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905-272-3600
February 2, 2024
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2024 Development Charges Background
Study
Municipality of Trent Lakes
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For Public Circulation and Comment
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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 for Everyone Act, 2022 (Bill 109) .......................... 1-3
1.3.2
More Homes Built Fast Act, 2022 (Bill 23) ................................. 1-4
2.
Current Municipality of Trent Lakes 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 Lakes ...................... 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
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
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4.8
Existing Reserve Funds .......................................................................... 4-7
4.9
Deductions .............................................................................................. 4-8
4.9.1
Reduction Required by Level of Service Ceiling ........................ 4-9
4.9.2
Reduction for Uncommitted Excess Capacity ............................ 4-9
4.9.3
Reduction for Benefit to Existing Development ........................ 4-10
4.9.4
Reduction for Anticipated Grants, Subsidies and Other
Contributions ............................................................................ 4-11
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 ................................................................................... 7-5
7.3.6
Timing of Collection ................................................................... 7-5
7.3.7
Indexing ..................................................................................... 7-5
7.3.8
D.C Spatial Applicability ............................................................. 7-6
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 .................................................................. 7-8
7.4.3
Minimum Interest Rate Paid on Refunds and Charged for
Inter-Reserve Fund Borrowing ................................................... 7-8
7.5
Other Recommendations ........................................................................ 7-8
8.
Asset Management Plan ................................................................................. 8-1
8.1
Introduction ............................................................................................. 8-1
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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 Long-Term Capital and Operating Cost Examination ...................... C-1
Appendix D Proposed D.C. By-laws ....................................................................... D-1
D1. Services Related to a Highway .................................................................. D-2
D2. Fire Protection Services ........................................................................... D-20
D3. Parks and Recreation Services ................................................................ D-38
D4. Library Services ....................................................................................... D-56
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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
sq.ft.
square feet
km
kilometer
Development
Charges Background
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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 Lakes (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 Lakes 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 since the Municipality last amended their
D.C. by-law in 2022 through Bill 109, Bill 23, Bill 97, and Bill 134. The following
provides a brief summary of the recent changes.
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);
- 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;
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- 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 Mach 5, 2024 with adoption of the by-law anticipated for April 2, 2024 in
advance of the expiry of the current by-law on April 16, 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
375
Residential Unit Increase
220
Non-Residential - Gross Floor
Area Increase (sq.m.)
17,001
Source: Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. forecast 2024.
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
municipal-wide 10-year forecast:
- Services related to a highway (including public 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
$44,975,700
Less: Benefit to Existing Development
$40,717,000
Less: Post Planning Period Benefit
$975,000
Less: Other Deductions
$0
Less: Grants, Subsidies and Other Contributions
$0
Less: Existing D.C. Reserve Funds
$797,900
Net Costs to be Recovered from Development Charges
$2,485,800
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Based on the information provided in the above table, the Municiaplity intends to
spend $45.0 million over the 10-year planning horizon. $2.5 million (5.5%) of the
$45.0 million is recoverable from D.C.s (including $0.8 million related to D.C.
reserve fund deficits). Of the net $2.5 million included in the calcualtion, $1.8
million is recoverable from residential development and $730,000 from non-
residential development. Additionally, it is important to highlight that any
exemptions or reductions in charges would further diminish this recovery.
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 $7,584.
The non-residential charge is $42.95 per sq.m. of building area. These rates
would be reduced by 20% during the first year of the by-law (i.e., $6,067 per
single detached unit and $34.36 per sq.m. of building area) as per the Bill 23
requirements to reduce the charge during the first four years of the by-law. The
calculated schedule of charges is presented in Table ES-3 and the charges that
would be imposed during the first year of the by-law are presented in Table ES-4.
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Table ES-3
Calculated Schedule of Development Charges
Table ES-4
Schedule of Development Charges (80% of maximum charge to be imposed in first year of by-law)
Single and
Semi-Detached
Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
Park Model
Trailers
(per sq.m. of
Gross Floor
Area)
Per 500kW
Nameplate
Generating
Capacity (Green
Energy
Developments)
Municipal Wide Services
Services Related to a Highway
5,130
4,351
4,276
2,492
2,492
31.38
5,130
Fire Protection Services
1,820
1,544
1,517
884
884
11.13
1,820
Parks and Recreation Services
579
491
483
281
0.41
Library Services
55
47
46
27
27
0.04
Total Municipal Wide Services
7,584
6,433
6,322
3,684
3,403
42.96
6,950
RESIDENTIAL ($)
Service
NON-RESIDENTIAL ($)
Single and
Semi-Detached
Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
Park Model
Trailers
(per sq.m. of
Gross Floor
Area)
Per 500kW
Nameplate
Generating
Capacity (Green
Energy
Developments)
Municipal Wide Services
Services Related to a Highway
4,104
3,481
3,421
1,994
1,994
25.10
4,104
Fire Protection Services
1,456
1,235
1,214
707
707
8.90
1,456
Parks and Recreation Services
463
393
386
225
-
0.33
-
Library Services
44
38
37
22
22
0.03
-
Total Municipal Wide Services
6,067
5,146
5,058
2,947
2,722
34.37
5,560
Service
RESIDENTIAL ($)
NON-RESIDENTIAL ($)
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7. Chapter 7 outlines the D.C. by-law(s) 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;
o Institutional churches;
o First 100 kW of generating capacity of a Wind Turbine System or
Photovoltaic Generating Installation]
o First 250 square meters of gross floor area of a new non-residential
building;
o Affordable housing; and
o Accessory uses.
- Redevelopment credits provided where building permit issuance occurs
within five years for conversion or demolitions of existing structures
- Charges to be inexed annually on the date the by-law(s) 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 D. 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 Lakes
(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 D).
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
December 2023
2. Data collection and staff interviews
December 2023 to
January 2024
3. Presentation of draft findings and D.C. policy discussion
with Municipal Staff
January 29, 2024
4. D.C. Background Study and draft D.C. by-law(s) available
to public
February 2, 2024
5. Presentation of draft findings and D.C. policies to Council
February 6, 2024
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Process Steps
Dates
6. Public Meeting of Council
March 5, 2024
7. D.C. By-law(s) passage (anticipated)
April 2, 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
Since the Municipality amended their D.C. by-law in 2022, changes to the D.C.
legislation have occurred through the following pieces of legislation.
- More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 (Bill 109);
- More Homes Built Fast Act, 2022 (Bill 23);
- The Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2022 (Bill 97); 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 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:
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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.
1.3.2 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.:
1.3.2.1 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.
- 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-
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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.
1.3.2.2 Removal of Housing as an Eligible D.C. Service
Housing services are removed as an eligible service. Municipalities with by-laws that
include a charge for housing services can no longer collect for this service.
1.3.2.3 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,
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.
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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.
1.3.2.4 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.
1.3.2.5 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.
1.3.2.6 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.
1.3.2.7 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.
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1.3.2.8 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.
1.3.2.9 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.
1.3.2.10 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.
1.3.2.11 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,
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
Lakes D.C. Policy
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2. Current Municipality of Trent Lakes D.C. Policy
2.1 By-law Enactment
The Municipality adopted by-law number B2019-041 on April 16, 2019, which provides
for Municipal-wide D.C.s to be imposed in the Municipality. By-law B2019-041 was
amended by by-law B2022-041 on April 5, 2022. By-law B2019-041 (as amended) will
expire on April 16, 2024. The following sections review the current D.C. policies within
by-law B2019-041 (as amended).
2.2 Services Covered
The following Municipal-wide services are included under by-law B2019-041 as
amended by by-law B2022-041:
- Roads and Related Services;
- Fire Services;
- Parks & Recreation Services;
- Library Services; and
- Growth-Related 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, 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 Lakes
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 five years prior to the date of
payment of the D.C.
2.6 Area to Which the By-law Applies and Exemptions
By-law B2019-041 (as amended) 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:
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)
Single and Semi-
Detached Dwelling
Multiples
Apartments
Excl.
Aggregate
Developments
Aggregate
Developments
Municipal Wide Services:
Roads and Related
3,764
2,660
1,635
11.48
42.84
3,764
Fire Services
1,280
905
556
3.76
14.57
1,280
Parks and Recreation
341
240
148
0.37
2.06
341
Library Services
81
57
36
0.10
0.49
81
Administration Studies
283
200
123
1.45
3.22
283
Municipal Parking
Total Municipal Wide Services
5,749
4,063
2,499
17.17
63.19
5,749
Service
RESIDENTIAL ($)
NON-RESIDENTIAL ($)
per sq.m. of Gross Floor Area
Per 500kW Nameplate
Generating Capacity
(Green Energy
Developments)
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o One additional unit or 1% of the units in an existing rental residential
building with four or more residential units
- Inclusionary Zoning Units;
- Non-Profit Housing;
- Universities; and
- Affordable Units and Attainable Units (will be in effect once proclamation occurs)
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;
- Public Hospitals;
- Institutional churches;
- First 100 kW of generating capacity of a Wind Turbine System or Photovoltaic
Generating Installation]
- First 250 square meters of gross floor area of a new non-residential building;
- Affordable housing; and
- Accessory uses.
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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 Lakes
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 2024 to 2034 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:
- County of Peterborough Official Plan, Adopted by Council June 29, 2022;
- County of Peterborough Growth Analysis Report, March 28, 2022, by Hemson
Consulting Ltd.;
- The Official Plan of the Township of Galway-Cavendish and Harvey, Including
Official Plan Amendment No. 46, August 22, 2013.
- Municipality of Trent Lakes 2019 Development Charges Background Study,
February 14, 2019, by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.;
- 2011, 2016 and 2021 population, household and employment Census data;
- Historical residential building permit data over the 2014 to 2023 period;
- Residential and non-residential supply opportunities as identified by Municipality
staff; and
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- Discussions with Municipal staff regarding anticipated residential and non-
residential development in the Municipality.
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, the permanent population in
the Municipality of Trent Lakes (excluding census undercount) is anticipated to reach
approximately 6,940 by mid-2034, resulting in an increase of approximately 300
persons over the 10-year forecast period. [1]The Municipality's seasonal population is
forecast to increase to 10,090 persons in 2034. The Municipality's total population
(permanent and seasonal population) is forecast to reach 17,030 by 2034.
[1] The population figures used in the calculation of the 2024 D.C. exclude the net
Census undercount, which is estimated at approximately 2.5%. 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 Lakes
Residential Growth Forecast Summary
[1] Population includes the Census undercount estimated at approximately 2.5% 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 Peterborough County Official Plan, Adopted by County Council June 29, 2022, and County of Peterborough Growth Analysis
Report, March 28, 2022, Hemson Consulting Ltd., by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Permanent
Population[1]
Institutional
Population
Permanent
Population
Excluding
Institutional[1]
Seasonal
Population
Total
Permanent and
Seasonal
Population
Singles &
Semi-
Detached
Multiples[2]
Apartments[3]
Other
Total
Households
Seasonal
Households
Total
Households
Including
Seasonal
Equivalent
Institutional
Households
Mid 2011
5,233
5,105
50
5,055
10,910
16,015
2,230
5
0
5
2,240
3,047
5,287
45
2.28
3.03
Mid 2016
5,533
5,397
57
5,340
11,435
16,832
2,425
10
10
0
2,445
3,194
5,639
52
2.21
2.98
Mid 2021
6,601
6,439
54
6,385
10,015
16,454
2,915
20
10
5
2,950
2,798
5,748
49
2.18
2.86
Mid 2024
6,804
6,637
56
6,581
10,015
16,652
3,007
20
10
5
3,042
2,798
5,840
51
2.18
2.85
Mid 2034
7,114
6,940
59
6,881
10,090
17,030
3,207
20
10
5
3,242
2,818
6,060
54
2.14
2.81
Mid 2011 - Mid 2016
299
292
7
285
525
817
195
5
10
-5
205
147
352
7
Mid 2016 - Mid 2021
1,068
1,042
-3
1,045
-1,420
-378
490
10
0
5
505
-396
109
-3
Mid 2021 - Mid 2024
203
198
2
196
0
198
92
0
0
0
92
0
92
2
Mid 2024 - Mid 2034
311
303
3
300
75
378
200
0
0
0
200
20
220
3
Forecast
Year
Historical
Excluding Census Undercount
Permanent
Person Per
Unit (P.P.U.)
Permanent +
Seasonal
Person Per
Unit (P.P.U.)
Permanent
Population
(Including
Census
Undercount)
Housing Units
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Figure 3-2
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Annual Housing Forecast [1]
[1] Growth forecast represents calendar year.
Source: Historical housing activity derived from Municipality of Trent Lakes building permit data, 2014 to 2023.
44
23
46
54
31
30
29
44
26
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Housing Units
Years
Historical
Low Density
Medium Density
High Density
Seasonal
Historical Average
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Provided below is a summary of the key assumptions and findings regarding the
Municipality of Trent Lakes D.C. growth forecast:
1. Unit Mix (Appendix A - Schedules 1 and 4)
- The housing unit mix for the Municipality was derived from a detailed
review of historical development activity (as per Schedule 4), as well as
active residential development applications and discussions with
Municipality staff regarding anticipated development trends for the
Municipality.
- Based on the above indicators, the 2024 to 2034 household growth
forecast for the Municipality is comprised of a unit mix of 91% low density
units (single detached and semi-detached, and 9% seasonal units.
2. Planning Period
- Short- and longer-term time horizons can be used 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.
3. Population in New Units (Appendix A - Schedules 2 and 3)
- The number of housing units to be constructed by 2034 in the Municipality
over the forecast period is presented in Table 3-1. Over the 2024 to 2034
forecast period, the Municipality is anticipated to average approximately
22 new permanent and seasonal housing units per year.
- Institutional population [1] is anticipated to increase by approximately 3
people between 2024 to 2034.
- Population in new units is derived from Schedules 2 and 3, 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.
[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.
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- Schedule 5a 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. Due to data limitations medium and high
density P.P.U. data was derived from Peterborough County which
includes the Municipality, and is outlined in Schedule 5b. 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 15-year average P.P.U.s by dwelling
type are as follows:
o Low density:
2.398
o Medium density:
2.034
o High density:
1.681
o Seasonal:
3.580
4. Existing Units and Population Change (Appendix A - Schedules 2 and 3)
- Existing households for mid-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 2).
- The change in average occupancy levels for existing housing units is
calculated in Schedules 2 and 3.[1] The forecast population change in
existing households over the 2024 to 2034 forecast period is forecast to
decline by approximately 180.
5. Employment (Appendix A - Schedules 7a and 7b)
- 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.
[1] 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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- 2016 employment data [1],[2] (place of work) for the Municipality is outlined
in Schedule 7a. The 2016 employment base is comprised of the following
sectors:
o 25 primary (3%)
o 320 work at home employment (44%);
o 53 industrial (7%);
o 298 commercial/population-related (41%); and
o 35 institutional (5%).
- The 2016 employment by usual place of work, including work at home, is
730. An additional 160 employees have been identified for the
Municipality 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 is anticipated to reach approximately 1,270 by mid-2034.
This represents an employment increase of approximately 230 for the
2024 to 2034 forecast period.
- Schedule 7b, 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
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.
[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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- Total employment for the Municipality (excluding work at home and
N.F.P.O.W. employment) is anticipated to reach approximately 640 by
mid-2034. This represents an employment increase of approximately 170
for the forecast period.
6. Non-Residential Sq.ft. Estimates (G.F.A.), Appendix A - Schedule 7b)
- Square footage estimates were calculated in Schedule 7b based on the
following employee density assumptions:
o 3,000 sq.ft. per employee for primary;
o 1,300 sq.ft. per employee for industrial;
o 510 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
183,000 sq.ft. over the forecast period.
