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By-law No. 027 - 22
A By-law for the Imposition of Development Charges
THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWNSHIP OF WELLINGTON NORTH
BY-LAW NUMBER 027-2022
(INCLUDING AMENDMENTS IN BY-LAW 076-2022 AND BY-LAW 059-2025)
A BY-LAW FOR THE IMPOSITION OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
WHEREAS the Township of Wellington North will experience growth through
development and re-development;
AND WHEREAS development and re-development requires the provision of physical and
social services by the Township of Wellington North;
AND WHEREAS Council desires to ensure that the capital cost of meeting growth-related
demands for, or burden on, municipal services does not place an excessive financial
burden on the Township of Wellington North or its existing taxpayers while at the same
time ensuring new taxpayers contribute no more than the net capital cost attributable to
providing the current level of municipal services;
AND WHEREAS Section 2 of the Development Charges Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 27 ("the
Act") provides that the council of a municipality may pass a by-law for the imposition of
development charges against land if the development of the land would increase the need
for services arising from development of the area to which the by-law applies;
AND WHEREAS a development charge background study has been completed in
accordance with the Act;
AND WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Wellington North
gave notice of and held a public meeting on Thursday the 10th of February 2022 in
accordance with the Act and the regulations thereto;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Township of Wellington North (the "Council") enacted
and passed By-law 027-2022, being a by-law for the imposition of development charges
on February 22, 2022;
AND WHEREAS Section 19 of the Act provides for amendments to be made to
development charges by-laws;
AND WHEREAS a development charges background update study has been completed
in accordance with the Act;
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AND WHEREAS the updated study and proposed amending By-law were made available
to the public on 17 day of July 2025;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Township of Wellington North has given notice and
held a public meeting on the 11 day of August, 2025 in accordance with the Act and the
regulations thereto;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
WELLINGTON NORTH ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
INTERPRETATION
1.1
In this By-law the following items shall have the corresponding meanings:
"Act" means the Development Charges Act, 1997, as amended, or any successor
thereof;
"Accessory" when used to describe a building or structure, means a use, building
or structure which is incidental, subordinate, and exclusively devoted to the main
use, building, or structure located on the same lot;
"Affordable Residential Unit" means a residential unit that meets the criteria set out
in subsection 4.1 of the Act.
"Affordable Residential Units Bulletin" means the bulletin entitled the "Affordable
Residential Units for the Purposes of the Development Charges Act, 1997
Bulletin", as it is amended from time to time, that is published by the Minister of
Municipal Affairs and Housing on a website of the Government of Ontario;
"Agricultural Use" means use or intended use for a bona fide farming
operation;
"Apartment Unit" means any residential unit within a building containing more than
four dwelling units where the units are connected by an interior corridor;
"Attainable Residential Unit" means a residential unit that meets the criteria set out
in subsection 4.1 of the Act;
"Bedroom" means a habitable room which can be used as sleeping quarters, but
does not include a bathroom, living room, dining room or kitchen;
"Board of Education" has the same meaning as set out in the Education Act, R.S.O.
