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CITY-WIDE DEVELOPMENT CHARGES BY-LAW
AMENDMENT #1
Moved by: Councillor, M. Prowse
Seconded by: Councillor, D. Shipley
That motion 14-G-223 of Section "H" of the Second General Committee Report dated August 11, 2014, concerning the City-wide Development Charge By-law be amended by deleting paragraph 5 a) and replacing it with the following:
"5 a) Notwithstanding the development charges set out in Schedules "B-1" to "B-5", the first 1.2 million sq ft of non-residential, non-retail space for which building permits are issued shall be subject to the rates set out below, such rates to be subject to the annual indexing set out in section 7:
Type of space Rate
Non-residential, non-retail, industrial $11.11 per square foot of gross floor area
Non-residential, non-retail, office $13.65 per square foot of gross floor area
Non-residential, non-retail, non-industrial
and non-office $13.65 per square foot of gross floor area"
and that no further Public Meetings be required pursuant to Section 12 of the Development Charges Act, 1997.
CARRIED
AMENDMENT #2
Moved by: Councillor, M. Prowse
Seconded by: Councillor, D. Shipley
That motion 14-G-223 of Section "H" of the Second General Committee Report dated August 11, 2014, concerning the City-wide Development Charge By-law be amended in paragraph 5 b) as follows:
a) by deleting the words "50% discount" and replacing them with the words "25% discount"; and
b) by adding the words "for lands for which a building permit is issued on or before January 1, 2017."
and that no further Public Meetings be required pursuant to Section 12 of the Development Charges Act, 1997.
Yes - 8 Mayor Lehman; Councillor D. Shipley; Councillor B. Ward; Councillor P. Silveira; Councillor M. Prowse; Councillor J. Brassard; Councillor A. Khan; Councillor B. Jackson
No - 2 Councillor B. Ainsworth; Councillor L. Strachan, Councillor
Absent: A. Nuttall
CARRIED
AMENDMENT #3
Moved by: Councillor, J. Brassard
Seconded by: Councillor, A. Khan
That motion 14-G-223 of Section "H" of the Second General Committee Report dated August 11, 2014, concerning the City-wide Development Charge By-law be amended by adding the following words to 5 b) at the end of the sentence:
"or on or before June 1, 2015 for projects for which the building permit requires servicing as a precondition.
and that no further Public Meetings be required pursuant to Section 12 of the Development Charges Act, 1997.
CARRIED
AMENDMENT #4
Moved by: Councillor, J. Brassard
Seconded by: Councillor, A. Khan
That motion 14-G-223 of Section "H" of the Second General Committee Report dated August 11, 2014, concerning the City-wide Development Charge By-law be amended by deleting paragraph 8 and replacing it with the following:
"8. That staff report back to General Committee on a potential framework to incent development within the City Centre Planning Area as well as intensification nodes and corridors that may include a Community Improvement Plan or other tools."
CARRIED