- In terms of percentage growth, the 2024 to 2034 incremental G.F.A.
forecast by sector is broken down as follows:
o Primary - 3%
o industrial - 78%;
o commercial/population-related - 13%; and
o institutional - 5%.
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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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
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
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.
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 4-3
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. Existing reserve funds for Growth Related
Studies have not been included in the D.C. assessment as study costs are not longer
eligible for recovery under a D.C. by-law. Growth-Related Studies reserve funds should
be transferred to a general capital reserve and used for the same purposes as they
were collected.
Table 4-3
Municipality of Trent Lakes
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:
Service
2022 Year-End
Reserve Fund
Balance
2019-2023
Adjustment
2023 D.C.
Revenue
Adjusted
Balance
Services Related to a Highway
686,204
(100,962)
107,648
692,891
Fire Protection Services
38,358
(12,680)
26,233
51,911
Parks and Recreation Services
68,643
(58,617)
7,756
17,782
Library Services
32,232
-
3,050
35,282
Growth Related Studies
48,658
52,351
10,522
111,531
Total
874,095
(119,908)
155,209
909,396
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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."
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.
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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
- 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
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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
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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Chapter 5
D.C.-Eligible Cost Analysis by
Service
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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 301 km of roads, 711 bridges and culverts, 32 vehicles, and six facilities. This results
in a total level of investment of $10,955 per capita and employee on average over the
past 15-years. When applied against the 10-year anticipated growth (i.e., 375
population and 170 employment growth, not including institutional population but
including seasonal population), this results in a maximum D.C.-eligible amount of $6.0
million that could be included in the calculation of the charge.
To provide service for new development over the forecast period, there is a need for
capital projects totaling $21.4 million, which will focus on improving roads and providing
additional public works facility space. Out of the overall gross capital costs, $18.6
million has been deducted as cost that pertain to the benefits that existing development
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will receive. $1.7 million of the net D.C.-eligible capital costs is included in the
calculation of the charge after deducting $359,000 for benefits related to development
beyond the 10-year forecast period and $693,000 for D.C. reserve funds already
collected towards the future needs.
The net D.C. recoverable costs are then attributed 69% to residential development and
31% to non-residential development based on the share of population to employment
growth anticipated over the 10-year period (i.e., 375 population and 170 employment).
The D.C. recoverable costs are calculated in Table 5-1 for Services Related to a
Highway.
5.2.2 Fire Protection Services
Fire Protection Services in the Municipality are provided through four fire halls. Included
within these four fire halls are 25 vehicles and 224 items of equipment. This investment
in infrastructure equates to an average per capita and employee investment of $1,120
over the historical 2009 to 2023, period. The forecast growth of 545 persons and
employees over the next 10-year period result in a maximum D.C.-eligible amount that
could be included in the calculation of $610,000.
Capital needs to service this future growth include the fire share of the joint public works
and fire facilities that the Municipality is constructing over the forecast period. The total
capital program is estimated at $17.1 million from which $616,000 is deducted
recognizing that the capital projects benefit to growth outside the 10 year planning
horizon. Furthermore $15.8 million is deducted as a benefit to existing development in
the Municipality resulting in $610 thousand being eligible to be recovered from D.C.s
after deducting the existing reserve fund balance of $52,000.
These costs are then attributed, in the same manner as services Related to a Highway,
69% to residential development and 31% to non-residential development based on the
share of population to employment growth anticipated over the 10-year period. The
D.C. recoverable costs are calculated in Table 5-2 for Fire Protection Services.
5.2.3 Parks and Recreation Services
The Municipality currently provides Parks and Recreation Services through 42 acres of
parkland that contain 19 park amenities. Additionally, the Municipality operates six
recreation facilities, including storage and administration buildings. To assist in the
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maintenance of these assets and the provision of Parks and Recreation Services, the
Municipality utilizes eight vehicle and equipment items. Over the past 15-year years,
the investments in these assets equate to an average per capita level of service of
$556. Based on this level of investment and the anticipated growth in the 10-year
forecast period (i.e., net population growth of 375 persons), the maximum D.C.-eligible
amount that could be included in the calculation of the charges is $209 thousand.
The 10-year capital needs required to meet the needs of the anticipated development
total $6.5 million. $345,000 of these costs are for parks and recreation space in the 49
Depot Public Works facility and $6 million of the costs are to accommodate future needs
identified the Open Spaces Master Plan undertaken by the Municipality. Deducted from
the $6.5 million in estimated capital costs is $6.3 million to account for the benefit to
existing development and $18,000 for existing D.C. reserve funds collected towards the
future increase in need for service. The net D.C. recoverable costs included in the
calculation of the charge total $141,000.
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. The D.C. recoverable costs are calculated in Table
5-3 for Parks and Recreation Services.
5.2.4 Library Services
The Municipality currently provides Library Services through the use of two facilities with
a total of 3,049 sq.ft. of G.F.A. Library Services also provide a total of 21,009 collection
materials, E-Resource Subscriptions, and Database Subscriptions valued at $316.
These assets provide an average per capita level of service of $130 over the 15-year
historical period. When applied against the 10-year forecast population of 375, the
maximum D.C.-eligible cost that could be included in the charge is $48,800.
Future capital needs identified by the Municipality to service the growth include
additional collection materials and a provision for additional library facility space. The
materials and facility space provision over the 10-year forecast period have a total gross
capital cost of $48,800. The Municipality's library D.C. reserve fund is currently at a
balance of $35,300 resulting net D.C. recoverable costs of $13,500 being included in
the D.C. calculation.
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The D.C. recoverable costs are allocated to residential and non-residential on a
95%/5% split based as residents are the predominant users of Library Services. The
D.C. recoverable costs are calculated in Table 5-4 for Library Services.
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Table 5-1
Infrastructure Costs Covered in the D.C. Calculation - Services Related to a Highway
Less:
Potential D.C. Recoverable Cost
Proj. No.
Residential
Share
Non-
Residential
Share
2024 to 2033
69%
31%
New Facilities
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
49 Depot (PW Share)
2024
9,944,171
359,308
9,584,863
7,337,838
2,247,025
1,550,447
696,578
2
Buckhorn PW/Fire Facility (PW Share)
2024
3,865,467
3,865,467
3,865,467
-
-
-
3
Galway PW/Fire Facility (PW Share)
2028
729,333
729,333
729,333
-
-
-
4
Cavendish PW/Fire Facility (PW Share)
2026
1,458,667
1,458,667
1,458,667
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
Hard Top Road Improvement Plan
2024-2033
5,371,000
-
5,371,000
5,204,400
166,600
114,954
51,646
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Reserve Fund Adjustment
-
-
-
-
(692,891)
(478,095)
(214,796)
Total
21,368,638
359,308
21,009,330
18,595,705
-
1,720,734
1,187,307
533,428
Total
Increased Service Needs Attributable to
Anticipated Development
Timing (year)
Gross Capital
Cost Estimate
(2024$)
Post Period
Benefit
Net Capital
Cost
Benefit to
Existing
Development
Grants, Subsidies
and Other
Contributions
Attributable to New
Development
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Table 5-2
Infrastructure Costs Covered in the D.C. Calculation - Fire Protection Services
Less:
Potential D.C. Recoverable Cost
Proj. No.
Residential
Share
Non-
Residential
Share
2024 to 2033
69%
31%
1
Pumper Tanker (4)
2024-2033
2,480,000
69,117
2,410,883
2,327,600
83,283
57,465
25,818
2
Side-by-Side and Trailer
2024
55,000
10,930
44,070
30,900
13,170
9,087
4,083
3
Cargo/Transit Van - Unit 21
2024
100,000
45,353
54,647
-
54,647
37,707
16,941
4
Firefighter Equipment
2024-2033
126,500
57,371
69,129
-
69,129
47,699
21,430
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
New Facilities
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
Buckhorn PW/Fire Facility (Fire Share)
2024
6,134,533
185,537
5,948,997
5,759,491
189,506
130,759
58,747
6
Galway PW/Fire Facility (Fire Share)
2028
4,089,689
123,691
3,965,998
3,839,661
126,337
87,173
39,164
7
Cavendish PW/Fire Facility (Fire Share)
2026-2033
4,089,689
123,691
3,965,998
3,839,661
126,337
87,173
39,164
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Reserve Fund Adjustment
-
-
-
-
(51,911)
(35,818)
(16,092)
Total
17,075,411
615,690
16,459,721
15,797,312
-
610,498
421,244
189,254
Post Period
Benefit
Net Capital
Cost
Gross Capital
Cost
Estimate
(2024$)
Increased Service Needs Attributable to
Anticipated Development
Timing
(year)
Benefit to
Existing
Development
Grants, Subsidies
and Other
Contributions
Attributable to New
Development
Total
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Table 5-3
Infrastructure Costs Covered in the D.C. Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services
Proj. No.
Residential
Share
Non-
Residential
Share
2024 to 2033
95%
5%
1
Tractor
2024-2033
115,500
-
115,500
113,000
2,500
2,375
125
2
49 Depot (Dedicated Mechanic's Facility)
2024-2033
345,191
-
345,191
318,600
26,591
25,261
1,330
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Open Spaces Master Plan
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
Adam and Eve Rocks
2024-2033
8,400
-
8,400
8,200
200
190
10
4
Ode'Naang
2024-2033
607,800
-
607,800
594,700
13,100
12,445
655
5
Cavendish Community Centre
2024-2033
673,000
-
673,000
658,500
14,500
13,775
725
6
Sandy Beach Park
2024-2033
432,900
-
432,900
423,600
9,300
8,835
465
7
Trail Recommendations
2024-2033
4,300,100
-
4,300,100
4,207,400
92,700
88,065
4,635
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Reserve Fund Adjustment
-
-
-
-
(17,782)
(16,893)
(889)
Total
6,482,891
-
6,482,891
6,324,000
-
141,109
134,054
7,055
Gross Capital
Cost Estimate
(2024$)
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
Proj. No.
Residential
Share
Non-
Residential
Share
2024 to 2033
95%
5%
1
Provision for Library Collection Materials
2024-2033
17,051
-
17,051
-
17,051
16,199
853
2
Provision for Library Facility Space
2024-2033
31,703
-
31,703
-
31,703
30,117
1,585
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Reserve Fund Adjustment
-
-
-
-
(35,282)
(33,518)
(1,764)
Total
48,754
-
48,754
-
-
13,472
12,798
674
Net Capital
Cost
Benefit to
Existing
Development
Grants, Subsidies
and Other
Contributions
Attributable to
New Development
Gross
Capital Cost
Estimate
(2024$)
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
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 capita basis and is
based upon five forms of housing types (single and semi-detached, apartments 2+
bedrooms, apartment's bachelor and 1 bedroom, all other multiples, and park model
trailers). Furthermore, the charge for park model trailers does not apply to Parks and
Recreation Services. The non-residential D.C. has been calculated uniformly on a per
sq.m. of G.F.A. basis. Special care facilities such as retirement and nursing homes are
considered in the growth forecast as part of institutional development, and thus, they will
be subject to non-residential D.C. charges.
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.
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 one 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 to the charges (fully phased-in
and year one charges) proposed 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 one
calculated charges are $6,067 for a single detached residential dwelling unit, and
$34.36 per sq.m. of non-residential G.F.A. The year one residential charges for a single
detached dwelling unit represent a 6% increase (+$318) over the current charges of
$5,749 and the year one non-residential charges represent a 100% increase over the
current charges ($17.17 per sq.m. for non-aggregate development)1.
1 The Municipality current imposes lower non-residential charges for non-aggregate
developments (See Table 2-1)
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Table 6-1
Municipal-Wide Services D.C. Calculation
2024-2033
Table 6-2
Schedule of Calculated D.C.s
2024$ 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
1,187,307
533,428
5,130
31.38
2. Fire Protection Services
421,244
189,254
1,820
11.13
3. Parks and Recreation Services
134,054
7,055
579
0.41
4. Library Services
12,798
674
55
0.04
TOTAL
$1,755,402
$730,411
$7,584
$42.96
D.C.-Eligible Capital Cost
$1,755,402
$730,411
10-Year Gross Population/GFA Growth (sq.m.)
555
17,001
Cost Per Capita/Non-Residential GFA (sq.m.)
$3,162.89
$42.96
By Residential Unit Type
P.P.U.
Single and Semi-Detached Dwelling
2.398
$7,584
Other Multiples
2.034
$6,433
Apartments - 2 Bedrooms +
1.999
$6,322
Apartments - Bachelor and 1 Bedroom
1.165
$3,684
Single and
Semi-Detached
Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
Park Model
Trailers
(per sq.m. of
Gross Floor
Area)
Per 500kW
Nameplate
Generating
Capacity (Green
Energy
Developments)
Municipal Wide Services
Services Related to a Highway
5,130
4,351
4,276
2,492
2,492
31.38
5,130
Fire Protection Services
1,820
1,544
1,517
884
884
11.13
1,820
Parks and Recreation Services
579
491
483
281
0.41
Library Services
55
47
46
27
27
0.04
Total Municipal Wide Services
7,584
6,433
6,322
3,684
3,403
42.96
6,950
Total Municipal Wide Services (80% of Full Charge)
6,067
5,146
5,058
2,947
2,722
34.37
5,560
RESIDENTIAL ($)
Service
NON-RESIDENTIAL ($)
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Table 6-3
Comparison of Current and Calculated D.C.s
Service
Current
Calculated
(2024$)
Change ($)
Change (%)
Municipal Wide Services
Services Related to a Highway
3,764
5,130
1,366
36%
Fire Protection Services
1,280
1,820
540
42%
Parks and Recreation Services
341
579
238
70%
Library Services
81
55
(26)
-32%
Administration Studies
283
Total Municipal Wide Services
5,749
7,584
1,835
32%
Year 1 Charge (80% of Full Charge)
5,749
6,067
318
6%
Service
Current
Calculated
(2024$)
Change ($)
Change (%)
Municipal Wide Services
Services Related to a Highway
11.48
31.38
19.90
173%
Fire Protection Services
3.76
11.13
7.37
196%
Parks and Recreation Services
0.37
0.41
0.04
10%
Library Services
0.10
0.04
(0.06)
-60%
Administration Studies
1.45
Total Municipal Wide Services
17.17
42.96
25.79
150%
Year 1 Charge (80% of Full Charge)
17.17
34.37
17.20
100%
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 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 15-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 69%
residential and 31% 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 60 months (five
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. Credits are also not available where the use that was demolished/converted
was not capable of being inhabited or would have been exempt under this by-law.
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Furthermore, credits are not available for park model trailers if the unit being replaced
was emplaced after April 16, 2019 and D.C.s were not paid.
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. that existed as at April 16, 2019.
- 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
- Non-Profit Housing;
- Universities; and
- Affordable Units and Attainable Units (to be in effect upon proclamation by the
Lieutenant Governor)
- Discounts ofr Rental Housing Development based on the number of bedrooms
as follows:
o >2 bedrooms - 25% discount
o 2 bedrooms - 20% discount
o <2 bedrooms - 15% discount
Non-Statutory
- Buildings or structures used as farm buildings;
- Public Hospitals;
- Institutional churches;
- First 100 kW of generating capacity of a Wind Turbine System or Photovoltaic
Generating Installation]
- First 250 square meters of gross floor area of a new non-residential building;
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- Affordable housing; and
- Accessory uses.
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 one - 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.
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 April 2
(i.e., the anticipated date of by-law passage) each year in accordance with the Statistics
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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
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
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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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
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 four (4)
separate reserve funds, including:
- Services Related to a Highway;
- Fire Protection Services;
- Parks and Recreation Services; and
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- Library Services.
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).
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 February 2, 2024, subject to further annual review during the capital
budget process."
"Approve the D.C.s Background Study dated February 2, 2024."
"Determine that no further public meeting is required." and
"Approve the D.C. By-laws as set out in Appendix D".