1990, Chap. E.2, as amended, or any successor thereof;
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"Bona Fide Farming Operation" means the proposed development will qualify as a
farm business, and shall include new farming operations and farm operations
associated with the Mennonite community;
"Building Code Act" means the Building Code Act, S.O. 1992, as amended, or any
successor thereof;
"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,
(a)
to acquire land or an interest in land, including a leasehold interest,
(b)
to improve land,
(c)
to acquire, lease, construct or improve buildings and structures,
(d)
to acquire, construct or improve facilities including,
(i)
furniture and equipment other than computer equipment, and
(ii)
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
(iii)
rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or more, and
(e)
to undertake studies in connection with any matter under the Act and any
of the matters in clauses (a) to (d) above, including the development charge
background study required for the provision of services designated in this
By-law within or outside the municipality, including interest on borrowing for
those expenditures under clauses (a) to (e) above that are growth-related;
"Commercial" means any use of land, structures or buildings for the purposes of
buying or selling commodities and services, but does not include industrial or
agricultural uses, but does include hotels, motels, motor inns and boarding, lodging
and rooming houses;
"Council" means the Council of the municipality;
"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 the effect of increasing the size of usability thereof, and
includes redevelopment;
"Development Charge" means a charge imposed with respect to this By-law;
"Dwelling Unit" means any part of a building or structure used, designed or
intended to be used as a domestic establishment in which one or more persons
may sleep and are provided with culinary and sanitary facilities for their exclusive
use;
"Existing Industrial Building" means a building or buildings existing on a site as of
June 17, 2013, or the first building or buildings constructed on a vacant site
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pursuant to site plan approval, under Section 41 of the Planning Act, subsequent
June 17, 2013, that is used for or in conjunction with:
a) the production, compounding, processing, packaging, crating, bottling,
packing or assembly of raw or semi-processed goods or materials in not
less than seventy five percent of the total gross floor area of the building
or buildings on a site ("manufacturing") or warehousing related to the
manufacturing use carried on in the building or buildings;
b) research or development activities in connection with manufacturing in
not less than seventy five percent of the total gross floor area of the
building or building on the site;
c) retail sales by a manufacturer, if retail sales are at the site where
manufacturing is carried out; such retail sales are restricted to goods
manufactured at the site, and the building or part of a building where
such retail sales are carried out does not constitute greater than twenty
five percent of the total gross floor area of the building or buildings on
the site; or
d) office or administration purposes if they are:
i.
carried out as an accessory use to the manufacturing or
warehousing, and
ii.
in or attached to the building or structure used for such
manufacturing or warehousing.
"Existing" means the number, use and size that existed as of June 17, 2013, or the
date of the first building or buildings constructed on a vacant site pursuant to site
plan approval, under Section 41 of the Planning Act, subsequent June 17, 2013.
"Gross Floor Area" means:
(a)
in the case of a residential building or structure, the total area of all floors
above grade of a dwelling unit measured between the outside surfaces of
exterior walls or between the outside surfaces of exterior walls and the
centre line of party walls dividing the dwelling unit from any other dwelling
unit or other portion of a building; and
(b)
in the case of a non-residential building or structure, or in the case of a
mixed-use building or structure in respect of the non-residential portion
thereof, the total area of all building floors above or below grade measured
between the outside surfaces of the exterior walls, or between the outside
surfaces of exterior walls and the centre line of party walls dividing a non-
residential use and a residential use, except for:
(i)
a room or enclosed area within the building or structure above or
below that is used exclusively for the accommodation of heating,
cooling, ventilating, electrical, mechanical or telecommunications
equipment that service the building;
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(ii)
loading facilities above or below grade; and
(iii)
a part of the building or structure below grade that is used for the
parking of motor vehicles or for storage or other accessory use;
"Inclusionary Zoning Residential Unit" means 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;
"Industrial" means lands, buildings or structures used or designed or intended for
use for manufacturing, processing, fabricating or assembly of raw goods, and
includes office uses and the sale of commodities to the general public where such
uses are accessory to an industrial use, but does not include warehousing or bulk
storage of goods;
"Institutional" means land, buildings, structures or any part thereof used by any
organization, group or association for promotion of charitable, educational or
benevolent objectives and not for profit or gain;
"Local Board" means a school board, public utility, commission, transportation
commission, public library board, board of park management, local board of health,
board of commissioners of police, planning board, or any other board, commission,
committee, body or local authority established or exercising any power or authority
under any general or special Act with respect to any of the affairs or purposes,
including school purposes, of the Township of Wellington North or any part or parts
thereof;
"Local Services" means those services, facilities or things which are under the
jurisdiction of the municipality and are related to a plan of subdivision or within the
area to which the plan relates in respect of the lands under Sections 41, 51 or 53
of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. P.13, as amended, or any successor
thereof;
"Long-Term Care Home" means any part of a building or structure intended for use
as a long-term care home, as defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Fixing Long-Term
Care Home Act, 2021.
