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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG
BY-LAW 4315
(Consolidated By-Law 2021-036, March 22, 2021)
BEING A BY-LAW To Establish Development Charges for the Town of
Tillsonburg and to repeal By-Law 3827.
WHEREAS subsection 2(1) of the Development Charges Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c.27
(hereinafter called “the Act”) provides that the council of a 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 Town of Tillsonburg, hereinafter referred to as the “Town”,
dated April 12, 2019 by Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. (the “Study”), wherein it
is indicated that the Development of any land within the Town will increase the need
for Services as defined herein;
AND WHEREAS Council gave notice to the public and held a public meeting pursuant
to section 12 of the Act on May 13, 2019 prior to and at which the Study and the
proposed Development Charge By-law were made available to the public in
accordance with the Act and regulations thereto and Council heard comments and
representations from all persons who applied to be heard (the “Public Meeting”);
AND WHEREAS Council intends to ensure that the increase in the need for services
attributable to the anticipated development, including any capital costs, will be met, by
updating its capital budget and forecast where appropriate;
AND WHEREAS by approval of the Development Charges Background Study, dated
April 12, 2019, Council has indicated its intent that the future excess capacity identified
in the Study, shall be paid for by the development charges or other similar charges.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG ENACTS
AS FOLLOWS:
1. DEFINITIONS
In this by-law,
“Act” means the Development Charges Act, 1997, c. 27, as amended;
“Affordable housing” means dwelling units and incidental facilities, primarily for
persons of low and moderate income, that meet the requirements of any program
for such purpose as administered by any agency of the Federal or Provincial
government, the County of Oxford and/or the Area Municipality and for which an
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agreement has been entered into with the County of Oxford with respect to the
provision of such dwelling units and facilities;
“Apartment Dwelling” means any dwelling unit within a building containing more
than four dwelling units where the units are connected by an interior corridor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Apartment Dwelling includes a Stacked
Townhouse Dwelling;
“Area Municipality” means a lower-tier municipality that forms part of the County
of Oxford;
“Back-to-back Townhouse Dwelling” means a building containing four (4) or
more Dwelling Units separated vertically by a common wall, including a rear
common wall, that does not have a rear yard with amenity area;
“Bedroom” means a habitable room larger than seven square metres, including a
den, study, or other similar area, but does not include a living room, dining room or
kitchen;
“Board of Education” means a board defined in s.s. 1(1) of the Education Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c. E,2, as amended;
“Building Code Act” means the Building Code Act, R.S.O. 1992, S.O. 1992, c.
23, as amended;
“Building” means a permanent enclosed structure occupying an area greater than
ten square metres (10 m²) and, notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing,
includes, but is not limited to:
a) An above-grade storage tank;
b) An air-supported structure;
c) An industrial tent;
d) A roof-like structure over a gas-bar or service station; and
e) An area attached to and ancillary to a retail Development delineated by one
or more walls or part walls, a roof-like structure, or any one or more of them;
“Capital Cost” means costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by the Town or a
local board thereof directly or by others on behalf of, and as authorized by, the
Town or local board,
a) to acquire land or an interest in land, including a leasehold interest;
b) to improve land;
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c) to acquire, lease, construct or improve buildings and structures;
d) to acquire, lease, construct or improve facilities including (but not limited to),
i) rolling stock with an estimated useful life of seven years or more;
ii) furniture and equipment, other than computer equipment; and
iii) materials acquired for circulation, reference or information purposes
by a library board as defined in the Public Libraries Act, 1990, R.S.O.