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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 2024 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 $3.4 million. Of this total, $3.0
million relates to the annual debt payment costs for benefit to existing
development of growth-related needs and $70,000 for interim debt financing on
post period capital.
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
$286,000. This amount, totalled with the existing operating revenues of $14.5
million, provides annual revenues of $14.8 million by the end of the period.
6. In consideration of the above, the capital plan is deemed to be financially
sustainable.
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Table 8-1
Asset Management - Future Expenditures and Associated Revenues (2024$)
2033 (Total)
Expenditures (Annualized)
Annual Debt Payment on Non-Growth
Related Capital1
$ 2,996,029
Annual Debt Payment on Post Period
Capital2
$ 71,742
Lifecycle:
Annual Lifecycle - Municipal-wide Services
$138,438
Sub-Total - Annual Lifecycle
$138,438
Incremental Operating Costs (for D.C.
Services)
$156,603
Total Expenditures
$3,362,812
Revenue (Annualized)
Total Existing Revenue3
$14,497,274
Incremental Tax and Non-Tax Revenue (User
Fees, Fines, Licences, etc.)
$285,953
Total Revenues
$14,783,227
1 Non-Growth Related component of Projects
2 Interim Debt Financing for Post Period Benefit
3 As per Sch. 10 of FIR
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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 Municipality 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 Lakes
Residential Growth Forecast Summary
[1] Population includes the Census undercount estimated at approximately 2.5% 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 Peterborough County Official Plan, Adopted by County Council June 29, 2022, and County of Peterborough Growth Analysis Report, March
28, 2022, Hemson Consulting Ltd., by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Permanent
Population[1]
Institutional
Population
Permanent
Population
Excluding
Institutional[1]
Seasonal
Population
Total
Permanent and
Seasonal
Population
Singles &
Semi-
Detached
Multiples[2]
Apartments[3]
Other
Total
Households
Seasonal
Households
Total
Households
Including
Seasonal
Equivalent
Institutional
Households
Mid 2011
5,233
5,105
50
5,055
10,910
16,015
2,230
5
0
5
2,240
3,047
5,287
45
2.28
3.03
Mid 2016
5,533
5,397
57
5,340
11,435
16,832
2,425
10
10
0
2,445
3,194
5,639
52
2.21
2.98
Mid 2021
6,601
6,439
54
6,385
10,015
16,454
2,915
20
10
5
2,950
2,798
5,748
49
2.18
2.86
Mid 2024
6,804
6,637
56
6,581
10,015
16,652
3,007
20
10
5
3,042
2,798
5,840
51
2.18
2.85
Mid 2034
7,114
6,940
59
6,881
10,090
17,030
3,207
20
10
5
3,242
2,818
6,060
54
2.14
2.81
Mid 2011 - Mid 2016
299
292
7
285
525
817
195
5
10
-5
205
147
352
7
Mid 2016 - Mid 2021
1,068
1,042
-3
1,045
-1,420
-378
490
10
0
5
505
-396
109
-3
Mid 2021 - Mid 2024
203
198
2
196
0
198
92
0
0
0
92
0
92
2
Mid 2024 - Mid 2034
311
303
3
300
75
378
200
0
0
0
200
20
220
3
Forecast
Year
Historical
Excluding Census Undercount
Permanent
Person Per
Unit (P.P.U.)
Permanent +
Seasonal
Person Per
Unit (P.P.U.)
Permanent
Population
(Including
Census
Undercount)
Housing Units
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Figure 3-2
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Annual Housing Forecast [1]
[1] Growth forecast represents calendar year.
Source: Historical housing activity derived from Municipality of Trent Lakes building permit data, 2014 to 2023.
44
23
46
54
31
30
29
44
26
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Housing Units
Years
Historical
Low Density
Medium Density
High Density
Seasonal
Historical Average
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Schedule 2
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Current Year Growth Forecast
Mid 2021 to Mid 2024
Mid 2021 Population
16,454
Occupants of Permanent
Units (2)
92
New Housing Units,
multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
2.795
Mid 2021 to Mid 2024
gross population increase
257
257
Occupants of
Net Seasonal Units (2)
0
New Seasonal Units
multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
3.58
Mid 2021 to Mid 2024
gross population increase
0
0
Occupants of New
Units
2
Equivalent Institutional Units multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
1.1
Mid 2021 to Mid 2024
gross population increase
2
2
Total Units
92
Total gross population increase
259
Decline in Housing
Units (4)
2,950
Unit Occupancy,
multiplied by P.P.U. decline rate (5)
-0.0207
Mid 2021 to Mid 2024
total decline in population
-61
-61
Population Estimate to Mid 2024
16,652
Net Population Increase, Mid 2021 to Mid 2024
198
(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
2.79
100%
2.79
Multiples (6)
2.25
0%
0.00
Apartments (7)
1.63
0%
0.00
Total
100%
2.79
¹ Based on 2021 Census custom database
² Based on Building permit/completion acitivty
(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 townhomes and apartments in duplexes.
(7)
Includes bachelor, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom+ apartments.
Estimated residential units constructed, - to the beginning of the growth period assuming a six-month lag between construction and
occupancy.
Total Units (Permanent and
Seasonal)
Population
Structural Type
Persons Per Unit¹
(P.P.U.)
% Distribution of
Estimated Units²
Weighted Persons
Per Unit Average
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Schedule 3
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Growth Forecast to 2034
Mid-2024 to Mid-2034
Mid 2024 Population
16,652
Occupants of Permanent
Units (2)
200
New Housing Units,
multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
2.40
Mid 2024 to Mid 2034
gross population increase
480
480
Occupants of
Net Seasonal Units (2)
20
New Seasonal Units
multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
3.58
Mid 2024 to Mid 2034
gross population increase
75
75
Occupants of New
Units
3
Equivalent Institutional Units multiplied by P.P.U. (3)
1.1
Mid 2024 to Mid 2034
gross population increase
3
3
Total Units
220
Total gross population increase
558
Decline in Housing
Units (4)
3,042
Unit Occupancy,
multiplied by P.P.U. decline rate (5)
-0.0590
Mid 2024 to Mid 2034
total decline in population
-180
-180
Population Estimate to Mid 2034
17,030
Net Population Increase, Mid 2024 to Mid 2034
378
(1)
Mid 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 (ppu) is assumed to be:
Singles & Semi Detached
2.398
100%
2.40
Multiples (6)
2.034
0%
0.00
Apartments (7)
1.681
0%
0.00
one bedroom or less 1.165
two bedrooms or more 1.999
Total
100%
2.40
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)
Mid 2024 households based upon 2,950 (2021 Census) + 92 (Mid 2021 to Mid 2024 unit estimate) = 3,042
(5)
Decline occurs due to aging of the population and family life cycle changes, lower fertility rates and changing economic conditions.
(6)
Includes townhomes and apartments in duplexes.
(7)
Includes bachelor, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom+ apartments.
Population
Structural Type
Persons Per Unit¹
(P.P.U.)
% Distribution of
Estimated Units²
Weighted Persons
Per Unit Average
2021 Population (16,454) + Mid 2021 to Mid 2024 estimated housing units to beginning of forecast period (92 x 2.795 = 257) + (2 x 1.100 =
2) + (2,950 x -0.0207 = -61) + Seasonal population ( 0 x 3.580 = 0) = 16,652
Total Units (Permanent and
Seasonal)
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Schedule 4
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Historical Residential Building Permits
Years 2014 to 2023
[1] Includes townhomes and apartments in duplexes.
[2] Includes bachelor, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom+ apartments.
Source: Historical housing activity derived from Municipality of Trent Lakes building permit data, 2014 to 2023, by
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Residential Building Permits
Total
2014
44
0
0
44
2015
23
0
0
23
2016
46
0
0
46
2017
54
0
0
54
2018
31
0
0
31
Sub-total
198
0
0
198
Average (2014 - 2018)
40
0
0
40
% Breakdown
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
2019
30
0
0
30
2020
29
0
0
29
2021
44
0
0
44
2022
26
0
0
26
2023
22
0
0
22
Sub-total
151
0
0
151
Average (2019 - 2023)
30
0
0
30
% Breakdown
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
2014 - 2023
Total
349
0
0
349
Average
35
0
0
35
% Breakdown
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
Singles &
Semi
Detached
Multiples[1]
Apartments[2]
Year
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Schedule 5a
Municipality of Trent lakes
Persons Per Unit by Age and Type of Dwelling
(2021 Census)
[1] 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
15 Year Average
15 Year Average Adjusted[1]
1-5
-
-
-
2.800
-
2.795
6-10
-
-
-
2.174
-
2.033
2.414
0.154
11-15
-
-
-
2.342
-
2.364
2.397
2.398
16-20
-
-
-
2.172
-
2.194
2.347
2.398
20-25
-
-
-
2.118
-
1.909
2.259
2.398
25-35
-
-
-
1.950
-
2.176
35+
-
2.200
1.761
2.210
2.889
2.113
2.226
2.398
Total
0.769
2.200
1.847
2.246
3.053
2.180
Age of
All Density Types
Dwelling
< 1 BR
1 BR
2 BR
3/4 BR
5+ BR
Total
1-5
-
-
-
2.800
-
2.795
6-10
-
-
-
2.217
-
2.000
11-15
-
-
-
2.342
-
2.364
16-20
-
-
-
2.172
-
2.194
20-25
-
-
-
2.118
-
1.955
25-35
-
-
-
2.050
-
2.171
35+
-
1.941
1.753
2.210
2.889
2.105
Total
0.769
2.059
1.825
2.253
3.053
2.173
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Schedule 5b
Peterborough County
Persons 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
15 Year Average
15 Year Average Adjusted[1]
1-5
-
1.167
2.150
2.826
-
2.250
6-10
-
-
1.636
2.407
-
1.881
11-15
-
1.308
1.649
2.459
-
2.033
2.055
2.034
16-20
-
-
1.808
2.524
-
2.074
2.060
2.034
20-25
-
-
1.688
2.406
-
2.014
2.050
2.034
25-35
-
-
1.806
2.773
-
2.094
35+
1.545
1.343
1.802
2.806
3.568
2.275
Total
1.091
1.335
1.788
2.729
3.773
2.202
Age of
Apartments[2]
Dwelling
< 1 BR
1 BR
2 BR
3/4 BR
5+ BR
Total
15 Year Average
15 Year Average Adjusted[1]
1-5
-
1.095
1.700
-
-
1.625
6-10
-
1.235
1.657
-
-
1.780
11-15
-
1.200
1.667
-
-
1.552
1.652
1.681
16-20
-
1.067
2.000
-
-
2.176
1.783
1.681
20-25
-
1.435
1.886
-
-
1.797
1.786
1.681
25-35
-
1.343
1.818
-
-
1.695
35+
1.148
1.161
1.687
2.954
-
1.561
Total
1.150
1.176
1.705
3.068
-
1.595
Age of
All Density Types
Dwelling
< 1 BR
1 BR
2 BR
3/4 BR
5+ BR
Total
1-5
-
1.214
2.008
2.728
4.256
2.546
6-10
-
1.414
1.697
2.728
3.756
2.519
11-15
-
1.297
1.707
2.689
3.887
2.511
16-20
-
1.346
1.957
2.677
3.779
2.641
20-25
-
1.429
1.807
2.556
3.118
2.378
25-35
-
1.370
1.847
2.621
3.431
2.401
35+
1.354
1.256
1.773
2.552
3.496
2.291
Total
1.317
1.272
1.790
2.582
3.570
2.346
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Schedule 6
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Person Per Unit Structural Type and Age of Dwelling
(2021 Census)
2.79
2.03
2.36
2.19
1.91
2.18
2.11
2.25
1.88
2.03
2.07
2.01
2.09
2.27
1.63
1.78
1.55
2.18
1.80
1.69
1.56
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
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 Peterborough County.
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Schedule 7a
Municipality of Trent lakes
Employment Forecast, 2024 to 2034
[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 work place 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 Peterborough County Official Plan, Adopted by County Council June 29, 2022, and County of Peterborough Growth Analysis Report, March
28, 2022, Hemson Consulting Ltd., by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Employment
Mid 2016
5,397
0.005
0.059
0.010
0.055
0.006
0.135
0.029
0.164
25
320
53
298
35
730
157
887
410
Mid 2024
6,637
0.005
0.061
0.009
0.047
0.009
0.132
0.025
0.156
33
403
63
312
63
873
163
1,036
470
Mid 2034
6,940
0.005
0.063
0.025
0.051
0.011
0.155
0.027
0.182
35
439
173
356
76
1,079
188
1,267
640
Mid 2016 - Mid 2024
1,240
0.0003
0.0014
-0.0003
-0.0081
0.0030
-0.0037
-0.0045
-0.0082
8
83
10
14
28
143
6
149
60
Mid 2024 - Mid 2034
303
0.0001
0.0025
0.0154
0.0043
0.0015
0.0238
0.0025
0.0263
2
36
111
44
13
206
25
231
170
Mid 2016 - Mid 2024
155
0.00004
0.00018 -0.00004
-0.00102
0.00038
-0.00046
-0.00057
-0.00102
1
10
1
2
4
18
1
19
8
Mid 2024 - Mid 2034
30
0.00001
0.00025
0.00154
0.00043
0.00015
0.00238
0.00025
0.00263
0
4
11
4
1
21
3
23
17
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 7b
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Employment and Gross Floor Area (G.F.A.) Forecast, 2024 to 2034
[1] Square Foot Per Employee Assumptions
Primary - Non-Bona Fide Farming
3,000
Industrial
1,300
Commercial/Population-Related
510
Institutional
700
[2] Primary industry includes bona-fide, non bona-fide farming and cannabis growing operation related employment.
[3] Forecast institutional employment and gross floor area has been adjusted downward to account for employment associated with special care units.
*Reflects Mid-2024 to Mid-2034 forecast period.
Note: Numbers may not add up precisely due to rounding.
Source: Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Mid 2016
5,397
25
53
298
35
410
75,000
68,300
163,600
24,500
331,400
Mid 2024
6,637
33
63
312
63
470
99,000
81,300
171,500
44,100
395,900
Mid 2034
6,940
35
173
356
76
640
105,000
224,900
195,800
53,200
578,900
Mid 2016 - Mid 2024
1,240
8
10
14
28
60
24,000
13,000
7,900
19,600
64,500
Mid 2024 - Mid 2034
303
2
111
44
13
170
6,000
143,600
24,300
9,100
183,000
Mid 2016 - Mid 2024
155
1
1
2
4
8
3,000
1,625
988
2,450
8,063
Mid 2024 - Mid 2034
30
0
11
4
1
17
600
14,360
2,430
910
18,300
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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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 Lakes
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
2024
Bld'g
Value
($/sq.ft.)
Value/sq.ft.
with land,
site works,
etc.
