Richmond HillFees & ChargesCommunity Benefits Charge
A By-Law to Require the Payment of Community Benefits Charges Within the City of Richmond Hill
Published by City of Richmond Hill
This is the City of Richmond Hill’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- By-law
- Published by
- City of Richmond Hill
- Date
- 6 day of July, 2022
- Also called
- 2022 Community Benefits Charge By-law (By-Law 99-22)
- For
- builder
- Signed by
- mayor · city clerk
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 6
- Instruments
- Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, Section 37 · O. Reg. 509/20
Overview
The City of Richmond Hill's By-Law 99-22, its community benefits charge by-law under section 37 of the Planning Act, passed July 6, 2022. It applies city-wide and sets the charge at 4% of the value of the land, prorated by gross floor area, with valuation the day before the first building permit. It exempts buildings under five storeys or under ten residential units and listed uses such as long-term care and non-profit housing, and covers in-kind contributions and time of payment. Richmond Hill's development charge rate sheets cite it.
What it covers
- Definitions
- Lands Affected
- General Requirement
- Exemptions
- Multiple Uses – Excluded Types of Development
- Determination of Charge
- In-Kind Contributions
- Time of Payment of Community Benefits Charges
- No Building Without Payment
- Administration of By-law
- General
- Effective Date
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