"Mini-storage Facility" means a building containing separate, individual self-
storage units divided from floor to ceiling by a wall with an independent entrance
from the exterior or public corridor of the building; designed to be rented or leased
on a short-term basis to the general public for private storage of personal goods,
materials and equipment;
"Multiple Dwellings" means all dwellings other than single-detached, semi-
detached and apartment unit dwellings;
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"Municipality" means the Corporation of the Township of Wellington North;
"Non-Profit Housing Development" means the development of a building or
structure intended for use as a residential premises and developed by,
(a)
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,
(b)
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
(c)
a non-profit housing co-operative that is in good standing under the Co-
operative Corporations Act. 2022, c. 21, Sched. 3, s. 4.
"Non-residential Use" means a building or structure, of any kind whatsoever, used,
designed, or intended to be used for other than a residential use;
"Official Plan" means the Official Plan adopted for the Township, as amended and
approved;
"Owner" means the owner of land or a person who has made application for an
approval for the development of land upon which a development charge is
imposed'
"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.S.O. 1990, Chap.
A.31, as amended, or any successor thereof;
"Rate" means the interest rate established weekly by the Bank of Canada based
on Treasury Bills having a term of 91 days;
"Regulation" means any regulation made pursuant to the Act;
"Rental Housing Development" means development of a building or structure with
four or more residential units all of which are intended for use as rented residential
premises.
"Residential Dwelling" means a building, occupied or capable of being occupied as
a home, residence or sleeping place by one or more persons, containing one or
more Dwelling Units but not including motels, hotels, tents, truck campers, tourist
trailers, mobile camper trailers or boarding, lodging or rooming houses;
"Residential Use" means the use of a building or structure or portion thereof for
one or more Dwelling Units. This also includes a Dwelling Unit on land that is used
for an Agricultural Use;
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"Row Dwelling" means a building containing three or more attached dwelling units
in a single row, each of which dwelling units has an independent entrance from the
outside and is vertically separated from any abutting dwelling unit;
"Semi-detached Dwelling" means a building divided vertically into two dwelling
units each of which has a separate entrance and access to grade;
"Service" means a service designed in Schedule "A" to this By-law, and "services"
shall have a corresponding meaning;
"Single Detached Dwelling Unit" means a residential building consisting of one
dwelling unit and not attached to another structure;
"Township" means the area within the geographic limits of the Township of
Wellington North;
"Transport Establishment" means the use of land, buildings, structures or parts
thereof, where commercially licensed transport trucks, tractor trailers and buses
are rented, leased, loaded or unloaded, serviced or repaired, kept for hire, stored
or parked for dispatching as common carriers or where goods are temporarily
stored for further shipment;
"Warehouse" means a building or part thereof used for packaging, storage and
distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, foodstuff, substances or articles and
may include off-season storage but does not include a mini-storage establishment,
transport establishment or the sale of commodities to the general public through a
warehouse club;
"Wind Turbine" means a part of a wind energy system used for commercial
purposes that converts energy into electricity, and consists of one or more wind
turbines on a lot with a total name plate capacity of 100 kW or more, a tower and
associated control or conversion electronics. A wind turbine and energy system
may be connected to the electricity grid in circuits at a substation to provide
electricity off-site for sale to an electrical utility or other intermediaries; and
"Zoning By-Law" means the Zoning By-Law of the Township of Wellington North,
or any successor thereof passed pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act, S.O.
1990.
2.
DESIGNATION OF SERVICES
2.1
The categories of services for which development charges are imposed under this
By-law are as follows:
(a)
Water, if water service is available
(b)
Wastewater, if wastewater service is available;
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(c)
Roads and Related;
(d)
Fire Protection Services;
(e)
By-Law Enforcement;
(f)
Parks;
(g)
Recreation; and
(h)
Administration.
2.2
The components of the services designated in section 2.1 are described in
Schedule A.
3.