Buckhorn Fire Hall #1
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
4,374
$547
$635
Cavendish Fire Hall #2
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
3,240
$547
$635
Galway Fire Hall #3
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
$547
$635
Oak Shores
1,055
1,055
1,055
1,055
1,055
1,055
1,055
1,055
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$547
$635
Nogies Creek Fire Hall #4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11,840
11,840
11,840
11,840
11,840
11,840
11,840
$547
$635
Total
14,072
14,072
14,072
14,072
14,072
14,072
14,072
14,072
24,858
24,858
24,858
24,858
24,858
24,858
24,858
Population & Employment
16,912
16,668
16,493
16,634
16,807
16,953
17,098
17,189
17,143
17,116
17,031
16,943
16,850
16,958
17,017
Per Capita & Employee Standard
0.8321
0.8443
0.8533
0.8460
0.8373
0.8301
0.8231
0.8187
1.4500
1.4523
1.4596
1.4672
1.4752
1.4658
1.4607
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
1.1277
Quality Standard
$635
Service Standard
$716
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population & Employment
545
$ per Capita & Employee
$716
Eligible Amount
$390,269
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-2
Service Standard Calculation - Fire Protection Services - Vehicles & Equipment
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Fire Protection Services - Vehicles & Equipment
Unit Measure:
No. of vehicles
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 Value
($/Vehicle)
Pick-Up Truck
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
$100,000
Boat/Motor/Trailer
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
$69,700
Boat/Motor
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$64,100
ATV/Trailer
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
$30,900
Utility Trailer/Trailer
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
$5,500
Heavy Rescue Unit
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
$229,900
Mini Pumper
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$591,900
Pumper/Tanker
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
$581,900
Total
20
20
21
23
23
23
23
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
Population & Employment
16,912
16,668
16,493
16,634
16,807
16,953
17,098
17,189
17,143
17,116
17,031
16,943
16,850
16,958
17,017
Per Capita & Employee Standard
0.0012
0.0012
0.0013
0.0014
0.0014
0.0014
0.0013
0.0014
0.0014
0.0015
0.0015
0.0015
0.0015
0.0015
0.0015
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
0.0014
Quality Standard
$238,007
Service Standard
$333
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population & Employment
545
$ per Capita & Employee
$333
Eligible Amount
$181,599
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-3
Service Standard Calculation - Fire Protection Services - Small Equipment & Gear
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Fire Protection Services - Small Equipment and Gear
Unit Measure:
No. of equipment and gear
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 Value
($/item)
Equipped Firefighters
50
51
53
54
56
58
59
61
63
65
68
70
73
75
78
$11,500
SCBA Air Compressor
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$5,800
SCBA Units
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
$9,400
SCBA Air Bottles
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
$200
ERT Suits
6
6
12
23
29
33
33
33
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
$1,900
Radio Communications
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$8,700
Extrication Equipment (Heavy Duty)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
$30,000
Extrication Equipment (Battery)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$12,700
Total
159
160
168
180
188
194
195
197
209
211
214
216
219
221
224
Population & Employment
16,912
16,668
16,493
16,634
16,807
16,953
17,098
17,189
17,143
17,116
17,031
16,943
16,850
16,958
17,017
Per Capita & Employee Standard
0.0094
0.0096
0.0102
0.0108
0.0112
0.0114
0.0114
0.0115
0.0122
0.0123
0.0125
0.0128
0.0130
0.0131
0.0132
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
0.0116
Quality Standard
$6,110
Service Standard
$71
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population & Employment
545
$ per Capita & Employee
$71
Eligible Amount
$38,630
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-4
Service Standard Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Roads
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Services Related to a Highway - Roads
Unit Measure:
km of roadways
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 Value
($/km)
HCB Semi-Urban
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.9
2.6
3.3
4.0
4.7
5.3
6.0
6.7
7.4
8.1
8.7
$776,620
LCB Semi-Urban
37.3
37.3
37.3
37.3
37.3
37.4
37.5
37.5
37.6
37.6
37.7
37.7
37.8
37.9
37.9
$595,340
LCB Rural
136.9
136.9
136.9
136.9
137.1
137.3
137.5
137.7
137.9
138.1
138.3
138.6
138.8
139.0
139.2
$595,340
Gravel
106.3
106.3
106.3
106.3
107.1
107.9
108.7
109.5
110.3
111.1
111.8
112.6
113.4
114.2
115.0
$494,400
Total
281.7
281.7
281.7
281.7
283.4
285.2
286.9
288.7
290.4
292.2
293.9
295.6
297.4
299.1
300.9
Population & Employment
16,912
16,668
16,493
16,634
16,807
16,953
17,098
17,189
17,143
17,116
17,031
16,943
16,850
16,958
17,017
Per Capita & Employee Standard
0.0167
0.0169
0.0171
0.0169
0.0169
0.0168
0.0168
0.0168
0.0169
0.0171
0.0173
0.0174
0.0176
0.0176
0.0177
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
0.0171
Quality Standard
$559,731
Service Standard
$9,571
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population & Employment
545
$ per Capita & Employee
$9,571
Eligible Amount
$5,216,413
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-5
Service Standard Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Bridges & Culverts
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Services Related to a Highway - Bridges, Culverts & Structures
Unit Measure:
Number of Bridges, Culverts & Structures
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 Value
($/item)
Bridge (Crowe's Line)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$424,700
Culverts <3m
557
572
591
600
605
633
655
688
696
696
697
697
697
698
704
$3,900
Culverts >3m
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
$131,000
Total
564
579
598
607
612
640
662
695
703
703
704
704
704
705
711
Population & Employment
16,912
16,668
16,493
16,634
16,807
16,953
17,098
17,189
17,143
17,116
17,031
16,943
16,850
16,958
17,017
Per Capita & Employee Standard
0.0333
0.0347
0.0363
0.0365
0.0364
0.0378
0.0387
0.0404
0.0410
0.0411
0.0413
0.0416
0.0418
0.0416
0.0418
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
0.0390
Quality Standard
$5,685
Service Standard
$222
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population & Employment
545
$ per Capita & Employee
$222
Eligible Amount
$120,843
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-6
Service Standard Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Public Works - Facilities
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Class of Service:
Public Works - Facilities
Unit Measure:
sq.ft. of building area
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Bld'g
Value
($/sq.ft.)
Value/sq.ft.
with land,
site works,
etc.
Buckhorn Roads Depot
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
6,835
$547
$607
Galway Roads Depot
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
3,380
$547
$607
County Road 49 Depot
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
4,596
$547
$607
Domes (4)
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
$43
$51
Sheds (4)
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
2,320
$130
$147
Gravel Pit/Quarry/Sand Pit (acres)
110
110
110
110
110
110
110
110
110
110
110
110
110
110
110
$1,732
$1,732
Total
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
49,241
Population & Employment
16,912
16,668
16,493
16,634
16,807
16,953
17,098
17,189
17,143
17,116
17,031
16,943
16,850
16,958
17,017
Per Capita & Employee Standard
2.9116
2.9543
2.9857
2.9603
2.9299
2.9046
2.8800
2.8647
2.8724
2.8769
2.8913
2.9064
2.9223
2.9037
2.8936
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
2.9105
Quality Standard
$227
Service Standard
$659
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population & Employment
545
$ per Capita & Employee
$659
Eligible Amount
$359,308
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-7
Service Standard Calculation - Services Related to a Highway - Public Works - Vehicles & Equipment
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Class of Service:
Public Works - Vehicles & Equipment
Unit Measure:
No. of vehicles and equipment
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 Value
($/Vehicle)
Ford F550 XLT - Truck-Unit 410
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$152,000
2019 Ford F550 - Truck-Unit 509
-
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$92,100
Ford 3/4 Ton - Truck-Unit 422
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$99,500
Ford F150 - Truck-Unit 421
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$71,800
Ford F150 - Truck-Unit 450
1
1
$71,800
Ford F150 - Truck-Unit 470
1
$71,800
Ford F250 - Truck-Unit 489
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$110,500
Ford F250 - Truck-Unit 490
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$100,000
Ford F150 - Truck-Unit 508
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$70,000
Tandem Unit
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
10
$520,000
Tractor Mower
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$397,900
Grader
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
$428,300
Loader
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
$273,600
Bulldozer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$132,600
Sweeper
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$414,500
Chipper
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$69,100
Excavator
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
$273,600
Trailer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$34,500
Total
21
21
22
24
25
27
28
29
30
31
30
30
30
31
32
Population & Employment
16,912
16,668
16,493
16,634
16,807
16,953
17,098
17,189
17,143
17,116
17,031
16,943
16,850
16,958
17,017
Per Capita & Employee Standard
0.0012
0.0013
0.0013
0.0014
0.0015
0.0016
0.0016
0.0017
0.0017
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0019
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
0.0016
Quality Standard
$314,306
Service Standard
$503
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population & Employment
545
$ per Capita & Employee
$503
Eligible Amount
$274,075
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-8
Service Standard Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services - Parkland Development
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Parkland Development
Unit Measure:
Acres of Parkland
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 Value
($/Acre)
Sandy Beach
6.99
6.99
6.99
6.99
6.99
6.99
6.99
6.99
6.99
6.99
6.92
$71,000
Crowe's Line Beach
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
$413,900
White's Beach
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
$165,600
Ode' Naang Park
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.98
1.98
$189,200
Dettmand Park
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
20.93
$7,900
Adam and Eve Rocks (at Harvey)
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
$40,213
Cavendish Community Centre Park
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
9.64
$40,213
Total
33.20
33.20
33.20
33.20
40.19
40.19
40.19
40.19
40.19
41.74
41.74
41.74
41.74
41.97
41.90
Population
16,340
16,118
15,965
16,129
16,324
16,493
16,660
16,774
16,721
16,687
16,595
16,500
16,401
16,502
16,554
Per Capita
0.0020
0.0021
0.0021
0.0021
0.0025
0.0024
0.0024
0.0024
0.0024
0.0025
0.0025
0.0025
0.0025
0.0025
0.0025
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
0.0024
Quality Standard
$33,963
Service Standard
$82
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
375
$ per Capita
$82
Eligible Amount
$30,566
Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
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Table B-9
Service Standard Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services - Parkland Amenities
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Parkland Amenities
Unit Measure:
No. of parkland amenities
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 Value
($/item)
Buckhorn Sports Complex (Outdoor Arena)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$979,400
Kings Sports Pad (Cavendish)
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$245,700
Playground Equipment (Cavendish Community Ctr)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$201,900
Playground Equipment (Ode'Naang Park)
1
$112,400
Boat Launches
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
12
$49,700
Ball Diamond
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$124,100
Cavendish Pavillion
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$102,200
Cevendish Rink
1
1
1
1
$157,800
Total
13
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
17
18
18
18
19
Population
16,340
16,118
15,965
16,129
16,324
16,493
16,660
16,774
16,721
16,687
16,595
16,500
16,401
16,502
16,554
Per Capita
0.0008
0.0009
0.0009
0.0009
0.0009
0.0009
0.0009
0.0009
0.0009
0.0009
0.0010
0.0011
0.0011
0.0011
0.0011
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
0.0010
Quality Standard
$134,240
Service Standard
$134
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
375
$ per Capita
$134
Eligible Amount
$50,340
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Table B-10
Service Standard Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services - Recreation Facilities
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Recreation Facilities
Unit Measure:
sq.ft. of building area
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Bld'g
Value
($/sq.ft.)
Value/sq.ft.
with land,
site works,
etc.
Deer Bay Community Centre
1,618
1,618
1,618
1,618
1,618
1,618
1,618
1,618
1,618
1,618
-
-
-
-
-
$375
$417
Galway Community Hall
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
5,403
$375
$417
Cavendish Community Hall
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
2,239
$375
$417
Lakehurst Community Hall
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
3,552
$375
$417
Parks and Recreation Administration Space
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
$375
$417
Storage
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
$130
$147
Total
12,812
12,812
12,812
12,812
12,812
13,412
13,412
13,412
13,412
13,412
11,794
11,794
11,794
11,794
11,794
Population
16,340
16,118
15,965
16,129
16,324
16,493
16,660
16,774
16,721
16,687
16,595
16,500
16,401
16,502
16,554
Per Capita
0.7841
0.7949
0.8025
0.7944
0.7849
0.8132
0.8051
0.7996
0.8021
0.8038
0.7107
0.7148
0.7191
0.7147
0.7125
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
0.7704
Quality Standard
$414
Service Standard
$319
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
375
$ per Capita
$319
Eligible Amount
$119,663
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Table B-11
Service Standard Calculation - Parks and Recreation Services - Parks & Recreation Vehicles and Equipment
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Parks & Recreation Vehicles and Equipment
Unit Measure:
No. of vehicles and equipment
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 Value
($/Vehicle)
Zamboni
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$144,400
Zero Turn Mower
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$25,000
Dump Trailer
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
$11,000
Enclosed Trailer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$15,900
Truck - 1/2 Ton
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
$66,300
Truck - 3/4 Ton
2
2
2
2
2
2
$82,900
Total
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
8
8
8
8
8
8
Population
16,340
16,118
15,965
16,129
16,324
16,493
16,660
16,774
16,721
16,687
16,595
16,500
16,401
16,502
16,554
Per Capita
0.0002
0.0002
0.0003
0.0002
0.0002
0.0002
0.0002
0.0002
0.0003
0.0005
0.0005
0.0005
0.0005
0.0005
0.0005
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
0.0003
Quality Standard
$71,467
Service Standard
$21
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
375
$ per Capita
$21
Eligible Amount
$8,040
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Table B-12
Service Standard Calculation - Library Services - Facilities
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Library Services - Facilities
Unit Measure:
sq.ft. of building area
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Bld'g
Value
($/sq.ft.)
Value/sq.ft.
with land,
site works,
etc.
Buckhorn Library
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
2,490
$375
$456
Cavendish Library
560
560
560
560
560
560
560
560
560
560
560
560
560
560
560
$375
$456
Total
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
3,049
Population
16,340
16,118
15,965
16,129
16,324
16,493
16,660
16,774
16,721
16,687
16,595
16,500
16,401
16,502
16,554
Per Capita
0.1866
0.1892
0.1910
0.1891
0.1868
0.1849
0.1830
0.1818
0.1824
0.1827
0.1838
0.1848
0.1859
0.1848
0.1842
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
0.1854
Quality Standard
$456
Service Standard
$85
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
375
$ per Capita
$85
Eligible Amount
$31,703
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Table B-13
Service Standard Calculation - Library Services - Collection Materials
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Service Standard Calculation Sheet
Service:
Library Services - Collection Materials
Unit Measure:
No. of library collection items
Description
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 Value
($/item)
Collections Materials
20,532
20,532
20,532
20,532
20,217
20,336
20,429
20,825
20,882
20,882
20,907
20,933
20,958
20,984
21,009
$36
E-Resource subscriptions
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$2,359
Database Subscriptions
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$316
Total
20,534
20,534
20,534
20,534
20,219
20,338
20,431
20,827
20,884
20,884
20,909
20,935
20,960
20,986
21,011
Population
16,340
16,118
15,965
16,129
16,324
16,493
16,660
16,774
16,721
16,687
16,595
16,500
16,401
16,502
16,554
Per Capita
1.2567
1.2740
1.2862
1.2731
1.2386
1.2331
1.2264
1.2416
1.2490
1.2515
1.2600
1.2688
1.2780
1.2717
1.2692
15 Year Average
2009 to 2023
Quantity Standard
1.2585
Quality Standard
$36
Service Standard
$45
D.C. Amount (before deductions)
10 Year
Forecast Population
375
$ per Capita
$45
Eligible Amount
$17,051
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Appendix C
Long-Term Capital and
Operating Cost Examination
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Appendix C: 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 C-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
90,239
69,399
159,638
2.
Fire Protection Services
37,677
73,520
111,197
3.
Parks and Recreation Services
6,808
6,357
13,165
4.
Library Services
3,714
7,327
11,041
Total
138,438
156,603
295,041
SERVICE/CLASS
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Appendix D
Proposed D.C. By-laws
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D1. Services Related to a Highway
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES
BY-LAW 2024-XX
BEING 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 Lakes (hereinafter
referred to as "the Council") anticipates that the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent
Lakes (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 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 Lakes has
given notice of and held a public meeting on the 5th of March, 2024 in accordance with
the Act and the regulations thereto;
AND WHEREAS Council desires to ensure that the capital cost of meeting growth-
related demands for, or burden on, municipal services does not place a financial burden
on the Municipality or its existing taxpayers;
NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
DEFINITION AND USES:
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.
2.
