competing realities. The first is that high non-
residential D.C.s can, to some degree, represent a barrier to increased economic
activity and sustained industrial/commercial growth, particularly for capital intensive
uses. Also, in many cases, increased residential D.C.s can ultimately be expected to be
recovered via housing prices and can impact project feasibility in some cases (e.g.,
rental apartments).
On the other hand, D.C.s or other municipal capital funding sources need to be obtained
in order to help ensure that the necessary infrastructure and amenities are installed.
The timely installation of such works is a key initiative in providing adequate service
levels and in facilitating strong economic growth, investment, and wealth generation.
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9.3 Implementation Requirements
9.3.1 Introduction
Once the Municipality has calculated the charge, prepared the complete background
study, carried out the public process and passed a new by-law, the emphasis shifts to
implementation matters. These include notices, potential appeals and complaints,
credits, front-ending agreements, subdivision agreement conditions and finally the
collection of revenues and funding of projects.
The sections that follow present an overview of the requirements in each case.
9.3.2 Notice of Passage
In accordance with section 13 of the D.C.A., when a D.C. by-law is passed, the
Municipality Clerk shall give written notice of the passing and of the last day for
appealing the by-law (the day that is 40 days after the day it was passed). Such notice
must be given no later than 20 days after the day the by-law is passed (i.e., as of the
day of newspaper publication or the mailing of the notice).
Section 10 of O. Reg. 82/98 further defines the notice requirements which are
summarized as follows:
- notice may be given by publication in a newspaper which is (in the Clerk's
opinion) of sufficient circulation to give the public reasonable notice, or by
personal service, fax, or mail to every owner of land in the area to which the
by-law relates;
- subsection 10 (4) lists the persons/organizations who must be given notice;
and
- subsection 10 (5) lists the eight items that the notice must cover.
9.3.3 By-law Pamphlet
In addition to the "notice" information, the Municipality must prepare a "pamphlet"
explaining each D.C. by-law in force, setting out:
- a description of the general purpose of the D.C.s;
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- the "rules" for determining if a charge is payable in a particular case and for
determining the amount of the charge;
- the services to which the D.C.s relate; and
- a description of the general purpose of the Treasurer's statement and where it
may be received by the public.
Where a by-law is not appealed to the O.L.T.., the pamphlet must be readied within 60
days after the by-law comes into force. Later dates apply to appealed by-laws.
The Municipality must give one copy of the most recent pamphlet without charge, to any
person who requests one.
9.3.4 Appeals
Sections 13 to 19 of the D.C.A. set out the requirements relative to making and
processing a D.C. by-law appeal and O.L.T. hearing in response to an appeal. Any
person or organization may appeal a D.C. by-law to the O.L.T. by filing a notice of
appeal with the Municipal Clerk, setting out the objection to the by-law and the reasons
supporting the objection. This must be done by the last day for appealing the by-law,
which is 40 days after the by-law is passed.
The Municipality is conducting a public consultation process in order to address the
issues that come forward as part of that process, thereby avoiding or reducing the need
for an appeal to be made
9.3.5 Complaints
A person required to pay a D.C., or his agent, may complain to the Municipality Council
imposing the charge that:
- the amount of the charge was incorrectly determined;
- the reduction to be used against the D.C. was incorrectly determined; or
- there was an error in the application of the D.C.
Sections 20 to 25 of the D.C.A. set out the requirements that exist, including the fact
that a complaint may not be made later than 90 days after a D.C. (or any part of it) is
payable. A complainant may appeal the decision of Municipal Council to the O.L.T.
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9.3.6 Credits
Sections 38 to 41 of the D.C.A. set out a number of credit requirements, which apply
where a municipality agrees to allow a person to perform work in the future that relates
to a service in the D.C. by-law.
These credits would be used to reduce the amount of D.C.s to be paid. The value of
the credit is limited to the reasonable cost of the work which does not exceed the
average level of service. The credit applies only to the service to which the work relates
unless the municipality agrees to expand the credit to other services for which a D.C. is
payable.
9.3.7 Front-Ending Agreements
The Municipality and one or more landowners may enter into a front-ending agreement
that provides for the costs of a project that will benefit an area in the Municipality to
which the D.C. by-law applies. Such an agreement can provide for the costs to be
borne by one or more parties to the agreement who are, in turn, reimbursed in future by
persons who develop land defined in the agreement.
Part III of the D.C.A. (sections 44 to 58) addresses front-ending agreements and
removes some of the obstacles to their use which were contained in the Development
Charges Act, 1989. Accordingly, the Municipality assesses whether this mechanism is
appropriate for its use, as part of funding projects prior to Municipal funds being
available.
9.3.8 Severance and Subdivision Agreement Conditions
Section 59 of the D.C.A. prevents a municipality from imposing directly or indirectly, a
charge related to development or a requirement to construct a service related to
development, by way of a condition or agreement under section 51 or section 53 of the
Planning Act, except for:
- "local services, related to a plan of subdivision or within the area to which the
plan relates, to be installed or paid for by the owner as a condition of approval
under section 51 of the Planning Act;" and
- "local services to be installed or paid for by the owner as a condition of
approval under section 53 of the Planning Act."
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It is also noted that subsection 59 (4) of the D.C.A. requires that the municipal approval
authority for a draft plan of subdivision under subsection 51 (31) of the Planning Act,
use its power to impose conditions to ensure that the first purchaser of newly subdivided
land is informed of all the D.C.s related to the development, at the time the land is
transferred.
In this regard, if the municipality in question is a commenting agency, in order to comply
with subsection 59 (4) of the D.C.A. it would need to provide to the approval authority
information regarding the applicable municipal D.C.s related to the site.
If the Municipality is an approval authority for the purposes of section 51 of the Planning
Act, it would be responsible to ensure that it collects information from all entities that
can impose a D.C.
The most effective way to ensure that purchasers are aware of this condition would be
to require it as a provision in a registered subdivision agreement, so that any purchaser
of the property would be aware of the charges at the time the title was searched prior to
closing a transaction conveying the lands.
Appendices
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Appendix A
Background Information on
Residential and Non-
Residential Growth Forecast
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Schedule 1
Municipality of Trent Hills
Residential Growth Forecast Summary
[1] Population includes the Census undercount estimated at approximately 2.3% and has been rounded.
[2] Includes townhouses and apartments in duplexes.
[3] Includes bachelor, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom+ apartment units.
Notes:
Numbers may not add due to rounding.
Source: Derived from Northumberland County Official Plan Review (2021) forecast for the Municipality of Trent Hills by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Population
Institutional
Population
Population
Excluding
Institutional
Population
Singles &
Semi-
Detached
Multiple
Dwellings[2]
Apartments[3]
Other
Total
Households
Equivalent
Institutional
Households
12,900
12,604
299
12,305
4,784
144
384
22
5,334
272
2.363
13,200
12,900
295
12,605
4,905
195
365
40
5,505
268
2.343
14,190
13,861
251
13,610
5,275
220
375
40
5,910
228
2.345
14,710
14,375
260
14,115
5,448
267
375
40
6,130
236
2.345
15,460
15,101
275
14,826
5,757
398
441
40
6,636
250
2.276
16,611
16,230
293
15,937
5,982
665
552
40
7,239
266
2.242
300
296
-4
300
121
51
-19
18
171
-4
990
961
-44
1,005
370
25
10
0
405
-40
520
514
9
505
173
47
0
0
220
8
750
726
15
711
309
131
66
0
506
14
1,901
1,855
33
1,822
534
398
177
0
1,109
30
Early 2024 - Early 2034
Early 2024 - Mid 2051
Population
(Including
Census
Undercount)[1]
Year
Excluding Census Undercount
Housing Units
Person Per Unit
(P.P.U.): Total
Population/
Total
Households
Historical
Mid 2051
Forecast
Incremental
Mid 2011 - Mid 2016
Mid 2016 - Mid 2021
Mid 2011
Mid 2016
Mid 2021
Early 2024
Early 2034
Mid 2021 - Early 2024
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Figure 1
Municipality of Trent Hills
Annual Housing Forecast [1]
[1] Growth forecast represents calendar year.
Source: Historical housing activity derived from Municipality of Trent Hills building permit data, 2013 to 2022.
56
32
28
42
87
73
91
62
104
85
62
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Housing Units
Years
Historical
Low Density
Medium Density
High Density
Historical Average
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Schedule 2
Municipality of Trent Hills
Estimate of the Anticipated Amount, Type and Location of
Residential Development for Which Development Charges can be Imposed
[1] Includes townhouses and apartments in duplexes.
[2] Includes bachelor, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom+ apartment units.
Source: Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
2024 - 2034
296
131
66
493
1,092
(184)
907
6
913
2024 - 2051
513
398
177
1,088
2,290
(233)
2,057
15
2,072
2024 - 2034
200
86
47
333
737
(111)
626
4
630
2024 - 2051
347
261
126
734
1,545
(140)
1,404
9
1,413
2024 - 2034
59
26
15
100
220
(36)
185
1
186
2024 - 2051
102
79
40
221
463
(45)
418
3
421
2024 - 2034
37
19
4
60
134
(37)
97
1
98
2024 - 2051
64
58
11
133
283
(48)
235
3
238
2024 - 2034
13
0
0
13
33
(230)
(196)
9
(187)
2024 - 2051
21
0
0
21
54
(289)
(235)
18
(217)
2024 - 2034
309
131
66
506
1,125
(414)
711
15
726
2024 - 2051
534
398
177
1,109
2,344
(522)
1,822
33
1,855
Development
Timing
Single & Semi-
Detached
Multiples[1]
Apartments[2]
Total
Gross Population
Existing Unit
Net Population
Increase,
Excluding
Institutional
Institutional
Population
Net Population
Including
Institutional
Location
Residential Units
In New Units
Population
Change
Urban
Campbellford
Warkworth
Hastings
Municipality of Trent
Hills
Rural
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Schedule 3
Municipality of Trent Hills
Current Year Growth Forecast
Mid-2021 to Early-2024
Mid 2021 Population
13,861
Occupants of
Units (2)
220
New Housing Units,
multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
2.425
Mid 2021 to Early 2024
gross population increase
534
534
Occupants of New
Units
8
Equivalent Institutional Units,
multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
1.100
Mid 2021 to Early 2024
gross population increase
8
8
Decline in Housing
Units (4)
5,910
Unit Occupancy,
multiplied by P.P.U. decline rate (5)
-0.005
Mid 2021 to Early 2024
total decline in population
-28
-28
Population Estimate to Early 2024
14,375
Net Population Increase, Mid 2021 to Early 2024
514
(1) 2021 population based on Statistics Canada Census unadjusted for Census undercount.
(2)
(3) Average number of persons per unit (P.P.U.) is assumed to be:
Singles & Semi Detached
2.500
79%
1.966
Multiples (6)
2.150
21%
0.459
Apartments (7)
1.548
0%
0.000
Total
100%
2.425
¹ Based on 2021 Census custom database
² Based on Building permit/completion activity
(4)
2021 households taken from Statistics Canada Census.
(5)
Decline occurs due to aging of the population and family life cycle changes, lower fertility rates and
changing economic conditions.
(6) Includes townhouses and apartments in duplexes.
(7)
Includes bachelor, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom+ apartments.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Estimated residential units constructed, Mid-2021 to the beginning of the growth period assuming a six-month lag between construction
and occupancy.
Population
Structural Type
Persons Per Unit¹
(P.P.U.)
% Distribution of
Estimated Units²
Weighted Persons
Per Unit Average
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Schedule 4
Municipality of Trent Hills
10-Year Growth Forecast
Early-2024 to Mid-2034
Early 2024 Population
14,375
Occupants of
Units (2)
506
New Housing Units,
multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
2.223
Early 2024 to Early 2034
gross population increase
1,125
1,125
Occupants of New
Units
14
Equivalent Institutional Units,
multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
1.100
Early 2024 to Early 2034
gross population increase
15
15
Decline in Housing
Units (4)
6,130
Unit Occupancy,
multiplied by P.P.U. decline rate (5)
-0.068
Early 2024 to Early 2034
total decline in population
-414
-414
Population Estimate to Early 2034
15,101
Net Population Increase, Early 2024 to Early 2034
726
(1)
Early 2024 Population based on:
(2)
Based upon forecast building permits/completions assuming a lag between construction and occupancy.
(3)
Average number of persons per unit (P.P.U.) is assumed to be:
Singles & Semi Detached
2.561
61%
1.564
Multiples (6)
1.748
26%
0.453
Apartments (7)
1.583
13%
0.206
one bedroom or less 1.360
two bedrooms or more 1.694
Total
100%
2.223
¹ Persons per unit based on adjusted Statistics Canada Custom 2021 Census database.
² Forecast unit mix based upon historical trends and housing units in the development process.
(4)
Early 2024 households based upon 2021 Census (5,910 units) + Mid 2021 to Early 2024 unit estimate (220 units) = 6,130 units.
(5)
(6)
Includes townhouses and apartments in duplexes.
(7)
Includes bachelor, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom+ apartments.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Decline occurs due to aging of the population and family life cycle changes, lower fertility rates and changing economic conditions.
Population
2021 Population (13,861) + Mid 2021 to Early 2024 estimated housing units to beginning of forecast period (220 x 2.425 = 534) + (8 x 1.1 =
8) + (5,910 x -0.005 = -28) = 14,375
Structural Type
Persons Per Unit¹
(P.P.U.)
% Distribution of
Estimated Units²
Weighted Persons
Per Unit Average
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Schedule 5
Municipality of Trent Hills
Long-Term Growth Forecast
Mid-2023 to Mid-2051
Early 2024 Population
14,375
Occupants of
Units (2)
1,109
New Housing Units,
multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
2.113
Early 2024 to Early 2051
gross population increase
2,344
2,344
Occupants of New
Units
30
Equivalent Institutional Units,
multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
1.100
Early 2024 to Early 2051
gross population increase
33
33
Decline in Housing
Units (4)
6,130
Unit Occupancy,
multiplied by P.P.U. decline rate (5)
-0.085
Early 2024 to Early 2051
total decline in population
-522
-522
Population Estimate to Early 2051
16,230
Net Population Increase, Early 2024 to Early 2051
1,855
(1) Early 2024 Population based on:
(2) Based upon forecast building permits/completions assuming a lag between construction and occupancy.
(3) Average number of persons per unit (P.P.U.) is assumed to be:
Singles & Semi Detached
2.561
48%
1.233
Multiples (6)
1.748
36%
0.627
Apartments (7)
1.583
16%
0.253
one bedroom or less 1.360
two bedrooms or more 1.694
Total
100%
2.113
¹ Persons per unit based on Statistics Canada Custom 2021 Census database.
² Forecast unit mix based upon historical trends and housing units in the development process.
(4) Early 2024 households based upon 2021 Census (5,910 units) + Mid 2021 to Early 2024 unit estimate (220 units) = 6,130 units.
(5) Decline occurs due to aging of the population and family life cycle changes, lower fertility rates and changing economic conditions.
(6) Includes townhouses and apartments in duplexes.
(7)
Includes bachelor, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom+ apartments.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Population
2016 Population (13,861) + Mid 2021 to Early 2024 estimated housing units to beginning of forecast period (220 x = 534) + (5,910 x -
0.0034 = -20) = 14,375
Structural Type
Persons Per Unit¹
(P.P.U.)
% Distribution of
Estimated Units²
Weighted Persons
Per Unit Average
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Schedule 6a
Municipality of Trent Hills
Summary of Active Development Applications, Vacant Land Supply and Intensification
Housing Potential as of 2020
[1] Includes townhomes and apartments in duplexes.
[2] Includes bachelor, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom+ apartments.
Source: Derived from Northumberland County Official Plan Review (2021) forecast for the
Municipality of Trent Hills by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Singles &
Semi-
Detached
Multiples[1]
Apartments[2]
Total
Registered Not Built
151
-
-
151
% Breakdown
100%
0%
0%
100%
Draft Plans Approved
371
83
0
454
% Breakdown
82%
18%
0%
100%
Application Under Review
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Vacant lands designated for Residential
152
52
43
247
% Breakdown
62%
21%
17%
100%
Additional Intensification
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Total
674
135
43
852
% Breakdown
79%
16%
5%
100%
Stage of Development
Density Type
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Schedule 6b
Municipality of Trent Hills
Summary of Active Development Applications, Vacant Land Supply and Intensification
Housing Potential as of 2020
Campbellford
[1] Includes townhomes and apartments in duplexes.
[2] Includes bachelor, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom+ apartments.
Source: Derived from Northumberland County Official Plan Review (2021) forecast for the
Municipality of Trent Hills by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Singles &
Semi-
Detached
Multiples[1]
Apartments[2]
Total
Registered Not Built
151
0
0
151
% Breakdown
100%
0%
0%
100%
Draft Plans Approved
152
45
0
197
% Breakdown
77%
23%
0%
100%
Application Under Review
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Vacant lands designated for Residential
152
52
43
247
% Breakdown
62%
21%
17%
100%
Additional Intensification
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Total
455
97
43
595
% Breakdown
76%
16%
7%
100%
Stage of Development
Density Type
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Schedule 6c
Municipality of Trent Hills
Summary of Active Development Applications, Vacant Land Supply and Intensification
Housing Potential as of 2020
Hastings
[1] Includes townhomes and apartments in duplexes.
[2] Includes bachelor, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom+ apartments.
Source: Derived from Northumberland County Official Plan Review (2021) forecast for the
Municipality of Trent Hills by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Singles &
Semi-
Detached
Multiples[1]
Apartments[2]
Total
Registered Not Built
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Draft Plans Approved
123
10
0
133
% Breakdown
92%
8%
0%
100%
Application Under Review
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Vacant lands designated for Residential
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Additional Intensification
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Total
123
10
0
133
% Breakdown
92%
8%
0%
100%
Stage of Development
Density Type
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Schedule 6d
Municipality of Trent Hills
Summary of Active Development Applications, Vacant Land Supply and Intensification
Housing Potential as of 2020
Warkworth
[1] Includes townhomes and apartments in duplexes.
[2] Includes bachelor, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom+ apartments.
Source: Derived from Northumberland County Official Plan Review (2021) forecast for the
Municipality of Trent Hills by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Singles & Semi-
Detached
Multiples[1]
Apartments[2]
Total
Registered Not Built
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Draft Plans Approved
-
28
-
28
% Breakdown
Application Under Review
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Vacant lands designated for Residential
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Additional Intensification
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Total
0
28
0
28
% Breakdown
0%
100%
0%
100%
Stage of Development
Density Type
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Schedule 6e
Municipality of Trent Hills
Summary of Active Development Applications, Vacant Land Supply and Intensification
Housing Potential as of 2020
Rural
[1] Includes townhomes and apartments in duplexes.
[2] Includes bachelor, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom+ apartments.
