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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
BY-LAW NO. 2005-108
To impose development charges against land in the Municipality of
Clarington pursuant to the Development Charges Act, 1997 (the "Act")
WHEREAS subsection 2(1) of the Act provides that the Council ofa municipality may by
by-law impose development charges against land to pay for increased capital costs required because
of increased needs for services arising from the development of the area to which the by-law applies;
AND WHEREAS Council has before it a report entitled "Development Charges Background
Study, The Municipality of Clarington, May 2005" (the "Study");
AND WHEREAS Council gave notice to the public of a public meeting and held a public
meeting pursuant to section 12 ofthe Act on June 20, 2005, prior to which the Study and a proposed
development charges by-law were made available to the public, and Council heard comments and
representations from all persons who applied to be heard (the "Public Meeting") and considered
Report FND-007-05 dated June 20, 2005 (the "Staff Report");
AND WHEREAS staff of the Municipality considered the public comments and
representations made at the Public Meeting at the meeting of the Council held on June 27, 2005;
AND WHEREAS at its meeting on June 27, 2005, by Resolution No. C-33l-05 Council
approved the recommendations contained in Report FND-007-05;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNlCIP ALITY
OF CLARlNGTON ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
Definitions
1.
(1)
In this By-law the term:
"accessory" where used to describe a building means that the building is naturally
and normally incidental, subordinate in purpose or floor area or both, and is
exclusively devoted to a principal use or building located on the same lot.
"Act" means the Development Charges Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c.27, as it may be
amended from time to time;
"agricultural" means a bona fide farming operation, including farm buildings and
buildings accessory thereto, sod farms, the breeding and/or the boarding of horses,
greenhouses, and residential buildings which are used exclusively to provide living
accommodation for employees of the operator of the land devoted to the practice of
farming and which residential buildings are occupied for fewer than eight (8)
consecutive months during each calendar year;
"air-supported structure" means an air supported structure as defined in the Building
Code Act;
"apartment" means a dwelling unit contained in an apartment dwelling;
"apartment dwelling" means a residential building, or the residential portion of a
mixed-use building containing 4 or more dwelling units which have a common
entrance from the street level, common halls, stairs, elevators and/or yards, and which
is not a dwelling unit or dwelling units contained in a single-detached dwelling, a
semi-detached dwelling, a townhouse (rowhouse) dwelling, or a multiple dwelling;
"approval authority" means the Region's Commissioner of Planning, the Region's
Land Division Committee or the Ontario Municipal Board having jurisdiction to
approve a plan of subdivision under section 51 ofthe Planning Act, to grant a consent
under section 53 ofthe Planning Act, or to approve a description under section 50 of
the Condominium Act, whichever Act is applicable in the circumstances;
"board of education" means a board as defined in Subsection 1(1) of the Education
Act 1997, s.0.1997, c.27, as amended;
"building" means a building or structure occupying an area greater than 10 square
metres consisting of a wall, roof, and floor or any of them or a structural system
serving the function thereof, and includes an air-supported structure and an exterior
storage tank;
"Building Code Act" means the Building Code Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, chapter 23, as
amended and all Regulations thereto including the Ontario Building Code, 1997, as
amended, and as they may be amended or replaced from time to time;
"demolish" means to do anything in the removal of a building or a part thereof and
the term "demolition" has a corresponding meaning;
"development" includes redevelopment;
"development charge" means a development charge imposed by this By-law;
"dwelling unit" means one or more habitable rooms designed or intended to be used
together as a single and separate housekeeping unit by one person or by more than
one person, containing its own kitchen and sanitary facilities, with a private entrance
from outside the unit itself;
"existing industrial building" means a building used for or in connection with,
(a) manufacturing, producing, processing, storing or distributing something,
(b) research or development in connection with manufacturing, producing or
processing something,
(c) retail sales by a manufacturer, producer or processor of something they
manufactured, produced or processed, if the retail sales are at the site where the
manufacturing, production or processing takes place,
(d) office or administrative purposes, if they are,
(i) carried out with respect to manufacturing, producing, processing, storage or
distributing of something, and
(ii) in or attached to the building or structure used for that manufacturing,
producing, processing, storage or distribution;
"farm building" means a farm building as defined in the Building Code Act;
"floor" includes a paved, concrete, wooden, gravel, or dirt floor;
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"grade" means the average level of the proposed finished surface of the ground
immediately abutting each building or mixed-use building at all exterior walls ofthe
building or mixed-used building in question;
"gross floor area" means the total floor area, measured between the outside of
exterior walls or between the outside of exterior walls and the centre line of party
walls dividing the building from another building, of all floors above the average
level of finished ground adjoining the building at its exterior walls.