1990, c. 44, as amended;
e) to undertake studies in connection with any of the matters referred to in
clauses (a) to (d);
f) to complete the Development Charge background study under Section 10 of
the Act; and
g) interest on money borrowed to pay for costs in (a) to (d);
required for provision of services designated in this by-law within or outside the
Town;
“Council” means the Council of the Town of Tillsonburg;
“Development” means any activity or proposed activity in respect of land that
requires one or more of the actions referred to in section 5 of this by-law and
including the redevelopment of land or the redevelopment, expansion, extension or
alteration of a use, building or structure except interior alterations to an existing
building or structure which do not change or intensify the use of land;
“Development Charge” means a charge imposed pursuant to this By-law;
“Dwelling” or “Dwelling Unit” means any part of a building or structure with a
room or suite of rooms used, or designed or intended for use by, one person or
persons living together, in which sanitary facilities and a separate kitchen may or
may not be provided for the exclusive use of such person or persons;
“Farm Building” means a Building or structure associated with and located on
land devoted to the practice of farming and that is used essentially for the housing
of farm equipment or livestock or the production, storage or processing of
agricultural and horticultural produce or feeds and as part of or in connection with a
bona fide farming operation and includes barns, silos and other buildings or
structures ancillary to that farming operation, but excludes:
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a) a Residential Use, with the exception of a bunk house for seasonal farm
workers required for that farm operation; and
b) any Building or portion thereof used or intended to be used for any other
Non-Residential Use, including, but not limited to: retail sales; commercial
services; restaurants; banquet facilities; hospitality and accommodation
facilities; gift shops; contractors shops; services related to grooming,
boarding, or breeding of household pets; and alcohol and marijuana
production facilities.
“Grade” means the average level of finished ground adjoining a building or
structure at all exterior walls;
“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; and
“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;
e) shall not include self-storage facilities or retail warehouses.
“Local Board” means a municipal service board, public utility commission, public
library board, board of health, police services board or any other board,
commission, committee or 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, including school purposes, of the Town or any part or parts
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thereof, excluding a conservation authority, any municipal business corporation not
deemed to be a local board under O.Reg. 168/03 under the Municipal Act, 2001,
S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended, and any corporation enacted under the Electricity
Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c. 15, Sched. A, as amended, or successor legislation;
“Local Services” means those services or facilities which are under the
jurisdiction of the Town and are related to a plan of subdivision or within the area to
which the plan relates, required as a condition of approval under s.51 of the
Planning Act, or as a condition of approval under s.53 of the Planning Act;
“Long-Term Care Home” means the floor area of a facility directly related to beds
that are licensed, regulated or funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term
Care, in an approved charitable home for the aged (as defined in the Charitable
Institutions Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.9), a home (as defined in the Homes for the
Aged and Rest Homes Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.13), or a nursing home (as defined in
the Nursing Homes Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. N.7);
“Mezzanine” means an intermediate floor assembly between the floor and ceiling
of any room or storey and includes an interior balcony;
“Multiple Dwelling” means all dwellings other than single detached dwellings,
semi-detached dwellings, and apartment dwellings, and shall include Park Model
Trailers;
“Non-Residential Uses” means a building or structure, or portions thereof, used,
or designed or intended for a use other than a Residential Use;
“Official Plan” means the Official Plan of the County of Oxford and any
amendments thereto;
“Owner” means the owner of land or a person who has made application for an
approval for the development of land upon which a Development Charge is
imposed;
“Park Model Trailer” means a trailer conforming to National Standard of Canada
CAN CSA-Z241.0-92, CAN CSA-Z240 or similar standard that is up to a maximum
size of 50 square metres and designed to facilitate relocation from time to time.
“Planning Act” means the Planning Act, 1990, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended;
“Private School” means an academic education school to which all of the
following apply:
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a) registered with the Province as a “private school” under section 16 of the
Education Act;
b) non-publicly funded;
c) operated on a not-for-profit basis;
d) operated by a non-share non-profit corporation, or an established or a
“religious organization” as defined by the Religious Organizations’ Land Act;
and
e) offering elementary or secondary academic education.
“Regulation” means any regulation made pursuant to the Act;
“Residential Uses” means lands, Buildings or structures or portions thereof used,
or designed or intended for use as a home or residence of one or more individuals,
and shall include Single Detached Dwelling, Semi-Detached Dwelling, Multiple
Dwelling, Apartment Dwelling, and the residentia l portion of a mixed-use Building
or structure;
“Row Townhouse Dwelling” means a building vertically divided into three or
more Dwelling Units by common walls extending from the base of the foundation to
the roof. Each Dwelling Unit shall have separate entrance directly to the outside
“Semi-Detached Dwelling” means a building divided vertically into two Dwelling
Units each of which has a separate entrance and access to grade;
“Services” means services set out in Schedule “A” to this By-law;
“Single Detached Dwelling” means a completely detached Building containing
only one Dwelling Unit;
“Special Care/Special Need Dwelling” Special Care/Special Need Dwelling”
means a Building, or part of a Building:
a) containing two or more Dwelling Units which units have a common entrance
from street level;
b) where the occupants have the right to use in common with other occupants,
halls, stairs, yards, common rooms and accessory Buildings;
c) that is designed to accommodate persons with specific needs, including but
not limited to independent permanent living arrangements; and
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d) where support services, such as meal preparation, grocery shopping,
laundry, housekeeping, nursing, respite care and attendant services are
provided at any one or more various levels;
e) and includes, but is not limited to, retirement homes or lodges, charitable
dwellings, group homes (including correctional group homes) and hospices.
f) Special Care/Special Needs Dwellings will be charged the D.C. rate for
Bachelor and 1 Bedroom Apartment Units.