Source: Derived from Northumberland County Official Plan Review (2021) forecast for the
Municipality of Trent Hills by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Singles &
Semi-
Detached
Multiples[1]
Apartments[2]
Total
Registered Not Built
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Draft Plans Approved
96
0
0
96
% Breakdown
100%
0%
0%
100%
Application Under Review
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Vacant lands designated for Residential
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Additional Intensification
-
-
-
-
% Breakdown
Total
96
0
0
96
% Breakdown
100%
0%
0%
100%
Stage of Development
Density Type
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Schedule 7
Municipality of Trent Hills
Historical Residential Building Permits
Years 2013 to 2022
[1] Includes townhouses and apartments in duplexes.
[2] Includes bachelor, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom+ apartment units.
Source: Historical housing activity derived from Municipality of Trent Hills data, by Watson & Associates Economists
Ltd.
Residential Building Permits
Total
2013
54
1
1
56
2014
30
0
2
32
2015
28
0
0
28
2016
42
0
0
42
2017
87
0
0
87
Sub-total
241
1
3
245
Average (2013 - 2017)
48
0
1
49
% Breakdown
98.4%
0.4%
1.2%
100.0%
2018
73
0
0
73
2019
83
7
1
91
2020
62
0
0
62
2021
76
28
0
104
2022
71
14
0
85
Sub-total
365
49
1
415
Average (2018 - 2022)
73
10
0
83
% Breakdown
88.0%
11.8%
0.2%
100.0%
2013 - 2022
Total
606
50
4
660
Average
61
5
0
66
% Breakdown
91.8%
7.6%
0.6%
100.0%
Singles &
Semi
Detached
Multiples[1]
Apartments[2]
Year
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Schedule 8a
Municipality of Trent Hills
Person Per Unit by Age and Type of Dwelling
(2021 Census)
[1] Includes townhomes and apartments in duplexes.
[2] Adjusted based on historical trends.
Note: Does not include Statistics Canada data classified as "Other."
P.P.U. Not calculated for samples less than or equal to 50 dwelling units and does not include institutional population.
Age of
Singles and Semi-Detached
Dwelling
< 1 BR
1 BR
2 BR
3/4 BR
5+ BR
Total
25 Year Average
25 Year Average Adjusted [2]
1-5
-
-
2.316
2.591
-
2.500
6-10
-
-
2.500
2.458
-
2.605
2.552
(0.139)
11-15
-
-
-
2.577
-
2.262
2.456
2.561
16-20
-
-
-
2.944
-
2.643
2.502
2.561
20-25
-
-
-
2.720
-
2.441
2.490
2.561
25-35
-
-
-
2.231
-
2.383
35+
-
1.400
1.858
2.469
3.260
2.360
2.456
2.561
Total
-
1.677
1.924
2.488
3.394
2.386
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Schedule 8b
Northumberland County
Person Per Unit by Age and Type of Dwelling
(2021 Census)
[1] Includes townhomes and apartments in duplexes.
[2] Includes bachelor, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom+ apartments.
[3] Adjusted based on historical trends.
Note: Does not include Statistics Canada data classified as "Other."
P.P.U. Not calculated for samples less than or equal to 50 dwelling units and does not include institutional population
Age of
Multiples[1]
Dwelling
< 1 BR
1 BR
2 BR
3/4 BR
5+ BR
Total
25 Year Average
25 Year Average Adjusted [2]
1-5
-
-
1.667
3.154
-
2.150
6-10
-
-
1.613
1.875
-
1.692
11-15
-
-
1.686
2.412
-
1.797
1.880
1.748
16-20
-
-
1.500
-
-
1.818
1.864
1.748
20-25
-
-
2.000
-
-
1.882
1.868
1.748
25-35
-
-
2.214
3.917
-
2.893
35+
0.625
1.255
1.893
2.760
-
2.064
Total
0.552
1.338
1.795
2.754
-
2.028
Age of
Apartments[2]
Dwelling
< 1 BR
1 BR
2 BR
3/4 BR
5+ BR
Total
25 Year Average
25 Year Average Adjusted [2]
1-5
-
-
1.645
-
-
1.548
6-10
-
-
1.609
-
-
1.571
11-15
-
1.364
1.800
-
-
1.635
1.585
1.583
16-20
-
1.286
1.571
-
-
1.525
1.570
1.583
20-25
-
-
1.818
-
-
1.571
1.570
1.583
25-35
-
1.000
1.619
-
-
1.632
35+
0.591
1.181
1.769
2.756
-
1.560
Total
0.769
1.201
1.738
2.649
-
1.566
Age of
All Density Types
Dwelling
< 1 BR
1 BR
2 BR
3/4 BR
5+ BR
Total
1-5
-
1.750
1.839
2.676
3.833
2.400
6-10
-
1.409
1.762
2.570
3.793
2.369
11-15
-
1.417
1.814
2.583
2.769
2.289
16-20
-
1.417
1.760
2.537
3.878
2.392
20-25
-
1.462
1.651
2.598
4.250
2.459
25-35
-
1.053
1.928
2.645
4.091
2.572
35+
1.130
1.268
1.827
2.529
3.489
2.303
Total
1.833
1.305
1.813
2.552
3.612
2.339
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Schedule 9
Municipality of Trent Hills
Person Per Unit Structural Type and Age of Dwelling
(2021 Census)
2.50
2.60
2.26
2.64
2.44
2.38
2.36
2.15
1.69
1.80
1.82
1.88
2.89
2.06
1.55
1.57
1.63
1.52
1.57
1.63
1.56
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
20-25
25-35
35+
Persons Per Dwelling
Age of Dwelling
Singles and Semi-Detached
Multiples
Apartments
Multiple and Apartment P.P.U.s are based on Northumberland County.
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Schedule 10a
Municipality of Trent Hills
Employment Forecast, 2023 to 2051
[1] Statistics Canada defines no fixed place of work (N.F.P.O.W.) employees as "persons who do not go from home to the same workplace location at the beginning
of each shift. Such persons include building and landscape contractors, travelling salespersons, independent truck drivers, etc."
Note: Statistics Canada 2021 Census place of work employment data has been reviewed. The 2021 Census employment results have not been utilized due to a
significant increase in work at home employment captured due to Census enumeration occurring during the provincial COVID-19 lockdown from April 1, 2021 to
June 14, 2021.
Source: Derived from Northumberland County Official Plan Review (2021) forecast for the Municipality of Trent Hills by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Employment
Mid 2011
12,604
0.014
0.069
0.050
0.100
0.094
0.326
0.043
0.369
175
875
630
1,255
1,180
4,115
536
4,651
3,240
Mid 2016
12,900
0.010
0.057
0.053
0.087
0.088
0.295
0.057
0.352
130
730
685
1,125
1,130
3,800
738
4,538
3,070
Early 2024
14,375
0.009
0.059
0.050
0.080
0.081
0.279
0.054
0.333
134
842
715
1,150
1,168
4,009
783
4,792
3,167
Early 2034
15,101
0.009
0.059
0.059
0.078
0.079
0.283
0.055
0.338
134
883
891
1,180
1,190
4,278
827
5,105
3,395
Mid 2051
16,230
0.008
0.063
0.083
0.080
0.077
0.312
0.058
0.369
134
1,022
1,348
1,303
1,250
5,057
938
5,995
4,035
Mid 2011 - Mid 2016
296
-0.004
-0.013
0.003
-0.012
-0.006
-0.032
0.015
-0.017
-45
-145
55
-130
-50
-315
202
-113
-170
Mid 2016 - Early 2024
1,475
-0.001
0.002
-0.003
-0.007
-0.006
-0.016
-0.003
-0.018
4
112
30
25
38
209
45
254
97
Early 2024 - Early 2034
726
0.000
0.000
0.009
-0.002
-0.002
0.004
0.000
0.005
0
41
176
30
22
269
44
313
228
Early 2024 - Mid 2051
1,855
-0.001
0.004
0.033
0.000
-0.004
0.033
0.003
0.036
0
180
633
153
82
1,048
155
1,203
868
Mid 2011 - Mid 2016
59
-0.001
-0.003
0.001
-0.002
-0.001
-0.006
0.003
-0.003
-9
-29
11
-26
-10
-63
40
-23
-34
Mid 2016 - Early 2024
197
0.000
0.000
0.000
-0.001
-0.001
-0.002
0.000
-0.002
1
15
4
3
5
28
6
34
13
Early 2024 - Early 2034
73
0.000
0.000
0.001
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0
4
18
3
2
27
4
31
23
Early 2024 - Mid 2051
69
0.000
0.000
0.001
0.000
0.000
0.001
0.000
0.001
0
7
23
6
3
39
6
45
32
N.F.P.O.W.[1]
Activity Rate
Period
Population
Primary
Work at
Home
Industrial
Commercial/
Population
Related
Institutional
Total
Employment
Primary
Total
Total Employment
(Including
N.F.P.O.W.)
Institutional
Total (Excluding
Work at Home and
N.F.P.O.W.)
Incremental Change
Annual Average
Total Including
N.F.P.O.W.
N.F.P.O.W.[1]
Work at
Home
Industrial
Commercial/
Population
Related
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Schedule 10b
Municipality of Trent Hills
Employment and Gross Floor Area (G.F.A.) Forecast, 2023 to 2051
[1] Square Foot Per Employee Assumptions
Primary
3,000
Industrial
1,300
Commercial/Population-Related
550
Institutional
700
[2] Primary industry includes bona-fide, non bona-fide farming and cannabis growing operation related employment
Source: Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Mid 2011
12,604
175
630
1,255
1,180
3,240
525,000
819,000
690,300
826,000
2,860,300
Mid 2016
12,900
130
685
1,125
1,130
3,070
390,000
890,500
618,800
791,000
2,690,300
Early 2024
14,375
134
715
1,150
1,168
3,167
Early 2034
15,101
134
891
1,180
1,190
3,395
Mid 2051
16,230
134
1,348
1,303
1,250
4,035
Mid 2011 - Mid 2016
296
-45
55
-130
-50
-170
Mid 2016 - Early 2024
1,475
4
30
25
38
97
12,000
39,000
13,700
26,600
91,300
Early 2024 - Early 2034
726
0
176
30
22
228
0
228,800
16,500
15,400
260,700
Early 2024 - Mid 2051
1,855
0
633
153
82
868
0
822,900
84,200
57,400
964,500
Mid 2011 - Mid 2016
59
-9
11
-26
-10
-34
Mid 2016 - Early 2024
197
1
4
3
5
13
1,600
5,200
1,827
3,547
12,173
Early 2024 - Early 2034
73
0
18
3
2
23
0
22,880
1,650
1,540
26,070
Early 2024 - Mid 2051
69
0
23
6
3
32
0
30,478
3,119
2,126
35,722
Primary - Non-
Bona Fide
Farming[2]
Gross Floor Area in Square Feet (Estimated)[¹]
Incremental Change
Commercial/
Population
Related
Institutional
Industrial
Commercial/
Population
Related
Period
Population
Employment
Total
Annual Average
Primary
Industrial
Institutional
Total
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Schedule 10c
Municipality of Trent Hills
Estimate of the Anticipated Amount, Type and Location of
Non-Residential Development for Which Development Charges Can Be Imposed
[1] Square Foot Per Employee Assumptions
Industrial
1,300
Commercial/Population-Related
550
Institutional
700
[2] Employment Increase does not include No Fixed Place of Work.
Note: Numbers may not add up precisely due to rounding.
Source: Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
2024 - 2034
219,700
15,400
14,700
249,800
218
2024 - 2051
790,400
80,900
56,000
927,300
835
2024 - 2034
219,700
11,000
10,500
241,200
204
2024 - 2051
790,400
57,200
39,200
886,800
768
2024 - 2034
-
3,300
2,800
6,100
10
2024 - 2051
-
17,100
11,900
29,000
48
2024 - 2034
-
1,100
1,400
2,500
4
2024 - 2051
-
6,600
4,900
11,500
19
2024 - 2034
9,100
1,100
700
10,900
10
2024 - 2051
32,500
3,300
1,400
37,200
33
2024 - 2034
228,800
16,500
15,400
260,700
228
2024 - 2051
822,900
84,200
57,400
964,500
868
Industrial
G.F.A. S.F.[1]
Commercial
G.F.A. S.F.[1]
Institutional
G.F.A. S.F.[1]
Development Location
Timing
Total Non-
Residential
G.F.A. S.F.
Employment
Increase[2]
Urban
Campbellford
Rural
Hastings
Warkworth
Municipality of Trent Hills
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Appendix B
Historical Level of Service
Calculations
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-1
Service Standard Calculation - Fire Protection Services - Facilities
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Fire Protection Services - Facilities
Unit Measure:
sq.ft. of building area
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023
Bld'g
Value
($/sq.ft.)
Value/sq.ft.
with land,
site works,
etc.
Fire Station 1 - Campbellford
7,370
7,370
7,370
7,370
7,370
7,370
7,370
7,370
7,370
7,370
7,370
-
-
-
-
$530
$616
Emergency Services Base (Fire Share) -
Campbellford
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11,284
11,284
11,284
11,284
$530
$614
Fire Station 2 - Hastings
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
2,260
$530
$620
Fire Station 3 - Warkworth
3,136
3,136
3,136
3,136
3,136
3,920
3,920
3,920
3,920
3,920
3,920
3,920
3,920
3,920
3,920
$530
$616
Former Warkworth Fire Hall
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
$530
$616
Command Centre (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$50,100
$50,100
Fire Storage Sheds
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
$3,300
$3,300
Fire Storage Sheds
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$1,100
$1,100
Total
13,070
13,070
13,070
13,070
13,070
13,855
13,855
13,855
13,855
13,856
13,856
17,770
17,770
17,770
17,770
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,847
14,041
Per Capita Standard
1.0596
1.0571
1.0622
1.0570
1.0502
1.1042
1.1013
1.0992
1.0876
1.0677
1.0515
1.3246
1.3057
1.2833
1.2656
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
1.1318
Quality Standard
$620
Service Standard
$702
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$702
Eligible Amount
$499,094
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-2
Service Standard Calculation - Fire Protection Services - Vehicles & Equipment
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Fire Protection Services - Vehicles & Equipment
Unit Measure:
No. of vehicles
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/Vehicle)
Trucks
Antique Pumper
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$53,500
Pumper
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
$950,000
Pumper/Rescue
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$750,000
Tanker
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
$538,700
Rescue Unit
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
$500,000
Platform
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$300,000
Light Duty
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$60,000
3/4 Ton Pick Up Truck
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
$65,000
SUV
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
$47,500
2006 Honda 15HP Motor for Rescue
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$9,200
Rescue Boat/Motor/Trailer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$111,800
ATV
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$24,100
Trailer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$3,800
Total
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
0.0022
0.0022
0.0022
0.0022
0.0022
0.0022
0.0021
0.0021
0.0021
0.0021
0.0020
0.0020
0.0020
0.0019
0.0019
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
0.0021
Quality Standard
$292,257
Service Standard
$614
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$614
Eligible Amount
$436,369
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-3.
Service Standard Calculation - Fire Protection Services - Small Equipment & Gear
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Fire Protection Services - Small Equipment and Gear
Unit Measure:
No. of equipment and gear
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/item)
SCBA Equipment and Air Packs
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
$11,465
Bunker Gear
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
48
51
54
57
60
$4,750
Extrication Jaws
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
$67,600
Communication Equipment (per vehicle)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
$67,600
Radio Communication Tower
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$8,500
Medical Equipment
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
$67,600
Weather Rescue
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
$253,400
Hose / Pikepoles / Axes
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
$27,000
Hand Held Radio
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
64
68
72
76
80
$1,750
Total
166
166
166
166
166
167
167
167
167
167
174
181
188
195
202
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
0.0135
0.0134
0.0135
0.0134
0.0133
0.0133
0.0133
0.0132
0.0131
0.0129
0.0132
0.0135
0.0138
0.0141
0.0143
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
0.0135
Quality Standard
$13,563
Service Standard
$183
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$183
Eligible Amount
$130,184
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-4
Service Standard Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Roads
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Services Related to a Highway - Roads
Unit Measure:
km of roadways
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/km)
Gravel
254.00
254.00
254.00
254.00
254.00
254.00
254.00
254.00
254.00
254.00
252.60
251.20
249.80
248.40
247.00
$30,800
Rural HCB
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.58
13.66
13.74
13.82
13.90
$827,400
Semi-Urban HCB
20.89
20.89
20.89
20.89
20.89
20.89
20.89
20.89
20.89
20.89
21.01
21.13
21.25
21.38
21.50
$966,000
Urban HCB
16.61
16.61
16.61
16.61
16.61
16.61
16.61
16.61
16.61
16.61
16.71
16.81
16.90
17.00
17.10
$2,097,700
Surface Treated LCB
221.00
221.00
221.00
221.00
221.00
221.00
221.00
221.00
221.00
221.00
223.04
225.08
227.12
229.16
231.20
$172,900
Total
526
526
526
526
526
526
526
526
526
526
527
528
529
530
531
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
0.0426
0.0425
0.0427
0.0425
0.0423
0.0419
0.0418
0.0417
0.0413
0.0405
0.0400
0.0393
0.0389
0.0382
0.0376
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
0.0409
Quality Standard
$214,422
Service Standard
$8,770
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$8,770
Eligible Amount
$6,235,378
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-5
Service Standard Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Bridges & Culverts
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Services Related to a Highway - Bridges, Culverts & Structures
Unit Measure:
Number of Bridges, & Number of Culverts & Structures
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/item)
Bridges
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
$1,199,529
Culverts
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
$602,333
Total
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
0.0032
0.0032
0.0033
0.0032
0.0032
0.0032
0.0032
0.0032
0.0031
0.0031
0.0030
0.0030
0.0029
0.0029
0.0028
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
0.0031
Quality Standard
$1,112,710
Service Standard
$3,449
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$3,449
Eligible Amount
$2,452,523
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-6
Service Standard Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Sidewalks and Active Transportation
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Services Related to a Highway - Sidewalks and Active Transportation
Unit Measure:
linear metres of sidewalks
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/km)
Sidewalks
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
43,344
$300
Total
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
41,964
43,344
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
3.4020
3.3940
3.4103
3.3938
3.3720
3.3445
3.3355
3.3292
3.2941
3.2335
3.1846
3.1281
3.0833
3.0236
3.0730
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
3.2668
Quality Standard
$300
Service Standard
$980
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$980
Eligible Amount
$696,780
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-7
Service Standard Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Public Works - Facilities
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Class of Service:
Public Works - Facilities
Unit Measure:
sq.ft. of building area
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023
Bld'g
Value
($/sq.ft.)
Value/sq.ft.
with land,
site works,
etc.
Campbellford
$0
Equipment Depot, 315 Front St.
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
20,357
$289
$322
Sand Dome, 315 Front St. (# of bld'gs)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
$500,000
$500,000
Sand Dome 5677 CR 25 (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$500,000
$500,000
Equipment Depot & Fleet Shop, 189 Alma St.