"industrial" means
a) manufacturing, assembling, processing, fabricating, refining,
b) research and development, storage of materials and products, truck terminals,
warehousing, and buildings and structures or portions thereof which are designed,
used or intended to be used for a purpose,
but the term does not include (1) retail service sales or rental areas, storage or
warehousing areas or uses used, designed or intended to be used in connection with
retail sales, service or rental areas, and (2) office areas or uses whether or not they are
accessory to any of the foregoing areas or uses, or to any other non-residential areas
or uses;
"land for parks", for the purposes of paragraph 3 of subsection 2(4) of the Act,
(a) includes land for woodlots and land that is acquired because it is environmentally
sensitive, and
(b) does not include land for an enclosed structure used throughout the year for
public recreation and land that is necessary for the structure to be used for that
purpose, including parking and access to the structure;
"land" includes buildings and structures;
"large apartment" means an apartment containing 69.675 square metres of residential
floor area or more;
"local board" means a public utility commission, transportation commission, public
library board, board of park management, local board of health, police services board,
planning board, or any other board, commission, committee, body or local authority
established or exercising any power or authority under any general or special Act
with respect to any of the affairs or purposes of the Municipality or the Region;
"lot" means a parcel of land within a registered plan of subdivision or any land that
may be legally conveyed under the exemption provided in clauses 50(3)(b) or
50(5)(a) of the Planning Act;
"mezzanine" means a mezzanine as defined in the Building Code Act;
"mixed-use building" means a building used, designed, or intended to be used either
for use for a combination of non-residential and residential areas and uses, or for a
combination of different classes or types of non-residential areas and uses;
"mobile home" means a dwelling unit which is designed and constructed to be
transported on its own chassis and is placed on a foundation;
"multiple dwelling" means a residential building or the residential portion of a
mixed-use building which contains one or more dwelling units;
"Municipality" means The Corporation of the Municipality ofClarington;
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"non-residential" means buildings or portions of mixed-use buildings containing
floors or portions of floors contained therein which are used, designed or intended to
be used for a purpose which is not a residential purpose;
"owner" means the owner of land or a person who has made application for an
approval for the development of land against which a development charge is
imposed;
"protracted" means in relation to a temporary building or structure the persistence of
its construction, erection, placement on land, or an alteration to or an addition to a
building for a continuous period exceeding twelve months from the date on which the
construction, erection or placement of the temporary building or structure was
completed;
"Region" means The Regional Municipality of Durham;
"residential" means buildings or portions of mixed-use buildings and floors or
portions of floors contained therein which are used, designed, or intended to be used
as living accommodation for one or more individuals provided in a dwellingunit(s);
"residential floor area" means the floor area of an apartment measured either between
the exterior faces ofthe exterior walls of the apartment, or between the exterior faces
of one or more of the exterior walls ofthe apartment and one or more of the centre
line(s) of the walles) separating the apartment in question from an abutting apartment
and the exterior face( s) of the walle s) separating the apartment in question from an
adjacent corridor, elevator, lobby, or stair, whether or not any such walls contain one
or more entrances to the apartment, provided that where the apartment dwelling in
which the apartment is located is attached to another building by a party or common
wall the centre line of such wall shall be deemed to be an exterior face of an exterior
wall ofthe apartment dwelling in question;
"semi-detached dwelling" means a residential building divided vertically so as to
contain only two separate dwelling units each of which has an independent entrance
directly from outside ofthe building, is located on separate lots, at least 50 per cent
ofthe above-grade area of a main wall on one side of each dwelling unit is attached
to or is the same as a main wall on one side of the other dwelling unit, building is not
attached to any other building or structure except its own garage or shed and the
building has open space on all sides of it;
"service" means a service designated as such by subsection 6(2) of this By-law;
"single-detached dwelling" means a residential building containing only one dwelling
unit which is not attached to any other building or structure except its own garage or
