Tay Valley Township uses…

Tay Valley Township uses Development Cost charges to pay for the additional equipment (fire trucks, snow plows), infrastructure (roads, parks), and services that are required when growth occurs. This is the principle that growth should pay for growth and that existing residents should not pay for the new requirements generated by growth.

The Council of Tay Valley Township is concerned the current proposal in Bill 108 is to cap the amount of Development Cost charges that will be able to be levied. Until the cap is identified by the province it cannot be determined if the municipality is now expected to absorb more of the cost of growth that developers would have previously covered. This would be a concern.

The Township is concerned that exempting second units from Development Charges would mean the cost of growth from those units will be borne by current residents.

The proposed change to 6 annual payments for some development charges creates the questions; what happens on the change of ownership during that period, is the new owner still responsible, are municipalities required to report the unpaid development charges on tax certificates, can delinquent payments be added to the tax roll.

The exclusion of public library materials from the calculation of development charges could significantly affect public libraries budgeted revenues and have a negative impact on municipal budgets which is a concern.