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
9,676
$289
$343
Salt Shed, 189 Alma St. (# of bld'ds)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$132,844
$132,844
Storage Trailer, 189 Alma St. (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$21,512
$21,512
Steamer Shelter, 315 Front St. (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$3,938
$3,938
Fuel Centre, 315 Front St. (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$11,661
$11,661
Storage Shed, 189 Alma St. (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$4,478
$4,478
Fuel Centre, 189 Alma St. (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$9,869
$9,869
3 Storage Trailers, 189 Alma St. (# of bld'gs)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
$6,513
$6,513
Storage Shed, 189 Alma St. (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$4,478
$4,478
Crossing Guard Huts (# of bld'gs)
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
$17,099
$17,099
Warkworth
Equipment Depot & Sand/Salt/Equipment Stor
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
18,207
$289
$329
Fuel Centre, Above Grd, Dudley Rd. (# of bld
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$3,938
$3,938
Gas Tanks/Pumps, Below Grd, Dudley Rd. (#
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$86,050
$86,050
Hastings
Equipment Depot, 146 Elgin St.
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
$289
$355
Salt Shed, 146 Elgin St. (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$44,834
$44,834
Sand Shed, 146 Elgin St. (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$117,246
$117,246
Total
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,054
30,053
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
2.4365
2.4308
2.4424
2.4306
2.4149
2.3953
2.3888
2.3843
2.3592
2.3158
2.2808
2.2403
2.2082
2.1654
2.1307
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
2.3349
Quality Standard
$389
Service Standard
$908
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$908
Eligible Amount
$645,659
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-7
Service Standard Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Public Works - Vehicles & Equipment
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Class of Service:
Public Works - Vehicles & Equipment
Unit Measure:
No. of vehicles and equipment
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/Vehicle)
1 Ton to 3 Ton Trucks
$0
2014 Ford F550 Snow Plow
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$183,300
2015 F550 Ford Garbage Compacto
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$171,600
2005 Ford F550 Dump/Plow
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$77,700
2013 Chev Silverado Crew Cab 350
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$98,300
2013 Chev Silverado LT 3500HD
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$96,800
2001 Chevrolet Silverado
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$42,500
Backhoes
$0
2005 John Deere 310SG Loader Ba
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$176,000
John Deere Backhoe
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$152,500
2018 John Deere 310SL Backhoe L
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$202,400
Graders
$0
1990 Champion 740 Grader
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$592,500
1995 Champion 740 Grader
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$473,700
John Deere 670G Grader
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$488,400
Light Duty Trucks
$0
2014 Dodge Ram 1500 Pick Up
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$48,400
2014 Dodge Ram Pick Up
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$48,400
2016 Dodge Ram 1500 SXT
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$57,200
2004 Chevrolet Silverado
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$23,500
2013 Chev Silverado Ext Cab W/T 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$46,900
2017 Chev Silverado
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$61,600
2018 Chev Silverado 1500
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$66,000
Loaders
$0
W130B Wheel Loader
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$220,000
1990 John Deere 544E Loader
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$288,900
2015 Hyundai HL740-9A Wheel Lo
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$286,000
Sidewalk Plows
$0
2008 MV-48 Sidewalk Machine
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$208,300
2017 MV1344 Sidewalk Tractor
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$220,000
Single Axle Trucks
$0
1991 Ford Bucket Truck
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$275,700
1994 International Dump/Plow
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$325,600
1998 International 4700ST Dump/Plo
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$274,300
2010 International Tandem Sander/P
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$368,100
2017 Freightliner Plow
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$325,600
Sweepers
$0
Sweeper for W130B Wheel Loader
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$52,800
2003 Elgin Eagle Street Sweeper
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$189,200
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-7 Continued
Service Standard Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Public Works - Vehicles & Equipment
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Class of Service:
Public Works - Vehicles & Equipment
Unit Measure:
No. of vehicles and equipment
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/Vehicle)
Tandems
$0
2015 Freightliner Tandem Plow
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$353,500
2001 International Dump/Plow
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$334,400
2004 International 7600 Dump/Plow
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$332,900
2005 International 7600 Dump/Plow
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$334,400
2007 Sterling Tandem Plow
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$330,000
2008 Sterling Dump/Plow Truck
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$327,100
2009 Freightliner Plow Truck
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$328,500
2011 International Dump/Plow Truck
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$347,600
2012 International Plow Truck Work
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$360,800
2013 International Truck
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$368,100
2018 International 7600 Plow Truck
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$423,800
Tractors
$0
1992 Ford Tractor
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$63,100
JD 6430 Tractor with Diamond Flail
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$104,100
Other
$0
Brusher Head
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$49,900
2006 Volvo Rubber Tired Excavator
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$419,400
2016 Shoulder Gravel Reclaimer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$22,000
1985 FMC Jetspray Sewer Flusher
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$52,800
2000 John Deere Skid Steer Loader
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$57,200
2011 Chev Equinox
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$46,900
Drop In Sander Western 99035-WE
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$14,700
Slip In Water Tank - HDLPE 2600 U
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$19,100
Raglan Gravel Packer 48"
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$33,700
2016 Ford Transit Cargo Van
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$61,600
Trailers
$0
1987 Tandem Float Trailer PW
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$36,700
1996 Reddens; Trailer Flt Black PW
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$2,900
1996 Martin Trailer-Line Painting PW
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$11,700
2006 Advantage Tandem Trailer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$19,100
2005 Advantage Tandem Trailer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$36,700
Total
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
0.0048
0.0048
0.0048
0.0048
0.0047
0.0047
0.0047
0.0047
0.0046
0.0045
0.0045
0.0044
0.0043
0.0043
0.0042
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
0.0046
Quality Standard
$186,374
Service Standard
$857
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$857
Eligible Amount
$609,555
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-8
Service Standard Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services - Parkland Development
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Parkland Development
Unit Measure:
Acres of Parkland
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/Acre)
Old Mill Park
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
$36,700
Kennedy park
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
9.29
$36,700
Hillside Park
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
1.93
$36,700
Campbell Park
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
$36,700
Ogilvie Hill Park
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
$36,700
Picnic Island Park
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
$36,700
Mill Creek Park
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
2.67
$36,700
Warkworth Soccer Fields
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
4.88
$36,700
North Hastings Waterfront Park
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
$36,700
South Hastings Waterfront Park
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
$36,700
Ed Brownlee Park
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
$36,700
Fowlds Millenium Park
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
8.83
$36,700
Crowe Bridge Park
-
-
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
$36,700
Hastings Ball Park Lands
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
$36,700
Gateway Park
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
$36,700
Total
34.10
34.10
53.10
53.10
53.10
53.10
53.10
53.10
53.10
55.20
55.20
55.20
55.20
55.20
55.20
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
0.0028
0.0028
0.0043
0.0043
0.0043
0.0042
0.0042
0.0042
0.0042
0.0043
0.0042
0.0041
0.0041
0.0040
0.0039
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
0.0040
Quality Standard
$36,540
Service Standard
$146
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$146
Eligible Amount
$103,920
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-9
Service Standard Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services - Parkland Development
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Parkland Amenities
Unit Measure:
No. of parkland amenities
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/item)
Playground Equipment
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
$75,000
Floodlight Equipment
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$293,200
Bleachers
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$119,800
$0
Ball Fields
$0
Campbellford Ball Diamond (Lit)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$880,000
Percy Ball Diamond (Lit)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$880,000
Hastings Ball Diamond (Lit)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$880,000
Soccer Pitches
$0
Campbellford
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
$501,600
Warkworth/Percy
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
$501,600
Hastings
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
$501,600
Basketball Courts
$0
Hastings
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$42,200
Tennis Courts
$0
Campbellford
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
$121,800
Skateboard Parks
$0
Campbellford
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$45,900
Hastings
1
1
1
1
1
1
$45,900
Warkworth
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$45,900
Splash Pads & Pools
$0
Cambellford Pool
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$1,466,600
Kennedy Park
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$513,300
Outdoor Park Buildings
$0
Campbellford
$0
Gazebo, 47 Grand
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$82,100
Gazebo Shelter Display, 431
Grand
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$72,300
Hastings
$0
Gazebo Front
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$41,100
Storage and Light Control Building,
Trent St.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$11,700
Utility Shed
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$42,200
Marina Building Hastings
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$161,200
Warkworth
$0
Bandstand
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$146,700
Cemetery Vault Building
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$42,200
Picnic Shelter/Kiosk
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$58,700
Washroom, Canteen, Storage,
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$93,900
Scorekeepers Booth
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$4,000
Park Buildings
$0
Campbellford Ball Diamond Control
Building
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$125,000
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-9 Continued
Service Standard Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services - Parkland Development
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Parkland Amenities
Unit Measure:
No. of parkland amenities
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/item)
Crowe Bridge Park Buildings
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
$66,000
Hastings Marina Docks
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
$293,300
Hastings North Shore Dock
1
1
1
$513,300
$0
Total
40
40
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
43
43
43
44
44
44
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
0.0032
0.0032
0.0036
0.0036
0.0035
0.0035
0.0035
0.0035
0.0035
0.0033
0.0033
0.0032
0.0032
0.0032
0.0031
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
0.0034
Quality Standard
$292,809
Service Standard
$996
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$996
Eligible Amount
$707,836
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-10
Service Standard Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services - Parkland Trails
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Parkland Trails
Unit Measure:
Linear Metres of Paths and Trails
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/ Linear
Metre)
Seymour Conservation Area Trail
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
6,100
$200
Rotary Trail
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
$200
Trent Severn Waterway Trail
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
1,600
$200
Millenium Trail
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
$200
Hasting Trial
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
$200
Crowe Bridge Park Trails
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
$200
Total
15,300
15,300
17,800
18,800
18,800
18,800
18,800
18,800
18,800
18,800
18,800
18,800
18,800
18,800
18,800
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
1.2404
1.2375
1.4466
1.5204
1.5106
1.4984
1.4943
1.4915
1.4758
1.4486
1.4267
1.4014
1.3813
1.3546
1.3329
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
1.4174
Quality Standard
$200
Service Standard
$283
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$283
Eligible Amount
$201,554
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-11
Service Standard Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services - Recreation Facilities
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Recreation Facilities
Unit Measure:
sq.ft. of building area
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023
Bld'g
Value
($/sq.ft.)
Value/sq.ft.
with land,
site works,
etc.
Campbellford-Seymour Community Centre
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
27,800
$378
$419
Warkworth Arena & Community Centre
30,400
30,400
30,400
30,400
30,400
30,400
30,400
30,400
30,400
30,400
30,400
30,400
30,400
30,400
31,900
$378
$421
Hastings Arena
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
$378
$418
Pool Changehouse Building
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,300
$337
$375
Civic Centre
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
8,600
$337
$377
Storage Shed (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$4,225
$4,225
Forrest Dennis Bldg, 55 Grand Blvd.
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
$337
$380
Warkworth Community Centre
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
$337
$375
Hastings Community Room (# of bld'gs)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$8,449
$8,449
Seniors Centre
784
784
784
784
784
$337
$376
Resource Centre, 36 Front
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
8,580
$337
$374
Equipment Depot, 146 Elgin St.
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
2,725
$289
$322
Hastings Field House
148,000
148,000
148,000
148,000
148,000
148,000
148,000
148,000
148,000
$56
$65
Total
111,041
111,041
111,041
111,041
111,041
110,257
233,257
233,257
233,257
233,257
233,257
233,257
233,257
233,257
234,757
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
9.0021
8.9810
9.0240
8.9802
8.9225
8.7875
18.5404
18.5051
18.3104
17.9732
17.7018
17.3877
17.1386
16.8064
16.6435
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
14.1803
Quality Standard
$244
Service Standard
$3,464
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$3,464
Eligible Amount
$2,463,025
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-13
Service Standard Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services - Parks & Recreation Vehicles and Equipment
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Parks & Recreation Vehicles and Equipment
Unit Measure:
No. of vehicles and equipment
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/Vehicle)
Light Duty Pick Up Trucks
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
$60,400
Mower-Riding
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$9,300
Mower-Tractor
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
$16,900
Mower-Walk Behind
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
$40,000
Mower-Zero Turn
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
$14,400
SUV
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$37,400
Trailers
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
$20,400
Icer Resurfacer
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
$215,000
Gator
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$23,300
Total
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
0.0021
0.0021
0.0022
0.0021
0.0021
0.0021
0.0021
0.0021
0.0021
0.0020
0.0020
0.0020
0.0019
0.0019
0.0019
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
0.0020
Quality Standard
$45,920
Service Standard
$92
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$92
Eligible Amount
$65,298
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-14
Service Standard Calculation - Library Services - Facilities
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Library Services - Facilities
Unit Measure:
sq.ft. of building area
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023
Bld'g
Value
($/sq.ft.)
Value/sq.ft.
with land,
site works,
etc.
Campbellford Library
7,360
7,360
7,360
7,360
7,360
7,360
7,360
7,360
7,360
7,360
7,623
7,623
7,623
7,623
7,623
$421
$514
Hastings Library in Civic Centre
4,280
4,280
4,280
4,280
4,280
4,280
4,280
4,280
4,280
4,280
1,672
1,672
1,672
1,672
1,672
$364
$447
Warkworth Library
965
965
965
965
965
965
965
965
965
965
2,808
2,808
2,808
2,808
2,808
$320
$390
Total
12,605
12,605
12,605
12,605
12,605
12,605
12,605
12,605
12,605
12,605
12,103
12,103
12,103
12,103
12,103
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
1.0219
1.0195
1.0244
1.0194
1.0129
1.0046
1.0019
1.0000
0.9895
0.9713
0.9185
0.9022
0.8893
0.8720
0.8581
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
0.9670
Quality Standard
$480
Service Standard
$464
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$464
Eligible Amount
$330,018
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-15
Service Standard Calculation - Library Services - Collection Materials
Municipality of Trent Hills
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Library Services - Collection Materials
Unit Measure:
No. of library collection items
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2023 Value
($/item)
Physical Items
42,000
42,000
42,000
39,392
37,200
37,666
37,009
36,922
38,922
38,922
40,895
42,867
44,840
46,812
46,812
$25.00
Electronic Items (Total Copies Availab
18,483
28,555
38,627
48,699
58,771
68,843
78,915
96,651
114,387
132,122
149,858
111,348
113,963
125,817
125,817
$0.05
Total
60,483
70,555
80,627
88,091
95,971
106,509
115,924
133,573
153,309
171,044
190,753
154,215
158,803
172,629
172,629
Population
12,335
12,364
12,305
12,365
12,445
12,547
12,581
12,605
12,739
12,978
13,177
13,415
13,610
13,879
14,105
Per Capita Standard
4.9034
5.7065
6.5524
7.1242
7.7116
8.4888
9.2142
10.5968
12.0346
13.1796
14.4762
11.4957
11.6681
12.4381
12.2389
15 Year Average
2009-2023
Quantity Standard
9.8553
Quality Standard
$8
Service Standard
$80
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
711
$ per Capita
$80
Eligible Amount
$56,645
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Appendix C
D.C. Cash Flow Calculations
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table C-1
Cash Flow Calculation - Fire - Residential
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related Long-
Term Debt
$1,170.75
1% / 3%
Nominal
Project Cost
Project Cost
Inflated at 3%
Existing Debt
Payments
Per Capita per
Year
Inflated at
(3%) Starting in
2025
D.C. Reserve
Fund
Interest
Earnings/
(Cost)
2024
348,168 6,376 6,568 58,467 113
$1,170.75 131,710 414,843 3,815 418,658
2025
418,658 6,376 6,765 58,467 113 1,205.88 135,661 489,087 4,539 493,626
2026
493,626 6,376 6,968 58,467 113 1,242.05 139,731 567,922 5,308 573,230
2027
573,230 6,376 7,177 58,467 113 1,279.31 143,923 651,509 6,124 657,633
2028
657,633 6,376 7,392 58,467 113 1,317.69 148,240 740,014 6,988 747,002
2029
747,002 6,376 7,614 58,467 113 1,357.22 152,688 833,609 7,903 841,512
2030
841,512 6,376 7,842 58,467 113 1,397.94 157,268 932,472 8,870 941,342
2031
941,342 6,376 8,077 58,467 113 1,439.88 161,986 1,036,784 9,891 1,046,674
2032
1,046,674 6,376 8,320 58,467 113 1,483.07 166,846 1,146,733 10,967 1,157,700
2033
1,157,700 441,329 593,109 742,202 113 1,527.57 171,851 (5,760)
5,760 0
Total
498,717
659,831
1,268,404
1,125
1,509,904
70,164
Year
D.C. Reserve
Fund
Opening
Balance
Population
Growth
Anticipated
Revenues
Annual
Surplus/
(Deficit)
D.C. Reserve
Fund Closing
Balance after
Interest
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Table C-2
Cash Flow Calculation - Fire - Non-Residential
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related Long-
Term Debt
$1.595
1% / 3%
Nominal Project
Cost
Project Cost
Inflated at 3%
Existing Debt
Payments
per sq.ft. per
Year
Inflated at
(3%) Starting in
2025
D.C. Reserve
Fund
Interest Earnings
/(Cost)
109,948 2,014 2,074 18,463 26,070 1.595 41,593 131,003 1,205 132,208
132,208 2,014 2,136 18,463 26,070 1.643 42,840 154,449 1,433 155,882
155,882 2,014 2,200 18,463 26,070 1.693 44,126 179,344 1,676 181,020
181,020 2,014 2,266 18,463 26,070 1.743 45,449 205,740 1,934 207,673
207,673 2,014 2,334 18,463 26,070 1.796 46,813 233,689 2,207 235,895
235,895 2,014 2,404 18,463 26,070 1.850 48,217 263,245 2,496 265,741
265,741 2,014 2,476 18,463 26,070 1.905 49,664 294,465 2,801 297,266
297,266 2,014 2,551 18,463 26,070 1.962 51,154 327,405 3,123 330,529
330,529 2,014 2,627 18,463 26,070 2.021 52,688 362,126 3,463 365,590
365,590 139,367 187,298 234,380 26,070 2.082 54,269 (1,819) 1,819 0
157,489
208,368
400,549
260,700
476,812
22,157
D.C. Reserve
Fund Opening
Balance
Sq. Ft. of
Gross Floor
Area
Anticipated
Revenues
Annual Surplus/
(Deficit)
D.C. Reserve
Fund Closing
Balance after
Interest
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table C-3
Cash Flow Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Residential
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related Long-
Term Debt
$470.96