shed, has open space on all sides, and has no dwelling units either above it or below
it, and the term
"single-detached dwelling" includes a mobile home;
"small apartment" means an apartment containing less than 69.675 square metres of
residential floor area;
"temporary building" means a building constructed or erected or placed on land for a
continuous period not exceeding twelve months, or an addition or alteration to a
building or structure that has the effect of increasing the total floor area thereof for a
continuous period not exceeding twelve months;
"total floor area", in the case of buildings other than mixed-use buildings, means the
sum total of the total areas ofthe non-residential floors contained in the building that
are not exempt from development charges imposed by this By-law, whether at,
above, or below grade, measured between the exterior faces of the exterior walls of
the building. In the case of mixed-use buildings that contain a combination of
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residential, and/or non-residential areas or uses that are not exempt from
development charges imposed by this By-law, "total floor area" means the sum total
of each of the total areas of the non-residential floors, or the sum total of the
non-residential portions ofthe floors contained in the mixed-use building that are not
exempt from development charges imposed by this By-law, whether at, above or
below grade, and (I) where the total area of the floor is comprised of non-residential
areas or uses that are not exempt from development charges, total floor area shall be
measured between the exterior faces ofthe exterior walls ofthe mixed-use building,
and (2) where one or more portions of a floor of the mixed-use building comprise
non-residential areas or uses that are not exempt from development charges and
another portiones) of the same floor that either is a residential area or use, or is a
non-residential area or use which is not exempt from development charges imposed
by this By-law, total floor area shall be measured either between the exterior face(s)
ofthe exterior walle s) and/or between the centre lines of interior walls which separate
the non-residential area(s) and use(s) from one or more residential area(s) and use(s)
or non-residential areas or uses that are so exempt on the same floor. In the case of
mixed-use buildings that contain (a) a combination of residential areas or uses, and
non-residential areas or uses some only of which are exempt from development
charges imposed by this By-law, or (b) only a combination of classes or types of non-
residential areas or uses, some only of which are exempt from development charges
imposed by this By-law, "total floor area" means the sum total of each of the total
areas of the portions of the non-residential floors that are not exempt from
development charges imposed by this By-law, contained in the mixed-use building
whether at, above or below grade, and (I) where the total area of the floor is non-
residential which is not exempt from development charges imposed by this By-law,
total floor area shall be measured between the exterior faces of the exterior walls of
the mixed-use building, and (2) where the total area of one or more portion(s) of a
floor(s) of the mixed-use building is a non-residential area(s) or uses(s) which is not
exempt from development charges imposed by this By-law and the same floor also
contains another portion( s) of a floor( s) which is exempt from development charges
imposed by this By-law, total floor area shall be measured between the exterior
facers) ofthe exteriorwall(s) and/or the centre liners) of interior walls which separate
the non-residential areal s) and user s) on the floor that are exempt from development
charges from those on the same floor that are not exempt from development charges
imposed by this By-law. In all cases in which the building or mixed-use building is
attached to another building or mixed-use building, the centre line of the party or
common wall shall be deemed to be an exterior wall of each building or mixed-use
building as the case may be. Where a building does not have any walls, "total floor
area" means the sum total of the area ofland below the roof of the building and the
total areas of the floors in the building. Except as otherwise provided in this
definition, in all cases, "total floor area"
(a) includes the floor area of a mezzanine, an air-supported structure, interior
corridors, lobbies and common areas, and the space occupied by interior wall
partitions, and
(b) excludes any areas of the building or mixed-use building used for elevators,
enclosed garbage storage areas, loading facilities, mechanical equipment related
to the operation or the maintenance of the building or mixed-use building,
parking of motor vehicles and stairwells, and any separately enclosed garbage
storage area,
"townhouse (row house) dwelling" means a group ofthree or more attached dwelling
units which are attached side by side and do not have any other dwelling unit either
above or below any ofthem;
"Zoning By-law" means the Municipality's By-law No. 84-63 and By-law No. 2005-
109, as amended, as may be further amended or replaced from time to time.
