Whitchurch-StouffvilleFees & ChargesCommunity Benefits Charge
A By-law to enact the Community Benefits Charges pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act
Published by Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
This is the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville’s document, as published on its website on 16 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- By-law
- Published by
- Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
- Date
- 25th day of June, 2024
- Also called
- Community Benefits Charge By-law 2024-086-FI
- Form reference
- Planning Act, section 37
- For
- builder
- Signed by
- Clerk
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 9
- Instruments
- Planning Act · Development Charges Act, 1997 · Building Code Act, 1992 · Condominium Act, 1998
Overview
The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville's Community Benefits Charge By-law 2024-086-FI, passed June 25, 2024 under section 37 of the Planning Act. It sets the charge at four percent of the land's value on the valuation date, for buildings of five or more storeys with ten or more residential units, to fund parks and recreation services and community benefits charge strategies. It covers definitions, the triggering approvals, exemptions such as long-term care, retirement and non-profit housing, phased development, in-kind contributions, timing of payment and interest on refunds.
What it covers
- 1. Interpretation
- Designation of Services
- 2. Payment of Community Benefits
- Area to Which By-law Applies
- Approvals for Development
- Exemptions
- Amount of Charge
- In-Kind Contributions
- Time of Payment of Community Benefits Charges
- Interest on Refunds
- 3. Severability
- 4. Date By-law in Force
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