1% / 3%
Nominal
Project Cost
Project Cost
Inflated at 3%
Existing Debt
Payments
Per Capita per
Year
Inflated at
(3%) Starting in
2025
D.C. Reserve
Fund
Interest
Earnings/
(Cost)
2024
1,938,017 224,289 231,017
113 470.96 52,983 1,759,983 18,490 1,778,473
2025
1,778,473 224,289 237,948
113 485.09 54,573 1,595,098 16,868 1,611,966
2026
1,611,966 224,289 245,086
113 499.64 56,210 1,423,090 15,175 1,438,265
2027
1,438,265 224,289 252,439
113 514.63 57,896 1,243,722 13,410 1,257,132
2028
1,257,132 224,289 260,012
113 530.07 59,633 1,056,753 11,569 1,068,323
2029
1,068,323 224,289 267,812
113 545.98 61,422 861,933 9,651 871,584
2030
871,584 224,289 275,847
113 562.35 63,265 659,002 7,653 666,655
2031
666,655 224,289 284,122
113 579.23 65,163 447,695 5,572 453,267
2032
453,267 224,289 292,646
113 596.60 67,118 227,739 3,405 231,144
2033
231,144 224,289 301,425
113 614.50 69,131 (1,150)
1,150 0
Total
2,242,887
2,648,355
0
1,125
607,395
102,943
Year
D.C. Reserve
Fund
Opening
Balance
Population
Growth
Anticipated
Revenues
Annual
Surplus/
(Deficit)
D.C. Reserve
Fund Closing
Balance after
Interest
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Table C-4
Cash Flow Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Non-Residential
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related Long-
Term Debt
$0.642
1% / 3%
Nominal Project
Cost
Project Cost
Inflated at 3%
Existing Debt
Payments
per sq.ft. per
Year
Inflated at
(3%) Starting in
2025
D.C. Reserve
Fund
Interest Earnings
/(Cost)
2024
612,005 70,828 72,953
26,070 0.642 16,732 555,784 5,839 561,623
2025
561,623 70,828 75,141
26,070 0.661 17,234 503,715 5,327 509,042
2026
509,042 70,828 77,396
26,070 0.681 17,751 449,397 4,792 454,189
2027
454,189 70,828 79,718
26,070 0.701 18,283 392,754 4,235 396,989
2028
396,989 70,828 82,109
26,070 0.722 18,832 333,712 3,654 337,365
2029
337,365 70,828 84,572
26,070 0.744 19,396 272,189 3,048 275,237
2030
275,237 70,828 87,110
26,070 0.766 19,978 208,106 2,417 210,523
2031
210,523 70,828 89,723
26,070 0.789 20,578 141,378 1,760 143,137
2032
143,137 70,828 92,414
26,070 0.813 21,195 71,918 1,075 72,993
2033
72,993 70,828 95,187
26,070 0.837 21,831 (363) 363 0
Total
708,280
836,323
0
260,700
191,809
32,508
Year
D.C. Reserve
Fund Opening
Balance
Sq. Ft. of
Gross Floor
Area
Anticipated
Revenues
Annual Surplus/
(Deficit)
D.C. Reserve
Fund Closing
Balance after
Interest
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Table C-5
Cash Flow Calculation - Parks and Recreation - Residential
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related Long-
Term Debt
$6,420.66
1% / 3%
Nominal
Project Cost
Project Cost
Inflated at 3%
Existing Debt
Payments
Per Capita per
Year
Inflated at
(3%) Starting in
2025
D.C. Reserve
Fund
Interest
Earnings/
(Cost)
2024
1,702,338 63,718 1,490,629
- 113 6,420.66 722,324 934,033 13,182 947,214
2025
947,214 59,348 62,962 422,558 113 6,613.28 743,994 1,205,688 10,765 1,216,452
2026
1,216,452 59,348 64,851 422,558 113 6,811.68 766,314 1,495,357 13,559 1,508,916
2027
1,508,916 59,348 66,796 422,558 113 7,016.03 789,303 1,808,864 16,589 1,825,453
2028
1,825,453 53,648 62,192 422,558 113 7,226.51 812,982 2,153,684 19,896 2,173,580
2029
2,173,580 53,648 64,058 422,558 113 7,443.30 837,372 2,524,335 23,490 2,547,824
2030
2,547,824 53,648 65,980 422,558 113 7,666.60 862,493 2,921,779 27,348 2,949,127
2031
2,949,127 53,648 67,959 422,558 113 7,896.60 888,368 3,346,976 31,481 3,378,457
2032
3,378,457 53,648 69,998 422,558 113 8,133.50 915,019 3,800,919 35,897 3,836,816
2033
3,836,816 53,648 72,098 4,726,275 113 8,377.50 942,469 (19,089)
19,089 (0)
Total
563,648
2,087,525
8,106,743
1,125
8,280,637
211,294
Year
D.C. Reserve
Fund
Opening
Balance
Population
Growth
Anticipated
Revenues
Annual
Surplus/
(Deficit)
D.C. Reserve
Fund Closing
Balance after
Interest
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Table C-6
Cash Flow Calculation - Parks and Recreation - Non-Residential
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related
Expenditures
Development
Related Long-
Term Debt
$1.458
1% / 3%
Nominal Project
Cost
Project Cost
Inflated at 3%
Existing Debt
Payments
per sq.ft. per
Year
Inflated at
(3%) Starting in
2025
D.C. Reserve
Fund
Interest Earnings
/(Cost)
2024
89,597 3,354 78,454
- 26,070 1.458 38,017 49,160 694 49,853
2025
49,853 3,124 3,314 22,240 26,070 1.502 39,158 63,457 567 64,024
2026
64,024 3,124 3,413 22,240 26,070 1.547 40,332 78,703 714 79,417
2027
79,417 3,124 3,516 22,240 26,070 1.593 41,542 95,203 873 96,076
2028
96,076 2,824 3,273 22,240 26,070 1.641 42,789 113,352 1,047 114,399
2029
114,399 2,824 3,371 22,240 26,070 1.691 44,072 132,860 1,236 134,096
2030
134,096 2,824 3,473 22,240 26,070 1.741 45,394 153,778 1,439 155,217
2031
155,217 2,824 3,577 22,240 26,070 1.793 46,756 176,157 1,657 177,814
2032
177,814 2,824 3,684 22,240 26,070 1.847 48,159 200,048 1,889 201,938
2033
201,938 2,824 3,795 248,751 26,070 1.903 49,604 (1,005) 1,005 (0)
Total
29,666
109,870
426,671
260,700
435,823
11,121
Year
D.C. Reserve
Fund Opening
Balance
Sq. Ft. of
Gross Floor
Area
Anticipated
Revenues
Annual Surplus/
(Deficit)
D.C. Reserve
Fund Closing
Balance after
Interest
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Appendix D
Long-Term Capital and
Operating Cost Examination
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Appendix D: Long-Term Capital and Operating
Cost Examination
As a requirement of the D.C.A. under subsection 10(2)(c), an analysis must be
undertaken to assess the long-term capital and operating cost impacts for the capital
infrastructure projects identified within the D.C. As part of this analysis, it was deemed
necessary to isolate the incremental operating expenditures directly associated with
these capital projects, factor in cost savings attributable to economies of scale or cost
sharing where applicable and prorate the cost on a per unit basis (i.e., sq.ft. of building
space, per vehicle, etc.). This was undertaken through a review of the Municipality's
2022 Financial Information Return.
In addition to the operational impacts, over time the initial capital projects will require
replacement. This replacement of capital is often referred to as lifecycle cost. By
definition, lifecycle costs are all the costs which are incurred during the life of a physical
asset, from the time its acquisition is first considered, to the time it is taken out of
service for disposal or redeployment. The method selected for lifecycle costing is the
sinking fund method which provides that money will be contributed annually and
invested, so that those funds will grow over time to equal the amount required for future
replacement.
Table C-1 depicts the annual operating impact resulting from the proposed gross capital
projects at the time they are all in place. It is important to note that, while municipal
program expenditures will increase with growth in population, the costs associated with
the new infrastructure (i.e., facilities) would be delayed until the time these works are in
place.
Table D-1
Operating and Capital Expenditure Impacts for Future Capital Expenditures
ANNUAL
LIFECYCLE
EXPENDITURES
ANNUAL
OPERATING
EXPENDITURES
TOTAL ANNUAL
EXPENDITURES
1.
Services Related to a Highway
142,413
169,521
311,934
2.
Fire Protection Services
26,837
345,778
372,615
3.
Parks and Recreation Services
179,453
423,127
602,580
4.
Library Services
-
-
-
Total
348,703
938,426
1,287,129
SERVICE/CLASS
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Appendix E
Proposed D.C. By-laws
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E1. Services Related to a Highway
The Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills
By-law No. 2024-XXX
A By-law to Establish a Development Charge for Services
Related to a Highway
Whereas the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills (hereinafter
referred to as "the Council") anticipates that the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent
Hills (hereinafter called "the Municipality") will experience additional development,
including redevelopment throughout the Municipality in the next ten years and Council
further anticipates that this development will increase the need for services;
And Whereas Council desires to ensure that the capital cost of meeting growth-related
demands for or burden on municipal services does not place an excessive financial
burden on the Municipality or its existing taxpayers while at the same time ensuring new
taxpayers contribute no more than the net capital cost attributable to providing the
current level of municipal services;
And Whereas the Development Charges Act, 1997 (the "Act") provides that the council
of a municipality may by by-law impose development charges against land to pay for
increased capital costs required because of increased needs for services;
And Whereas a development charge background study has been completed in
accordance with the Act;
And Whereas the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills has
given notice of and held a public meeting on the 9th day of January, 2024 in accordance
with the Act and the regulations thereto;
NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT HILLS HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
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1. DEFINITION AND USES:
1.1. In this By-law, unless a contrary intention appears, a term has the same
meaning as that which exists in the Act or any Regulation made pursuant to
Section 68 of the Act, both as amended from time to time. ·
1.2. In this By-law:
i.
"Act" means the Development Charges Act, as amended, or any successor
thereof;
ii.
"accessory use" means where used to describe a use, building, or structure
that the use, building or structure is naturally and normally incidental,
subordinate in purpose of floor area or both, and exclusively devoted to a
principal use, building or structure;
iii.
"apartment unit" means any residential unit within a building containing four
or more dwelling units where access to each residential unit is obtained
through a common entrance or entrances from the street level and the
residential units are connected by an interior corridor. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, an apartment unit includes a stacked townhouse dwelling unit.
iv.
"bedroom" means a habitable room larger than seven square metres,
including a den, study or other similar area, but does not include a
bathroom, living room, dining room or kitchen;
v.
"benefiting area" means an area defined by map, plan or legal description
in a front-ending agreement as an area that will receive a benefit from the
construction of a service;
vi.
"board of education" has the same meaning as set out in the Education
Act, R.S.O. 19990, Chap. E.2, as amended, or any successor thereof;
vii.
"capital cost" means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the
municipality or a local board thereof directly or by others on behalf of and
as authorized by the municipality or local board,
viii.
"capital cost" means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the
municipality or a local board thereof directly or by others on behalf of and
as authorized by the municipality or local board,
i. to acquire land or an interest in land, including a leasehold interest,
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ii. to improve land,
iii. to acquire, lease, construct or improve buildings and structures,
iv. to acquire, construct or improve facilities including,
1. furniture and equipment other than computer equipment, and
2. material acquired for circulation, reference or information
purposes by a library board within the meaning of the Public
Libraries Act;
v. rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or more;
and
vi. including interest on borrowing for those expenditures under
clauses i. to iv. above that are growth-related;
ix.
"Council" means the Council of the municipality;
x.
"Development" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
Buildings on land or the making of an addition or alteration to a Building
that has the effect of increasing the size thereof, and includes
Redevelopment;
xi.
"Development Charge" means a charge calculated in accordance with the
rules set out in the Development Charges Act, 1997 and imposed against
development in the Municipality as set out in this By-law;
xii.
"duplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided horizontally
into two dwelling units;
xiii.
"Dwelling Unit" means one or more rooms used, designed or intended to
be used as a residence and which has exclusive use of culinary and or
sanitary facilities;
xiv.
"existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of the date this
by-law was passed;
xv.
"Farm Building" means any part of a building which is not used for
residential purposes and which building is located on 3 or more hectares of
land and which building is used solely for farm and farm related activities
carried out on the same farm and includes barns, implement sheds,
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seasonal roadside stands and silos but does not include processing or year
round wholesale or retail facilities;
xvi.
"Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or
structure at all exterior walls;
xvii.
"Green Energy" means lands, buildings or structures that that are not of an
accessory use and that:
i. form, support or accommodate a system or utility used, designed or
intended to convert wind or solar energy into electricity and feed it
into the general power grid, and includes such systems or utilities
that are subject to the Green Energy Act or are participating or
intended to participate in the Independent Electricity System
Operator's Feed-In Tariff Program, or successor thereof, or similar
program; and
xviii.
"Gross Floor Area" means the total floor area, measured between the
outside of exterior walls or between the outside of exterior walls and the
centre line of party walls dividing the building from another building, of all
floors above the average level of finished ground adjoining the building at
its exterior walls;
xix.
"industrial" means lands, buildings or structures used or designed or
intended for use for manufacturing, processing, fabricating or assembly of
raw goods, warehousing or bulk storage of goods, and includes office uses
and the sale of commodities to the general public where such uses are
accessory to an industrial use, but does not include the sale of
commodities to the general public through a warehouse club or self-storage
facilities;
xx.
"institutional development" means development of a building or structure
intended for use,
i. as a long-term care home within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of
the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007;
ii. as a retirement home within the meaning of subsection 2(2) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010;
iii. by any of the following post-secondary institutions for the objects of
the institutions:
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1. a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular and
ongoing operating funding from the Government of Ontario
2. A college or university federated or affiliated with a university
described in subclause 1.19.3.2; or
3. An Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of
section 6 of the Indigenous Institutes Act, 2017
iv. as a memorial home, clubhouse or athletic grounds by an Ontario
branch of the Royal Canadian Legion; or
v. as a hospice to provide end of life care
xxi.
"Local Board" means a school board, public utility, commission,
transportation commission, public library board, board of park
management, local board of health, board of commissioners of police,
planning board, or any other board, commission, committee, body or local
authority established or exercising any power or authority under any
general or special Act with respect to any of the affairs or purposes,
including school purposes, of the Municipality of Trent Hills or any part or
parts thereof;
xxii.
"local services" means those services, facilities or things which are under
the jurisdiction of the municipality and are related to a plan of subdivision or
within the area to which the plan relates in respect of the lands under
Sections 41, 51 or 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 19990, Chap. P.13, as
amended, or any successor thereof;
xxiii.
"multiple dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached, semi-
detached, stacked townhouse, and apartment unit dwellings
xxiv.
"non-residential development" means development other than residential
development as defined herein, and includes development for commercial,
farm, industrial and institutional uses;
xxv.
"Owner" means the owner(s) of land, or a person who has made
application for an approval for the development of land upon which a
Development Charge is imposed;
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xxvi.
"Place of Worship," means that part of a building or structure that is exempt
from taxation as a place of worship under the Assessment Act, R.5.0.,
1990, as amended;
xxvii.
"rate" means the interest rate established weekly by the Bank of Canada
based on Treasury Bills having a term of 91 days;
xxviii.
"Redevelopment" means the construction, erection or placing of one or
more Buildings on land where all or part of a Building on such land has
previously been demolished, or changing the use of all or part of a
Building from a Residential purpose to a Non-residential purpose or from a
Non-residential purpose to a Residential purpose, or changing all or part
of a Building from one form of Residential Development to another form of
Residential Development or from one form of Non-residential
Development to another form of Non-residential Development;
xxix.
"Rental Housing Development" means development of a building or
structure with four or more residential units all of which are intended for
use as rented residential premises;
xxx.
"regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act
xxxi.
"residential" means designed, adopted or used as a home or residence of
one or more individuals who reside or dwell there permanently or
seasonally and includes single detached dwellings, semi-detached
dwellings, row dwellings, duplex dwellings, triplex dwellings, apartment
buildings, and seasonal dwellings;
xxxii.
"row dwelling" means a residential building containing not less than three
units with each unit separated by a common or party wall or walls with a
separate outside entrance to each unit;
xxxiii.
"seasonal dwelling" means a single detached dwelling occupied on a non-
permanent basis, the owner(s), occupant(s), having another permanent
address, but does not include nursing homes, hotels, motels, tourist
homes, bed & breakfast establishments, student residences, barracks, or
any other development of an institutional nature and included in the
Municipality's Zoning By-law as a non-residential use;
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xxxiv.
"semi-detached dwelling" means a residential building that is divided
vertically into two or more dwelling units, each dwelling unit having one or
two vertical walls, but no other parts attached to another structure;
xxxv.
"service" means a service designed in Section 3 of this By-law, and
"services" shall have a corresponding meaning;
xxxvi.
"single detached dwelling" means a residential building consisting of one
dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
xxxvii.
"stacked townhouse" means a building, other than a duplex, row dwelling,
or back-to-back townhouse, containing at least 3 dwelling units; each
dwelling unit separated from the other vertically and/or horizontally and
each dwelling unit having a separate entrance to grade;
xxxviii.
"triplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided into three
dwelling units;
xxxix.
Use" means occupation and utilization for a particular purpose, practice or
benefit; and
xl.
"Wind Turbine" means a rotary engine that extracts energy from the flow of
wind, converts it to mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate,
and further converts it to electrical energy through an electrical generator.
2. DESIGNATION OF SERVICES
2.1. The category of services for which development charges are imposed under this
By-law is Services Related to a Highway
3. APPLICATION OF BY-LAW RULES
3.1. Development charges shall be payable in the amounts set out in this By-law
where:
i.
the lands are located in the area described in section 3.2; and
ii.
the development of the lands requires any of the approvals set out in
subsection 3.4.
Area to Which By-law Applies
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3.2. Pursuant to Section 2(7) of the Act, this By-law applies to all lands within the
geographic limits of the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills, whether or
not the land or use is exempt from taxation under Section 13 of the Assessment
Act, R.5.0., 1990.
3.3. Notwithstanding clause 3.2 above, this by-law shall not apply to lands that are
owned by and used for the purposes of:
i.
the municipality or a local board thereof;
ii.
a board of education;
iii.
the Corporation of the County of Northumberland or a local board thereof; or
iv.
Landed vested in or leased to a university that receives regular and ongoing
operating funds from the government for the purposes of post-secondary
education if the development is intended to be occupied and used by the
university.
Approvals for Development
3.4. Development charges shall be imposed on all lands, buildings or structures that
are developed for residential or non-residential uses if the development requires:
i.
the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment to a zoning by-law under
section 34 of the Planning Act;
ii.
the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning Act;
iii.
a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under subsection 50(7) of
the Planning Act applies;
iv.
the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the Planning Act;
v.
a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act;
vi.
the approval of a description under section 50 of the Condominium Act,
R.S.O. 1990, Chap. C.26, as amended, or any successor thereof; or
vii. the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act in relation to a building
or structure
3.5. No more than one development charge for each service designated in
subsection 2.1 shall be imposed upon any lands, buildings or structures to which
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this By-law applies even though two or more of the actions described in
subsection 3.4 are required before the lands, buildings or structures can be
developed
3.6. Despite subsection 3.5, if two or more of the actions described in subsection 3.4
occur at different times, additional development charges shall be imposed if the
subsequent action has the effect or increasing the need for services
Exemptions
3.7. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not be
imposed with respect to:
i.
an enlargement to an existing dwelling unit;
ii.
a second residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached
house or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than
ancillary residential use, is permitted, if all buildings and structures ancillary
to the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
cumulatively contain no more than one residential unit.;
iii.
a third residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached house
or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than
ancillary residential use, is permitted, if no building or structure ancillary to
the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse contains
any residential units;
iv.
one residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to an existing detached
house, semi-detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of urban residential
land, if the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
contains no more than two residential units and no other building or
structure ancillary to the existing detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse contains any residential units; or
v.
in an existing rental residential building, which contains four or more
residential units, the creation of the greater of one residential unit or one per
cent of the existing residential units.
