Vacant Commercial Property Levy Bylaw No. 2200 (2026)

North Battleford, Saskatchewan

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CITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD SASKATCHEWAN BYLAW NO. 2200 A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD IN THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN TO AUTHORIZE THE LEVYING OF A TAX RATE FOR VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. WHEREAS Section 253 of The Cities Act provides authority for the Council to impose a levy on all taxable assessments; and WHEREAS Council deems it necessary to define a specific area of the City to which this levy should be imposed; and WHEREAS Council also deems it necessary to develop certain criteria to determine if property within this area will be subject to this levy; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the City of North Battleford, in the Province of Saskatchewan, in open meeting assembled hereby enacts as follows: 1. That an area be established and defined as the "Key Commercial Corridor' which is hereby attached as Schedule "A" and forming part of this bylaw. Commercial property with improvements abutting the boundaries of that area defined as the Key Commercial Corridor including any parallel service roads will be determined as part of this Key Commercial Corridor. 2. Thatamill rate referred to as a "vacant commercial property with improvements" mill rate be applied to those properties within the vacant commercial property subclass included in the defined Key Commercial Corridor. 3. That to determine which properties per Schedule "A" will be subject to this vacant commercial property with improvements mill rate, only one of the following criteria néed be established: (i) a commercial property with improvements within the area per Schedule "A" that has not maintained a continuous business license for the property, either by the owner or tenant, for a period of time determined by using May 1* of the Bylaw No. 2200 Page 2 current taxable year as the start date and calculated back for the immediate two years previous, or who does not maintain a continuous business license for the property going forward; or (ii) a commercial property with improvements within the area per Schedule "A" that has not activated a water hookup utility account for the property, either by the owner or tenant, for a period of time determined by using May 1° of the current taxable year as the start date and calculated back for the immediate two years previous, or who does not maintain an active water hookup utility account for the property going forward. 4. That the vacant commercial property with improvements mill rate be set at two point six (2.6) times the annual mill rate for the commercial class mill rate. 5. That revenue raised through this vacant commercial property with improvements mill rate levy be accounted for separately and used specifically for economic development initiatives as recommended by Administration and approved by Council. 6. That the list of properties referred to as the Vacant Commercial Properties with Improvements -- Key Corridor is hereby attached as Schedule "B" and forming part of this bylaw. This Schedule "B" is the list of properties to which the vacant commercial property with improvements mill rate for the current taxable year will be applied. 7. That prior to May 1 of each year, the Planning and Development Department will inspect all commercial properties within Schedule "A" to determine those properties which shall be included on the list per Schedule "B" and provide this list to Council for approval. 8. That this Bylaw shall take effect and come into force on the day of the final passing thereof. + Introduced and read a first time this | 1. day of Vous. 2026. rasa) Read a second time this{{. day of Mow , 2026. Read a third time and passed this aay of Wor, 2026. 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