“Stacked Townhouse Dwelling” means a building, other than a Duplex, Row
Townhouse, Back to Back Townhouse, containing at least 3 Dwelling Units; each
Dwelling Unit separated from the other vertically and/or horizontally and each
Dwelling Unit having a separate entrance to grade;
“Temporary Building or Structure” means a Building or structure 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;
“Temporary Dwelling Unit” means a dwelling unit, which is:
a) designed to be portable (e.g. Mobile Home);
b) clearly ancillary to, and fully detached from, an existing permanent dwelling
unit located on the same lot;
c) only permitted to be in place for a limited period of time; and
d) subject to an agreement with the Area Municipality specifying the maximum
period of time the dwelling unit is to be permitted and any other matters that
may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Area Municipality, such as
installation, maintenance and removal provisions, financial security
requirements and restrictions on occupancy;
“Total Floor Area” means, the sum total of the total areas of all floors in a building
or structure whether at above or below grade measured between the exterior faces
of the exterior walls of the building or structure or from the centre line of a common
wall separating two uses or from the outside edge of a floor where the outside
edge of the floor does not meet an exterior or common wall, and;
a) includes the floor area of a mezzanine, atrium, or air supported structure,
and the space occupied by interior wall partitions;
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b) excludes those areas used exclusively for parking garages or structures;
and
c) where a building or structure does not have any walls, the total floor area of
the building or structure shall be the total of the area of all floors including
the ground floor that are directly beneath the roof of the building or structure;
“Wind Turbine” means any wind energy conversion system with a nameplate
generating capacity greater than 300 kilowatts, that converts wind energy into
electricity for sale to an electrical utility or intermediary.
2. CALCULATION OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
1) Subject to the provisions of this By-law, the Development Charges against land
in the Town shall be imposed, calculated and collected in accordance with the
rates set out in Schedule “B” relating to the services set out in Schedule “A”
2) Council hereby determines that the Development of land, Buildings or
structures for Residential and Non-Residential uses will require the provision,
enlargement or expansion of the Services referenced in Schedule “A”; and
shall be calculated as follows:
a) In the case of Residential Development or redevelopment, or a Residential
portion of a mixed-use Development or redevelopment, the Development
Charge shall be the sum of the products of:
i) the number of Dwelling Units of each type, multiplied by,
ii) the corresponding total dollar amount for such Dwelling Unit as set
out in Schedule “B”, further adjusted by section 13; and
b) In the case of Non-Residential Development or redevelopment, or a Non-
Residential portion of a mixed-use Development or redevelopment, the
Development Charge shall be the sum of the products of
i) the Total Floor Area of Non-Residential Development or portion
multiplied by,
ii) the corresponding total dollar amount per square metre of Total
Floor Area, as set out in Schedule “B”, further adjusted by section
13; and
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c) In the case of Wind Turbines, the sum of the number of wind turbines
multiplied by the corresponding amount for each wind turbine as set out in
Schedule “B”, further adjusted by section 13.
3. APPLICABLE LANDS
1) Subject to the exceptions and exemptions described in the following
subsections, this By-law applies to all lands in the County, whether or not the
land or use is exempt from taxation under section 3 of the Assessment Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c.A.31, as amended.
2) This By-law shall not apply to land that is owned by and used for the purposes
of:
a) a Board of Education;
b) any municipality or Local Board thereof;
c) a Place of Worship exempt under s.3 of the Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c. A31, as amended;
d) a Public Hospital under the Public Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.40, as
amended;
e) land vested in or leased to a university that receives regular and ongoing
operating funds from the government for the purposes of post -secondary
education if the development in respect of which development charges
would otherwise be payable is intended to be occupied and used by the
university.