In this By-law:
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a. "Act" means the Development Charges Act, as amended, or any
successor thereof;
b. "accessory" means where used to describe a use, building, or structure
that the use, building or structure is naturally and normally incidental,
subordinate in purpose or floor area or both, and exclusively devoted to a
principal use, building or structure;
c. "agricultural use" means lands, buildings, or structures, excluding any
portion thereof used as a dwelling unit, used, designed or intended to be
used for the purpose of a bona fide farming operation including, but not
limited to, animal husbandry, bee keeping, dairying, fallow, field crops, fish
farming, forestry, fruit farming, horticulture, livestock, market gardening,
pasturage, poultry keeping, the growing, raising, packing, treating, storing,
and sale of produce produced on the premises, and other activities
customarily carried on in the field of agriculture;
d. "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;
e. "board" means a board of education, public school board, secondary
school board, Catholic school board, Protestant school board, or a board
as defined in Subsection 1(1) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.2, as
amended;
f. "building or structure" means a structure occupying an area greater than
ten square metres consisting of a wall, roof, and floor or any of them or a
structural system serving the function thereof including an air-supported
structure, excluding a farm building;
g. "Building Code Act" means the Building Code Act, S.O. 1992, c.23, as
amended, and all Regulations thereto including the Ontario Building Code,
1997, as amended;
h. "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,
ii. to improve land,
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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 as defined in the Public Libraries
Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. P.44, as amended, or any
successor thereof; and
3. rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or
more, and
v. including interest on borrowing for those expenditures under
clauses I to iv above that are growth related
i. "Council" means the Council of the Municipality;
j. "Development" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
buildings or structures on land or the making of an addition or alteration to
a building or structure that has the effect of increasing the size thereof and
includes preparation for such building activity and redevelopment;
k. "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;
l. "Dwelling Unit" means one or more habitable rooms designed or intended
to be used together as a single and separate housekeeping unit by one or
more persons, containing its own culinary facilities;
m. "existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of April 16,
20219 ;
n. "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, seasonal roadside stands and silos but does not include
processing or wholesale or retail facilities such as restaurants, dedicated
farm shops, banquet facilities, hospitality and accommodation facilities, gift
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shops, services related to grooming, boarding or breeding of household
pets, and marijuana and alcohol processing or production facilities.
o. "Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or
structure at all exterior walls;
p. "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;
q. "Gross Floor Area" means the sum total of the total areas of all floors in a
building or structure, whether at, above, or below-grade, measured
between the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the building or structure
or from the centre line of a common wall separating two uses, or from the
outside edge of a floor where the outside edge of the floor does not meet
an exterior or common wall, and;
i. includes the floor area of a mezzanine and air-supported structure
and the space occupied by interior walls partitions;
ii. excludes any parts of the building or structure used for the parking
and loading of vehicles; and
iii. where a building or structure does not have any walls, the gross
floor area of the building or structure shall be the total of the area of
all floors, including the ground floor, that are directly beneath the
roof of the building or structure;
r. "industrial building" means a building used for or in connection with,
i. manufacturing, producing, processing, storing or distributing
something;
ii. research or development in connection with manufacturing,
producing or processing something;
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iii. retail sales by a manufacturer, producer or processor of something
they manufactured, produced or processed, if the retail sales are at
the site where the manufacturing, production, or processing takes
place; or
iv. office or administrative purposes, if they are;
1. carried out with respect to manufacturing, producing,
processing, storage or distributing of something, and;
2. in or attached to the building or structure used for that
manufacturing, producing, processing, storage or
distribution;
s. "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(1) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010;
iii. By any institution of the following post-secondary institutions for the
objects of the institution:
1. a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular and
ongoing operation funding from the Government of Ontario;
2. a college or university federated or affiliated with a university
in Ontario that receives direct, regular and ongoing operation
funding from the Government of Ontario; or
3. an Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of
section 6 of the Indigenous Institute 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.
t. "Non-profit housing development" means development of a building or
structure intended for use as residential premises by:
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i. a corporation to which the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010
applies, that is in good standing under that Act and whose primary
object is to provide housing;
ii. a corporation without share capital to which the Canada Not-for-
profit Corporations Act applies, that is in good standing under that
Act and whose primary object is to provide housing; or
iii. a non-profit housing co-operative that is in good standing under the
Co-operative Corporations Act.
u. "non-residential development" means development other than residential
development as defined herein, and includes development for commercial,
farm, industrial, institutional, hunt camp, and Green Energy uses;
v. "Owner" means the owner of land or any person authorized by such owner
to make one or more applications described in Section 7 of this By-law for
the development of such land;
w. "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;
x. "regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act
y. "Rental housing" means development of a building or structure with four or
more dwelling units all of which are intended for use as rented residential
premises.
z. "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:
i. an "apartment building" means a residential building, consisting of
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;
ii. a "duplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided
horizontally into two dwelling units;
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iii. "multiple dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached,
semi-detached, and apartment unit dwellings;
iv. a "row dwelling or townhouse" 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;
v. a "Park Model Trailer" means a trailer conforming to National
Standard of Canada CAN CSA-Z241 .0-92 or similar standard that
is up to a maximum size of 50 square metres and designed to
facilitate relocation from time to time;
vi. a "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.
vii. a "semi-detached dwelling" means a residential building that is
divided vertically into two dwelling units, each dwelling unit having
one vertical wall, but no other parts attached to another structure;
viii. "senior Apartment" means an apartment building or unit that is
occupied by one or more individuals who require accessibility
modifications or provincially-funded support services in order to live
independently in the community.;
ix. a "single detached dwelling" means a residential building consisting
of one dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
x. "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;
aa. "Use" means occupation and utilization for a particular purpose, practice
or benefit; and
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bb. "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.
3.
Pursuant to Section 2 of the Act, all uses of any land, buildings or structures
upon which Development Charges are imposed within the Municipality are:
a. a residential development;
b. a non-residential development.
4.
The Development Charge with respect to the use of any land, buildings or
structures shall be calculated as follows:
a. in the case of residential development, or the residential portion of a
mixed-use development, based upon the number of dwelling units;
b. in the case of non-residential development or the non-residential portion of
a mixed-use development based upon the Gross Floor Area devoted to
the use.
LANDS AFFECTED
5.
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, whether or not the
land or use is exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment Act,
R.S.O., 1990.
DESIGNATED SERVICES
6.
The category of service for which development charges are imposed under
this By-law is Services Related to a Highway
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES IMPOSED
7.
Development Charges as hereinafter provided shall be imposed upon, and
shall be applied, calculated and collected in accordance with the provisions of
this By-law in connection with the development of all land within the
Municipality for residential uses and non-residential uses where,
a. the development of the land will increase the need for services, and
b. the development requires,
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i. the passing of a Zoning By-law or of an amendment thereto under
section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
ii. the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning
Act, R.S.O., 1990,
iii. a conveyance of land to which a By-law passed under subsection
50 (7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
iv. the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the
Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
v. a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
vi. the approval of a description under section 9 of the Condominium
Act, or
vii. the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act, in relation to a
building or structure
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES - AMOUNTS
8.
Residential - The amount of the Residential Development Charge payable
with respect to lands which are the subject of any approvals mentioned in
Section 7, above shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule "A", subject
to any exemption hereinafter provided.
9.
Non-residential - The amount of the Non-Residential Development Charge
payable with respect to lands which are the subject of any approvals
mentioned in Section 7 above shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule
"A", subject to any exemptions hereinafter provided.
10.
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
EXEMPTIONS
11.
The following categories of use are hereby designated as being exempt from
the payment of development charges:
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a. land, buildings or structures owned by and used for the purposes of a
municipality and exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment
Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as amended;
b. lands, buildings or structures owned by and used for the purposes of a
board and exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31;
c. buildings or structures used as public hospitals governed by the Public
Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.40, as amended;
d. land, buildings or structures used for institutional church use and exempt
from taxation under the Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as
amended;
e. the development of non-residential farm buildings constructed for bona
fide farm uses, which qualify as a farm business, being that which
operates with a valid Farm Business Registration Number and is assessed
in the Farmland Realty Tax Class;
f. affordable housing. Council may also waive a development charge for a
related use upon request (i.e. Non-profit agency);
g. for the first 100 kW of generating capacity of a Wind Turbine System or
Photovoltaic Generating Installation (Solar Farm);
h. the first 250 sq.m. of gross floor area of a new non-residential building;
i. accessory uses;
j. land 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 in respect of which development charges
would otherwise be payable is intended to be occupied and used by the
university;
k. non-profit housing development;
l. 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
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12.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not
be imposed with respect to:
a. an enlargement to an existing dwelling unit;
b. 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.;
c. 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;
d. 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
e. 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.
13.
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 residential buildings, including structures ancillary to dwellings,
subject to the following restrictions:
a. 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;
b. 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
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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
c. 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
14.
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.
a. 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:
b. notwithstanding section 13 a) 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.
c. the exemption for an existing industrial building provided by this section
shall be applied to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor
area that existed on the later of April 16, 2019 or the date before the first
enlargement for which an exemption from the payment of development
charges was granted pursuant to this by-law or its predecessor.
d. for greater certainty in applying the exemption herein, the gross floor area
of an existing industrial building is enlarged where there is a bona fide
increase in the size of the existing building and the enlarged area is
attached to existing industrial building and is used for or in connection with
an industrial purpose as set out in Subsection 1(1) of O.Reg. 82/98.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the exemption in this
Section shall not apply where the enlarged area is attached to the existing
industrial building by means only of a tunnel, bridge, canopy, corridor or
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other passageway, or through a shared below grade connection such as a
service tunnel, foundation, footing or a parking facility.
15.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, development charges for
rental housing development shall be reduced in accordance with the following:
a. 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;
b. 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
c. A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises not referred to in subsection (a) and (b) shall be
reduced by 15 per cent.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
16.
Development Charges are hereby imposed upon all lands that are developed
for residential, non-residential and institutional uses, in accordance with
Sections 8, 9, and 10, respectively, above insofar as;
a. the growth-related net capital costs are attributable development; and
b. Where two or more of the actions described in Section 7(b) are applicable
only one Development Charge shall be calculated and collected in
accordance with the provisions of this By-law.
c. Notwithstanding Subsection (c), if two or more of the actions described in
Section 7(b) occur at difference times, and if the subsequent action has
the effect of increasing the need for municipal services as designated in
Schedule "A", an additional Development Charge on the additional
residential units and/or non-residential gross floor area shall be calculated
and collected in accordance with the provision of this By-law.
CREDITS/ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS
17.
Credit for previous Development Charge Payments and lot levies: A credit
shall be applied to the Development Charge calculated in Sections 8, 9, and
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10 above for any previous Development Charge or lot levy payment. The onus
shall be upon the owner/applicant to provide proof of earlier payments.
18.
Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted
annually, without amendment to this By-law, on April 2nd of each year, in
accordance with the prescribed index in the Act.
TIMING AND CALCULATION OF PAYMENT
19.
Development charges imposed under this By-law are calculated, payable, and
collected upon issuance of a building permit for the development.
20.
Despite Section 19, 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.
21.
Notwithstanding Sections 19 and 20, 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.
22.
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 8, 9, and 10 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 8, 9, and 10 may be calculated on the rates, including
interest, set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the later planning application.
23.
Interest for the purposes of Sections 21 and 22 shall be determined as the
base rate plus 1%
24.
The base rate shall be equal to the average prime rate on:
a. October 15 of the previous year, if the adjustment date is January 1,
b. January 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is April 1,
c. April 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is July 1, and
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d. July 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is October 1.
25.
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.
REDUCTION OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES FOR REDEVELOPMENT
26.
where there is a redevelopment, conversion, demolition or change of use of a
building or structure or part thereof, the Development Charges payable by the
new or proposed development shall be credited by the amount to which the
previous use of the building or structure was subject to Development Charges
at the time this By-law was passed.
27.
A credit shall not be warranted where a building or structure or part thereof
was demolished and no building permit has been issued within 5 years from
the date of issuance of the demolition permit.
28.
The credit with respect to a redevelopment, conversion, demolition, or change
of use of a building or structure or part thereof shall not exceed the amount of
the Development Charges payable with respect to new or proposed
development.
29.
No credit shall be given with respect to the redevelopment, conversions,
demolition, or change of use of a building or structure or part thereof where the
existing building or structure or part thereof would have been exempt from
Development Charges in accordance with this By-law.
30.
No credit shall be given with respect to the redevelopment, conversions,
demolition, or change of use of a building or structure or part thereof where the
existing building or structure would have been inhabitable in the sole opinion
of the Municipality's Chief Building Official.
PAYMENT BY MONEY OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES:
31.
Payment of Development Charges to the Municipality shall be by;
a. cash or by cheque.
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b. In the alternative to payment by the means provided in subsection (a), the
Municipality may, by an agreement entered into with the owner, accept the
provision of services in full or partial satisfaction of the Development
Charge otherwise payable.
BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE:
32.
Where Development Charges apply to land in relation to which a building
permit is required, unless an agreement is entered into pursuant to Section
31(b) above, the building permit shall not be issued until the Development
Charge has been paid in full.
DEVELOPMENT CHARGE RESERVE FUNDS:
33.
All payments received by the Municipality pursuant to this By-law, including
income on investments of the reserve funds, shall be apportioned among the
reserve funds in accordance with Schedule "A" and paid into the respective
reserves.
WITHDRAWL FROM RESERVE FUNDS:
34.
That no monies be withdrawn from the said Reserve Funds except:
a. refunds, including interest, if applicable, as hereinafter set out, and
b. to meet growth related net capital costs for which the Development
Charge was imposed, as set out in the Municipality's Development
Charges Background Study, subject to any modifications to project
definition, budget priority and phasing, as may occur as part of the
Municipality's annual Capital Budget process, or amendments to this By-
law. Council may withdraw funds from the Municipal Services Reserve
Fund based on project definition, budget priority and phasing as aforesaid.
REFUNDS:
35.
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.
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Where this By-law or any Development Charge prescribed under this Bylaw is
amended or repealed either by order of the Ontario Land Tribunal or by
resolution of the Council, the Treasurer shall forthwith calculate and refund the
amount of any overpayment as a result of such amendment or repeal.
Upon issuing a refund, the Municipality will retain an administrative fee of
$150.00 per building application.
36.
Refunds that are required to be paid under Section 35 shall be paid with
interest to be calculated from the date on which the overpayment was
collected to the date on which the refund is paid. The interest rate shall be the
Bank of Canada rate on the day the by-law comes into force, updated on the
first business day of every January, April, July and October.
FULL FORCE AND EFFECT
37.
This By-law, known as the "Development Charges By-law, 2024", shall come
into force and effect on April 2, 2024.
38.
This By-law shall continue in force and effect until ten years from the date of
adoption by Council, unless it is repealed at an earlier date.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
____________________
______________, Mayor
____________________
_______________, Clerk
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Schedule "A" to By-law 2024-XX
Schedule of Development Charges - Services Related to a Highway
Single and
Semi-Detached
Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
Park Model
Trailers
(per sq.m. of
Gross Floor
Area)
Per 500kW
Nameplate
Generating
Capacity (Green
Energy
Developments)
Services Related to a Highway
5,130
4,351
4,276
2,492
2,492
31.38
5,130
Service
RESIDENTIAL ($)
NON-RESIDENTIAL ($)
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D2. Fire Protection Services
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES
BY-LAW 2024-XX
BEING A BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH A DEVELOPMENT
CHARGE FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES
WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Lakes (hereinafter
referred to as "the Council") anticipates that the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent
Lakes (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 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 Lakes has
given notice of and held a public meeting on the 5th of March, 2024 in accordance with
the Act and the regulations thereto;
AND WHEREAS Council desires to ensure that the capital cost of meeting growth-
related demands for, or burden on, municipal services does not place a financial burden
on the Municipality or its existing taxpayers;
NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
DEFINITION AND USES:
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.
2.
