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PROPOSED SChEDULE OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
I was requested by resolution of the Planning Advisory Committee
to prepare a draft schedule of development charges. I have invest-
igated this matter by obtaining information on the charges being
levied by the Region of Durham and the other local municipalities
in the Region. My findings and recommendations are outlined below:
1. Inherited Situation:
During 1973 the following standard lot levies were collected by
the Town of Bowmanville for each unit in any subdivision appro-
ved within the town limits.
Single Family Dwelling $600
Semi- Detached or Duplex Dwelling X600
Town or Row House $600
Apartment - Bachelor $150
- 1 bedroom 300
9450
- 2 bedroom
- 3 bedroom or
more bedrooms $600
- Senior Citizen Unit $150
Bowmanville also collected a $250 severance fee for every lot in
the town created by consent.
None of the other municipalities now making up the Town of
Newcastle charged any lot levies for lots either in subdivisions
or created by consent.
2. Other Municipalities in Durham Region - 1973:
The Regional Planning Department has done a survey of the levies
charged by other municipalities in the Region for lots created
by consent. These are listed below for the year 1973 for
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municipalities other than Oshawa and Whitby. Other munici-
palities not listed charged no lot levies in 1973.
i)
Bowmanville Town
$250
ii)
East Whitby Twp,
$500
iii)
Pickering Twp.
$12$0
iv)
Port Perry Village
$1200
v)
Reach Twp.
6200
vi)
Scott Twp.
$250
vii)
Uxbridge Twp.
$500
3. Regional Development Charge:
On July 24th, 19749 Regional Council adopted the following
schedule of Development Charges;
i) For Region Sewerage System
one bedroom apartments $225
other residential units $450
ii) For Regional Water System
one bedroom apartments $225
other residential units $450
iii) For Other Regional Works
all residential units $300
These charges are collected for all developments which require
approval of plans of subdivision severances, or rezoning.
They are based on the increase in the number of units which
could be built on the land after approval is given. There are
no standard charges for non - residential development.
4. Other Municipalities in Durham Region Current Charges:
According to the latest information available through the Land
Division Committee, the following development charges are
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currently in effect in the other municipalities in the
Region;
i) Ajax;
Policy under formulation
ii) Brock:
Per lot created $500
iii) Oshawa:
Per lot created $4000 (plus other charges
to complicated for use
in Newcastle)
iv) Pickering:
Lot Development Fee $1000
Public Purposes Levy $� 280
V) Scugog:
.(Applies to development approvals by subdiv-
ision, severance and rezoning)
Bachelor and One Bedroom Dwellin Units
- Rural 9150
- Semi Urban $350
- Urban $ 500
All Other Dwelling Units
- Rural $300
- Semi Urban $700
- Urban $1000
vi) Uxbridge:
Single Family Dwellings - Fully serviced $1000
Water only $ 800
Unserviced $ 600
Multiple Unit Dwelling - First Unit $1000
Additional Unit $ 500
vii) Whitby:
Single Family Dwellings $2350
Semi- Detached Dwelling 1y2250
Link Housing $2250
Low Rise Apartments (more
than 5 units & less than 4
storeys) $1500
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vii) Whitby;
High Rise Apartments
(more than 5 units & more than
4 storeys) $1200
It should be noted than some municipalities base their charges
on the provision of water and sewer services even though they
are not responsible for those services.
5. Recommended Charges;
After reviewing the Development Charges collected by the other
Municipalities in the Region of Durham, and the Charges collec-
ted by the Region itself, T am recommending the following
general charges should to collected until such time as a more
complete economic evaluation of the implications of development
costs to the municipality can be made.
Schedule of Development Charges
Type of Development or Use;
Residential
Apartment - Bachelor
- 1 Bedroom
- 2 Bedroom
- 3 Bedroom
Senior Citizen Dwelling
All Other Dwelling Unit
$ 375
$ 750
$1125
or more $1500
Unit (OHC or other
non profit) $375
S $1500
Agriculture or Parkland Excluding
Farm Dwellings 0
Any Other Use
$ 250
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6. Application:
I am recommending that
i) the above development charges apply to all develop-
ment or redevelopment, or use of land which requires
a plan of subdivision, severance, or any change in
zoning.
ii) the above development charges apply in the case of
residential development to the increase in the num-
ber of dwelling units on the land which could result
from any severance or change in zoning.
iii) the town reserve the right to collect additional
development charges for any particular development
requiring its approval as deemed necessary,
7. Time of Payment:
I am recommending that for ease of administration all devel-
opment charges should be paid at the following times:
i) in the case of a subdivision at the time of signature
of the subdivision agreement
ii) in the case of a severance, prior to certification
of the deed
iii) in the case of a change of zoning, prior to passage
of the zoning amendment.
8, Parks Levy:
In the past, the previous municipalities required developers
to contribute 5% of land in subdivisions for parks purposes
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8. Parks Levy (continued....):
or cash-in-lieu thereof. Under the provisions of the Plan-
ning Act, the municipality may require the contribution of
land for parks, or cash -in -lieu, wherever development or
redevelopment of land for residential purposes takes place.
I would recommend that in future, wherever residential
development or redevelopment takes place, the municipality
collect 5% of the value of the land in lieu of parks in
all cases except where the municipality has already accepted
lands for parks purposes as a condition of subdivision,
severance, rezoning, or site plan approval. The person dev-
eloping the land should be required to pay the 5% parks levy
at the time and place of issuance of a building permit. The
value of the land to be used in calculation of the parks levy,
except where otherwise determined by agreement, should be
the current assessed value of the land as converted to market
value by the Provincial Equalization Factor in effect at the
time. In the case of a single family dwelling being constr-
ucted on a lame parcel, the parks levy should be charged
against a maximum of 2 acres, Thus a person building a house
on 40 acres of land would not be required to pay the parks levy
on the full 40 acres, but only on 2 acres which would be deemed
to be developed for residential purposes. If Council wishes
to collect a parks levy on all new residential development,
rather than just in subdivisions, a by-law must be passed under
Section 35b of the Planning Act.
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I would recommend that the Town's solicitor be authorized
to draw up a by -law in consultation with myself and the
Building Inspector, who should collect the proposed parks
levy at same time as he collects building permit fees.
Respectfully submitted,
George F. Howden,
Planning Director.