2011 Municipal Study - City of Brantford

Municipal Study 2011SECTION 5: Select User Fee and Revenue InformationThe Select User Fee and Revenue Information section of the report includes development charges,building permit fees, tipping fees and transit fares.Development ChargesThe following table summarizes the 2011 development charges. Note: some municipalities do notcharge development charges.2011 DevelopmentChargesResidentialMultiplesDwelling 3+ApartmentsUnits >=2Non-ResidentialCommercialSq. Ft.Non-ResidentialIndustrialSq. Ft.North $ 8,879 $ 6,163 $ 5,091 $ 4.59 $ 2.49Eastern $ 9,459 $ 7,013 $ 5,874 $ 6.14 $ 5.01Southwest $ 14,086 $ 10,961 $ 8,495 $ 6.97 $ 6.59Niagara/Hamilton $ 17,812 $ 12,798 $ 11,009 $ 12.88 $ 5.92Simcoe/Muskoka/Dufferin $ 23,001 $ 19,303 $ 14,846 $ 7.80 $ 6.82GTA $ 40,045 $ 33,465 $ 24,797 $ 23.87 $ 13.34Average $ 22,496 $ 18,068 $ 13,970 $ 12.89 $ 8.43Median $ 19,232 $ 14,279 $ 11,555 $ 11.72 $ 7.33Minimum $ 2,641 $ 1,954 $ 1,649 $ 0.88 $ 0.40Maximum $ 52,892 $ 43,326 $ 33,631 $ 38.72 $ 20.61SECTION 6: Tax PoliciesThe relative tax burden in each class of property will be impacted by the type of tax policiesimplemented in each municipality. As such, an analysis of the 2011 tax policies that impact therelative tax position was completed. This section of the report includes an analysis of the tax ratios,identification of optional classes and also an identification of which municipalities increased ordecreased their tax ratios from 2010-2011. The following table summarizes the range of 2011 taxratios across the survey.2011 Tax Ratios Average Median Min. Max.Multi-Residential 2.0102 2.0440 0.9658 3.3160Commercial 1.6867 1.7586 1.0760 3.1340Industrial 2.2229 2.3232 1.1000 3.2690Executive Summary8