Proposed Ontario Regulation…

Commentaire

Proposed Ontario Regulation 82/98 Changes:

1. Transition:
I do not think there are enough qualified consultants to transition all of the applicable municipalities to Community Benefits before Jan. 1, 2021. Will the consultant fees be eligible costs to modify the DC By-law and develop a Community Benefit program?

2. Scope of types of development subject to development charges deferral:
“Institutional development” definition should include “places of worship” as many development charges by-laws exempt them.

3. Period of time for which the development charge freeze would be in place:
This proposal will create extensive administrative work for municipalities to keep track of these developments (particularly phased housing projects) and the amounts they owe, when they pay, how much, etc.

4. Interest rate during deferral and freeze of development charges:
No issue.

5. Additional dwelling units:
Additional units still require capital expenditures by municipalities. Rather than a full exemption, could a 75-80% reduction be applied to the Single Detached Dwelling DC charge for additional dwelling units? This would give municipalities some money to offset growth related capital costs.