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(2) In this By-law, unless the context otherwise requires, the singular includes the plural
and the plural includes the singular.
Rules
2.
(I)
The rules developed under paragraph 9 of subsection 5(1) of the Act for determining
if a development charge is payable in any particular case and for determining the
amount of the development charges that are payable are set forth in sections 8 to 16,
inclusive, and section 22 of this By-law.
(2) The exemptions provided for are the exemptions set forth in sections 18 to 21,
inclusive of this By-law; the indexing of charges shall be in accordance with section
15 of this By-law;
(3) The rules for determining if a development charge credit is available shall be in
accordance with the rules set forth in section 22 ofthis By-law;
(4) The rules for determining refunds shall be in accordance with the rules set forth in
Section 23 of this By-law.
Lands Affected bv Bv-law
3. This By-law applies to all lands within the geographic area of the Municipality.
Designated Services
4. It is hereby declared by Council that the development of land for residential buildings,
non-residential buildings and mixed-use buildings in the Municipality will increase the need
for services.
5. The development charges imposed by section 7 of this By-law shall apply without regard to
the services which in fact are required or are used by or in respect of a particular
development ofland.
6.
(I)
Except where otherwise provided, development charges are imposed against land by
this By-law to pay for increased capital costs required because of increased needs for
services arising from the development ofland within the Municipality.
(2) The following are designated services for the purpose ofthis By-law:
(a) General Government;
(b) Library Services;
(c) Emergency Services;
(d) Indoor Recreation;
(e) Park Development and Related Facilities;
(1) Operations (Buildings, Equipment and Fleet);
(g) Parking;
(h) Transit;
(i) Roads and Related; and
(j) Storm Water Drainage and Control Services.
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(3) The allocations of the residential development charges and the non-residential
development charges imposed by this By-law, to the designated services referred to
in subsection 6(2) are set out in Schedules "3" and "4", respectively, hereto.
Imposition of Development Charges
7. Except as otherwise provided in this By-law, development charges are imposed against land
if the development of the land requires anyone or more ofthe following actions or decisions:
(I) the passing ofa zoning by-law or ofan amendment thereto under section 34 of the
Planning Act;
(2) the approval of a minor variance under section 45 of the Plarming Act;
(3) a conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under subsection 50(7) of the
Plarming Act applies;
(4) the approval ofa plan of subdivision under section 51 ofthe Planning Act;
(5) a consent under section 53 of the Planning Act;
(6) the approval ofa description under section 50 of the Condominium Act; or
(7) the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act, 1992 in relation to a building.
8. Not more than one development charge for each ofthe services set out in subsection 6(2) is
imposed by this By-law upon the development ofland whether or not two or more of the
actions or decisions referred to in section 7 are required before the land in question can be
developed.
9. Notwithstanding section 8 ofthis By-law, iftwo or more ofthe actions or decisions referred
to in section 7 occur at different times, additional development charges shall be imposed in
respect of any increase in or additional development permitted by that action or decision or
by those actions or decisions.
10. Where the development ofland requires an action or decision referred to in section 7 ofthis
By-law to be taken or made after the issuance of a building permit and no development
charges have been paid, then development charges shall be paid prior to the action or the
decision referred to in section 7 being taken or being made.
11. If the development ofland is such that it does not require that a building permit be issued
before the development is commenced, but the development does require one or more ofthe
other actions or decisions referred to in section 7 be taken or made before the development is
commenced, development charges shall be payable in respect of any increase in or additional
development permitted by such action or decision prior to the action or decision required for
the increased or additional development in question being taken or being made.
12.
(1)
Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the Municipality or an approval authority from
requiring, as a condition of an agreement under sections 51 or 53 ofthe Plarming Act,
that the owner ofland, at his or her own expense, install such local services related to
a plan of subdivision or within the area to which the plan relates, as the approval
authority may require, or that the owner pay for local connections to storm drainage
facilities installed at the owner's expense, or administrative, processing, or inspection
fees.
