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reasonable cost of doing the work as agreed by the municipality and the landowner. Credit (or partial
credit) may be given before the work is completed. It is a credit only in relation to the service to which
the work relates and with respect to that part of the development charge that relates to the service
(unless Council agrees otherwise). The credit may be transferred under defined conditions.
19. Subdivision Agreement Conditions - agreements may include “local services related to a plan
of subdivision or within the area to which the plan relates”.
20. Notification of DC’s - the approval authority must ensure that the first purchaser of the
subdivided land, after final approval of the plan, is informed of all DC’s applicable to the development.
21. Regulations - the Lieutenant-Governor may make regulations as defined in the Act.
3. PRESENT DEVELOPMENT CHARGE IN-FORCE WITHIN LAMBTON SHORES
The Corporation of the Municipality of Lambton Shores passed By-Law 70-2005 and subsequently
amended by by-laws 43-2008, 101-2010, 15-2011 and 94-2011 under the Development Charges Act,
1997. The following summarize the policy of the by-law.
The by-law provides for the imposition of charges for residential and non-residential development on all
lands within the Municipality. The services included in the charge are:
a) Roads and Related;
b) Fire Protection;
c) Municipal Parking;
d) Outdoor Recreation Services;
e) Indoor Recreation Services;
f) Library Services;
g) Administration;
h) Water (service area); and
i) Wastewater (service area).
The residential charges are imposed on a per dwelling unit basis. The non-residential charge is imposed
on a per square metre of gross floor area basis and is differentiated between greenhouse non-residential
users and all other non-residential users. The by-law provides for the statutory exemptions as well as
provisions to exempt municipal, Local Board or School Board structures, land, buildings or structures
used or to be used for a place of worship, a public hospital, non-residential farm buildings, University or
College and temporary uses.
Development charges are payable upon building permit issuance. The by-law provides for annual
indexing of the charge without amendment of the by-law, in accordance with the Statistics Canada
Quarterly, Construction Price Statistics.
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