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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARlNGTON
BY-LAW NO. 2007-195
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 a 50% refund of development charges fees
for major office buildings that are LEED certified on lands
identified in Schedules 6A and 6B
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-014-07 which serves as a
Background Study pursuant to Section 10 ofthe Act;
AND WHEREAS Council gave notice to the public of a public meeting and held a public
meeting pursuant to Section 12 ofthe Act on September 17, 2007, 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 014-07 (the
"Staff Report" and "Background Study") dated June 18,2007;
AND WHEREAS staff of the Municipality considered the public comments and
representations made at the Public Meeting at the meeting of the General Purpose and
Administration Committee held on September 17,2007;
AND WHEREAS at its meeting on September 24,2007, by Resolution No. C-488-07
Council approved the recommendations contained in the Addendum Report FND-014-07;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORA nON OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Section I (I) 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:
"major office building," means a building containing business, administrative,
and/or professional offices and associated ancillary services containing a
minimum of 5,000 square metres of gross floor area.
2. Section 23 (4) of By-Law 2005-108 is amended by inserting after the phrase "was
issued for" as follows:
"major office buildings on lands identified in Schedule 6A and Schedule 6B and".
Date Bv-Law Effective
This By-Law comes into force and is effective on September 24,2007.
THIS BY-LAW READ A FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD TIME, AND PASSED IN
OPEN COUNCIL THIS 24 rH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2007.