(2) Without derogating from subsection 12 (I), nothing in this By-law shall prevent the
Municipality or an approval authority from requiring as a condition of any approval
given under the Planning Act that the owner, at the owner's expense, shall install
such services as may be determined by the Municipality or the approval authority in
accordance with the applicable law.
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Basis of Calculation of Development Charges
13. Subjectto section 16 the development charges imposed by this By-law shall be calculated as
follows:
(I) in the cases of residential buildings, and the residential portions of mixed-use
buildings, on the basis of the number and type of dwelling units contained in them;
(2) in the cases of non-residential buildings and the non-residential portion of mixed-use
buildings, on the basis ofthe total floor area contained in the non-residential building
or in the non-residential portion ofthe mixed-use building proposed to be developed
for non-residential purposes, excluding industrial purposes, or proposed to be
developed for industrial purposes, as the case may be.
Amount of Development Charges
14.
(I)
The amount of the development charges payable in respect of the development of
apartment dwellings, multiple dwellings, single-detached dwellings, semi-detached
dwellings, and townhouse (rowhouse) dwellings, and in respect of the development
of the residential areas of mixed-use buildings shall be as set out and shall be
determined in accordance with subsection 16(1) of this By-law and Schedule "I"
hereto.
(2) The amount of the development charges payable in respect of development of
non-residential buildings, and in respect of the development of the non-residential
components of mixed-use buildings, shall be as set out and shall be determined in
accordance with subsection 16(2) of this By-law and Schedule "2" hereto.
Indexing of Development Charges
15. The development charges set out in Schedules "I" and "2" hereto shall be adjusted without
amendment to this By-law annually on January I st in each year, commencing on January 1st,
2006, in accordance with the Statistics Canada Quarterly, Construction Price Statistics
(catalogue number 62-007) based on the 12 month period most recently available.
Timing of Calculation and Payment
16.
(1)
The residential development charges set out in Schedule "I" hereto are payable in
full from the date of passage of this by-law.
(2) The non-residential development charges set out in Schedule "2" are payable in full
from the date of passage of this by-law.
(3) Subject to subsections 16(1) and 16(2), and except as provided in section 22 of this
By-law, development charges shall be calculated as of, and shall be payable on the
date the first building permit is issued for the development ofthe land against which
the development charges imposed by this By-law apply.
Payment by Money
17. Payment of development charges shall be by cash or by certified cheque.
Rules with Respect to Exemptions for Existing Residential
18. This By-law does not apply to impose development charges if the only effect of any action or
decision referred to in section 7 is:
(I) an interior alteration to an existing residential building or structure which does not
change or intensify the use of the land;
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(2) the enlargement of an existing residential dwelling unit;
(3) the creation of one or two additional residential dwelling units in an existing single
detached dwelling where the total gross floor area of the additional unites) does not
exceed the gross floor area ofthe existing dwelling unit;
(4) the creation of one additional dwelling unit in a semi-detached dwelling or row
dwelling where the total gross floor area of the additional unit does not exceed the
gross floor area of the existing dwelling unit; or
(5) the creation of one additional dwelling unit in any other existing residential building
provided the gross floor area of the additional unit does not exceed the smallest
existing dwelling unit already in the building.
Rule With Respect to the Exemption of Agricultural Development
19. Agricultural development of land is exempt from development charges imposed by this
By-law.