APPLICATION OF BY-LAW RULES
3.1
Development charges shall be payable in the amounts set out in this By-law where:
(a)
the lands are located in the area described in section 3.2; and
(b)
the development of the lands requires any of the approvals set out in
subsection 3.4(a).
Area to Which By-law Applies
3.2
Subject to section 3.3, this By-law applies to all lands in the Township of Wellington
North whether or not the land or use thereof is exempt from taxation under s. 13
or the Assessment Act.
3.3.
Notwithstanding clause 3.2 above, this by-law shall not apply to lands that are
owned by and used for the purposes of:
(a)
the municipality or a local board thereof;
(b)
a board of education;
(c)
the Corporation of the County of Wellington or a local board thereof; and
(d)
North Wellington Healthcare Corporation.
Approvals for Development
3.4
(a)
Development charges shall be imposed on all lands, buildings or structures
that are developed for residential or non-residential uses if the development
requires:
(i)
the passing of a zoning by-law or of an amendment to a zoning by-
law under section 34 of the Planning Act;
(ii)
the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Planning
Act;
(iii)
a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under subsection
50(7) of the Planning Act applies;
(iv)
the approval of a plan of subdivision under section 51 of the Planning
Act;
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(v)
a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act;
(vi)
the approval of a description under section 50 of the Condominium
Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chap. C.26, as amended, or any successor
thereof; or
(vii)
the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act in relation to a
building or structure.
(b)
No more than one development charge for each service designated in
subsection 2.1 shall be imposed upon any lands, buildings or structures to
which this By-law applies even though two or more of the actions described
in subsection 3.4(a) are required before the lands, buildings or structures
can be developed.
(c)
Despite subsection 3.4(b), if two or more of the actions described in
subsection 3.4(a) occur at different times, additional development charges
shall be imposed if the subsequent action has the effect of increasing the
need for services.
Exemptions
3.5
An action mentioned in sub-clauses 3.4 (a) (i)-(vii) does not satisfy the
requirements of clause 3.4 (a) if the only effect of the action is to permit the
enlargement of an existing residential unit.
3.6
The creation of the greater of the following in an existing rental residential building,
which contains four or more residential units, is exempt from development charges:
1.
One residential unit; and
2.
1 per cent of the existing residential units.
3.7
The creation of any additional residential units in existing and new residential units
is exempt from development charges as follows:
1.
A second residential unit in a single detached dwelling, semi-detached
dwelling or row dwelling 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 dwelling, semi-detached dwelling or row
dwelling cumulatively contain no more than one residential unit;
2.
A third residential unit in a single detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling
or row dwelling 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 dwelling, semi-detached dwelling or row dwelling
contains any residential units; and
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3.
One residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to a single detached
dwelling, semi-detached dwelling or row dwelling on a parcel of land, if the
existing single detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling or row dwelling
contains no more than two residential units and no other building or structure
ancillary to the existing single detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling or
row dwelling contains any residential units.
3.8
Exemption for Industrial Expansion:
3.8.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, if a development includes the
enlargement of the gross floor area of an existing industrial building.
1.
made pursuant to the Act. there shall be an exemption from the payment of
development charges for one or more enlargements of an existing industrial
building on its site, whether attached or separate from the existing industrial
building, up to a maximum of fifty per cent of the gross floor area before the
first enlargement for which an exemption from the payment of development
charges was granted pursuant to the Development Charges Act or this
subsection. Development charges shall be imposed in accordance with
Schedule "B" with respect to the amount of floor area of an enlargement that
results in the gross floor area of the industrial building being increased by
greater than fifty per cent of the gross floor area of the existing industrial
building; or
2.
if the gross floor area is enlarged by more than 50 percent, development
charges are payable on the amount by which the enlargement exceeds 50
percent of the gross floor area before the enlargement.