3) This by-law shall not apply to:
a) Farm Buildings as defined herein;
b) Non-Residential Buildings as defined herein;
c) Temporary Buildings or structures as defined herein;
d) Affordable Housing as defined herein;
e) Temporary Dwelling Units as defined herein;
f) Long-Term Care home, as defined herein; and
g) Lands designated as “Central Business District” and “Entrepreneurial Area”
in the County of Oxford Official Plan, Schedule T -1, attached here as
Schedule “C”.
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4. RULES WITH RESPECT TO EXEMPTIONS FOR INTENSIFICATION OF
EXISTING HOUSING
1) Notwithstanding Section 3 above, no Development Charges shall be
imposed with respect to Developments or portions of Developments as
follows:
a) The enlargement of an existing dwelling unit;
b) the creation of a maximum of two additional dwelling units in an
existing single detached dwelling or structure ancillary to such
dwelling. The total gross floor area of the additional dwelling unit
or units must be less than or equal to the gross floor area of the
dwelling unit already in the existing residential building/dwelling;
c) the creation of additional dwelling units equal to the greater of
one or 1% of the existing dwelling units in an existing residential
rental building containing four or more dwelling units or within a
structure ancillary to such residential building;
d) the creation of one additional dwelling unit in any other existing
residential building/dwelling or within a structure ancillary to such
residential building/dwelling. The gross floor area of the
additional dwelling unit must be less than or equal to the gross
floor area of the smallest dwelling unit already in the existing
residential building/dwelling; or
e) the creation of a second dwelling unit in a proposed new Single
Detached, Semi-Detached or Row Townhouse dwelling or in a
building ancillary to such dwelling, subject to the following
restrictions:
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2) For the purposes of Subsection 4(1) “existing residential
building/dwelling”, means:
a) A residential building/dwelling, containing at least one dwelling
unit, that existed on a parcel of land as of April 1, 2021 and
which was not exempt from the payment of development
charges pursuant to Section 2(3)(b) of the Act; or
b) The first residential building/dwelling, containing at least one
dwelling unit, constructed on a vacant parcel of land after April
1, 2021, and for which development charges were paid.
3) In addition to the restrictions outlined in Subsection 4(1)(e), f or the
purposes of the exemption for an additional residential unit in a building
ancillary to a proposed new Single Detached, Semi-Detached or Row
Townhouse Dwelling, the proposed new Single Detached, Semi-
Detached or Row Townhouse Dwelling must be located on a parcel of
land on which no other Single Detached, Semi-Detached or Row
Townhouse dwelling is or would be located.
4) For the purposes of Subsection 4(1)(e), “parcel of land” means a lot or
block within a registered plan of subdivision or draft plan of subdivision
or any land that may be legally conveyed under the exemption provided
in clause 50 (3) (b) or clause 50 (5) (a) of the Planning Act.
Item
Name of Class of
Proposed New
Residential Buildings
Description of Class of Proposed New
Residential Buildings Restrictions
The proposed new detached dwelling must only contain two
dwelling units.
The proposed new detached dwelling must be located on a
parcel of land on which no other detached dwelling, semi-
detached dwelling or row dwelling would be located.
The proposed new semi-detached dwelling or row dwelling
must only contain two dwelling units.
The proposed new semi-detached dwelling or row dwelling
must be located on a parcel of land on which no other
detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling or row dwelling
would be located.
The proposed new detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling
or row dwelling, to which the proposed new residential building
would be ancillary, must only contain one dwelling unit.
The gross floor area of the dwelling unit in the proposed new
residential building must be equal to or less than the gross
floor area of the detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling or
row dwelling to which the proposed new residential building is
ancillary.
3
Proposed new residential
buildings that would be
ancillary to a proposed new
detached dwelling, semi-
detached dwelling or row
dwelling
Proposed new residential buildings that would be
ancillary to a proposed new detached dwelling,
semi-detached dwelling or row dwelling and that
are permitted to contain a single dwelling unit.
1 Proposed new detached
dwellings
Proposed new residential buildings that would not
be attached to other buildings and that are
permitted to contain a second dwelling unit, that
being either of the two dwelling units, if the units
have the same gross floor area, or the smaller of
the dwelling units.
2
Proposed new semi-
detached dwellings or row
dwellings
Proposed new residential buildings that would
have one or two vertical walls, but no other parts,
attached to other buildings and that are permitted
to contain a second dwelling unit, that being either
of the two dwelling units, if the units have the
same gross floor area, or the smaller of the
dwelling units.