Rules With Respect to the Exemption of Certain Public and Other Buildings
20. Buildings within any of the following categories of areas or uses are hereby exempted from
development charges imposed by this By-law:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
buildings used, designed or intended for use as hospitals governed by the Public
Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.PAO, as amended or replaced from time to time;
buildings owned by and used, designed or intended for use for the purposes of the
Municipality, the Region, or their local boards;
buildings used, designed or intended for use as a place of worship;
buildings owned by a board of education and used, designed or intended for use for
school purposes including the administration or the servicing of schools;
buildings owned by and used, designed or intended for use for the purposes of a
college of applied arts and technology established pursuant to the Ministry of
Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.19, as amended orreplaced from
time to time;
buildings owned by and used, designed and intended for use for the purposes of a
university established by an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario;
buildings or parts thereof located either in the Clarington Science Park or the
Clarington Energy Park as shown on the plans contained in Schedule' 6' hereto, that
are used, designed or intended to be used for the purpose of research facilities,
laboratories, offices, amenity areas and service areas for staff who conduct research,
with evidence provided to the satisfaction of the Director of Finance/Treasurer;
buildings owned by a corporation or organization registered as a charity for the
purposes ofthe Income Tax Act R.S.C. 1985, Chapter I (5th Supp.) as it maybe
amended or replaced from time to time, and used, designed, or intended for use
for any residential or for any non-residential purpose of the not-for-profit
corporation or organization in question;
(9)
the gross floor area of the conversion where, as a result of development of land
located in a 'revitalization area' as shown on the map contained in Schedule '5'
hereto, a building is converted in whole or in part to a different use; and
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(10) professional offices and ancillary facilities designed to be occupied primarily by
medical practitioners licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Rules with Respect to the Exemption of Temporary Buildings
21.
(I)
Temporary buildings are exempt from the development charges imposed by this
By-law.
(2) In the event that a temporary building becomes protracted, it shall be deemed not to
be, or ever to have been a temporary building, and the development charges required
to be paid by this By-law shall become payable on the date on which the temporary
building becomes protracted.
(3) Prior to an action or decision referred to in section 7 of this By-law being taken or
being made in respect of the development of a temporary building, the Municipality,
pursuant to section 27 of the Act, may require an owner to enter into an agreement
which may include the provision of security for the owner's obligation under the
agreement and which agreement shall provide for all or part of the development
charges to be paid after the date on which they would otherwise be payable under
subsections 16(1) or 16(2) of this By-law, whichever is applicable. The terms of such
agreement shall prevail over the provisions of subsections 16( I), 16(2) and 16(3) of
this By-law.
Rules with Respect to Credits
22.
(I)
Where, as a result ofthe redevelopment ofland, a building or existing structure is to
be converted to another use, in whole or in part, or converted from one principal use
to another principal use on the same land or such building or structure is destroyed in
whole or in part by fire, explosion or Act of God and is demolished and reconstructed
for the same purpose for which it was put before it was destroyed, the development
charges otherwise payable with respect to such redevelopment or reconstruction shall
be reduced by the following amounts:
(a) in the case of a residential building or the residential portion of a mixed-use
building or structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the applicable
development charges under the Schedule 1 of this By-law by the number,
according to type of dwelling units that have been demolished or converted to
another principal use or demolished and reconstructed as the case may be;
and
(b) in the case of a non-residential building or the non-residential portion of a
mixed-use building or structure, an amount calculated by multiplying the
applicable development charges under Schedule 2 of this By-law by the
non-residential gross floor area that has been demolished or converted to
another principal use or demolished and reconstructed as the case may be.
(2) A credit in respect of an event referred to in subsection 22(1) shall not be given
unless within five years from the date on which the event occurred, a building permit
has been issued.
(3) The amount of any credit under subsection 22(1) shall not exceed in total the amount
of the development charges otherwise payable with respect to the redevelopment of
the land or reconstruction of the building or structure as the case may be.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection 22(1) no credit will be provided when:
(a) the demolished building or structure or part thereof would have been
exempt under this by-law;
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(b) where the building or structure or part thereof would have been
exempt under this By-law prior to the conversion, redevelopment or
reconstruction as the case may be;
(c) where a development or redevelopment which is exempt in whole or
in part or eligible for any other relief under this By-law.
(5) Where a development charge is payable for a development or re-development of
lands, with the exception of development or redevelopment oflands for the purpose
of a gasoline service station, which requires the clean up oflands under the Ontario
Ministry ofthe Environment's "Guideline for Use at Contaminated Sites in Ontario"
as amended or replaced from time to time, an amount will be credited against the
development charge otherwise payable equal to the amount of the actual costs of
assessment and clean up of the property, approved by the Municipality, but the
credited amount shall not exceed the total development charge payable hereunder.