3.8. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not be
imposed with respect to the creation of additional dwelling units in proposed new
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residential buildings, including structures ancillary to dwellings, subject to the
following restrictions:
i.
A second residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than ancillary
residential use, is permitted, if all buildings and structures ancillary to the
new detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse cumulatively will
contain no more than one residential unit;
ii.
A third residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than ancillary
residential use, is permitted, if no building or structure ancillary to the new
detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse contains any residential
units; or
iii.
One residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to a new detached
house, semi-detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of urban residential
land, if the new detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
contains no more than two residential units and no other building or
structure ancillary to the new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse contains any residential units.
Exemption for Industrial Development:
3.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, no development charge is
payable with respect to an enlargement of the gross floor area of an existing
industrial building where the gross floor area is enlarged by 50 percent or less.
3.10. If the gross floor area of an existing industrial building is enlarged by greater
than 50 percent, the amount of the development charge payable in respect of
the enlargement is the amount of the development charge that would otherwise
be payable multiplied by the fraction determined as follows:
i.
notwithstanding section 3.10, if the gross floor area is enlarged by more than
50 percent (50%), development charges shall be payable and collected and
the amount payable shall be calculated in accordance with s.4(3) of the Act.
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3.11. For the purpose of sections 3.9 and 3.10 herein, "existing industrial building"
is used as defined in the Regulation made pursuant to the Act.
3.12. The exemption for an existing industrial building provided by sections 3.9 and
3.10 shall be applied to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor area
before the first enlargement for which an exemption from the payment of
development charges was granted pursuant to this by-law or its predecessor.
Other Exemptions
3.13. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not
be imposed with respect to:
i.
Non-profit housing development;
ii.
Residential units that are affordable housing units required to be included in
a development or redevelopment pursuant to a by-law passed under section
34 of the Planning Act to give effect to the policies described in subsection
16 (4) of that Act;
iii.
Buildings or structure used as farm buildings;
iv.
Buildings or structures to be used as hospitals as governed by the Public
Hospitals Act, R.S.O., 1900; and
v.
Solar Energy Projects with a nameplate generating capacity less that 100
kilowatts
Other Reductions
3.14. Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, development charges for
rental housing development shall be reduced in accordance with the following:
i.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises with three or more bedrooms shall be reduced by 25
per cent;
ii.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises with two bedrooms shall be reduced by 20 per cent;
and
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iii.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises not referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 shall be reduced by
15 per cent.
4. AMOUNT OF CHARGES
Residential
4.1. The development charges set out in Schedule A shall be imposed on residential
uses of lands, buildings or structures, including a dwelling unit accessory to a
non-residential use and, in the case of a mixed-use building or structure, on the
residential uses in the mixed-use building or structure, according to the type of
residential unit, and calculated with respect to each of the services according to
the type of residential use.
Non-Residential
4.2. The development charges described in Schedule A to this by-law shall be
imposed on non-residential uses of lands, buildings or structures, and, in the
case of a mixed-use building or structure, on the non-residential uses in the
mixed-use building or structure and calculated with respect to each of the
services according to the gross floor area of the non-residential use.
4.3. The development charges described in Schedule A to this by-law shall be
imposed on non-residential Green Energy uses of lands, with respect to the
number of wind turbines for Wind Turbine developments and the kilowatts of
nameplate generating capacity for Solar Energy developments.
Reduction of Development Charges for Redevelopment
4.4. Despite any other provisions of this By-law, where, as a result of the
redevelopment of land, a building or structure existing on the same land within
24 months prior to the date of payment of development charges in regard to
such redevelopment was, or is to be demolished, in whole or in part, or
converted from one principal use to another principal use on the same land, in
order to facilitate the redevelopment, the development charges otherwise
payable with respect to such redevelopment shall be reduced by the following
amounts:
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i.
in the case of a residential building or structure, or in the case of a mixed-
use building or structure, the residential uses in the mixed-use building or
structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable development
charge under subsection 4.1 by the number, according to type, of dwelling
units that have been or will be demolished or converted to another principal
use; and
ii.
in the case of a non-residential building or structure or, in the case of mixed-
use building or structure, the non-residential uses in the mixed-use building
or structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable
development charges under subsection 4.2, by the gross floor area that has
been or will be demolished or converted to another principal use;
provided that such amounts shall not exceed, in total, the amount of the
development charges otherwise payable with respect to the redevelopment.
4.5. Notwithstanding section 4.4 the replacement of a building destroyed by fire or
similar unintended action shall be exempt from payment of a Development
Charge so long as the replacement occurs within five (5) years and the
replacement is for the same number of residential units or for a non-residential
building of the same floor area. Additional residential units or non-residential
floor area shall be subject to the normal provisions of this by-law.
Time of Payment of Development Charges
4.6. Development charges imposed under this By-law are calculated, payable, and
collected upon issuance of a building permit for the development.
4.7. Despite Section 4.6, Council from time to time, and at any time, may enter into
agreements providing for all or any part of a development charge to be paid
before or after it would otherwise be payable, in accordance with section 27 of
the Act.
4.8. Notwithstanding Sections 4.6 and 4.7, development charges for rental housing
and institutional developments are due and payable in 6 installments
commencing with the first installment payable on the date of occupancy, and
each subsequent installment, including interest, payable on the anniversary date
each year thereafter.
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4.9. Where the development of land results from the approval of a Site Plan or
Zoning By-law Amendment received on or after January 1, 2020, and the
approval of the application occurred within 2 years of building permit issuance,
the Development Charges under Section 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 may be calculated on
the rates set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the planning application,
including interest. Where both planning applications apply, Development
Charges under Sections 4.1,4.2 and 4.3 may be calculated on the rates,
including interest, set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the later planning
application.
4.10. Interest for the purposes of Sections 4.8 and 4.9 shall be determined as the
base rate plus 1%
i.
The base rate shall be equal to the average prime rate on:
1. October 15 of the previous year, if the adjustment date is January 1,
2. January 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is April 1,
3. April 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is July 1, and
4. July 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is October 1.
4.11. The average prime rate, on a particular date means, the mean, rounded to
the nearest hundredth of a percentage point, of the annual rates of interest
announced by each of the Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the Bank of Montreal and The Toronto-
Dominion Bank to be its prime or reference rate of interest in effect on that date
for determining interest rates on Canadian dollar commercial loans by that bank
in Canada.
Credits
4.12. Credit for previous Development Charge Payments and lot levies credit shall
be applied to the Development Charge calculated in Subsections 4.1, 4.2, and
4.3 above for any previous Development Charge or lot levy payment. The onus
shall be upon the owner/applicant to provide proof of earlier payments.
5. PAYMENT BY SERVICES
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5.1. Despite the payment required under subsections 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3, Council may,
by agreement, give a credit towards a development charge in exchange for work
that relates to a service to which a development charge relates under this By-law
6. INDEXING
6.1. Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted
annually, without amendment to this By-law, on February 13th of each year, in
accordance with the prescribed index in the Act.
7. SCHEDULES
7.1. The following schedules shall form part of this By-law:
i.
Schedule A -
Residential and Non-Residential Development Charges -
Services Related to a Highway
8. CONFLICTS
8.1. Where the Municipality and an owner or former owner have entered into an
agreement with respect to land within the area to which this By-law applies, and
a conflict exists between the provisions of this By-law and such agreement, the
provisions of the agreement shall prevail to the extent that there is a conflict.
8.2. Notwithstanding section 8.1, where a development which is the subject of an
agreement to which section 8.1 applies, is subsequently the subject of one or
more of the actions described in subsection 3.4, an additional development
charge in respect of the development permitted by the action shall be calculated,
payable and collected in accordance with the provisions of this By-law if the
development has the effect of increasing the need for services, unless such
agreement provides otherwise.
9. BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE
9.1. Where Development Charges apply to land in relation to which a building permit
is required, unless an agreement is entered into pursuant to subsection 4.7
above, the building permit shall not be issued until the Development Charge has
been paid in full.
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10. REFUNDS
10.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Development Charge is paid at the time a
building permit is issued and no building proceeds pursuant to the said permit
and the building permit has expired, the registered owner may apply to the
Treasurer of the Municipality for a refund of the Development Charge paid at the
time the building permit was issued within one year of payment to the
Municipality provided the building permit is surrendered with the said refund
application, if not already surrendered.
11. SEVERABILITY
11.1. If, for any reason, any provision of this By-law is held to be invalid, it is hereby
declared to be the intention of Council that all the remainder of this By-law shall
continue in full force and effect until repealed, re-enacted, amended, or modified.
12. DATE BY-LAW IN FORCE
12.1. This By-law shall come into effect at 12:01AM on February 13, 2024.
12.2. This By-law will expire at 12:01 AM on February 13, 2033 unless it is repealed
by Council at an earlier date.
PASSED THIS 13th day of February, 2024
___________________
Mayor
___________________
Clerk
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Schedule A to By-law 2024-XXX
Schedule of Development Charges - Services Related to a Highway
Single and Semi-
Detached Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
(per sq.m. of Gross
Floor Area)
Green Energy (per
500 kW nameplate
generating capacity
of Solar Energy
Developments)
Green Energy (per
wind turbine for
Wind Turbine
Developments)
Services Related to a Highway
1,206
823
798
641
6.91
1,206
1,206
Service/Class of Service
RESIDENTIAL
NON-RESIDENTIAL
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E2. Fire Protection Services
The Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills
By-law No. 2024-XXX
A By-law to Establish a Development Charge for Fire
Protection Services
Whereas the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills (hereinafter
referred to as "the Council") anticipates that the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent
Hills (hereinafter called "the Municipality") will experience additional development,
including redevelopment throughout the Municipality in the next ten years and Council
further anticipates that this development will increase the need for services;
And Whereas Council desires to ensure that the capital cost of meeting growth-related
demands for or burden on municipal services does not place an excessive financial
burden on the Municipality or its existing taxpayers while at the same time ensuring new
taxpayers contribute no more than the net capital cost attributable to providing the
current level of municipal services;
And Whereas the Development Charges Act, 1997 (the "Act") provides that the council
of a municipality may by by-law impose development charges against land to pay for
increased capital costs required because of increased needs for services;
And Whereas a development charge background study has been completed in
accordance with the Act;
And Whereas the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills has
given notice of and held a public meeting on the 9th day of January, 2024 in accordance
with the Act and the regulations thereto;
NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT HILLS HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
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1. DEFINITION AND USES:
1.1. In this By-law, unless a contrary intention appears, a term has the same
meaning as that which exists in the Act or any Regulation made pursuant to
Section 68 of the Act, both as amended from time to time. ·
1.2. In this By-law:
xli.
"Act" means the Development Charges Act, as amended, or any successor
thereof;
xlii.
"accessory use" means where used to describe a use, building, or structure
that the use, building or structure is naturally and normally incidental,
subordinate in purpose of floor area or both, and exclusively devoted to a
principal use, building or structure;
xliii.
"apartment unit" means any residential unit within a building containing four
or more dwelling units where access to each residential unit is obtained
through a common entrance or entrances from the street level and the
residential units are connected by an interior corridor. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, an apartment unit includes a stacked townhouse dwelling unit.
xliv.
"bedroom" means a habitable room larger than seven square metres,
including a den, study or other similar area, but does not include a
bathroom, living room, dining room or kitchen;
xlv.
"benefiting area" means an area defined by map, plan or legal description
in a front-ending agreement as an area that will receive a benefit from the
construction of a service;
xlvi.
"board of education" has the same meaning as set out in the Education
Act, R.S.O. 19990, Chap. E.2, as amended, or any successor thereof;
xlvii.
"capital cost" means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the
municipality or a local board thereof directly or by others on behalf of and
as authorized by the municipality or local board,
xlviii.
"capital cost" means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the
municipality or a local board thereof directly or by others on behalf of and
as authorized by the municipality or local board,
i. to acquire land or an interest in land, including a leasehold interest,
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ii. to improve land,
iii. to acquire, lease, construct or improve buildings and structures,
iv. to acquire, construct or improve facilities including,
1. furniture and equipment other than computer equipment, and
2. material acquired for circulation, reference or information
purposes by a library board within the meaning of the Public
Libraries Act;
v. rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or more;
and
vi. including interest on borrowing for those expenditures under
clauses i. to iv. above that are growth-related;
xlix.
"Council" means the Council of the municipality;
l.
"Development" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
Buildings on land or the making of an addition or alteration to a Building
that has the effect of increasing the size thereof, and includes
Redevelopment;
li.
"Development Charge" means a charge calculated in accordance with the
rules set out in the Development Charges Act, 1997 and imposed against
development in the Municipality as set out in this By-law;
lii.
"duplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided horizontally
into two dwelling units;
liii.
"Dwelling Unit" means one or more rooms used, designed or intended to
be used as a residence and which has exclusive use of culinary and or
sanitary facilities;
liv.
"existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of the date this
by-law was passed;
lv.
"Farm Building" means any part of a building which is not used for
residential purposes and which building is located on 3 or more hectares of
land and which building is used solely for farm and farm related activities
carried out on the same farm and includes barns, implement sheds,
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seasonal roadside stands and silos but does not include processing or year
round wholesale or retail facilities;
lvi.
"Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or
structure at all exterior walls;
lvii.
"Green Energy" means lands, buildings or structures that that are not of an
accessory use and that:
i. form, support or accommodate a system or utility used, designed or
intended to convert wind or solar energy into electricity and feed it
into the general power grid, and includes such systems or utilities
that are subject to the Green Energy Act or are participating or
intended to participate in the Independent Electricity System
Operator's Feed-In Tariff Program, or successor thereof, or similar
program; and
lviii.
"Gross Floor Area" means the total floor area, measured between the
outside of exterior walls or between the outside of exterior walls and the
centre line of party walls dividing the building from another building, of all
floors above the average level of finished ground adjoining the building at
its exterior walls;
lix.
"industrial" means lands, buildings or structures used or designed or
intended for use for manufacturing, processing, fabricating or assembly of
raw goods, warehousing or bulk storage of goods, and includes office uses
and the sale of commodities to the general public where such uses are
accessory to an industrial use, but does not include the sale of
commodities to the general public through a warehouse club or self-storage
facilities;
lx.
"institutional development" means development of a building or structure
intended for use,
i. as a long-term care home within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of
the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007;
ii. as a retirement home within the meaning of subsection 2(2) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010;
iii. by any of the following post-secondary institutions for the objects of
the institutions:
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1. a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular and
ongoing operating funding from the Government of Ontario
2. A college or university federated or affiliated with a university
described in subclause 1.19.3.2; or
3. An Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of
section 6 of the Indigenous Institutes Act, 2017
iv. as a memorial home, clubhouse or athletic grounds by an Ontario
branch of the Royal Canadian Legion; or
v. as a hospice to provide end of life care
lxi.
"Local Board" means a school board, public utility, commission,
transportation commission, public library board, board of park
management, local board of health, board of commissioners of police,
planning board, or any other board, commission, committee, body or local
authority established or exercising any power or authority under any
general or special Act with respect to any of the affairs or purposes,
including school purposes, of the Municipality of Trent Hills or any part or
parts thereof;
lxii.
"local services" means those services, facilities or things which are under
the jurisdiction of the municipality and are related to a plan of subdivision or
within the area to which the plan relates in respect of the lands under
Sections 41, 51 or 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 19990, Chap. P.13, as
amended, or any successor thereof;
lxiii.
"multiple dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached, semi-
detached, stacked townhouse, and apartment unit dwellings
lxiv.
"non-residential development" means development other than residential
development as defined herein, and includes development for commercial,
farm, industrial and institutional uses;
lxv.
"Owner" means the owner(s) of land, or a person who has made
application for an approval for the development of land upon which a
Development Charge is imposed;
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lxvi.
"Place of Worship," means that part of a building or structure that is exempt
from taxation as a place of worship under the Assessment Act, R.5.0.,
1990, as amended;
lxvii.
"rate" means the interest rate established weekly by the Bank of Canada
based on Treasury Bills having a term of 91 days;
lxviii.
"Redevelopment" means the construction, erection or placing of one or
more Buildings on land where all or part of a Building on such land has
previously been demolished, or changing the use of all or part of a
Building from a Residential purpose to a Non-residential purpose or from a
Non-residential purpose to a Residential purpose, or changing all or part
of a Building from one form of Residential Development to another form of
Residential Development or from one form of Non-residential
Development to another form of Non-residential Development;
lxix.
"Rental Housing Development" means development of a building or
structure with four or more residential units all of which are intended for
use as rented residential premises;
lxx.
"regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act
lxxi.
"residential" means designed, adopted or used as a home or residence of
one or more individuals who reside or dwell there permanently or
seasonally and includes single detached dwellings, semi-detached
dwellings, row dwellings, duplex dwellings, triplex dwellings, apartment
buildings, and seasonal dwellings;
lxxii.
"row dwelling" means a residential building containing not less than three
units with each unit separated by a common or party wall or walls with a
separate outside entrance to each unit;
lxxiii.
"seasonal dwelling" means a single detached dwelling occupied on a non-
permanent basis, the owner(s), occupant(s), having another permanent
address, but does not include nursing homes, hotels, motels, tourist
homes, bed & breakfast establishments, student residences, barracks, or
any other development of an institutional nature and included in the
Municipality's Zoning By-law as a non-residential use;
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lxxiv.
"semi-detached dwelling" means a residential building that is divided
vertically into two or more dwelling units, each dwelling unit having one or
two vertical walls, but no other parts attached to another structure;
lxxv.
"service" means a service designed in Section 3 of this By-law, and
"services" shall have a corresponding meaning;
lxxvi.
"single detached dwelling" means a residential building consisting of one
dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
lxxvii.
"stacked townhouse" means a building, other than a duplex, row dwelling,
or back-to-back townhouse, containing at least 3 dwelling units; each
dwelling unit separated from the other vertically and/or horizontally and
each dwelling unit having a separate entrance to grade;
lxxviii.
"triplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided into three
dwelling units;
lxxix.
Use" means occupation and utilization for a particular purpose, practice or
benefit; and
lxxx.
"Wind Turbine" means a rotary engine that extracts energy from the flow of
wind, converts it to mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate,
and further converts it to electrical energy through an electrical generator.
2. DESIGNATION OF SERVICES
2.1. The category of services for which development charges are imposed under this
By-law is Fire Protection Services
3. APPLICATION OF BY-LAW RULES
3.1. Development charges shall be payable in the amounts set out in this By-law
where:
i.
the lands are located in the area described in section 3.2; and
ii.
the development of the lands requires any of the approvals set out in
subsection 3.4.
Area to Which By-law Applies
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3.2. Pursuant to Section 2(7) of the Act, this By-law applies to all lands within the
geographic limits of the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills, whether or
not the land or use is exempt from taxation under Section 13 of the Assessment
Act, R.5.0., 1990.
