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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
BY-LAW NO. 2006-160
To amend By-Law #2005-108,
a By-Law to impose development charges against land
in the Municipality of Clarington
pursuant to the Development Charges Act, 1997,
to provide for an exemption to development charges fees
for new hotel facilities as defined herein
WHEREAS Section 19 of the Development Charges Act, 1997 sets out the procedure for
amending a development charges By-Law;
AND WHEREAS Council has before it Report FND-009-06 which serves as a Background
Study pursuant to Section 10 of the Act;
AND WHEREAS Council gave notice to the public of a public meeting and held a public
meeting pursuant to Section 12 of the Act on June 19,2006, prior to which the Study and a
proposed amendment to the development charges by-law were made available to the public,
Council heard comments and representations from all persons who applied to be heard (the
"Public Meeting") and considered Report FND-009-06 (the "Staff Report" and "Background
Study") dated June 19,2006;
AND WHEREAS staff of the Municipality considered the public comments and
representations made at the Public Meeting at the meeting of Council held on June 26, 2006;
AND WHEREAS at its meeting on June 26,2006, by Resolution No. C-330 -06 Council
approved the recommendations contained in Addendum to Report FND-009-06;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
MUNICIP ALITY OF CLARINGTON ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Section 1 (1) of By-Law 2005-108 being a by-law to impose development charges
against land in the Municipality of Clarington pursuant to the Development Charges
Act is amended by adding the following definition to it:
"hotel" , means a building providing overnight accommodation with a minimum of
85 overnight accommodation rooms which include a bedroom and a bathroom
combination, which is not a dwelling unit or dwelling units contained in a single-
detached dwelling, a semi-detached dwelling, a townhouse (row house) dwelling or a
multiple dwelling and which have a common entrance from street level, common
halls, stairs, elevators and that is three stories or greater in height. Convention
meeting space facilities that are constructed within the hotel building, on the same lot
as the hotel or an abutting lot, are deemed to be part of the hotel.
2. Section 20 of By-Law 2005-108 is amended by adding to it a new subsection 20 (11)
as follows:
"( 11) buildings constructed after July 1, 2006 for the purpose of a hotel."
Date By-Law Effective
This By-Law comes into force and is effective on July 1, 2006.
THIS BY-LAW READ A FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD TIME, AND PASSED IN OPEN
COUNCIL THIS 26TH DAY OF JUNE, 2006.