Rules Respecting Refunds
23.
(I)
An amount equal to the development charge that has been paid by the owner of a
building that has been relocated to another property and designated with that property
as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under the Ontario Heritage Act
shall be paid to the owner after application is made to the Director of
Finance/Treasurer for a refund and upon presentation of proof to the satisfaction of
the Director that the building has been so designated.
(2) An amount equal to the applicable development charge paid at the time the building
permit was issued for a dwelling unit provided that the existing dwelling unit is
demolished within 6 months or such longer period as may be permitted by Council
following the date of issuance of the building permit for the new dwelling unit.
(3) An amount equal to the applicable development charge paid at the time the building
permit was issued ifthe building permit was cancelled prior to the commencement of
the construction of the building or structure in question.
(4) An amount equal to fifty percent of the applicable development charge paid at the
time the building permit was issued for industrial development in the Municipality
which is certified and registered with the Green Building Council of Canada as
meeting the LEED Canada-NC 1.0 Rating System (or its successor).
Interest
24. The Municipality shall pay interest on a refund under subsections 18(2), 18(3) and 25(2) of
the Act at a rate equal to the Bank of Canada rate on the date this By-law comes into force
updated on the first business day of every January, April, July and October until the date of
the repeal or the expiry of this By-law.
Front-Ending Agreements
25. The Municipality may enter into front-ending agreements under section 44 of the Act.
Schedule
26. Schedule I - Residential Development Charges and Schedule 2 - Non-Residential
Development Charges are attached to and form part ofthis By-law.
Date By-law Effective
27. This By-law comes into force and is effective on July 1, 2005.
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Date Bv-Iaw Expires
28. This By-law expires five years after the day on which it comes into force.
Repeal of Bv-law No.2000-108
29. By-law No. 2000-108, is repealed effective July 1, 2005.
Headings for Reference Onlv
30. The headings inserted in this By-law are for convenience of reference only and shall not
affect the construction or interpretation of this By-law.
Severabilitv
31. If, for any reason, any provision, section, subsection or paragraph of this By-law is held
invalid, it is hereby declared to be the intention of Council that all the remainder of this
By-law shall continue in full force and effect until repealed, reenacted or amended, in whole
or in part or dealt with in any other way.
THIS BY-LAW READ A FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD TIME, AND PASSED IN OPEN
COUNCIL THIS 27th DAY OF JUNE, 2005.
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SCHEDULE "1"
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
SCHEDULE "1" TO BY -LAW NO. 2005-108
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGES PER UNIT
Single and Semi-Detached
$8,377
Townhouse, Multiple & Row
Units
$7,346
Apartments
Large
$5,671
Small
$3,609
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SCHEDULE "2"
NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
SCHEDULE "1" TO BY -LAW NO. 2005-108
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGES PER
SQUARE METRE OF GROSS FLOOR AREA
Non-Residential
(excluding Industrial)
$34.94
Industrial
$19.24
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SCHEDULE "3"
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
BY-LAW NO. 2005-108
ALLOCATION OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
% Allocation
General Government 3.61%
Library Services 5.40%
Fire Protection Services 5.04%
Indoor Recreation 30.15%
Park Development and Related Facilities 11.79%
Operations (Buildings. Equipment & Fleet) 5.97%
Parking 0.31%
Transit 0.23%
Roads & Related 37.50%
Total Development Charge 100%
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SCHEDULE "4"
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
BY-LAW NO. 2005-108
ALLOCATION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
% Allocation
Non-Residential
(excluding Industrial
Industrial)
General Government 3.52% 6.39%
Library Services NJA NJA
Fire Protection Services 4.95% 8.99%
Indoor Recreation NJA NJA
Park Development and Related Facilities NJA NJA
Operations (Buildings, Equipment & Fleet) 5.87% 10.66%
Parking 0.31% 0.57%
Transit 0.23% 0.42%
Roads & Related 85.12% 72.97%
Total Development Charge 100% 100%
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