TorontoFees & ChargesCommunity Benefits Charge
An Essential Tool for Building Healthier Neighbourhoods
Published by City of Toronto
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- Type
- Document
- Published by
- City of Toronto
- Date
- October 2014
- Also called
- Former Section 37 Density Bonusing – A Tool utilized for Building Healthier Neighbourhoods
- For
- any
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 4
Overview
A four-page educational brochure from the City of Toronto, Section 37: An Essential Tool for Building Healthier Neighbourhoods, published October 2014 and linked by the City as former Section 37 density bonusing. It explains how Section 37 of the Planning Act let the City negotiate community benefits from developments exceeding zoned height and density, how it differs from development charges and parkland contributions, and how benefits were secured in kind or as cash-in-lieu. It predates the Community Benefits Charge.
What it covers
- The Role of Section 37 in Toronto
- Funding Community Benefits and Infrastructure
- An Essential Tool
- Did You Know?
- Setting Priorities for Section 37 Benefits
- In-Kind or Cash-in-Lieu?
- Planning Comes First
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