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ARTICLE · 04 NOVEMBER 2022

Municipalities Impose Community Benefits Charges

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In the summer and fall of 2022, several Ontario municipalities have passed by-laws imposing Community Benefits Charges ("CBCs") on new developments to pay for development-related capital costs...

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Municipalities impose community benefits charges

In the summer and fall of 2022, several Ontario municipalities have passed by-laws imposing Community Benefits Charges ("CBCs") on new developments to pay for development-related capital costs under section 37 of the Planning Act. More CBC by-laws will follow: as of September 18, 2022, the old section 37 regime of exchanging public benefits for additional height or density ceased to apply to new developments.

Miller Thomson's article of October 6, 2020 addressed the nature of CBCs and their relationship with the amended development charges and parkland dedication regimes. A new series of articles will survey the features and challenges of the CBC by-laws enacted to date.

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