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5. TIMING OF CALCULATION FOR DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
1) Subject to subsection 5(2), Development Charges shall be calculated and
collected in accordance with the provisions of this by-law and be imposed on
land to be developed for Residential and Non-Residential Use, where, the
development requires,
a) the passing of a zoning by-law or an amendment thereto under Section 34
of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P13;
b) the approval of a minor variance under Section 45 of the Planning Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13;
c) conveyance of land to which a by-law passed under subsection 50(7) of the
Planning Act, R. S.O. 1990, c.P.13 applies;
d) the approval of a plan of subdivision under Section 51 of the Planning Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c.P. 13;
e) a consent under Section 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P. 13;
f) the approval of a description under Section 9 of the Condominium Act, S.O.
1998, c.9, as amended; or
g) the issuing of a permit under the Building Code Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c.23,
as amended in relation to a Building or structure.
2) Subsection 5(1) shall not apply in respect to
a) Local Services installed or paid for by the owner within a plan of subdivision
or within the area to which the plan relates, as a condition of approval under
Section 51 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P. 13;
b) Local Services installed or paid for by the owner as a condition of approval
under Section 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990 c.P.13.
3) A Development Charge shall be calculated and payable in full in money or by
provision of Services as may be agreed upon, or by credit granted pursuant to
the Act or this By-law, on the date that the first building permit is issued in
relation to a Building or structure on land to which a Development Charge
applies.
4) Where a Development Charge applies to land in relation to which a building
permit is required, the building permit shall not be issued until the development
charge has been paid in full.
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5) Notwithstanding Subsection 5(1), development charges for rental housing and
institutional developments are due and payable in 6 equal installments
commencing with the first installment payable on the date of occupancy, and
each subsequent installment, including interest, payable on the anniversary
date each year thereafter.
6) Notwithstanding Subsection 5(1), development charges for non-profit housing
developments are due and payable in 21 installments commencing with the
first installment payable on the date of occupancy, and each subsequent
installment, including interest, payable on the anniversary date each year
thereafter.
7) Notwithstanding subsections 5(1) and 5(3), where the development of land
results from the approval of a Site Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment
application received on or after January 1, 2020, and the approval of the
application occurred within 2 years of building permit issuance, the
Development Charges under Section 2 shall be calculated based on the rates
set out in Schedule “B” on the date of the planning application. Where both
planning applications apply, Development Charges under Section 2 shall b e
calculated on the rates set out in Schedule “B” on the date of the later
planning application.
8) Interest for the purposes of Subsections 5(5) and 5(6) shall be determined a
the Bank of Canada Prime Interest Rate plus 2% as at the April 1st
immediately prior to:
a) The date of building permit issuance for installment payments under
Section 26.1 of the Act for rental housing, institutional development, and
non-profit housing;
9) Notwithstanding Subsection 5(8), the interest rate shall not be less than 0%.
10) For the purposes of Subsection 5(5) “institutional development” means
development of a building or structure intended for use:
a) as a long-term care home within the meaning of Subsection 2 (1) of the
Long Term Care Homes Act, 2007;
b) as a retirement home within the meaning of Subsection 2(1) of the
Retirement Homes Act, 2010.
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c) By any institution of the following post-secondary institutions for the objects
of the institution:
i) a university in Ontario that receives direct, regular and
ongoing operation funding from the Government of
Ontario;
ii) a college or university federated or affiliated with a
university described in subclause (i); or
iii) an Indigenous Institute prescribed for the purposes of
section 6 of the Indigenous Institute Act, 2017;
d) as a memorial home, clubhouse or athletic grounds by an Ontario branch
of the Royal Canadian Legion; or
e) as a hospice to provide end of life care;
11) For the purposes of Subsection 5(5) “Rental housing” means development of
a building or structure with four or more dwelling units all of which are
intended for use as rented residential premises;
12) For the purposes of Subsection 5(6) “Non-profit housing development” means
development of a building or structure intended for use as residential
premises by:
a) a corporation without share capital to which the Corporations Act applies,
that is in good standing under that Act and whose primary objective is to
provide housing;
b) a corporation without share capital to which the Canada Not-for-profit
Corporation Act applies, that is in good standing under that Act and whose
primary objective is to provide housing; or
c) a non-profit housing co-operative that is in good standing under the Co-
operative Corporations Act;
6. LOCAL SERVICE INSTALLATION
1) Nothing in this by-law prevents Council from requiring, as a condition of an
agreement under Section 51 or 53 of the Planning Act that the Owner, at his or
her own expense, shall install or pay for such Local Services, within the Plan of
Subdivision or within the area to which the plan relates, as Council may
require.