3.9
Other Exemptions:
Notwithstanding the provision of this by-law, development charges shall not be
imposed with respect to:
a) Bona fide farm uses used for farming purposes and includes ancillary
agricultural uses such as non-residential accessory buildings or
structures, storage buildings or structures and driving sheds, but does
not include buildings or structures used for residential purposes;
b) A place of worship;
c) A hospital under the Public Hospitals Act; and
d) Buildings and structures ancillary to a residential use.
3.9.1 Exemption for Non-Proft Housing Development, Inclusionary Zoning, Affordable,
and Attainable Unit
Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, and subject to the most recently
published Affordable Residential Units bulletin:
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1.
This by-law shall not apply to that category of exempt development
described in section 4.1 of the Act, namely that development charges shall
not be imposed with respect to affordable residential units and attainable
residential units
2.
This by-law shall not apply to that category of exempt development
described in section 4.2 of the Act, namely that development charges shall
not be imposed with respect to non-profit housing development.
3.
This by-law shall not apply to that category of exempt development
described in section 4.3 of the Act, namely that development charges shall
not be imposed with respect to inclusionary zoning residential unit
development.
4.
This by-law shall not apply to that category of exempt development
described in section 4.4 of the Act, namely that development charges shall
not be imposed with respect to a long-term care home.
Amount of Charges
3.10 Residential
The development charges set out in Schedule B shall be imposed on residential
uses of lands, buildings or structures, including a dwelling unit accessory to a non-
residential use and, in the case of a mixed use building or structure, on the
residential uses in the mixed use building or structure, according to the type of
residential unit, and calculated with respect to each of the services according to
the type of residential use.
3.11 Non-Residential
The development charges described in Schedule B to this by-law shall be imposed
on non-residential uses of lands, buildings or structures, and, in the case of a mixed
use building or structure, on the non-residential uses in the mixed use building or
structure, and calculated with respect to each of the services according to the total
floor area of the non-residential use.
3.12 Built Boundary
Development charges described in Schedule B to this by-law shall be reduced by
10% on all development occurring on lands within the Built Boundary as
highlighted in Schedule C-1 and Schedule C-2.
3.13 Central Intensification Corridor
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Development charges described in Schedule B to this by-law shall be reduced by
25% on all development occurring on lands within the Central Intensification
Corridor as highlighted in Schedule D-1 and Schedule D-2.
3.14 Development charges for Rental Housing Developments shall receive a discount as
follows:
1.
Three or more bedrooms - 25% reduction;
2.
Two bedrooms - 20% reduction; and
3.
All other bedroom quantities - 15% reduction.
3.15 Reduction of Development Charges for Redevelopment
Despite any other provisions of this By-law, where, as a result of the
redevelopment of land, a building or structure existing on the same land within 5
years prior to the date of payment of development charges in regard to such
redevelopment was, or is to be demolished, in whole or in part, or converted from
one principal use to another principal use on the same land, in order to facilitate
the redevelopment, the development charges otherwise payable with respect to
such redevelopment shall be reduced by the following amounts:
(a)
in the case of a residential building or structure, or in the case of a mixed-
use building or structure, the residential uses in the mixed-use building or
structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable development
charge under subsection 3.10 by the number, according to type, of dwelling
units that have been or will be demolished or converted to another principal
use; and
(b)
in the case of a non-residential building or structure or, in the case of mixed-
use building or structure, the non-residential uses in the mixed-use building
or structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable
development charges under subsection 3.11, by the gross floor area that
has been or will be demolished or converted to another principal use;
provided that such amounts shall not exceed, in total, the amount of the
development charges otherwise payable with respect to the redevelopment.
Time of Payment of Development Charges
3.16 Development charges imposed under this by-law are calculated, payable, and
collected upon issuance of a building permit for the development.
3.17 Notwithstanding subsections 3.16, development charges for residential
development that is not rental housing shall be payable either on the day a permit
is issued under the Building Code Act, 1992 authorizing occupation of the building
or on the day the building is fist occupied, which ever comes first.