3.3. Notwithstanding clause 3.2 above, this by-law shall not apply to lands that are
owned by and used for the purposes of:
i.
the municipality or a local board thereof;
ii.
a board of education;
iii.
the Corporation of the County of Northumberland or a local board thereof; or
iv.
Landed vested in or leased to a university that receives regular and ongoing
operating funds from the government for the purposes of post-secondary
education if the development is intended to be occupied and used by the
university.
Approvals for Development
3.4. Development charges shall be imposed on all lands, buildings or structures that
are developed for residential or non-residential uses if the development requires:
i.
the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment to a zoning by-law under
section 34 of the Planning Act;
ii.
the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning Act;
iii.
a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under subsection 50(7) of
the Planning Act applies;
iv.
the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the Planning Act;
v.
a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act;
vi.
the approval of a description under section 50 of the Condominium Act,
R.S.O. 1990, Chap. C.26, as amended, or any successor thereof; or
vii. the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act in relation to a building
or structure
3.5. No more than one development charge for each service designated in
subsection 2.1 shall be imposed upon any lands, buildings or structures to which
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this By-law applies even though two or more of the actions described in
subsection 3.4 are required before the lands, buildings or structures can be
developed
3.6. Despite subsection 3.5, if two or more of the actions described in subsection 3.4
occur at different times, additional development charges shall be imposed if the
subsequent action has the effect or increasing the need for services
Exemptions
3.7. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not be
imposed with respect to:
i.
an enlargement to an existing dwelling unit;
ii.
a second residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached
house or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than
ancillary residential use, is permitted, if all buildings and structures ancillary
to the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
cumulatively contain no more than one residential unit.;
iii.
a third residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached house
or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than
ancillary residential use, is permitted, if no building or structure ancillary to
the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse contains
any residential units;
iv.
one residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to an existing detached
house, semi-detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of urban residential
land, if the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
contains no more than two residential units and no other building or
structure ancillary to the existing detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse contains any residential units; or
v.
in an existing rental residential building, which contains four or more
residential units, the creation of the greater of one residential unit or one per
cent of the existing residential units.
3.8. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not be
imposed with respect to the creation of additional dwelling units in proposed new
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residential buildings, including structures ancillary to dwellings, subject to the
following restrictions:
i.
A second residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than ancillary
residential use, is permitted, if all buildings and structures ancillary to the
new detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse cumulatively will
contain no more than one residential unit;
ii.
A third residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than ancillary
residential use, is permitted, if no building or structure ancillary to the new
detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse contains any residential
units; or
iii.
One residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to a new detached
house, semi-detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of urban residential
land, if the new detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
contains no more than two residential units and no other building or
structure ancillary to the new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse contains any residential units.
Exemption for Industrial Development:
3.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, no development charge is
payable with respect to an enlargement of the gross floor area of an existing
industrial building where the gross floor area is enlarged by 50 percent or less.
3.10. If the gross floor area of an existing industrial building is enlarged by greater
than 50 percent, the amount of the development charge payable in respect of
the enlargement is the amount of the development charge that would otherwise
be payable multiplied by the fraction determined as follows:
i.
notwithstanding section 3.10, if the gross floor area is enlarged by more than
50 percent (50%), development charges shall be payable and collected and
the amount payable shall be calculated in accordance with s.4(3) of the Act.
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3.11. For the purpose of sections 3.9 and 3.10 herein, "existing industrial building"
is used as defined in the Regulation made pursuant to the Act.
3.12. The exemption for an existing industrial building provided by sections 3.9 and
3.10 shall be applied to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor area
before the first enlargement for which an exemption from the payment of
development charges was granted pursuant to this by-law or its predecessor.
Other Exemptions
3.13. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not
be imposed with respect to:
i.
Non-profit housing development;
ii.
Residential units that are affordable housing units required to be included in
a development or redevelopment pursuant to a by-law passed under section
34 of the Planning Act to give effect to the policies described in subsection
16 (4) of that Act;
iii.
Buildings or structure used as farm buildings;
iv.
Buildings or structures to be used as hospitals as governed by the Public
Hospitals Act, R.S.O., 1900; and
v.
Solar Energy Projects with a nameplate generating capacity less that 100
kilowatts
Other Reductions
3.14. Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, development charges for
rental housing development shall be reduced in accordance with the following:
i.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises with three or more bedrooms shall be reduced by 25
per cent;
ii.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises with two bedrooms shall be reduced by 20 per cent;
and
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iii.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises not referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 shall be reduced by
15 per cent.
4. AMOUNT OF CHARGES
Residential
4.1. The development charges set out in Schedule A shall be imposed on residential
uses of lands, buildings or structures, including a dwelling unit accessory to a
non-residential use and, in the case of a mixed-use building or structure, on the
residential uses in the mixed-use building or structure, according to the type of
residential unit, and calculated with respect to each of the services according to
the type of residential use.
Non-Residential
4.2. The development charges described in Schedule A to this by-law shall be
imposed on non-residential uses of lands, buildings or structures, and, in the
case of a mixed-use building or structure, on the non-residential uses in the
mixed-use building or structure and calculated with respect to each of the
services according to the gross floor area of the non-residential use.
4.3. The development charges described in Schedule A to this by-law shall be
imposed on non-residential Green Energy uses of lands, with respect to the
number of wind turbines for Wind Turbine developments and the kilowatts of
nameplate generating capacity for Solar Energy developments.
Reduction of Development Charges for Redevelopment
4.4. Despite any other provisions of this By-law, where, as a result of the
redevelopment of land, a building or structure existing on the same land within
24 months prior to the date of payment of development charges in regard to
such redevelopment was, or is to be demolished, in whole or in part, or
converted from one principal use to another principal use on the same land, in
order to facilitate the redevelopment, the development charges otherwise
payable with respect to such redevelopment shall be reduced by the following
amounts:
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i.
in the case of a residential building or structure, or in the case of a mixed-
use building or structure, the residential uses in the mixed-use building or
structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable development
charge under subsection 4.1 by the number, according to type, of dwelling
units that have been or will be demolished or converted to another principal
use; and
ii.
in the case of a non-residential building or structure or, in the case of mixed-
use building or structure, the non-residential uses in the mixed-use building
or structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable
development charges under subsection 4.2, by the gross floor area that has
been or will be demolished or converted to another principal use;
provided that such amounts shall not exceed, in total, the amount of the
development charges otherwise payable with respect to the redevelopment.
4.5. Notwithstanding section 4.4 the replacement of a building destroyed by fire or
similar unintended action shall be exempt from payment of a Development
Charge so long as the replacement occurs within five (5) years and the
replacement is for the same number of residential units or for a non-residential
building of the same floor area. Additional residential units or non-residential
floor area shall be subject to the normal provisions of this by-law.
Time of Payment of Development Charges
4.6. Development charges imposed under this By-law are calculated, payable, and
collected upon issuance of a building permit for the development.
4.7. Despite Section 4.6, Council from time to time, and at any time, may enter into
agreements providing for all or any part of a development charge to be paid
before or after it would otherwise be payable, in accordance with section 27 of
the Act.
4.8. Notwithstanding Sections 4.6 and 4.7, development charges for rental housing
and institutional developments are due and payable in 6 installments
commencing with the first installment payable on the date of occupancy, and
each subsequent installment, including interest, payable on the anniversary date
each year thereafter.
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4.9. Where the development of land results from the approval of a Site Plan or
Zoning By-law Amendment received on or after January 1, 2020, and the
approval of the application occurred within 2 years of building permit issuance,
the Development Charges under Section 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 may be calculated on
the rates set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the planning application,
including interest. Where both planning applications apply, Development
Charges under Sections 4.1,4.2 and 4.3 may be calculated on the rates,
including interest, set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the later planning
application.
4.10. Interest for the purposes of Sections 4.8 and 4.9 shall be determined as the
base rate plus 1%
i.
The base rate shall be equal to the average prime rate on:
1. October 15 of the previous year, if the adjustment date is January 1,
2. January 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is April 1,
3. April 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is July 1, and
4. July 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is October 1.
4.11. The average prime rate, on a particular date means, the mean, rounded to
the nearest hundredth of a percentage point, of the annual rates of interest
announced by each of the Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the Bank of Montreal and The Toronto-
Dominion Bank to be its prime or reference rate of interest in effect on that date
for determining interest rates on Canadian dollar commercial loans by that bank
in Canada.
Credits
4.12. Credit for previous Development Charge Payments and lot levies credit shall
be applied to the Development Charge calculated in Subsections 4.1, 4.2, and
4.3 above for any previous Development Charge or lot levy payment. The onus
shall be upon the owner/applicant to provide proof of earlier payments.
5. PAYMENT BY SERVICES
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5.1. Despite the payment required under subsections 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3, Council may,
by agreement, give a credit towards a development charge in exchange for work
that relates to a service to which a development charge relates under this By-law
6. INDEXING
6.1. Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted
annually, without amendment to this By-law, on February 13th of each year, in
accordance with the prescribed index in the Act.
7. SCHEDULES
7.1. The following schedules shall form part of this By-law:
i.
Schedule A -
Residential and Non-Residential Development Charges -
Fire Protection Services
8. CONFLICTS
8.1. Where the Municipality and an owner or former owner have entered into an
agreement with respect to land within the area to which this By-law applies, and
a conflict exists between the provisions of this By-law and such agreement, the
provisions of the agreement shall prevail to the extent that there is a conflict.
8.2. Notwithstanding section 8.1, where a development which is the subject of an
agreement to which section 8.1 applies, is subsequently the subject of one or
more of the actions described in subsection 3.4, an additional development
charge in respect of the development permitted by the action shall be calculated,
payable and collected in accordance with the provisions of this By-law if the
development has the effect of increasing the need for services, unless such
agreement provides otherwise.
9. BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE
9.1. Where Development Charges apply to land in relation to which a building permit
is required, unless an agreement is entered into pursuant to subsection 4.7
above, the building permit shall not be issued until the Development Charge has
been paid in full.
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10. REFUNDS
10.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Development Charge is paid at the time a
building permit is issued and no building proceeds pursuant to the said permit
and the building permit has expired, the registered owner may apply to the
Treasurer of the Municipality for a refund of the Development Charge paid at the
time the building permit was issued within one year of payment to the
Municipality provided the building permit is surrendered with the said refund
application, if not already surrendered.
11. SEVERABILITY
11.1. If, for any reason, any provision of this By-law is held to be invalid, it is hereby
declared to be the intention of Council that all the remainder of this By-law shall
continue in full force and effect until repealed, re-enacted, amended, or modified.
12. DATE BY-LAW IN FORCE
12.1. This By-law shall come into effect at 12:01AM on February 13, 2024.
12.2. This By-law will expire at 12:01 AM on February 13, 2033 unless it is repealed
by Council at an earlier date.
PASSED THIS 13th day of February, 2024
___________________
Mayor
___________________
Clerk
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Schedule A to By-law 2024-XXX
Schedule of Development Charges - Fire Protection Services
Single and Semi-
Detached Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
(per sq.m. of Gross
Floor Area)
Green Energy (per
500 kW nameplate
generating capacity
of Solar Energy
Developments)
Green Energy (per
wind turbine for
Wind Turbine
Developments)
Fire Protection Services
2,998
2,046
1,983
1,592
17.17
2,998
2,998
Service/Class of Service
RESIDENTIAL
NON-RESIDENTIAL
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E3. Parks and Recreation Services
The Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills
By-law No. 2024-XXX
A By-law to Establish a Development Charge for Parks and
Recreation Services
Whereas the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills (hereinafter
referred to as "the Council") anticipates that the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent
Hills (hereinafter called "the Municipality") will experience additional development,
including redevelopment throughout the Municipality in the next ten years and Council
further anticipates that this development will increase the need for services;
And Whereas Council desires to ensure that the capital cost of meeting growth-related
demands for or burden on municipal services does not place an excessive financial
burden on the Municipality or its existing taxpayers while at the same time ensuring new
taxpayers contribute no more than the net capital cost attributable to providing the
current level of municipal services;
And Whereas the Development Charges Act, 1997 (the "Act") provides that the council
of a municipality may by by-law impose development charges against land to pay for
increased capital costs required because of increased needs for services;
And Whereas a development charge background study has been completed in
accordance with the Act;
And Whereas the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills has
given notice of and held a public meeting on the 9th day of January, 2024 in accordance
with the Act and the regulations thereto;
NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT HILLS HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
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1. DEFINITION AND USES:
1.1. In this By-law, unless a contrary intention appears, a term has the same
meaning as that which exists in the Act or any Regulation made pursuant to
Section 68 of the Act, both as amended from time to time. ·
1.2. In this By-law:
lxxxi.
"Act" means the Development Charges Act, as amended, or any successor
thereof;
lxxxii.
"accessory use" means where used to describe a use, building, or structure
that the use, building or structure is naturally and normally incidental,
subordinate in purpose of floor area or both, and exclusively devoted to a
principal use, building or structure;
lxxxiii.
"apartment unit" means any residential unit within a building containing four
or more dwelling units where access to each residential unit is obtained
through a common entrance or entrances from the street level and the
residential units are connected by an interior corridor. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, an apartment unit includes a stacked townhouse dwelling unit.
lxxxiv.
"bedroom" means a habitable room larger than seven square metres,
including a den, study or other similar area, but does not include a
bathroom, living room, dining room or kitchen;
lxxxv.
"benefiting area" means an area defined by map, plan or legal description
in a front-ending agreement as an area that will receive a benefit from the
construction of a service;
lxxxvi.
"board of education" has the same meaning as set out in the Education
Act, R.S.O. 19990, Chap. E.2, as amended, or any successor thereof;
lxxxvii.
"capital cost" means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the
municipality or a local board thereof directly or by others on behalf of and
as authorized by the municipality or local board,
lxxxviii.
"capital cost" means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the
municipality or a local board thereof directly or by others on behalf of and
as authorized by the municipality or local board,
i. to acquire land or an interest in land, including a leasehold interest,
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ii. to improve land,
iii. to acquire, lease, construct or improve buildings and structures,
iv. to acquire, construct or improve facilities including,
1. furniture and equipment other than computer equipment, and
2. material acquired for circulation, reference or information
purposes by a library board within the meaning of the Public
Libraries Act;
v. rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or more;
and
vi. including interest on borrowing for those expenditures under
clauses i. to iv. above that are growth-related;
lxxxix.
"Council" means the Council of the municipality;
xc.
"Development" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
Buildings on land or the making of an addition or alteration to a Building
that has the effect of increasing the size thereof, and includes
Redevelopment;
xci.
"Development Charge" means a charge calculated in accordance with the
rules set out in the Development Charges Act, 1997 and imposed against
development in the Municipality as set out in this By-law;
xcii.
"duplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided horizontally
into two dwelling units;
xciii.
"Dwelling Unit" means one or more rooms used, designed or intended to
be used as a residence and which has exclusive use of culinary and or
sanitary facilities;
xciv.
"existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of the date this
by-law was passed;
xcv.
"Farm Building" means any part of a building which is not used for
residential purposes and which building is located on 3 or more hectares of
land and which building is used solely for farm and farm related activities
carried out on the same farm and includes barns, implement sheds,
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seasonal roadside stands and silos but does not include processing or year
round wholesale or retail facilities;
xcvi.
"Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or
structure at all exterior walls;
xcvii.
"Green Energy" means lands, buildings or structures that that are not of an
accessory use and that:
i. form, support or accommodate a system or utility used, designed or
intended to convert wind or solar energy into electricity and feed it
into the general power grid, and includes such systems or utilities
that are subject to the Green Energy Act or are participating or
intended to participate in the Independent Electricity System
Operator's Feed-In Tariff Program, or successor thereof, or similar
program; and
xcviii.
"Gross Floor Area" means the total floor area, measured between the
outside of exterior walls or between the outside of exterior walls and the
centre line of party walls dividing the building from another building, of all
floors above the average level of finished ground adjoining the building at
its exterior walls;
xcix.
"industrial" means lands, buildings or structures used or designed or
intended for use for manufacturing, processing, fabricating or assembly of
raw goods, warehousing or bulk storage of goods, and includes office uses
and the sale of commodities to the general public where such uses are
accessory to an industrial use, but does not include the sale of
commodities to the general public through a warehouse club or self-storage
facilities;
c.
"institutional development" means development of a building or structure
intended for use,
i. as a long-term care home within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of
the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007;
ii. as a retirement home within the meaning of subsection 2(2) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010;
iii. by any of the following post-secondary institutions for the objects of
the institutions:
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1. a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular and
ongoing operating funding from the Government of Ontario
2. A college or university federated or affiliated with a university
described in subclause 1.19.3.2; or
3. An Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of
section 6 of the Indigenous Institutes Act, 2017
iv. as a memorial home, clubhouse or athletic grounds by an Ontario
branch of the Royal Canadian Legion; or
v. as a hospice to provide end of life care
ci.
"Local Board" means a school board, public utility, commission,
transportation commission, public library board, board of park
management, local board of health, board of commissioners of police,
planning board, or any other board, commission, committee, body or local
authority established or exercising any power or authority under any
general or special Act with respect to any of the affairs or purposes,
including school purposes, of the Municipality of Trent Hills or any part or
parts thereof;
cii.
"local services" means those services, facilities or things which are under
the jurisdiction of the municipality and are related to a plan of subdivision or
within the area to which the plan relates in respect of the lands under
Sections 41, 51 or 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 19990, Chap. P.13, as
amended, or any successor thereof;
ciii.
"multiple dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached, semi-
detached, stacked townhouse, and apartment unit dwellings
civ.
"non-residential development" means development other than residential
development as defined herein, and includes development for commercial,
farm, industrial and institutional uses;
cv.
"Owner" means the owner(s) of land, or a person who has made
application for an approval for the development of land upon which a
Development Charge is imposed;
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cvi.
"Place of Worship," means that part of a building or structure that is exempt
from taxation as a place of worship under the Assessment Act, R.5.0.,
1990, as amended;
cvii.
"rate" means the interest rate established weekly by the Bank of Canada
based on Treasury Bills having a term of 91 days;
cviii.
"Redevelopment" means the construction, erection or placing of one or
more Buildings on land where all or part of a Building on such land has
previously been demolished, or changing the use of all or part of a
Building from a Residential purpose to a Non-residential purpose or from a
Non-residential purpose to a Residential purpose, or changing all or part
of a Building from one form of Residential Development to another form of
Residential Development or from one form of Non-residential
Development to another form of Non-residential Development;
cix.
"Rental Housing Development" means development of a building or
structure with four or more residential units all of which are intended for
use as rented residential premises;
cx.
"regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act
cxi.
"residential" means designed, adopted or used as a home or residence of
one or more individuals who reside or dwell there permanently or
seasonally and includes single detached dwellings, semi-detached
dwellings, row dwellings, duplex dwellings, triplex dwellings, apartment
buildings, and seasonal dwellings;
cxii.
