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By-law No. 7802/20
Being a by-law regarding Development Charges to amend By-law
7595/17, as amended by By-law 7727/19 to make certain revisions
to the City's development charges involving capital cost estimates
and policies.
Whereas Section .19 of the Development Charges Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c27 ("the Act") provides
for amendments to be made to development charges by-laws; ·
Whereas the Council of the Corporation of the City of Pickering (hereinafter called "the Council")
has determined that certain amendments should be made to the Development Charge By-law of
the Corporation of the City of Pickering, being By-law 7595/17, as amended by By-law 7727/19;
Whereas in .accordance with the Act, a development charges background study has been
completed in respect of the proposed amendment;
Whereas the Council of the Corporation of the City of Pickering has given notice and held a public
meeting in accordance with the Act; and
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as follows:
1. By-law 7595/17, as amended by By-law 7727/19 .is hereby amended as follows:
a. The following sections are c;1dded to the by-law
2. (3) Notwithstanding subsection 2. (1), development charges for rental housing
and institutional developments are due and payable in 6 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 thereafte~.
2. (4) Notwithstanding subsections 2. (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.
2. (5) Notwithstanding subsections 2. (1) to 2. (4), where the development of land
results from the approval of a Site Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment
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 "C" on the date of the planning application, including interest.
Where both planning applications apply, Development Charges under Section
2 shall be calculated on the rates, including interest, set out in Schedule "C"
on the date of the later planning application.
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·2. (6) Interest for the purposes of subsections 2. (3) to 2. (4) shall be determined as
set out in the City of Pickering Report# FIN 09-20, as amended from time to
time.
2. (7) .For the purposes of subsection 2. (3) "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;
(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 oflife care;
2. (8) For the purposes of subsection 2. (3) "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;
.2. (9) For the purposes of subsection 2. (4) "Non-profit housing developmenf'
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 housil)g co-operative that is in good standing under the Co
operative Corporations Act;
7. (5) Section 6 shall not apply in respect of the creation of a second dwelling unit in
prescribed classes of proposed new residential buildings, including structures
ancillary to dwellings, subject to the following restrictions:
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Proposed new detached
dwellings
Proposed new semi
detached dwellings or row
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
ha1.e the same gross floor area, or the smaJler of
the dwelling units.
Proposed new residential buildings that would
ha1.e one or two 1.ertical 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 ha1.e the
same gross floor area, or the smaller of the
dwelling units.
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 detach~d dwelling, semi
detached dwelling or row dwellin 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.
Proposed new residential
buildings that would be Proposed new residential buildings that would be
ancillary to a,proposed ne\lJ ancillary to a proposed new detached dwelling,
detached dwelling, semi-semi-detached dwelling or row dwelling and that
detached dwelling or row are permitted to contain a single dwelling unit.
dwelling
The proposed new detached dwelling, semi~detached dwelling
or.row dwelling, to which the proposed new residential building
would l:le ancillary, must cin!y 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.
b. Section 7.(1) is deleted and replaced with the following:
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), Section 6 shall not apply in respect of a
renovation, addition or installation which involves the creation of:
(a) one or two additional dwelling an existing single-detached dwelling, or
ancillary structure thereto;
(b) an additional dwelling unit in any other existing residential building, or
ancillary structure thereto; or
(c) garden suites
c. Schedule "A" is deleted.and the attached Schedule "A" substitutes therefor
d: Schedule "C" is deleted and the attached Schedule "C" substitutes therefor
2. This by-law shall come into force on December 15, 2020.
By-law passed this 14 th day of December, 2020
sysan Cassel, City Clerk
Schedule "A"
Designated Municipal Services Under this By-law
(a) Transportation Services, including roads, structures, sidewalks, streetlights; traffic signals
and services related thereto;
(b) Other Services Related to a. Highway, including facilities, vehicles and equipment;
(c) Protection Services, including facilities, vehicles, equipment, and services related thereto;
(d) Parks and Recreation Services, including parkland development, trail development, facilities,
vehicles, equipment, and services related thereto;
(e) Library Services, including facilities, furnishings, equipment, and services related thereto,
including circulating and non-circulating materials generally provided to library users by public
libraries;
(f) A class of service pertaining to Growth-Related Studies, including development-related capital
studies and services related thereto; .
(g) Stormwater Management, including storm drainage and management works, equipment and
services related thereto.
Schedule "C"
City of Pickering Schedule of Development Charges
Effective January 1, 2018
Municipal Wide Services/Classes:
Other Services Related to a Highway 441 279 197 356 0.15 5,451
Protection Services 896 566 401 724 0.34 11,522
Parks and Recreation Services 6,821 4,309 3,053 5,507 0.53 17,885
Library Services. 1,127 712 505 910 0.08 2,693
Growth-Related Studies 299 189 134 242 0.11 3,846
Stormwater Management 288 182 129 233 0.10 3,503
Total Municipal Wide Services/Classes: 9,872 6,237 4,419 7,972 1.31 44,900
Outside of Seaton Lands
Transe_ortation 1 I 9,292 I 5,870 I· 4,159 I 7,502 I 2.61
Total Services Outside of Seaton Lands I 9,292 -'~~. --" 5,87_0_j___~~4,c159 I · 7,502 I 2.61
Rest of Pickering 1 __ 19,_1§:I-I 1~107 I__ 8,578 I 15,474 I 3.92
1. Subject to a separate agreement outside of the Development Charges Act concerning the provision ofTransportation requirements in addition to
other funding contributions
2. Does not apply to prestige employment development in Seaton, as that development is subject to the per net Ha land area charge instead.