In this By-law:
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a. "Act" means the Development Charges Act, as amended, or any
successor thereof;
b. "accessory" means where used to describe a use, building, or structure
that the use, building or structure is naturally and normally incidental,
subordinate in purpose or floor area or both, and exclusively devoted to a
principal use, building or structure;
c. "agricultural use" means lands, buildings, or structures, excluding any
portion thereof used as a dwelling unit, used, designed or intended to be
used for the purpose of a bona fide farming operation including, but not
limited to, animal husbandry, bee keeping, dairying, fallow, field crops, fish
farming, forestry, fruit farming, horticulture, livestock, market gardening,
pasturage, poultry keeping, the growing, raising, packing, treating, storing,
and sale of produce produced on the premises, and other activities
customarily carried on in the field of agriculture;
d. "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;
e. "board" means a board of education, public school board, secondary
school board, Catholic school board, Protestant school board, or a board
as defined in Subsection 1(1) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.2, as
amended;
f. "building or structure" means a structure occupying an area greater than
ten square metres consisting of a wall, roof, and floor or any of them or a
structural system serving the function thereof including an air-supported
structure, excluding a farm building;
g. "Building Code Act" means the Building Code Act, S.O. 1992, c.23, as
amended, and all Regulations thereto including the Ontario Building Code,
1997, as amended;
h. "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,
ii. to improve land,
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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 as defined in the Public Libraries
Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. P.44, as amended, or any
successor thereof; and
3. rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or
more, and
v. including interest on borrowing for those expenditures under
clauses I to iv above that are growth related
i. "Council" means the Council of the Municipality;
j. "Development" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
buildings or structures on land or the making of an addition or alteration to
a building or structure that has the effect of increasing the size thereof and
includes preparation for such building activity and redevelopment;
k. "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;
l. "Dwelling Unit" means one or more habitable rooms designed or intended
to be used together as a single and separate housekeeping unit by one or
more persons, containing its own culinary facilities;
m. "existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of April 16,
20219 ;
n. "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, seasonal roadside stands and silos but does not include
processing or wholesale or retail facilities such as restaurants, dedicated
farm shops, banquet facilities, hospitality and accommodation facilities, gift
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shops, services related to grooming, boarding or breeding of household
pets, and marijuana and alcohol processing or production facilities.
o. "Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or
structure at all exterior walls;
p. "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;
q. "Gross Floor Area" means the sum total of the total areas of all floors in a
building or structure, whether at, above, or below-grade, measured
between the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the building or structure
or from the centre line of a common wall separating two uses, or from the
outside edge of a floor where the outside edge of the floor does not meet
an exterior or common wall, and;
i. includes the floor area of a mezzanine and air-supported structure
and the space occupied by interior walls partitions;
ii. excludes any parts of the building or structure used for the parking
and loading of vehicles; and
iii. where a building or structure does not have any walls, the gross
floor area of the building or structure shall be the total of the area of
all floors, including the ground floor, that are directly beneath the
roof of the building or structure;
r. "industrial building" means a building used for or in connection with,
i. manufacturing, producing, processing, storing or distributing
something;
ii. research or development in connection with manufacturing,
producing or processing something;
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iii. retail sales by a manufacturer, producer or processor of something
they manufactured, produced or processed, if the retail sales are at
the site where the manufacturing, production, or processing takes
place; or
iv. office or administrative purposes, if they are;
1. carried out with respect to manufacturing, producing,
processing, storage or distributing of something, and;
2. in or attached to the building or structure used for that
manufacturing, producing, processing, storage or
distribution;
s. "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(1) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010;
iii. By any institution of the following post-secondary institutions for the
objects of the institution:
1. a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular and
ongoing operation funding from the Government of Ontario;
2. a college or university federated or affiliated with a university
in Ontario that receives direct, regular and ongoing operation
funding from the Government of Ontario; or
3. an Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of
section 6 of the Indigenous Institute 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.
t. "Non-profit housing development" means development of a building or
structure intended for use as residential premises by:
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i. a corporation to which the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010
applies, that is in good standing under that Act and whose primary
object is to provide housing;
ii. a corporation without share capital to which the Canada Not-for-
profit Corporations Act applies, that is in good standing under that
Act and whose primary object is to provide housing; or
iii. a non-profit housing co-operative that is in good standing under the
Co-operative Corporations Act.
u. "non-residential development" means development other than residential
development as defined herein, and includes development for commercial,
farm, industrial, institutional, hunt camp, and Green Energy uses;
v. "Owner" means the owner of land or any person authorized by such owner
to make one or more applications described in Section 7 of this By-law for
the development of such land;
w. "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;
x. "regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act
y. "Rental housing" means development of a building or structure with four or
more dwelling units all of which are intended for use as rented residential
premises.
z. "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:
i. an "apartment building" means a residential building, consisting of
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;
ii. a "duplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided
horizontally into two dwelling units;
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iii. "multiple dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached,
semi-detached, and apartment unit dwellings;
iv. a "row dwelling or townhouse" 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;
v. a "Park Model Trailer" means a trailer conforming to National
Standard of Canada CAN CSA-Z241 .0-92 or similar standard that
is up to a maximum size of 50 square metres and designed to
facilitate relocation from time to time;
vi. a "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.
vii. a "semi-detached dwelling" means a residential building that is
divided vertically into two dwelling units, each dwelling unit having
one vertical wall, but no other parts attached to another structure;
viii. "senior Apartment" means an apartment building or unit that is
occupied by one or more individuals who require accessibility
modifications or provincially-funded support services in order to live
independently in the community.;
ix. a "single detached dwelling" means a residential building consisting
of one dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
x. "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;
aa. "Use" means occupation and utilization for a particular purpose, practice
or benefit; and
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bb. "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.
3.
Pursuant to Section 2 of the Act, all uses of any land, buildings or structures
upon which Development Charges are imposed within the Municipality are:
a. a residential development;
b. a non-residential development.
4.
The Development Charge with respect to the use of any land, buildings or
structures shall be calculated as follows:
a. in the case of residential development, or the residential portion of a
mixed-use development, based upon the number of dwelling units;
b. in the case of non-residential development or the non-residential portion of
a mixed-use development based upon the Gross Floor Area devoted to
the use.
LANDS AFFECTED
5.
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, whether or not the
land or use is exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment Act,
R.S.O., 1990.
DESIGNATED SERVICES
6.
The category of service for which development charges are imposed under
this By-law is Fire Protection Services
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES IMPOSED
7.
Development Charges as hereinafter provided shall be imposed upon, and
shall be applied, calculated and collected in accordance with the provisions of
this By-law in connection with the development of all land within the
Municipality for residential uses and non-residential uses where,
a. the development of the land will increase the need for services, and
b. the development requires,
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i. the passing of a Zoning By-law or of an amendment thereto under
section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
ii. the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning
Act, R.S.O., 1990,
iii. a conveyance of land to which a By-law passed under subsection
50 (7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
iv. the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the
Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
v. a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
vi. the approval of a description under section 9 of the Condominium
Act, or
vii. the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act, in relation to a
building or structure
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES - AMOUNTS
8.
Residential - The amount of the Residential Development Charge payable
with respect to lands which are the subject of any approvals mentioned in
Section 7, above shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule "A", subject
to any exemption hereinafter provided.
9.
Non-residential - The amount of the Non-Residential Development Charge
payable with respect to lands which are the subject of any approvals
mentioned in Section 7 above shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule
"A", subject to any exemptions hereinafter provided.
10.
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
EXEMPTIONS
11.
The following categories of use are hereby designated as being exempt from
the payment of development charges:
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a. land, buildings or structures owned by and used for the purposes of a
municipality and exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment
Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as amended;
b. lands, buildings or structures owned by and used for the purposes of a
board and exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31;
c. buildings or structures used as public hospitals governed by the Public
Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.40, as amended;
d. land, buildings or structures used for institutional church use and exempt
from taxation under the Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as
amended;
e. the development of non-residential farm buildings constructed for bona
fide farm uses, which qualify as a farm business, being that which
operates with a valid Farm Business Registration Number and is assessed
in the Farmland Realty Tax Class;
f. affordable housing. Council may also waive a development charge for a
related use upon request (i.e. Non-profit agency);
g. for the first 100 kW of generating capacity of a Wind Turbine System or
Photovoltaic Generating Installation (Solar Farm);
h. the first 250 sq.m. of gross floor area of a new non-residential building;
i. accessory uses;
j. land 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 in respect of which development charges
would otherwise be payable is intended to be occupied and used by the
university;
k. non-profit housing development;
l. 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
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12.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not
be imposed with respect to:
a. an enlargement to an existing dwelling unit;
b. 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.;
c. 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;
d. 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
e. 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.
13.
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 residential buildings, including structures ancillary to dwellings,
subject to the following restrictions:
a. 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;
b. 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
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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
c. 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
14.
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.
a. 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:
b. notwithstanding section 13 a) 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.
c. the exemption for an existing industrial building provided by this section
shall be applied to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor
area that existed on the later of April 16, 2019 or the date before the first
enlargement for which an exemption from the payment of development
charges was granted pursuant to this by-law or its predecessor.
d. for greater certainty in applying the exemption herein, the gross floor area
of an existing industrial building is enlarged where there is a bona fide
increase in the size of the existing building and the enlarged area is
attached to existing industrial building and is used for or in connection with
an industrial purpose as set out in Subsection 1(1) of O.Reg. 82/98.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the exemption in this
Section shall not apply where the enlarged area is attached to the existing
industrial building by means only of a tunnel, bridge, canopy, corridor or
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other passageway, or through a shared below grade connection such as a
service tunnel, foundation, footing or a parking facility.
15.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, development charges for
rental housing development shall be reduced in accordance with the following:
a. 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;
b. 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
c. A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises not referred to in subsection (a) and (b) shall be
reduced by 15 per cent.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
16.
Development Charges are hereby imposed upon all lands that are developed
for residential, non-residential and institutional uses, in accordance with
Sections 8, 9, and 10, respectively, above insofar as;
a. the growth-related net capital costs are attributable development; and
b. Where two or more of the actions described in Section 7(b) are applicable
only one Development Charge shall be calculated and collected in
accordance with the provisions of this By-law.
c. Notwithstanding Subsection (c), if two or more of the actions described in
Section 7(b) occur at difference times, and if the subsequent action has
the effect of increasing the need for municipal services as designated in
Schedule "A", an additional Development Charge on the additional
residential units and/or non-residential gross floor area shall be calculated
and collected in accordance with the provision of this By-law.
CREDITS/ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS
17.
Credit for previous Development Charge Payments and lot levies: A credit
shall be applied to the Development Charge calculated in Sections 8, 9, and
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10 above for any previous Development Charge or lot levy payment. The onus
shall be upon the owner/applicant to provide proof of earlier payments.
18.
Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted
annually, without amendment to this By-law, on April 2nd of each year, in
accordance with the prescribed index in the Act.
TIMING AND CALCULATION OF PAYMENT
19.
Development charges imposed under this By-law are calculated, payable, and
collected upon issuance of a building permit for the development.
20.
Despite Section 19, 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.
21.
Notwithstanding Sections 19 and 20, 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.
22.
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 8, 9, and 10 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 8, 9, and 10 may be calculated on the rates, including
interest, set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the later planning application.
23.
Interest for the purposes of Sections 21 and 22 shall be determined as the
base rate plus 1%
24.
The base rate shall be equal to the average prime rate on:
a. October 15 of the previous year, if the adjustment date is January 1,
b. January 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is April 1,
c. April 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is July 1, and
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d. July 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is October 1.
25.
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.
REDUCTION OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES FOR REDEVELOPMENT
26.
where there is a redevelopment, conversion, demolition or change of use of a
building or structure or part thereof, the Development Charges payable by the
new or proposed development shall be credited by the amount to which the
previous use of the building or structure was subject to Development Charges
at the time this By-law was passed.
27.
A credit shall not be warranted where a building or structure or part thereof
was demolished and no building permit has been issued within 5 years from
the date of issuance of the demolition permit.
28.
The credit with respect to a redevelopment, conversion, demolition, or change
of use of a building or structure or part thereof shall not exceed the amount of
the Development Charges payable with respect to new or proposed
development.
29.
No credit shall be given with respect to the redevelopment, conversions,
demolition, or change of use of a building or structure or part thereof where the
existing building or structure or part thereof would have been exempt from
Development Charges in accordance with this By-law.
30.
No credit shall be given with respect to the redevelopment, conversions,
demolition, or change of use of a building or structure or part thereof where the
existing building or structure would have been inhabitable in the sole opinion
of the Municipality's Chief Building Official.
PAYMENT BY MONEY OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES:
31.
Payment of Development Charges to the Municipality shall be by;
a. cash or by cheque.
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b. In the alternative to payment by the means provided in subsection (a), the
Municipality may, by an agreement entered into with the owner, accept the
provision of services in full or partial satisfaction of the Development
Charge otherwise payable.
BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE:
32.
Where Development Charges apply to land in relation to which a building
permit is required, unless an agreement is entered into pursuant to Section
31(b) above, the building permit shall not be issued until the Development
Charge has been paid in full.
DEVELOPMENT CHARGE RESERVE FUNDS:
33.
All payments received by the Municipality pursuant to this By-law, including
income on investments of the reserve funds, shall be apportioned among the
reserve funds in accordance with Schedule "A" and paid into the respective
reserves.
WITHDRAWL FROM RESERVE FUNDS:
34.
That no monies be withdrawn from the said Reserve Funds except:
a. refunds, including interest, if applicable, as hereinafter set out, and
b. to meet growth related net capital costs for which the Development
Charge was imposed, as set out in the Municipality's Development
Charges Background Study, subject to any modifications to project
definition, budget priority and phasing, as may occur as part of the
Municipality's annual Capital Budget process, or amendments to this By-
law. Council may withdraw funds from the Municipal Services Reserve
Fund based on project definition, budget priority and phasing as aforesaid.
REFUNDS:
35.
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.
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Where this By-law or any Development Charge prescribed under this Bylaw is
amended or repealed either by order of the Ontario Land Tribunal or by
resolution of the Council, the Treasurer shall forthwith calculate and refund the
amount of any overpayment as a result of such amendment or repeal.
Upon issuing a refund, the Municipality will retain an administrative fee of
$150.00 per building application.
36.
Refunds that are required to be paid under Section 35 shall be paid with
interest to be calculated from the date on which the overpayment was
collected to the date on which the refund is paid. The interest rate shall be the
Bank of Canada rate on the day the by-law comes into force, updated on the
first business day of every January, April, July and October.
FULL FORCE AND EFFECT
37.
This By-law, known as the "Development Charges By-law, 2024", shall come
into force and effect on April 2, 2024.
38.
This By-law shall continue in force and effect until ten years from the date of
adoption by Council, unless it is repealed at an earlier date.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
____________________
______________, Mayor
____________________
_______________, Clerk
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Schedule "A" to By-law 2024-XX
Schedule of Development Charges - Fire Protection Services
Single and
Semi-Detached
Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
Park Model
Trailers
(per sq.m. of
Gross Floor
Area)
Per 500kW
Nameplate
Generating
Capacity (Green
Energy
Developments)
Fire Protection Services
1,820
1,544
1,517
884
884
11.13
1,820
Service
RESIDENTIAL ($)
NON-RESIDENTIAL ($)
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D3. Parks and Recreation Services
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES
BY-LAW 2024-XX
BEING A BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH A DEVELOPMENT
CHARGE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES
WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Lakes (hereinafter
referred to as "the Council") anticipates that the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent
Lakes (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 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 Lakes has
given notice of and held a public meeting on the 5th of March, 2024 in accordance with
the Act and the regulations thereto;
AND WHEREAS Council desires to ensure that the capital cost of meeting growth-
related demands for, or burden on, municipal services does not place a financial burden
on the Municipality or its existing taxpayers;
NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
DEFINITION AND USES:
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.
