A Special Council meeting was held on February 6, 2023 to consider the Draft DC by-law. The by-law was approved on February 15, 2023.
Development Charges
Municipal Development Charges
The Development Charges Act allows for Municipalities to impose development charges on development and redevelopment to pay for development-related capital costs. The study and by-law were prepared in compliance with the Development Charges Act. The by-law to impose development charges was approved by Council on February 15, 2023. The approved rates are indexed annually on the anniversary date of the by-law. Please reference the Development Charges Pamphlet for the rates currently in effect.
Please note that Bill 185 received Royal Assent on June 6, 2024. Therefore with immediate effect the rates are updated to remove the mandatory phase in provision. The rates currently in effect are included in the Development Charges Pamphlet, below.
Development Charges Pamphlet (*for rates in effect from February 15 2025)
Development Charges By-Law 2023-019
Amendment to Development Charges By-Law, 2024-071
Development Charges Background Study
FIN.24.08 Update to Development Charges as a Result of Bill 185
The Public Meeting, as required under Section 12 of the Development Charges Act, was held on January 18, 2023, and can be viewed here: Public Meeting
There was a Development Charges Public Engagement Session on Monday, January 16th at 5:00pm. Included was a presentation of the DC Background Study and an opportunity for questions. Watch it here.
Expired Development Charges By-law
The Municipality passed By-law 2018-021 Establish Municipal Wide Development Charges on February 7, 2018. The By-Law expired on February 10, 2023.
The 2017 Development Charges Background Study was prepared by DFA Infrastructure.
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