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3.17.1 Notwithstanding subsections 3.17, development charges for residential
development that is not rental housing may pay the charge before the day it is
payable even in the absence of an agreement under Section 3.21
3.18 Notwithstanding subsections 3.16, 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 as provided in the Township's Council approved
development charge interest policy, as may be revised from time to time.
3.19 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 18 months of building permit issuance, the
development charges under Sub Sections 3.10 and 3.11 shall be calculated on the
rates set out in Schedule "B" on the date of the planning application, including
interest. Where both planning applications apply development charges under Sub
Sections 3.10 and 3.11 shall be calculated on the rates, including interest as
provided in the Township's Council approved development charge interest policy,
as may be revised from time to time, payable on the anniversary date each year
thereafter, set out in Schedule "B" on the date of the later planning application,
including interest.
3.20 Despite sections 3.16 to 3.19, and in accordance with section 27 of the Act, the
Township 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.
4.
PAYMENT BY SERVICES
4.1
The Chief Building Official or his or her designate shall withhold the issuance of a
building permit in relation to a building on land to which the development charge
applies unless the development charge has been paid.
4.2
Notwithstanding section 4.1, in the case of installment payments for development
charges related to rental housing or institutional development, the Chief Building
Official or his or her designate shall withhold the issuance of an occupancy permit
in relation to a building on land to which the development charge applies unless
the first installment of the development charge has been paid.
4.3
Notwithstanding section 4.1 or 4.2, the Township may enter into an agreement
under section 27 of the Act, in a form and having content satisfactory to the
Township's Treasurer, with any person who is required to pay a development
charge providing for all or any part of the development charge to be paid before or
after it would otherwise be payable.
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5.
INDEXING
5.1
Development charges imposed pursuant to this By-law may be adjusted annually,
without amendment to this By-law, commencing on January 1, 2023 and annually
thereafter, in accordance with the Statistics Canada Quarterly, Construction Price
Statistics, catalogue number 62-007
6.
SCHEDULES
6.1
The following schedules shall form part of this By-law:
Schedule A -
Components of Services Designated in section 2.1
Schedule B -
Residential and Non-Residential Development Charges
Effective April 1, 2022 - March 31, 2027
Schedule C-1 -
Map of Built Boundary - Arthur
Schedule C-2 -
Map of Built Boundary - Mount Forest
Schedule D-1 -
Map of Central Intensification Corridor - Arthur
Schedule D-2 -
Map of Central Intensification Corridor - Mount Forest
7.
CONFLICTS
7.1
Where the Township and an owner or former owner have entered into an
agreement with respect to land within the area to which this By-law applies, and a
conflict exists between the provisions of this By-law and such agreement, the
provisions of the agreement shall prevail to the extent that there is a conflict.
7.2
Notwithstanding section 7.1, where a development which is the subject of an
agreement to which section 7.1 applies, is subsequently the subject of one or more
of the actions described in subsection 3.4(a), an additional development charge in
respect of the development permitted by the action shall be calculated, payable
and collected in accordance with the provisions of this By-law if the development
has the effect of increasing the need for services, unless such agreement provides
otherwise.
8.
SEVERABILITY
8.1
If, for any reason, any provision of this By-law is held to be invalid, it is hereby
declared to be the intention of Council that all the remainder of this By-law shall
continue in full force and effect until repealed, re-enacted, amended or modified.
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9.
DATE BY-LAW IN FORCE
9.1
Except as amended by this by-law, all provisions of By-law 027-2022 are and shall
remain in full force and effect.
9.2
This By-law shall come into effect at November 1, 2025.
10.
DATE BY-LAW EXPIRES
10.1 This By-law will expire at midnight on March 31, 2027 unless it is repealed by
Council at an earlier date.
11.
EXISTING BY-LAW REPEALED
11.1 By-law Number 059-18 and any amending by-laws are hereby repealed as of the
date and time of this By-law coming into effect.
READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED
THIS 22ND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2022.