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7. MULTIPLE CHARGES
1) Where two or more of the actions described in subsection 5(1) are required
before land to which a Development Charge applies can be developed, only
one Development Charge shall be calculated and collected in accordance with
the provisions of this By-law, as prescribed in Section 5.
2) Notwithstanding subsection 7(1), if two or more of the actions described in
subsection 5(1) occur at different times, and if the subsequent action has the
effect of a net increase in the number of Residential Dwelling Units and/or a
net increase in the amount of Non-Residential Gross Floor Area, additional
Development Charges shall be calculated and collected in accordance with the
provisions of this By-law.
8. SERVUCES IN LIEU
1) Council may authorize an Owner, through an agreement under Section 38 of
the Act, to substitute such part of the Development Charge applicable to the
Owner’s Development as may be specified in the agreement, by the provision
at the sole expense of the Owner, of services in lieu. Such agreement shall
further specify that where the Owner provides services in lieu in accordance
with the agreement, Council shall give to the Owner a credit against the
Development Charge in accordance with the agreement provisions and the
provisions of Section 39 of the Act, equal to the reasonable cost to the Owner
of providing the services in lieu. In no case shall the agreement provide for a
credit which exceeds the total Development Charge payable by an Owner to
the Town in respect of the Development to which the agreement relates.
2) In any agreement under subsection 8(1), Council may also give a further credit
to the Owner equal to the reasonable cost of providing services in addition to,
or of a greater size or capacity, than would be required under this By-law.
3) The credit provided for in subsection 8(2) shall not be charged to any
Development Charge reserve fund.
9. FRONT-ENDING AGREEMENTS
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1) Council may authorize a front-ending agreement in accordance with the
provisions of Part III of the Act, upon such terms as Council may require, in
respect of the Development of land.
10. DEMOLITION AND CONVERSION CREDITS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND
1) If a Development involves the demolition of and replacement of all or part of a
building or structure, or the conversion from one principal use to another a
credit shall be allowed, provided that the land was improved by occupied
structures, or structures capable of being occupied without structural
improvement, within the five years prior to the issuance of the building permit,
and the building permit has been issued for the development within five years
from the date the demolition permit has been issued; and;
2) subject to section 10(3), the credit shall be calculated:
a) in the case of the demolition of a Building, or a part of a Building, used for a
Residential purpose, by multiplying the number and type of Dwelling Units
demolished by the relevant Development Charge in effect under this By-law
on the date when the Development Charge with respect to the
Redevelopment is payable pursuant to this By-law; or
b) in the case of the demolition of a Building, or part of a Building, used for a
Non-Residential purpose, by multiplying the Non-Residential Total Floor
Area demolished, by the relevant Development Charge in effect under this
By-law on the date when the Development Charge with respect to the
Redevelopment is payable pursuant to this By-law;
3) A credit can, in no case, exceed the amount of the development charge that
would otherwise be payable. No credit is available if the use fo r which the
demolished/converted buildings or structures was last lawfully occupied is
exempt under this by-law.
4) Notwithstanding subsection 10(1) above, where the Building cannot be
demolished until the new Building has been erected, the Owner shall notify the
Town in writing and pay the applicable Development Charge for the new
Building in full and, if the existing Building is demolished not later than twelve
(12) months from the date a building permit is issued for the new Building, the
Town shall provide a refund calculated in accordance with this section to the
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Owner without interest. If more than twelve (12) months is required to demolish
the existing Building, the Owner may make a written request to the Town, and
the Town’s Treasurer or designate, in his or her sole and absolute discretion
and upon such terms and conditions as he or she considers necessary or
appropriate, may extend the time in which the existing Building must be
demolished, and such decision shall be made prior to the issuance of the f irst
building permit for the new Building.
11. RESERVE FUNDS
1) Monies received from payment of Development Charges under this by-law
shall be maintained in a separate reserve fund for each Service category set
out in Schedule “A”.
2) Monies received for the payment of Development Charges shall be used only
in accordance with the provisions of Section 35 of the Act.