2.
In this By-law:
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a. "Act" means the Development Charges Act, as amended, or any
successor thereof;
b. "accessory" means where used to describe a use, building, or structure
that the use, building or structure is naturally and normally incidental,
subordinate in purpose or floor area or both, and exclusively devoted to a
principal use, building or structure;
c. "agricultural use" means lands, buildings, or structures, excluding any
portion thereof used as a dwelling unit, used, designed or intended to be
used for the purpose of a bona fide farming operation including, but not
limited to, animal husbandry, bee keeping, dairying, fallow, field crops, fish
farming, forestry, fruit farming, horticulture, livestock, market gardening,
pasturage, poultry keeping, the growing, raising, packing, treating, storing,
and sale of produce produced on the premises, and other activities
customarily carried on in the field of agriculture;
d. "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;
e. "board" means a board of education, public school board, secondary
school board, Catholic school board, Protestant school board, or a board
as defined in Subsection 1(1) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.2, as
amended;
f. "building or structure" means a structure occupying an area greater than
ten square metres consisting of a wall, roof, and floor or any of them or a
structural system serving the function thereof including an air-supported
structure, excluding a farm building;
g. "Building Code Act" means the Building Code Act, S.O. 1992, c.23, as
amended, and all Regulations thereto including the Ontario Building Code,
1997, as amended;
h. "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,
ii. to improve land,
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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 as defined in the Public Libraries
Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. P.44, as amended, or any
successor thereof; and
3. rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or
more, and
v. including interest on borrowing for those expenditures under
clauses I to iv above that are growth related
i. "Council" means the Council of the Municipality;
j. "Development" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
buildings or structures on land or the making of an addition or alteration to
a building or structure that has the effect of increasing the size thereof and
includes preparation for such building activity and redevelopment;
k. "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;
l. "Dwelling Unit" means one or more habitable rooms designed or intended
to be used together as a single and separate housekeeping unit by one or
more persons, containing its own culinary facilities;
m. "existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of April 16,
20219 ;
n. "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, seasonal roadside stands and silos but does not include
processing or wholesale or retail facilities such as restaurants, dedicated
farm shops, banquet facilities, hospitality and accommodation facilities, gift
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shops, services related to grooming, boarding or breeding of household
pets, and marijuana and alcohol processing or production facilities.
o. "Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or
structure at all exterior walls;
p. "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;
q. "Gross Floor Area" means the sum total of the total areas of all floors in a
building or structure, whether at, above, or below-grade, measured
between the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the building or structure
or from the centre line of a common wall separating two uses, or from the
outside edge of a floor where the outside edge of the floor does not meet
an exterior or common wall, and;
i. includes the floor area of a mezzanine and air-supported structure
and the space occupied by interior walls partitions;
ii. excludes any parts of the building or structure used for the parking
and loading of vehicles; and
iii. where a building or structure does not have any walls, the gross
floor area of the building or structure shall be the total of the area of
all floors, including the ground floor, that are directly beneath the
roof of the building or structure;
r. "industrial building" means a building used for or in connection with,
i. manufacturing, producing, processing, storing or distributing
something;
ii. research or development in connection with manufacturing,
producing or processing something;
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iii. retail sales by a manufacturer, producer or processor of something
they manufactured, produced or processed, if the retail sales are at
the site where the manufacturing, production, or processing takes
place; or
iv. office or administrative purposes, if they are;
1. carried out with respect to manufacturing, producing,
processing, storage or distributing of something, and;
2. in or attached to the building or structure used for that
manufacturing, producing, processing, storage or
distribution;
s. "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(1) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010;
iii. By any institution of the following post-secondary institutions for the
objects of the institution:
1. a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular and
ongoing operation funding from the Government of Ontario;
2. a college or university federated or affiliated with a university
in Ontario that receives direct, regular and ongoing operation
funding from the Government of Ontario; or
3. an Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of
section 6 of the Indigenous Institute 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.
t. "Non-profit housing development" means development of a building or
structure intended for use as residential premises by:
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i. a corporation to which the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010
applies, that is in good standing under that Act and whose primary
object is to provide housing;
ii. a corporation without share capital to which the Canada Not-for-
profit Corporations Act applies, that is in good standing under that
Act and whose primary object is to provide housing; or
iii. a non-profit housing co-operative that is in good standing under the
Co-operative Corporations Act.
u. "non-residential development" means development other than residential
development as defined herein, and includes development for commercial,
farm, industrial, institutional, hunt camp, and Green Energy uses;
v. "Owner" means the owner of land or any person authorized by such owner
to make one or more applications described in Section 7 of this By-law for
the development of such land;
w. "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;
x. "regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act
y. "Rental housing" means development of a building or structure with four or
more dwelling units all of which are intended for use as rented residential
premises.
z. "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:
i. an "apartment building" means a residential building, consisting of
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;
ii. a "duplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided
horizontally into two dwelling units;
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iii. "multiple dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached,
semi-detached, and apartment unit dwellings;
iv. a "row dwelling or townhouse" 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;
v. a "Park Model Trailer" means a trailer conforming to National
Standard of Canada CAN CSA-Z241 .0-92 or similar standard that
is up to a maximum size of 50 square metres and designed to
facilitate relocation from time to time;
vi. a "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.
vii. a "semi-detached dwelling" means a residential building that is
divided vertically into two dwelling units, each dwelling unit having
one vertical wall, but no other parts attached to another structure;
viii. "senior Apartment" means an apartment building or unit that is
occupied by one or more individuals who require accessibility
modifications or provincially-funded support services in order to live
independently in the community.;
ix. a "single detached dwelling" means a residential building consisting
of one dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
x. "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;
aa. "Use" means occupation and utilization for a particular purpose, practice
or benefit; and
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bb. "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.
3.
Pursuant to Section 2 of the Act, all uses of any land, buildings or structures
upon which Development Charges are imposed within the Municipality are:
a. a residential development;
b. a non-residential development.
4.
The Development Charge with respect to the use of any land, buildings or
structures shall be calculated as follows:
a. in the case of residential development, or the residential portion of a
mixed-use development, based upon the number of dwelling units;
b. in the case of non-residential development or the non-residential portion of
a mixed-use development based upon the Gross Floor Area devoted to
the use.
LANDS AFFECTED
5.
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, whether or not the
land or use is exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment Act,
R.S.O., 1990.
DESIGNATED SERVICES
6.
The category of service for which development charges are imposed under
this By-law is Parks and Recreation Services
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES IMPOSED
7.
Development Charges as hereinafter provided shall be imposed upon, and
shall be applied, calculated and collected in accordance with the provisions of
this By-law in connection with the development of all land within the
Municipality for residential uses and non-residential uses where,
a. the development of the land will increase the need for services, and
b. the development requires,
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i. the passing of a Zoning By-law or of an amendment thereto under
section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
ii. the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning
Act, R.S.O., 1990,
iii. a conveyance of land to which a By-law passed under subsection
50 (7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
iv. the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the
Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
v. a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
vi. the approval of a description under section 9 of the Condominium
Act, or
vii. the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act, in relation to a
building or structure
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES - AMOUNTS
8.
Residential - The amount of the Residential Development Charge payable
with respect to lands which are the subject of any approvals mentioned in
Section 7, above shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule "A", subject
to any exemption hereinafter provided.
9.
Non-residential - The amount of the Non-Residential Development Charge
payable with respect to lands which are the subject of any approvals
mentioned in Section 7 above shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule
"A", subject to any exemptions hereinafter provided.
10.
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
EXEMPTIONS
11.
The following categories of use are hereby designated as being exempt from
the payment of development charges:
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a. land, buildings or structures owned by and used for the purposes of a
municipality and exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment
Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as amended;
b. lands, buildings or structures owned by and used for the purposes of a
board and exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31;
c. buildings or structures used as public hospitals governed by the Public
Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.40, as amended;
d. land, buildings or structures used for institutional church use and exempt
from taxation under the Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as
amended;
e. the development of non-residential farm buildings constructed for bona
fide farm uses, which qualify as a farm business, being that which
operates with a valid Farm Business Registration Number and is assessed
in the Farmland Realty Tax Class;
f. affordable housing. Council may also waive a development charge for a
related use upon request (i.e. Non-profit agency);
g. for the first 100 kW of generating capacity of a Wind Turbine System or
Photovoltaic Generating Installation (Solar Farm);
h. the first 250 sq.m. of gross floor area of a new non-residential building;
i. accessory uses;
j. land 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 in respect of which development charges
would otherwise be payable is intended to be occupied and used by the
university;
k. non-profit housing development;
l. 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
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12.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not
be imposed with respect to:
a. an enlargement to an existing dwelling unit;
b. 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.;
c. 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;
d. 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
e. 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.
13.
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 residential buildings, including structures ancillary to dwellings,
subject to the following restrictions:
a. 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;
b. 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
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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
c. 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
14.
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.
a. 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:
b. notwithstanding section 13 a) 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.
c. the exemption for an existing industrial building provided by this section
shall be applied to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor
area that existed on the later of April 16, 2019 or the date before the first
enlargement for which an exemption from the payment of development
charges was granted pursuant to this by-law or its predecessor.
d. for greater certainty in applying the exemption herein, the gross floor area
of an existing industrial building is enlarged where there is a bona fide
increase in the size of the existing building and the enlarged area is
attached to existing industrial building and is used for or in connection with
an industrial purpose as set out in Subsection 1(1) of O.Reg. 82/98.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the exemption in this
Section shall not apply where the enlarged area is attached to the existing
industrial building by means only of a tunnel, bridge, canopy, corridor or
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other passageway, or through a shared below grade connection such as a
service tunnel, foundation, footing or a parking facility.
15.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, development charges for
rental housing development shall be reduced in accordance with the following:
a. 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;
b. 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
c. A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises not referred to in subsection (a) and (b) shall be
reduced by 15 per cent.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
16.
Development Charges are hereby imposed upon all lands that are developed
for residential, non-residential and institutional uses, in accordance with
Sections 8, 9, and 10, respectively, above insofar as;
a. the growth-related net capital costs are attributable development; and
b. Where two or more of the actions described in Section 7(b) are applicable
only one Development Charge shall be calculated and collected in
accordance with the provisions of this By-law.
c. Notwithstanding Subsection (c), if two or more of the actions described in
Section 7(b) occur at difference times, and if the subsequent action has
the effect of increasing the need for municipal services as designated in
Schedule "A", an additional Development Charge on the additional
residential units and/or non-residential gross floor area shall be calculated
and collected in accordance with the provision of this By-law.
CREDITS/ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS
17.
Credit for previous Development Charge Payments and lot levies: A credit
shall be applied to the Development Charge calculated in Sections 8, 9, and
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10 above for any previous Development Charge or lot levy payment. The onus
shall be upon the owner/applicant to provide proof of earlier payments.
18.
Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted
annually, without amendment to this By-law, on April 2nd of each year, in
accordance with the prescribed index in the Act.
TIMING AND CALCULATION OF PAYMENT
19.
Development charges imposed under this By-law are calculated, payable, and
collected upon issuance of a building permit for the development.
20.
Despite Section 19, 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.
21.
Notwithstanding Sections 19 and 20, 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.
22.
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 8, 9, and 10 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 8, 9, and 10 may be calculated on the rates, including
interest, set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the later planning application.
23.
Interest for the purposes of Sections 21 and 22 shall be determined as the
base rate plus 1%
24.
The base rate shall be equal to the average prime rate on:
a. October 15 of the previous year, if the adjustment date is January 1,
b. January 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is April 1,
c. April 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is July 1, and
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d. July 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is October 1.
25.
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.
REDUCTION OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES FOR REDEVELOPMENT
26.
where there is a redevelopment, conversion, demolition or change of use of a
building or structure or part thereof, the Development Charges payable by the
new or proposed development shall be credited by the amount to which the
previous use of the building or structure was subject to Development Charges
at the time this By-law was passed.
27.
A credit shall not be warranted where a building or structure or part thereof
was demolished and no building permit has been issued within 5 years from
the date of issuance of the demolition permit.
28.
The credit with respect to a redevelopment, conversion, demolition, or change
of use of a building or structure or part thereof shall not exceed the amount of
the Development Charges payable with respect to new or proposed
development.
29.
No credit shall be given with respect to the redevelopment, conversions,
demolition, or change of use of a building or structure or part thereof where the
existing building or structure or part thereof would have been exempt from
Development Charges in accordance with this By-law.
30.
No credit shall be given with respect to the redevelopment, conversions,
demolition, or change of use of a building or structure or part thereof where the
existing building or structure would have been inhabitable in the sole opinion
of the Municipality's Chief Building Official.
PAYMENT BY MONEY OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES:
31.
Payment of Development Charges to the Municipality shall be by;
a. cash or by cheque.
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b. In the alternative to payment by the means provided in subsection (a), the
Municipality may, by an agreement entered into with the owner, accept the
provision of services in full or partial satisfaction of the Development
Charge otherwise payable.
BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE:
32.
Where Development Charges apply to land in relation to which a building
permit is required, unless an agreement is entered into pursuant to Section
31(b) above, the building permit shall not be issued until the Development
Charge has been paid in full.
DEVELOPMENT CHARGE RESERVE FUNDS:
33.
All payments received by the Municipality pursuant to this By-law, including
income on investments of the reserve funds, shall be apportioned among the
reserve funds in accordance with Schedule "A" and paid into the respective
reserves.
WITHDRAWL FROM RESERVE FUNDS:
34.
That no monies be withdrawn from the said Reserve Funds except:
a. refunds, including interest, if applicable, as hereinafter set out, and
b. to meet growth related net capital costs for which the Development
Charge was imposed, as set out in the Municipality's Development
Charges Background Study, subject to any modifications to project
definition, budget priority and phasing, as may occur as part of the
Municipality's annual Capital Budget process, or amendments to this By-
law. Council may withdraw funds from the Municipal Services Reserve
Fund based on project definition, budget priority and phasing as aforesaid.
REFUNDS:
35.
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.
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Where this By-law or any Development Charge prescribed under this Bylaw is
amended or repealed either by order of the Ontario Land Tribunal or by
resolution of the Council, the Treasurer shall forthwith calculate and refund the
amount of any overpayment as a result of such amendment or repeal.
Upon issuing a refund, the Municipality will retain an administrative fee of
$150.00 per building application.
36.
Refunds that are required to be paid under Section 35 shall be paid with
interest to be calculated from the date on which the overpayment was
collected to the date on which the refund is paid. The interest rate shall be the
Bank of Canada rate on the day the by-law comes into force, updated on the
first business day of every January, April, July and October.
FULL FORCE AND EFFECT
37.
This By-law, known as the "Development Charges By-law, 2024", shall come
into force and effect on April 2, 2024.
38.
This By-law shall continue in force and effect until ten years from the date of
adoption by Council, unless it is repealed at an earlier date.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
____________________
______________, Mayor
____________________
_______________, Clerk
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Schedule "A" to By-law 2024-XX
Schedule of Development Charges - Parks and Recreation Services
Single and
Semi-Detached
Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
Park Model
Trailers
(per sq.m. of
Gross Floor
Area)
Per 500kW
Nameplate
Generating
Capacity (Green
Energy
Developments)
Parks and Recreation Services
579
491
483
281
-
0.41
-
Service
RESIDENTIAL ($)
NON-RESIDENTIAL ($)
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D4. Library Services
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES
BY-LAW 2024-XX
BEING A BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH A DEVELOPMENT
CHARGE FOR LIBRARY SERVICES
WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent Lakes (hereinafter
referred to as "the Council") anticipates that the Corporation of the Municipality of Trent
Lakes (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 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 Lakes has
given notice of and held a public meeting on the 5th of March, 2024 in accordance with
the Act and the regulations thereto;
AND WHEREAS Council desires to ensure that the capital cost of meeting growth-
related demands for, or burden on, municipal services does not place a financial burden
on the Municipality or its existing taxpayers;
NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
DEFINITION AND USES:
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.