ANDREW LENNOX, MAYOR
KAREN WALLACE, CLERK
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SCHEDULE "A" TO BY-LAW NUMBER 027-22
COMPONENTS OF SERVICES DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION 2.1
Water
Treatment, Storage and Distribution
Wastewater
Treatment and Collection
Roads and Related
Roads, Bridges, Culverts, Sidewalks and Streetlights
Vehicles and Equipment
Facilities
Stormwater Study (Drainage)
Fire Protection
Fire Facilities
Fire Vehicles
Fire Equipment
By-Law Enforcement
Vehicles and Equipment
Recreation
Recreation Facilities
Parks
Parkland Development,
Amenities
Trails
Vehicles and Equipment
Administration
Growth Related Studies
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Schedule B
Administration - Studies
87.77
$
56.96
$
41.55
$
69.34
$
Parks Services
630.11
$
408.88
$
298.26
$
497.76
$
Recreation Services
1,557.31
$
1,010.54
$
737.16
$
1,230.23
$
By-Law Enforcement
1.35
$
0.88
$
0.64
$
1.07
$
Fire Protection Services
86.81
$
56.33
$
41.09
$
68.58
$
Roads and Related
2,277.58
$
1,477.93
$
1,078.10
$
1,799.21
$
4,640.93
$
3,011.51
$
2,196.80
$
3,666.19
$
Wastewater Services
11,174.93
$
7,251.44
$
5,289.70
$
8,827.85
$
Water Services
3,610.15
$
2,342.63
$
1,708.88
$
2,851.90
$
14,785.08
$
9,594.08
$
6,998.58
$
11,679.75
$
4,640.93
$
3,011.51
$
2,196.80
$
3,666.19
$
19,426.01
$
12,605.59
$
9,195.38
$
15,345.94
$
Single/Semi-
Detached
Dwelling
Apartments -
2 Bedrooms +
Apartments-
Bachelor and
1 bedroom
Other
Multiples
GRAND TOTAL URBAN AREA
RESIDENTIAL
Municipal Wide Services
Service
Total Municipal Wide Services
Urban Services
Total Urban Services
GRAND TOTAL RURAL AREA
Industrial
(per ft2 of
Gross Floor
Area)
Warehouse
(per ft2 of
Gross Floor
Area)
Wind Turbine
Administration - Studies
0.03
$
0.02
$
0.01
$
87.77
$
Parks Services
0.03
$
0.02
$
0.01
$
630.11
$
Recreation Services
0.08
$
0.04
$
0.02
$
1,557.31
$
By-Law Enforcement
0.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
$
1.35
$
Fire Protection Services
0.03
$
0.02
$
0.01
$
86.81
$
Roads and Related
1.11
$
0.55
$
0.28
$
2,277.58
$
1.29
$
0.64
$
0.32
$
4,640.93
$
Wastewater Services
4.37
$
2.19
$
1.09
$
-
$
Water Services
1.41
$
0.71
$
0.35
$
-
$
5.78
$
2.89
$
1.45
$
-
$
1.29
$
0.64
$
0.32
$
4,640.93
$
7.07
$
3.54
$
1.77
$
4,640.93
$
GRAND TOTAL URBAN AREA
Municipal Wide Services
Service
Total Municipal Wide Services
Urban Services
Total Urban Services
GRAND TOTAL RURAL AREA
Commercial/
Institutional
(per ft2 of
Gross Floor
Area)
Industrial
NON-RESIDENTIAL
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SCHEDULE "C-1" TO BY-LAW NUMBER 027-22
MAP OF BUILT BOUNDARY - ARTHUR
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SCHEDULE "C-2" TO BY-LAW NUMBER 027-22
MAP OF BUILT BOUNDARY - MOUNT FOREST
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SCHEDULE "D-1" TO BY-LAW NUMBER 027-22
MAP OF CENTRAL INTENSIFICATION CORRIDOR - ARTHUR
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SCHEDULE "D-2" TO BY-LAW NUMBER 027-22
MAP OF CENTRAL INTENSIFICATION CORRIDOR - MOUNT FOREST
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