"row dwelling" means a residential building containing not less than three
units with each unit separated by a common or party wall or walls with a
separate outside entrance to each unit;
cxiii.
"seasonal dwelling" means a single detached dwelling occupied on a non-
permanent basis, the owner(s), occupant(s), having another permanent
address, but does not include nursing homes, hotels, motels, tourist
homes, bed & breakfast establishments, student residences, barracks, or
any other development of an institutional nature and included in the
Municipality's Zoning By-law as a non-residential use;
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cxiv.
"semi-detached dwelling" means a residential building that is divided
vertically into two or more dwelling units, each dwelling unit having one or
two vertical walls, but no other parts attached to another structure;
cxv.
"service" means a service designed in Section 3 of this By-law, and
"services" shall have a corresponding meaning;
cxvi.
"single detached dwelling" means a residential building consisting of one
dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
cxvii.
"stacked townhouse" means a building, other than a duplex, row dwelling,
or back-to-back townhouse, containing at least 3 dwelling units; each
dwelling unit separated from the other vertically and/or horizontally and
each dwelling unit having a separate entrance to grade;
cxviii.
"triplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided into three
dwelling units;
cxix.
Use" means occupation and utilization for a particular purpose, practice or
benefit; and
cxx.
"Wind Turbine" means a rotary engine that extracts energy from the flow of
wind, converts it to mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate,
and further converts it to electrical energy through an electrical generator.
2. DESIGNATION OF SERVICES
2.1. The category of services for which development charges are imposed under this
By-law is Parks and Recreation Services
3. APPLICATION OF BY-LAW RULES
3.1. Development charges shall be payable in the amounts set out in this By-law
where:
i.
the lands are located in the area described in section 3.2; and
ii.
the development of the lands requires any of the approvals set out in
subsection 3.4.
Area to Which By-law Applies
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3.2. Pursuant to Section 2(7) of the Act, this By-law applies to all lands within the
geographic limits of the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills, whether or
not the land or use is exempt from taxation under Section 13 of the Assessment
Act, R.5.0., 1990.
3.3. Notwithstanding clause 3.2 above, this by-law shall not apply to lands that are
owned by and used for the purposes of:
i.
the municipality or a local board thereof;
ii.
a board of education;
iii.
the Corporation of the County of Northumberland or a local board thereof; or
iv.
Landed vested in or leased to a university that receives regular and ongoing
operating funds from the government for the purposes of post-secondary
education if the development is intended to be occupied and used by the
university.
Approvals for Development
3.4. Development charges shall be imposed on all lands, buildings or structures that
are developed for residential or non-residential uses if the development requires:
i.
the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment to a zoning by-law under
section 34 of the Planning Act;
ii.
the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning Act;
iii.
a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under subsection 50(7) of
the Planning Act applies;
iv.
the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the Planning Act;
v.
a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act;
vi.
the approval of a description under section 50 of the Condominium Act,
R.S.O. 1990, Chap. C.26, as amended, or any successor thereof; or
vii. the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act in relation to a building
or structure
3.5. No more than one development charge for each service designated in
subsection 2.1 shall be imposed upon any lands, buildings or structures to which
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this By-law applies even though two or more of the actions described in
subsection 3.4 are required before the lands, buildings or structures can be
developed
3.6. Despite subsection 3.5, if two or more of the actions described in subsection 3.4
occur at different times, additional development charges shall be imposed if the
subsequent action has the effect or increasing the need for services
Exemptions
3.7. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not be
imposed with respect to:
i.
an enlargement to an existing dwelling unit;
ii.
a second residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached
house or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than
ancillary residential use, is permitted, if all buildings and structures ancillary
to the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
cumulatively contain no more than one residential unit.;
iii.
a third residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached house
or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than
ancillary residential use, is permitted, if no building or structure ancillary to
the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse contains
any residential units;
iv.
one residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to an existing detached
house, semi-detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of urban residential
land, if the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
contains no more than two residential units and no other building or
structure ancillary to the existing detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse contains any residential units; or
v.
in an existing rental residential building, which contains four or more
residential units, the creation of the greater of one residential unit or one per
cent of the existing residential units.
3.8. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not be
imposed with respect to the creation of additional dwelling units in proposed new
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residential buildings, including structures ancillary to dwellings, subject to the
following restrictions:
i.
A second residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than ancillary
residential use, is permitted, if all buildings and structures ancillary to the
new detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse cumulatively will
contain no more than one residential unit;
ii.
A third residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than ancillary
residential use, is permitted, if no building or structure ancillary to the new
detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse contains any residential
units; or
iii.
One residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to a new detached
house, semi-detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of urban residential
land, if the new detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
contains no more than two residential units and no other building or
structure ancillary to the new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse contains any residential units.
Exemption for Industrial Development:
3.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, no development charge is
payable with respect to an enlargement of the gross floor area of an existing
industrial building where the gross floor area is enlarged by 50 percent or less.
3.10. If the gross floor area of an existing industrial building is enlarged by greater
than 50 percent, the amount of the development charge payable in respect of
the enlargement is the amount of the development charge that would otherwise
be payable multiplied by the fraction determined as follows:
i.
notwithstanding section 3.10, if the gross floor area is enlarged by more than
50 percent (50%), development charges shall be payable and collected and
the amount payable shall be calculated in accordance with s.4(3) of the Act.
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3.11. For the purpose of sections 3.9 and 3.10 herein, "existing industrial building"
is used as defined in the Regulation made pursuant to the Act.
3.12. The exemption for an existing industrial building provided by sections 3.9 and
3.10 shall be applied to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor area
before the first enlargement for which an exemption from the payment of
development charges was granted pursuant to this by-law or its predecessor.
Other Exemptions
3.13. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not
be imposed with respect to:
i.
Non-profit housing development;
ii.
Residential units that are affordable housing units required to be included in
a development or redevelopment pursuant to a by-law passed under section
34 of the Planning Act to give effect to the policies described in subsection
16 (4) of that Act;
iii.
Buildings or structure used as farm buildings;
iv.
Buildings or structures to be used as hospitals as governed by the Public
Hospitals Act, R.S.O., 1900; and
v.
Solar Energy Projects with a nameplate generating capacity less that 100
kilowatts
Other Reductions
3.14. Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, development charges for
rental housing development shall be reduced in accordance with the following:
i.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises with three or more bedrooms shall be reduced by 25
per cent;
ii.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises with two bedrooms shall be reduced by 20 per cent;
and
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iii.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises not referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 shall be reduced by
15 per cent.
4. AMOUNT OF CHARGES
Residential
4.1. The development charges set out in Schedule A shall be imposed on residential
uses of lands, buildings or structures, including a dwelling unit accessory to a
non-residential use and, in the case of a mixed-use building or structure, on the
residential uses in the mixed-use building or structure, according to the type of
residential unit, and calculated with respect to each of the services according to
the type of residential use.
Non-Residential
4.2. The development charges described in Schedule A to this by-law shall be
imposed on non-residential uses of lands, buildings or structures, and, in the
case of a mixed-use building or structure, on the non-residential uses in the
mixed-use building or structure and calculated with respect to each of the
services according to the gross floor area of the non-residential use.
4.3. The development charges described in Schedule A to this by-law shall be
imposed on non-residential Green Energy uses of lands, with respect to the
number of wind turbines for Wind Turbine developments and the kilowatts of
nameplate generating capacity for Solar Energy developments.
Reduction of Development Charges for Redevelopment
4.4. Despite any other provisions of this By-law, where, as a result of the
redevelopment of land, a building or structure existing on the same land within
24 months prior to the date of payment of development charges in regard to
such redevelopment was, or is to be demolished, in whole or in part, or
converted from one principal use to another principal use on the same land, in
order to facilitate the redevelopment, the development charges otherwise
payable with respect to such redevelopment shall be reduced by the following
amounts:
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i.
in the case of a residential building or structure, or in the case of a mixed-
use building or structure, the residential uses in the mixed-use building or
structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable development
charge under subsection 4.1 by the number, according to type, of dwelling
units that have been or will be demolished or converted to another principal
use; and
ii.
in the case of a non-residential building or structure or, in the case of mixed-
use building or structure, the non-residential uses in the mixed-use building
or structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable
development charges under subsection 4.2, by the gross floor area that has
been or will be demolished or converted to another principal use;
provided that such amounts shall not exceed, in total, the amount of the
development charges otherwise payable with respect to the redevelopment.
4.5. Notwithstanding section 4.4 the replacement of a building destroyed by fire or
similar unintended action shall be exempt from payment of a Development
Charge so long as the replacement occurs within five (5) years and the
replacement is for the same number of residential units or for a non-residential
building of the same floor area. Additional residential units or non-residential
floor area shall be subject to the normal provisions of this by-law.
Time of Payment of Development Charges
4.6. Development charges imposed under this By-law are calculated, payable, and
collected upon issuance of a building permit for the development.
4.7. Despite Section 4.6, Council from time to time, and at any time, may enter into
agreements providing for all or any part of a development charge to be paid
before or after it would otherwise be payable, in accordance with section 27 of
the Act.
4.8. Notwithstanding Sections 4.6 and 4.7, development charges for rental housing
and institutional developments are due and payable in 6 installments
commencing with the first installment payable on the date of occupancy, and
each subsequent installment, including interest, payable on the anniversary date
each year thereafter.
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4.9. Where the development of land results from the approval of a Site Plan or
Zoning By-law Amendment received on or after January 1, 2020, and the
approval of the application occurred within 2 years of building permit issuance,
the Development Charges under Section 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 may be calculated on
the rates set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the planning application,
including interest. Where both planning applications apply, Development
Charges under Sections 4.1,4.2 and 4.3 may be calculated on the rates,
including interest, set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the later planning
application.
4.10. Interest for the purposes of Sections 4.8 and 4.9 shall be determined as the
base rate plus 1%
i.
The base rate shall be equal to the average prime rate on:
1. October 15 of the previous year, if the adjustment date is January 1,
2. January 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is April 1,
3. April 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is July 1, and
4. July 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is October 1.
4.11. The average prime rate, on a particular date means, the mean, rounded to
the nearest hundredth of a percentage point, of the annual rates of interest
announced by each of the Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the Bank of Montreal and The Toronto-
Dominion Bank to be its prime or reference rate of interest in effect on that date
for determining interest rates on Canadian dollar commercial loans by that bank
in Canada.
Credits
4.12. Credit for previous Development Charge Payments and lot levies credit shall
be applied to the Development Charge calculated in Subsections 4.1, 4.2, and
4.3 above for any previous Development Charge or lot levy payment. The onus
shall be upon the owner/applicant to provide proof of earlier payments.
5. PAYMENT BY SERVICES
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5.1. Despite the payment required under subsections 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3, Council may,
by agreement, give a credit towards a development charge in exchange for work
that relates to a service to which a development charge relates under this By-law
6. INDEXING
6.1. Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted
annually, without amendment to this By-law, on February 13th of each year, in
accordance with the prescribed index in the Act.
7. SCHEDULES
7.1. The following schedules shall form part of this By-law:
i.
Schedule A -
Residential and Non-Residential Development Charges -
Parks and Recreation Services
8. CONFLICTS
8.1. Where the Municipality and an owner or former owner have entered into an
agreement with respect to land within the area to which this By-law applies, and
a conflict exists between the provisions of this By-law and such agreement, the
provisions of the agreement shall prevail to the extent that there is a conflict.
8.2. Notwithstanding section 8.1, where a development which is the subject of an
agreement to which section 8.1 applies, is subsequently the subject of one or
more of the actions described in subsection 3.4, an additional development
charge in respect of the development permitted by the action shall be calculated,
payable and collected in accordance with the provisions of this By-law if the
development has the effect of increasing the need for services, unless such
agreement provides otherwise.
9. BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE
9.1. Where Development Charges apply to land in relation to which a building permit
is required, unless an agreement is entered into pursuant to subsection 4.7
above, the building permit shall not be issued until the Development Charge has
been paid in full.
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10. REFUNDS
10.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Development Charge is paid at the time a
building permit is issued and no building proceeds pursuant to the said permit
and the building permit has expired, the registered owner may apply to the
Treasurer of the Municipality for a refund of the Development Charge paid at the
time the building permit was issued within one year of payment to the
Municipality provided the building permit is surrendered with the said refund
application, if not already surrendered.
11. SEVERABILITY
11.1. If, for any reason, any provision of this By-law is held to be invalid, it is hereby
declared to be the intention of Council that all the remainder of this By-law shall
continue in full force and effect until repealed, re-enacted, amended, or modified.
12. DATE BY-LAW IN FORCE
12.1. This By-law shall come into effect at 12:01AM on February 13, 2024.
12.2. This By-law will expire at 12:01 AM on February 13, 2033 unless it is repealed
by Council at an earlier date.
PASSED THIS 13th day of February, 2024
___________________
Mayor
___________________
Clerk
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Schedule A to By-law 2024-XXX
Schedule of Development Charges - Parks and Recreation Services
Single and Semi-
Detached Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
(per sq.m. of Gross
Floor Area)
Green Energy (per
500 kW nameplate
generating capacity
of Solar Energy
Developments)
Green Energy (per
wind turbine for
Wind Turbine
Developments)
Parks and Recreation Services
16,443
11,223
10,877
8,732
15.69
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-
Service/Class of Service
RESIDENTIAL
NON-RESIDENTIAL
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E4. Library Services
The Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills
By-law No. 2024-XXX
A By-law to Establish a Development Charge for Library
Services
Whereas the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills (hereinafter
referred to as "the Council") anticipates that the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent
Hills (hereinafter called "the Municipality") will experience additional development,
including redevelopment throughout the Municipality in the next ten years and Council
further anticipates that this development will increase the need for services;
And Whereas Council desires to ensure that the capital cost of meeting growth-related
demands for or burden on municipal services does not place an excessive financial
burden on the Municipality or its existing taxpayers while at the same time ensuring new
taxpayers contribute no more than the net capital cost attributable to providing the
current level of municipal services;
And Whereas the Development Charges Act, 1997 (the "Act") provides that the council
of a municipality may by by-law impose development charges against land to pay for
increased capital costs required because of increased needs for services;
And Whereas a development charge background study has been completed in
accordance with the Act;
And Whereas the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills has
given notice of and held a public meeting on the 9th day of January, 2024 in accordance
with the Act and the regulations thereto;
NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT HILLS HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
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1. DEFINITION AND USES:
1.1. In this By-law, unless a contrary intention appears, a term has the same
meaning as that which exists in the Act or any Regulation made pursuant to
Section 68 of the Act, both as amended from time to time. ·
1.2. In this By-law:
cxxi.
"Act" means the Development Charges Act, as amended, or any successor
thereof;
cxxii.
"accessory use" means where used to describe a use, building, or structure
that the use, building or structure is naturally and normally incidental,
subordinate in purpose of floor area or both, and exclusively devoted to a
principal use, building or structure;
cxxiii.
"apartment unit" means any residential unit within a building containing four
or more dwelling units where access to each residential unit is obtained
through a common entrance or entrances from the street level and the
residential units are connected by an interior corridor. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, an apartment unit includes a stacked townhouse dwelling unit.
cxxiv.
"bedroom" means a habitable room larger than seven square metres,
including a den, study or other similar area, but does not include a
bathroom, living room, dining room or kitchen;
cxxv.
"benefiting area" means an area defined by map, plan or legal description
in a front-ending agreement as an area that will receive a benefit from the
construction of a service;
cxxvi.
"board of education" has the same meaning as set out in the Education
Act, R.S.O. 19990, Chap. E.2, as amended, or any successor thereof;
cxxvii.
"capital cost" means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the
municipality or a local board thereof directly or by others on behalf of and
as authorized by the municipality or local board,
cxxviii.
"capital cost" means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the
municipality or a local board thereof directly or by others on behalf of and
as authorized by the municipality or local board,
i. to acquire land or an interest in land, including a leasehold interest,
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ii. to improve land,
iii. to acquire, lease, construct or improve buildings and structures,
iv. to acquire, construct or improve facilities including,
1. furniture and equipment other than computer equipment, and
2. material acquired for circulation, reference or information
purposes by a library board within the meaning of the Public
Libraries Act;
v. rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or more;
and
vi. including interest on borrowing for those expenditures under
clauses i. to iv. above that are growth-related;
cxxix.
"Council" means the Council of the municipality;
cxxx.
"Development" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
Buildings on land or the making of an addition or alteration to a Building
that has the effect of increasing the size thereof, and includes
Redevelopment;
cxxxi.
"Development Charge" means a charge calculated in accordance with the
rules set out in the Development Charges Act, 1997 and imposed against
development in the Municipality as set out in this By-law;
cxxxii.
"duplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided horizontally
into two dwelling units;
cxxxiii.
"Dwelling Unit" means one or more rooms used, designed or intended to
be used as a residence and which has exclusive use of culinary and or
sanitary facilities;
cxxxiv.
"existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of the date this
by-law was passed;
cxxxv.
"Farm Building" means any part of a building which is not used for
residential purposes and which building is located on 3 or more hectares of
land and which building is used solely for farm and farm related activities
carried out on the same farm and includes barns, implement sheds,
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seasonal roadside stands and silos but does not include processing or year
round wholesale or retail facilities;
cxxxvi.
"Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or
structure at all exterior walls;
cxxxvii.
"Green Energy" means lands, buildings or structures that that are not of an
accessory use and that:
i. form, support or accommodate a system or utility used, designed or
intended to convert wind or solar energy into electricity and feed it
into the general power grid, and includes such systems or utilities
that are subject to the Green Energy Act or are participating or
intended to participate in the Independent Electricity System
Operator's Feed-In Tariff Program, or successor thereof, or similar
program; and
cxxxviii.
"Gross Floor Area" means the total floor area, measured between the
outside of exterior walls or between the outside of exterior walls and the
centre line of party walls dividing the building from another building, of all
floors above the average level of finished ground adjoining the building at
its exterior walls;
cxxxix.
"industrial" means lands, buildings or structures used or designed or
intended for use for manufacturing, processing, fabricating or assembly of
raw goods, warehousing or bulk storage of goods, and includes office uses
and the sale of commodities to the general public where such uses are
accessory to an industrial use, but does not include the sale of
commodities to the general public through a warehouse club or self-storage
facilities;
cxl.
"institutional development" means development of a building or structure
intended for use,
i. as a long-term care home within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of
the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007;
ii. as a retirement home within the meaning of subsection 2(2) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010;
iii. by any of the following post-secondary institutions for the objects of
the institutions:
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1. a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular and
ongoing operating funding from the Government of Ontario
2. A college or university federated or affiliated with a university
described in subclause 1.19.3.2; or
3. An Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of
section 6 of the Indigenous Institutes Act, 2017
iv. as a memorial home, clubhouse or athletic grounds by an Ontario
branch of the Royal Canadian Legion; or
v. as a hospice to provide end of life care
cxli.
"Local Board" means a school board, public utility, commission,
transportation commission, public library board, board of park
management, local board of health, board of commissioners of police,
planning board, or any other board, commission, committee, body or local
authority established or exercising any power or authority under any
general or special Act with respect to any of the affairs or purposes,
including school purposes, of the Municipality of Trent Hills or any part or
parts thereof;
cxlii.