3) Council directs the Town Treasurer to divide the reserve fund created
hereunder into separate accounts in accordance with the Service categories
set out in Schedule “A” to which the Development Charge payments, together
interest earned thereon, shall be credited.
4) Where any Development Charge, or part thereof, remains unpaid after the due
date, the amount unpaid shall be added to the tax roll for the proper ty on with
the Development occurred and shall be collected as taxes.
5) Where any unpaid Development Charges are collected as taxes under
subsection 13(4), the monies so collected shall be credited to the development
charge reserve funds referred to in subsection 13(1).
6) The Town Treasurer shall in each year commencing in 2020 for the 2019 year,
furnish to Council a statement in respect of the reserve funds established
hereunder for the prior year, containing the information set out in Section 12 of
O.Reg. 82/98.
12. BY-LAW AMENDMENT OR APPEAL
1) Where this By-law or any Development Charge prescribed thereunder is
amended or repealed either by order of the -Local Planning Appeal Tribunal
(LPAT) or by resolution of Council, the Town Treasurer shall calculate forth with
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the amount of any overpayment to be refunded as a result of said amendment
or repeal.
2) Refunds that are required to be paid under subsection 12(1) shall be paid with
interest to be calculated as follows:
a) Interest shall be calculated from the date on which the overpayment was
collected to the date on which the refund is paid;
b) The Bank of Canada interest rate in effect on the date of enactment of this
by-law shall be used.
3) Refunds that are required to be paid under subsection 12(1) shall include the
interest owed under this section.
13. BY-LAW INDEXING
1) The Development Charges set out in Schedule “B” to this By-law shall be
adjusted annually as of April 1, without amendment to this By-law, in
accordance with the most recent twelve month change in the Statistics Canada
Quarterly, “Construction Price Statistics”.
14. SEVERABILITY
1) In the event any provision, or part thereof, of this By-law is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be void, voidable, unenforceable or ultra vires, such
provision, or part thereof, shall be deemed to be severed, and the remaining
portion of such provision and all other provisions of this By-law shall remain in
full force and effect.
15. BY-LAW ADMINISTRATION
1) This by-law shall be administered by the Town Treasurer.
16. SCHEDULES TO THE BY-LAW
1) The following Schedules to this By-law form an integral part of this By-law:
Schedule A – Schedule of Municipal Services
Schedule B – Schedule of Development Charges
Schedule C – Schedule of Lands exempt from this By-law.
17. DATE BY-LAW EFFECTIVE
1) This By-law shall come into force and effect on the day of By-law passage.
18. EXISTING BY-LAW REPEAL
1) By-law 3827 is repealed as of the effective date of this By-law.
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19. SHORT TITLE
1) This by-law may be cited as the “2019 Town of Tillsonburg Development
Charge By-law.”
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 13th DAY OF JUNE, 2019.
READ A THIRD AND FINAL TIME AND PASSED THIS 13th DAY OF JUNE, 2019.
Original signed by
MAYOR – Stephen Molnar
Original signed by
TOWN CLERK – Donna Wilson
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SCHEDULE “A”
TO BY-LAW 4315
DESIGNATED MUNICIPAL SERVICES UNDER THIS BY-LAW
(1) Roads and Related Services
(2) Fire Services
(3) Police Services
(4) Parks & Recreation Services
DESIGNATED MUNICIPAL CLASSES OF SERVICES UNDER THIS BY-LAW
(1) Growth-Related Studies
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SCHEDULE “B”
TO BY-LAW 4315
SCHEDULE OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
Single and Semi-
Detached Dwelling
Apartments - 2
Bedrooms +
Apartments -
Bachelor and 1
Bedroom
Other Multiples (per m2 of Gross
Floor Area)
(per Wind
Turbine)
Municipal Wide Services/Class of Service:
Roads and Related 4,462 2,379 1,609 2,803 19.86 4,462
Fire Services 550 293 198 346 2.57 550
Police Services 47 25 17 29 0.22 47
Parks & Recreation 1,172 625 423 736 1.02
Growth-Related Studies 297 158 107 187 1.35 297
Total 6,528 3,480 2,354 4,101 25.01 5,356
Service/Class
RESIDENTIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL
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SCHEDULE “C”
TO BY-LAW 4315
SCHEDULE OF LANDS EXEMPT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT CHARGE BY-LAW