2.
In this By-law:
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a. "Act" means the Development Charges Act, as amended, or any
successor thereof;
b. "accessory" means where used to describe a use, building, or structure
that the use, building or structure is naturally and normally incidental,
subordinate in purpose or floor area or both, and exclusively devoted to a
principal use, building or structure;
c. "agricultural use" means lands, buildings, or structures, excluding any
portion thereof used as a dwelling unit, used, designed or intended to be
used for the purpose of a bona fide farming operation including, but not
limited to, animal husbandry, bee keeping, dairying, fallow, field crops, fish
farming, forestry, fruit farming, horticulture, livestock, market gardening,
pasturage, poultry keeping, the growing, raising, packing, treating, storing,
and sale of produce produced on the premises, and other activities
customarily carried on in the field of agriculture;
d. "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;
e. "board" means a board of education, public school board, secondary
school board, Catholic school board, Protestant school board, or a board
as defined in Subsection 1(1) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.2, as
amended;
f. "building or structure" means a structure occupying an area greater than
ten square metres consisting of a wall, roof, and floor or any of them or a
structural system serving the function thereof including an air-supported
structure, excluding a farm building;
g. "Building Code Act" means the Building Code Act, S.O. 1992, c.23, as
amended, and all Regulations thereto including the Ontario Building Code,
1997, as amended;
h. "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,
ii. to improve land,
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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 as defined in the Public Libraries
Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. P.44, as amended, or any
successor thereof; and
3. rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or
more, and
v. including interest on borrowing for those expenditures under
clauses I to iv above that are growth related
i. "Council" means the Council of the Municipality;
j. "Development" means the construction, erection or placing of one or more
buildings or structures on land or the making of an addition or alteration to
a building or structure that has the effect of increasing the size thereof and
includes preparation for such building activity and redevelopment;
k. "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;
l. "Dwelling Unit" means one or more habitable rooms designed or intended
to be used together as a single and separate housekeeping unit by one or
more persons, containing its own culinary facilities;
m. "existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of April 16,
20219 ;
n. "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, seasonal roadside stands and silos but does not include
processing or wholesale or retail facilities such as restaurants, dedicated
farm shops, banquet facilities, hospitality and accommodation facilities, gift
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shops, services related to grooming, boarding or breeding of household
pets, and marijuana and alcohol processing or production facilities.
o. "Grade" means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or
structure at all exterior walls;
p. "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;
q. "Gross Floor Area" means the sum total of the total areas of all floors in a
building or structure, whether at, above, or below-grade, measured
between the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the building or structure
or from the centre line of a common wall separating two uses, or from the
outside edge of a floor where the outside edge of the floor does not meet
an exterior or common wall, and;
i. includes the floor area of a mezzanine and air-supported structure
and the space occupied by interior walls partitions;
ii. excludes any parts of the building or structure used for the parking
and loading of vehicles; and
iii. where a building or structure does not have any walls, the gross
floor area of the building or structure shall be the total of the area of
all floors, including the ground floor, that are directly beneath the
roof of the building or structure;
r. "industrial building" means a building used for or in connection with,
i. manufacturing, producing, processing, storing or distributing
something;
ii. research or development in connection with manufacturing,
producing or processing something;
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iii. retail sales by a manufacturer, producer or processor of something
they manufactured, produced or processed, if the retail sales are at
the site where the manufacturing, production, or processing takes
place; or
iv. office or administrative purposes, if they are;
1. carried out with respect to manufacturing, producing,
processing, storage or distributing of something, and;
2. in or attached to the building or structure used for that
manufacturing, producing, processing, storage or
distribution;
s. "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(1) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010;
iii. By any institution of the following post-secondary institutions for the
objects of the institution:
1. a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular and
ongoing operation funding from the Government of Ontario;
2. a college or university federated or affiliated with a university
in Ontario that receives direct, regular and ongoing operation
funding from the Government of Ontario; or
3. an Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of
section 6 of the Indigenous Institute 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.
t. "Non-profit housing development" means development of a building or
structure intended for use as residential premises by:
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i. a corporation to which the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010
applies, that is in good standing under that Act and whose primary
object is to provide housing;
ii. a corporation without share capital to which the Canada Not-for-
profit Corporations Act applies, that is in good standing under that
Act and whose primary object is to provide housing; or
iii. a non-profit housing co-operative that is in good standing under the
Co-operative Corporations Act.
u. "non-residential development" means development other than residential
development as defined herein, and includes development for commercial,
farm, industrial, institutional, hunt camp, and Green Energy uses;
v. "Owner" means the owner of land or any person authorized by such owner
to make one or more applications described in Section 7 of this By-law for
the development of such land;
w. "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;
x. "regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act
y. "Rental housing" means development of a building or structure with four or
more dwelling units all of which are intended for use as rented residential
premises.
z. "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:
i. an "apartment building" means a residential building, consisting of
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;
ii. a "duplex dwelling" means a residential building that is divided
horizontally into two dwelling units;
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iii. "multiple dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached,
semi-detached, and apartment unit dwellings;
iv. a "row dwelling or townhouse" 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;
v. a "Park Model Trailer" means a trailer conforming to National
Standard of Canada CAN CSA-Z241 .0-92 or similar standard that
is up to a maximum size of 50 square metres and designed to
facilitate relocation from time to time;
vi. a "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.
vii. a "semi-detached dwelling" means a residential building that is
divided vertically into two dwelling units, each dwelling unit having
one vertical wall, but no other parts attached to another structure;
viii. "senior Apartment" means an apartment building or unit that is
occupied by one or more individuals who require accessibility
modifications or provincially-funded support services in order to live
independently in the community.;
ix. a "single detached dwelling" means a residential building consisting
of one dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
x. "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;
aa. "Use" means occupation and utilization for a particular purpose, practice
or benefit; and
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bb. "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.
3.
Pursuant to Section 2 of the Act, all uses of any land, buildings or structures
upon which Development Charges are imposed within the Municipality are:
a. a residential development;
b. a non-residential development.
4.
The Development Charge with respect to the use of any land, buildings or
structures shall be calculated as follows:
a. in the case of residential development, or the residential portion of a
mixed-use development, based upon the number of dwelling units;
b. in the case of non-residential development or the non-residential portion of
a mixed-use development based upon the Gross Floor Area devoted to
the use.
LANDS AFFECTED
5.
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, whether or not the
land or use is exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment Act,
R.S.O., 1990.
DESIGNATED SERVICES
6.
The category of service for which development charges are imposed under
this By-law is Library Services
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES IMPOSED
7.
Development Charges as hereinafter provided shall be imposed upon, and
shall be applied, calculated and collected in accordance with the provisions of
this By-law in connection with the development of all land within the
Municipality for residential uses and non-residential uses where,
a. the development of the land will increase the need for services, and
b. the development requires,
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i. the passing of a Zoning By-law or of an amendment thereto under
section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
ii. the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning
Act, R.S.O., 1990,
iii. a conveyance of land to which a By-law passed under subsection
50 (7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
iv. the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the
Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
v. a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990,
vi. the approval of a description under section 9 of the Condominium
Act, or
vii. the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act, in relation to a
building or structure
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES - AMOUNTS
8.
Residential - The amount of the Residential Development Charge payable
with respect to lands which are the subject of any approvals mentioned in
Section 7, above shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule "A", subject
to any exemption hereinafter provided.
9.
Non-residential - The amount of the Non-Residential Development Charge
payable with respect to lands which are the subject of any approvals
mentioned in Section 7 above shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule
"A", subject to any exemptions hereinafter provided.
10.
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
EXEMPTIONS
11.
The following categories of use are hereby designated as being exempt from
the payment of development charges:
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a. land, buildings or structures owned by and used for the purposes of a
municipality and exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment
Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as amended;
b. lands, buildings or structures owned by and used for the purposes of a
board and exempt from taxation under Section 3 of the Assessment Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31;
c. buildings or structures used as public hospitals governed by the Public
Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.40, as amended;
d. land, buildings or structures used for institutional church use and exempt
from taxation under the Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as
amended;
e. the development of non-residential farm buildings constructed for bona
fide farm uses, which qualify as a farm business, being that which
operates with a valid Farm Business Registration Number and is assessed
in the Farmland Realty Tax Class;
f. affordable housing. Council may also waive a development charge for a
related use upon request (i.e. Non-profit agency);
g. for the first 100 kW of generating capacity of a Wind Turbine System or
Photovoltaic Generating Installation (Solar Farm);
h. the first 250 sq.m. of gross floor area of a new non-residential building;
i. accessory uses;
j. land 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 in respect of which development charges
would otherwise be payable is intended to be occupied and used by the
university;
k. non-profit housing development;
l. 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
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12.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this By-law, development charges shall not
be imposed with respect to:
a. an enlargement to an existing dwelling unit;
b. 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.;
c. 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;
d. 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
e. 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.
13.
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 residential buildings, including structures ancillary to dwellings,
subject to the following restrictions:
a. 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;
b. 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
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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
c. 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
14.
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.
a. 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:
b. notwithstanding section 13 a) 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.
c. the exemption for an existing industrial building provided by this section
shall be applied to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor
area that existed on the later of April 16, 2019 or the date before the first
enlargement for which an exemption from the payment of development
charges was granted pursuant to this by-law or its predecessor.
d. for greater certainty in applying the exemption herein, the gross floor area
of an existing industrial building is enlarged where there is a bona fide
increase in the size of the existing building and the enlarged area is
attached to existing industrial building and is used for or in connection with
an industrial purpose as set out in Subsection 1(1) of O.Reg. 82/98.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the exemption in this
Section shall not apply where the enlarged area is attached to the existing
industrial building by means only of a tunnel, bridge, canopy, corridor or
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other passageway, or through a shared below grade connection such as a
service tunnel, foundation, footing or a parking facility.
15.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, development charges for
rental housing development shall be reduced in accordance with the following:
a. 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;
b. 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
c. A development charge for a residential unit intended for use as a rented
residential premises not referred to in subsection (a) and (b) shall be
reduced by 15 per cent.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
16.
Development Charges are hereby imposed upon all lands that are developed
for residential, non-residential and institutional uses, in accordance with
Sections 8, 9, and 10, respectively, above insofar as;
a. the growth-related net capital costs are attributable development; and
b. Where two or more of the actions described in Section 7(b) are applicable
only one Development Charge shall be calculated and collected in
accordance with the provisions of this By-law.
c. Notwithstanding Subsection (c), if two or more of the actions described in
Section 7(b) occur at difference times, and if the subsequent action has
the effect of increasing the need for municipal services as designated in
Schedule "A", an additional Development Charge on the additional
residential units and/or non-residential gross floor area shall be calculated
and collected in accordance with the provision of this By-law.
CREDITS/ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS
17.
Credit for previous Development Charge Payments and lot levies: A credit
shall be applied to the Development Charge calculated in Sections 8, 9, and
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10 above for any previous Development Charge or lot levy payment. The onus
shall be upon the owner/applicant to provide proof of earlier payments.
18.
Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law shall be adjusted
annually, without amendment to this By-law, on April 2nd of each year, in
accordance with the prescribed index in the Act.
TIMING AND CALCULATION OF PAYMENT
19.
Development charges imposed under this By-law are calculated, payable, and
collected upon issuance of a building permit for the development.
20.
Despite Section 19, 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.
21.
Notwithstanding Sections 19 and 20, 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.
22.
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 8, 9, and 10 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 8, 9, and 10 may be calculated on the rates, including
interest, set out in Schedule "A" on the date of the later planning application.
23.
Interest for the purposes of Sections 21 and 22 shall be determined as the
base rate plus 1%
24.
The base rate shall be equal to the average prime rate on:
a. October 15 of the previous year, if the adjustment date is January 1,
b. January 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is April 1,
c. April 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is July 1, and
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d. July 15 of the same year, if the adjustment date is October 1.
25.
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.
REDUCTION OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES FOR REDEVELOPMENT
26.
where there is a redevelopment, conversion, demolition or change of use of a
building or structure or part thereof, the Development Charges payable by the
new or proposed development shall be credited by the amount to which the
previous use of the building or structure was subject to Development Charges
at the time this By-law was passed.
27.
A credit shall not be warranted where a building or structure or part thereof
was demolished and no building permit has been issued within 5 years from
the date of issuance of the demolition permit.
28.
The credit with respect to a redevelopment, conversion, demolition, or change
of use of a building or structure or part thereof shall not exceed the amount of
the Development Charges payable with respect to new or proposed
development.
29.
No credit shall be given with respect to the redevelopment, conversions,
demolition, or change of use of a building or structure or part thereof where the
existing building or structure or part thereof would have been exempt from
Development Charges in accordance with this By-law.
30.
No credit shall be given with respect to the redevelopment, conversions,
demolition, or change of use of a building or structure or part thereof where the
existing building or structure would have been inhabitable in the sole opinion
of the Municipality's Chief Building Official.
PAYMENT BY MONEY OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES:
31.
Payment of Development Charges to the Municipality shall be by;
a. cash or by cheque.
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b. In the alternative to payment by the means provided in subsection (a), the
Municipality may, by an agreement entered into with the owner, accept the
provision of services in full or partial satisfaction of the Development
Charge otherwise payable.
BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE:
32.
Where Development Charges apply to land in relation to which a building
permit is required, unless an agreement is entered into pursuant to Section
31(b) above, the building permit shall not be issued until the Development
Charge has been paid in full.
DEVELOPMENT CHARGE RESERVE FUNDS:
33.
All payments received by the Municipality pursuant to this By-law, including
income on investments of the reserve funds, shall be apportioned among the
reserve funds in accordance with Schedule "A" and paid into the respective
reserves.
WITHDRAWL FROM RESERVE FUNDS:
34.
That no monies be withdrawn from the said Reserve Funds except:
a. refunds, including interest, if applicable, as hereinafter set out, and
b. to meet growth related net capital costs for which the Development
Charge was imposed, as set out in the Municipality's Development
Charges Background Study, subject to any modifications to project
definition, budget priority and phasing, as may occur as part of the
Municipality's annual Capital Budget process, or amendments to this By-
law. Council may withdraw funds from the Municipal Services Reserve
Fund based on project definition, budget priority and phasing as aforesaid.
REFUNDS:
35.
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.
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Where this By-law or any Development Charge prescribed under this Bylaw is
amended or repealed either by order of the Ontario Land Tribunal or by
resolution of the Council, the Treasurer shall forthwith calculate and refund the
amount of any overpayment as a result of such amendment or repeal.
Upon issuing a refund, the Municipality will retain an administrative fee of
$150.00 per building application.
36.
Refunds that are required to be paid under Section 35 shall be paid with
interest to be calculated from the date on which the overpayment was
collected to the date on which the refund is paid. The interest rate shall be the
Bank of Canada rate on the day the by-law comes into force, updated on the
first business day of every January, April, July and October.
FULL FORCE AND EFFECT
37.
This By-law, known as the "Development Charges By-law, 2024", shall come
into force and effect on April 2, 2024.
38.
This By-law shall continue in force and effect until ten years from the date of
adoption by Council, unless it is repealed at an earlier date.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
____________________
______________, Mayor
____________________
_______________, Clerk
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Schedule "A" to By-law 2024-XX
Schedule of Development Charges - Library Services
Single and
Semi-Detached
Dwelling
Other Multiples
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
Park Model
Trailers
(per sq.m. of
Gross Floor
Area)
Per 500kW
Nameplate
Generating
Capacity (Green
Energy
Developments)
Library Services
55
47
46
27
27
0.04
-
Service
RESIDENTIAL ($)
NON-RESIDENTIAL ($)