"local services" means those services, facilities or things which are under
the jurisdiction of the municipality and are related to a plan of subdivision or
within the area to which the plan relates in respect of the lands under
Sections 41, 51 or 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 19990, Chap. P.13, as
amended, or any successor thereof;
cxliii.
"multiple dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached, semi-
detached, stacked townhouse, and apartment unit dwellings
cxliv.
"non-residential development" means development other than residential
development as defined herein, and includes development for commercial,
farm, industrial and institutional uses;
cxlv.
"Owner" means the owner(s) of land, or a person who has made
application for an approval for the development of land upon which a
Development Charge is imposed;
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cxlvi.
"Place of Worship," means that part of a building or structure that is exempt
from taxation as a place of worship under the Assessment Act, R.5.0.,
1990, as amended;
cxlvii.
"rate" means the interest rate established weekly by the Bank of Canada
based on Treasury Bills having a term of 91 days;
cxlviii.
"Redevelopment" means the construction, erection or placing of one or
more Buildings on land where all or part of a Building on such land has
previously been demolished, or changing the use of all or part of a
Building from a Residential purpose to a Non-residential purpose or from a
Non-residential purpose to a Residential purpose, or changing all or part
of a Building from one form of Residential Development to another form of
Residential Development or from one form of Non-residential
Development to another form of Non-residential Development;
cxlix.
"Rental Housing Development" means development of a building or
structure with four or more residential units all of which are intended for
use as rented residential premises;
cl.
"regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act
cli.
"residential" means designed, adopted or used as a home or residence of
one or more individuals who reside or dwell there permanently or
seasonally and includes single detached dwellings, semi-detached
dwellings, row dwellings, duplex dwellings, triplex dwellings, apartment
buildings, and seasonal dwellings;
clii.
"row dwelling" means a residential building containing not less than three
units with each unit separated by a common or party wall or walls with a
separate outside entrance to each unit;
cliii.
"seasonal dwelling" means a single detached dwelling occupied on a non-
permanent basis, the owner(s), occupant(s), having another permanent
address, but does not include nursing homes, hotels, motels, tourist
homes, bed & breakfast establishments, student residences, barracks, or
any other development of an institutional nature and included in the
Municipality's Zoning By-law as a non-residential use;
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cliv.
"semi-detached dwelling" means a residential building that is divided
vertically into two or more dwelling units, each dwelling unit having one or
two vertical walls, but no other parts attached to another structure;
clv.
"service" means a service designed in Section 3 of this By-law, and
"services" shall have a corresponding meaning;
clvi.
"single detached dwelling" means a residential building consisting of one
dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
clvii.
"stacked townhouse" means a building, other than a duplex, row dwelling,
or back-to-back townhouse, containing at least 3 dwelling units; each
dwelling unit separated from the other vertically and/or horizontally and
each dwelling unit having a separate entrance to grade;
clviii.
"triplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided into three
dwelling units;
clix.
Use" means occupation and utilization for a particular purpose, practice or
benefit; and
clx.
"Wind Turbine" means a rotary engine that extracts energy from the flow of
wind, converts it to mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate,
and further converts it to electrical energy through an electrical generator.
2. DESIGNATION OF SERVICES
2.1. The category of services for which development charges are imposed under this
By-law is Library Service
3. APPLICATION OF BY-LAW RULES
3.1. Development charges shall be payable in the amounts set out in this By-law
where:
i.
the lands are located in the area described in section 3.2; and
ii.
the development of the lands requires any of the approvals set out in
subsection 3.4.
Area to Which By-law Applies
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3.2. Pursuant to Section 2(7) of the Act, this By-law applies to all lands within the
geographic limits of the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Hills, whether or
not the land or use is exempt from taxation under Section 13 of the Assessment
Act, R.5.0., 1990.
3.3. Notwithstanding clause 3.2 above, this by-law shall not apply to lands that are
owned by and used for the purposes of:
i.
the municipality or a local board thereof;
ii.
a board of education;
iii.
the Corporation of the County of Northumberland or a local board thereof; or
iv.
Landed vested in or leased to a university that receives regular and ongoing
operating funds from the government for the purposes of post-secondary
education if the development is intended to be occupied and used by the
university.
Approvals for Development
3.4. Development charges shall be imposed on all lands, buildings or structures that
are developed for residential or non-residential uses if the development requires:
i.
the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment to a zoning by-law under
section 34 of the Planning Act;
ii.
the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning Act;
iii.
a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under subsection 50(7) of
the Planning Act applies;
iv.
the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the Planning Act;
v.
a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act;
vi.
the approval of a description under section 50 of the Condominium Act,
R.S.O. 1990, Chap. C.26, as amended, or any successor thereof; or
vii. the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act in relation to a building
or structure
3.5. No more than one development charge for each service designated in
subsection 2.1 shall be imposed upon any lands, buildings or structures to which
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this By-law applies even though two or more of the actions described in
subsection 3.4 are required before the lands, buildings or structures can be
developed
3.6. Despite subsection 3.5, if two or more of the actions described in subsection 3.4
occur at different times, additional development charges shall be imposed if the
subsequent action has the effect or increasing the need for services
Exemptions
3.7. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not be
imposed with respect to:
i.
an enlargement to an existing dwelling unit;
ii.
a second residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached
house or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than
ancillary residential use, is permitted, if all buildings and structures ancillary
to the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
cumulatively contain no more than one residential unit.;
iii.
a third residential unit in an existing detached house, semi-detached house
or rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than
ancillary residential use, is permitted, if no building or structure ancillary to
the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse contains
any residential units;
iv.
one residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to an existing detached
house, semi-detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of urban residential
land, if the existing detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
contains no more than two residential units and no other building or
structure ancillary to the existing detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse contains any residential units; or
v.
in an existing rental residential building, which contains four or more
residential units, the creation of the greater of one residential unit or one per
cent of the existing residential units.
3.8. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not be
imposed with respect to the creation of additional dwelling units in proposed new
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residential buildings, including structures ancillary to dwellings, subject to the
following restrictions:
i.
A second residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than ancillary
residential use, is permitted, if all buildings and structures ancillary to the
new detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse cumulatively will
contain no more than one residential unit;
ii.
A third residential unit in a new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse on a parcel of land on which residential use, other than ancillary
residential use, is permitted, if no building or structure ancillary to the new
detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse contains any residential
units; or
iii.
One residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to a new detached
house, semi-detached house or rowhouse on a parcel of urban residential
land, if the new detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse
contains no more than two residential units and no other building or
structure ancillary to the new detached house, semi-detached house or
rowhouse contains any residential units.
Exemption for Industrial Development:
3.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, no development charge is
payable with respect to an enlargement of the gross floor area of an existing
industrial building where the gross floor area is enlarged by 50 percent or less.
3.10. If the gross floor area of an existing industrial building is enlarged by greater
than 50 percent, the amount of the development charge payable in respect of
the enlargement is the amount of the development charge that would otherwise
be payable multiplied by the fraction determined as follows:
i.
notwithstanding section 3.10, if the gross floor area is enlarged by more than
50 percent (50%), development charges shall be payable and collected and
the amount payable shall be calculated in accordance with s.4(3) of the Act.
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3.11. For the purpose of sections 3.9 and 3.10 herein, "existing industrial building"
is used as defined in the Regulation made pursuant to the Act.
3.12. The exemption for an existing industrial building provided by sections 3.9 and
3.10 shall be applied to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor area
before the first enlargement for which an exemption from the payment of
development charges was granted pursuant to this by-law or its predecessor.
Other Exemptions
3.13. Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not
be imposed with respect to:
i.
Non-profit housing development;
ii.
Residential units that are affordable housing units required to be included in
a development or redevelopment pursuant to a by-law passed under section
34 of the Planning Act to give effect to the policies described in subsection
16 (4) of that Act;
iii.
Buildings or structure used as farm buildings;
iv.
Buildings or structures to be used as hospitals as governed by the Public
Hospitals Act, R.S.O., 1900; and
v.
Solar Energy Projects with a nameplate generating capacity less that 100
kilowatts
Other Reductions
3.14. Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, development charges for
rental housing development shall be reduced in accordance with the following:
i.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises with three or more bedrooms shall be reduced by 25
per cent;
ii.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises with two bedrooms shall be reduced by 20 per cent;
and
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iii.
A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises not referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 shall be reduced by
15 per cent.
4. AMOUNT OF CHARGES
Residential
4.1. The development charges set out in Schedule A shall be imposed on residential
uses of lands, buildings or structures, including a dwelling unit accessory to a
non-residential use and, in the case of a mixed-use building or structure, on the
residential uses in the mixed-use building or structure, according to the type of
residential unit, and calculated with respect to each of the services according to
the type of residential use.
Non-Residential
4.2. The development charges described in Schedule A to this by-law shall be
imposed on non-residential uses of lands, buildings or structures, and, in the
case of a mixed-use building or structure, on the non-residential uses in the
mixed-use building or structure and calculated with respect to each of the
services according to the gross floor area of the non-residential use.
4.3. The development charges described in Schedule A to this by-law shall be
imposed on non-residential Green Energy uses of lands, with respect to the
number of wind turbines for Wind Turbine developments and the kilowatts of
nameplate generating capacity for Solar Energy developments.
Reduction of Development Charges for Redevelopment
4.4. Despite any other provisions of this By-law, where, as a result of the
redevelopment of land, a building or structure existing on the same land within
24 months prior to the date of payment of development charges in regard to
such redevelopment was, or is to be demolished, in whole or in part, or
converted from one principal use to another principal use on the same land, in
order to facilitate the redevelopment, the development charges otherwise
payable with respect to such redevelopment shall be reduced by the following
amounts:
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i.
in the case of a residential building or structure, or in the case of a mixed-
use building or structure, the residential uses in the mixed-use building or
structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable development
charge under subsection 4.1 by the number, according to type, of dwelling
units that have been or will be demolished or converted to another principal
use; and
ii.
in the case of a non-residential building or structure or, in the case of mixed-
use building or structure, the non-residential uses in the mixed-use building
or structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable
development charges under subsection 4.2, by the gross floor area that has
been or will be demolished or converted to another principal use;
provided that such amounts shall not exceed, in total, the amount of the
development charges otherwise payable with respect to the redevelopment.
4.5. Notwithstanding section 4.4 the replacement of a building destroyed by fire or
similar unintended action shall be exempt from payment of a Development
Charge so long as the replacement occurs within five (5) years and the
replacement is for the same number of residential units or for a non-residential
building of the same floor area. Additional residential units or non-residential
floor area shall be subject to the normal provisions of this by-law.
Time of Payment of Development Charges
4.6. Development charges imposed under this By-law are calculated, payable, and
collected upon issuance of a building permit for the development.
4.7. Despite Section 4.6, Council from time to time, and at any time, may enter into
agreements providing for all or any part of a development charge to be paid
before or after it would otherwise be payable, in accordance with section 27 of
the Act.
4.8. Notwithstanding Sections 4.6 and 4.7, development charges for rental housing
and institutional developments are due and payable in 6 installments
commencing with the first installment payable on the date of occupancy, and
each subsequent installment, including interest, payable on the anniversary date
each year thereafter.
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4.9. Where the development of land results from the approval of a Site Plan or
Zoning By-law Amendment received on or after January 1, 2020, and the
approval of the application occurred within 2 years of building permit issuance,
the Development Charges under Section 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 may be calculated on
the rates set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the planning application,
including interest. Where both planning applications apply, Development
Charges under Sections 4.1,4.2 and 4.3 may be calculated on the rates,
including interest, set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the later planning
application.
4.10. Interest for the purposes of Sections 4.8 and 4.9 shall be determined as the
base rate plus 1%
i.
The base rate shall be equal to the average prime rate on:
1. October 15 of the previous year, if the adjustment date is January 1,
2. January 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is April 1,
3. April 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is July 1, and
4. July 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is October 1.
4.11. The average prime rate, on a particular date means, the mean, rounded to
the nearest hundredth of a percentage point, of the annual rates of interest
announced by each of the Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the Bank of Montreal and The Toronto-
Dominion Bank to be its prime or reference rate of interest in effect on that date
for determining interest rates on Canadian dollar commercial loans by that bank
in Canada.
Credits
4.12. Credit for previous Development Charge Payments and lot levies credit shall
be applied to the Development Charge calculated in Subsections 4.1, 4.2, and
4.3 above for any previous Development Charge or lot levy payment. The onus
shall be upon the owner/applicant to provide proof of earlier payments.
5. PAYMENT BY SERVICES
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5.1. Despite the payment required under subsections 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3, Council may,
by agreement, give a credit towards a development charge in exchange for work
that relates to a service to which a development charge relates under this By-law
6. INDEXING
6.1. Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted
annually, without amendment to this By-law, on February 13th of each year, in
accordance with the prescribed index in the Act.
7. SCHEDULES
7.1. The following schedules shall form part of this By-law:
i.
Schedule A -
Residential and Non-Residential Development Charges -
Library Services
8. CONFLICTS
8.1. Where the Municipality and an owner or former owner have entered into an
agreement with respect to land within the area to which this By-law applies, and
a conflict exists between the provisions of this By-law and such agreement, the
provisions of the agreement shall prevail to the extent that there is a conflict.
8.2. Notwithstanding section 8.1, where a development which is the subject of an
agreement to which section 8.1 applies, is subsequently the subject of one or
more of the actions described in subsection 3.4, an additional development
charge in respect of the development permitted by the action shall be calculated,
payable and collected in accordance with the provisions of this By-law if the
development has the effect of increasing the need for services, unless such
agreement provides otherwise.
9. BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE
9.1. Where Development Charges apply to land in relation to which a building permit
is required, unless an agreement is entered into pursuant to subsection 4.7
above, the building permit shall not be issued until the Development Charge has
been paid in full.
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10. REFUNDS
10.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Development Charge is paid at the time a
building permit is issued and no building proceeds pursuant to the said permit
and the building permit has expired, the registered owner may apply to the
Treasurer of the Municipality for a refund of the Development Charge paid at the
time the building permit was issued within one year of payment to the
Municipality provided the building permit is surrendered with the said refund
application, if not already surrendered.
11. SEVERABILITY
11.1. If, for any reason, any provision of this By-law is held to be invalid, it is hereby
declared to be the intention of Council that all the remainder of this By-law shall
continue in full force and effect until repealed, re-enacted, amended, or modified.
12. DATE BY-LAW IN FORCE
12.1. This By-law shall come into effect at 12:01AM on February 13, 2024.
12.2. This By-law will expire at 12:01 AM on February 13, 2033 unless it is repealed
by Council at an earlier date.
PASSED THIS 13th day of February, 2024
___________________
Mayor
___________________
Clerk
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Schedule A to By-law 2024-XXX
Schedule of Development Charges - Library Services
Single and Semi-
Detached Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
(per sq.m. of Gross
Floor Area)
Green Energy (per
500 kW nameplate
generating capacity
of Solar Energy
Developments)
Green Energy (per
wind turbine for
Wind Turbine
Developments)
Library Services
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Service/Class of Service
RESIDENTIAL
NON-RESIDENTIAL
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Appendix F
Local Service Policy
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Appendix F: Local Service Policy
Some of the need for services generated by additional development consists of local
services related to a plan of subdivision. As such, they will be required as a condition of
subdivision agreements or consent conditions. The following local service guidelines
are proposed to delineate the jurisdiction for capital cost recovery (i.e., local service or
D.C.s).
1. Collector Roads
1.1
Collector and local roads internal or abutting development up to 10m
paved width plus two sidewalks and two lifts of asphalt - Direct developer
responsibility under s.59 of the D.C.A. (as a local service)
1.2
Roads (collector and arterial) external to development and oversizing of
collector roads internal to development - Include in D.C. calculation to the
extent permitted under s.5(1) of the D.C.A. (dependent on local
circumstances)
1.3
Stream crossing and rail crossing road works, excluding underground
utilities but including all other works within lands to be dedicated to the
Municipality or rail corridors - include in D.C. calculation to the extent
permitted under s.5(1) of the D.C.A. (dependent on local circumstances).
2. Traffic Signals
2.1
Traffic signalization within or external to development - Include in D.C
calculation to the extent permitted under s.5(1) of the D.C.A.
3. Intersection Improvements
3.1
New roads (collector and arterial) and road (collector and arterial)
improvements - Include as part of road costing noted in item 1, to limits of
ROW.
3.2
Intersections improvements within specific developments and all works
necessary to connect to entrances (private and specific subdivision) to the
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roadway - Direct developer responsibility under s.59 of D.C.A. (as a local
service).
3.3
Intersection improvements on other roads due to development growth
increasing traffic - Include in D.C. calculation.
4. Streetlights
4.1
Streetlights on external roads - Include in Municipal D.C. (linked to
collector road funding source in item 1).
4.2
Streetlights within specific developments - Direct developer responsibility
under s.59 of D.C.A. (as a local service).
5.
Sidewalks
5.1.
Sidewalks on Municipal roads - Linked to collector road funding source in
item 1.
5.2.
Other sidewalks external to development (which are a local service within
the area to which the plan relates) - Direct developer responsibility as a
local service provision (under s.59 of D.C.A.)
6. Bike Routes/Bike Lanes/Bike Paths/Multi-Use Trails/Naturalized Walkways
6.1.
Bike routes and bike lanes, within road allowance, external to
development - Include in D.C. road costs, consistent with the service
standard provisions of the D.C.A., s.5(1).
6.2.
Bike paths/multi-use trails/naturalized walkways external to development -
Include in Municipal D.C.s consistent with the service standard provisions
of the D.C.A., s.5(1).
6.3.
Bike lanes, within road allowance, internal to development - Direct
developer responsibility under s.59 of the D.C.A. (as a local service).
7. Noise Abatement Measures
7.1.
Internal to Development - Direct developer responsibility though local
service provisions (s.59 of D.C.A.).
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8. Traffic Control Systems
8.1.
Include in D.C. calculation.
9. Land Acquisition for Road Allowances
9.1.
Land Acquisition for arterial roads - Dedication under the Planning Act
subdivision provisions (s.51) through development lands; in areas with
limited or no development, include in Municipal D.C. (to the extent
eligible).
9.2.
Land Acquisition for collector roads - Dedication under the Planning Act
subdivision provision (s.51) through development lands (up to 27 metre
right-of-way); in areas with limited or no development, include in Municipal
D.C. (to the extent eligible).
9.3.
Land Acquisition for grade separations (beyond normal dedication
requirements) - Include in the Municipal D.C. to the extent eligible.
10.
Land Acquisition for Easements
10.1. Easement costs external to subdivisions shall be included in D.C.
calculation.
11. Storm Water Management
11.1. Quality and Quantity Works, direct developer responsibility through local
service provisions (s. 59 of D.C.A.).
11.2. Oversizing of stormwater management works for development external to
developments will be subject to best efforts clauses by Municipality.