{
 "answer": "In the City of Windsor, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by Development Charges (City of Windsor page) and 3 other bylaws, verified 2026-10-19. Charge per single-detached home: $45,064 per single-detached unit city-wide; $70,646 in Sandwich South Planning District; $0 in the DC Exemption Area (Nov 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2026). Non-residential charge: Non-industrial: $20.14 per sq.ft. GFA city-wide; $29.16 in Sandwich South; industrial $0 (exempt); $0 in the DC Exemption Area (Nov 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2026). Payable: Non-deferred: at building permit issuance; deferred: equal annual installments per s. 26.1, with interest.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001830",
 "municipality": "Windsor",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "https://www.citywindsor.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges (City of Windsor page)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/building/building-permits/development-charges",
   "summary": "rates page: effective Nov 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2026: $45,064 per single detached; $25,337 semi/row; $20,853 other residential; $20.14/ft2 non-industrial; Sandwich South $70,646 per single detached.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c4dc8f067f32df9008c4232078bb3cbe745242ccf3f94787cc993a6e969bbeda.html",
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   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$45,064 per single-detached unit city-wide; $70,646 in Sandwich South Planning District; $0 in the DC Exemption Area (Nov 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2026)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Non-industrial: $20.14 per sq.ft. GFA city-wide; $29.16 in Sandwich South; industrial $0 (exempt); $0 in the DC Exemption Area (Nov 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2026)",
    "exemptions": "Industrial $0 (exempt); Development Charge Exemption Area: all residential and non-residential $0 (exempt)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"A\"; Schedule \"B\"; Schedule \"C\"; \"November 1, 2025 - October 31, 2026\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"A\"; Schedule \"B\"; Schedule \"C\"; \"November 1, 2025 - October 31, 2026\"",
    "exemptions": "Schedule \"A\"; Schedule \"B\"; Schedule \"C\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/windsor/development-charges/development-charges/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges By-law 174-2025 (schedules only: development charge rate Schedules A and B, in effect Nov 1, 2024 - Oct 31, 2025)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.citywindsor.ca/documents/city-hall/by-laws-online/By-Law%20174-2025.pdf",
   "summary": "Imposes development charges on new residential and non-residential development to fund growth-related infrastructure, per the Ontario Development Charges Act.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "21bfe30f90ce410de03b5cf436eab99e5e5e35b75590f38b952db152601a6a38",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "174-2025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/21bfe30f90ce410de03b5cf436eab99e5e5e35b75590f38b952db152601a6a38.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "City Wide: $43,372 per single-detached unit; Sandwich South Planning District: $67,994 per single-detached unit (rates in effect Nov 1, 2024 - Oct 31, 2025)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Non-industrial: $19.39 per sq.ft. GFA city-wide; $28.07 in Sandwich South; industrial $0 (exempt) (rates in effect Nov 1, 2024 to Oct 31, 2025)",
    "services_covered": "Library, fire, police, indoor recreation, park development, transit, waste diversion, roads, building/fleet, engineering, sewage, sanitary/storm sewers, water",
    "exemptions": "Brownfield up to 60%; additional dwelling units; conversions; parking garages; industrial use; college/university; infill development; redevelopment without GFA increase; demolition/oversizing credits",
    "payment_timing": "Non-deferred: at building permit issuance; deferred: equal annual installments per s. 26.1, with interest",
    "indexing_expiry": "Indexed annually commencing Nov 1, 2021 per Statistics Canada Non-residential Building Construction Price Index for Toronto; expires ten years from coming into force (amended by By-law 174-2025)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"A\"; Schedule \"B\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"A\"; Schedule \"B\"",
    "services_covered": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "exemptions": "s. 12; s. 13; s. 14; s. 15; s. 16; s. 17",
    "payment_timing": "s. 8(1)(a); s. 8(2)(a)",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 11; s. 20 (as amended by By-law 174-2025)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/windsor/development-charges/bylaw-174-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges Pamphlet Nov 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2026",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.citywindsor.ca/documents/residents/building/building-permits/Nov%201%202025-Oct%2031%202026%20-%20Development%20Charges%20Pamphlet%20(Updated).pdf",
   "summary": "rates page: 2025-26 pamphlet; total $45,064 single detached, $217.02/m2 non-industrial; industrial exempt.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "714269fcf6f2f5bfb9ff51cb94b774c18c41615d2335ef4dd04413e8dcb48f9e",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/714269fcf6f2f5bfb9ff51cb94b774c18c41615d2335ef4dd04413e8dcb48f9e.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "City Wide (except Sandwich South): $45,064/unit; Sandwich South Planning District: $70,646/unit (Nov 1, 2025 – Oct 31, 2026)",
    "apartment_charge": "City Wide: Other Residential $20,853/unit; Semis/Rows $25,337/unit. Sandwich South: Other Residential $32,691/unit; Semis/Rows $39,721/unit (Nov 1, 2025 – Oct 31, 2026)",
    "non_residential_charge": "City Wide: Industrial $0; Non-Industrial $217.02/sq.m ($20.14/sq.ft). Sandwich South: Industrial $0; Non-Industrial $314.05/sq.m ($29.16/sq.ft)",
    "services_covered": "Library, fire, police, indoor recreation, park development, transit, waste diversion, roads, buildings & fleet, engineering, sewage treatment, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water",
    "exemptions": "Industrial land uses exempt from all development charges (By-law s. 13)",
    "payment_timing": "\"The date at which the development charge is assessed and payable is dependent on the type of development\""
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "\"TOTAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGE\" rows, City Wide and Sandwich South tables",
    "apartment_charge": "\"TOTAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGE\" rows, City Wide and Sandwich South tables",
    "non_residential_charge": "\"TOTAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGE\" rows, City Wide and Sandwich South tables",
    "services_covered": "Service rows in both rate tables",
    "exemptions": "\"As per section 13 of the by-law, industrial land uses are exempt\"",
    "payment_timing": "\"date at which the development charge is assessed and payable is dependent on the type of development\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/windsor/development-charges/development-charges-pamphlet-nov-1-2025-to-oct-31-2026/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Parkland Dedication By-law 12780 (amended Sept 6, 2022)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1997-01-06",
   "document_url": "https://www.citywindsor.ca/Documents/city-hall/by-laws-online/12780-PARKLAND%20DEDICATION%20-%20amended%20Sept%206%202022.pdf",
   "summary": "By-law 12780 (passed Jan 6, 1997; consolidated to amending By-law 126-2022, Sept 6, 2022) requires conveyance of land or cash in lieu for parks as a condition of development: up to 5% of land for residential and 2% for commercial/industrial, valued the day before building permit issuance.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "d3ce942d2dd1bc0f10f817248d1a65a0e29ef487b5c9292409eb8fcb176a1473",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "12780",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d3ce942d2dd1bc0f10f817248d1a65a0e29ef487b5c9292409eb8fcb176a1473.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "parkland_rate": "not exceeding 5% of land (residential, lodging house/residential care/group home); not exceeding 2% of land (commercial/industrial); money equal to value of land otherwise required",
    "services_covered": "park or other public recreational purposes"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "parkland_rate": "s. 2(a), s. 2(c), s. 2.1, s. 3, s. 3.1",
    "services_covered": "s. 2(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/windsor/development-charges/bylaw-12780/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/windsor/development-charges/"
}