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BylawsBylaw No. 2023Land useAdopted 2023In force

North Langford Storm DCC Bylaw

Development cost charges help fund the Spencer Pond overflow drain and apply only to DCC Contributing Lands shown shaded on Schedule “B”. Charges are payable when certain subdivisions are approved or building permits are issued, with the amount depending on the development type and size.

Who it affects: People seeking subdivision approval or building permits for listed development types on DCC Contributing Lands.

Key rules

The parts residents most often run into. The PDF is the official text.

  • Charges apply only to DCC Contributing Lands shaded on Schedule “B”.
  • Subdivision charges must be paid before approval; building-permit charges must be paid before the permit is issued.
  • One-family dwelling (>300 sq m lot): $1593; small (<300sq m lot) or Two-family dwelling: $919 per Dwelling unit.
  • Townhouse: $919 per Dwelling unit; Apartment: $211 per Dwelling unit.
  • Commercial or Institutional: $6.62 per sq m gfa; Public Utility with less than 5% impervious surface: $6.62 per sq m gfa.
  • No charge applies when permit work does not exceed $50,000; charges collected are not refunded.

At council

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North Langford Storm 
Drainage DCC Bylaw No. 2023 
Page 1 of 6 
CITY OF LANGFORD 
BYLAW NO. 2023 
A BYLAW TO IMPOSE STORM DRAINAGE DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES. 
WHEREAS: 
(a) 
Council may impose development cost charges under Section 559 of the Local Government Act; 
(b) 
Development cost charges may be imposed for the sole purpose of providing funds to assist the 
City in paying the capital cost of providing, constructing, altering or expanding sewage, water, 
drainage and highway facilities and providing or improving park land, or any of them, in order to 
serve, directly or indirectly, the development for which the charges are imposed; and 
(c) 
In the consideration of Council, the charges imposed under this bylaw: 
(i)
are not excessive in relation to the capital cost of prevailing standards of service in the 
City; 
(ii)
will not deter development in the City; 
(iii)
will not discourage the construction of reasonably priced housing or the provision of 
reasonably priced serviced land; 
(d) 
In the opinion of Council, the charges imposed under this bylaw are: 
(i)
related to capital costs attributable to projects included in the City's capital expenditure 
bylaw, namely the Spencer Pond overflow drain; 
(ii)
related to capital projects consistent with the City's Official Community Plan. 

North Langford Storm 
Drainage DCC Bylaw No. 2023 
Page 2 of 6 
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Langford, in open meeting assembled, hereby enacts as 
follows: 
Interpretation: 
1.
In this Bylaw The following terms have the definitions ascribed to them in the Zoning 
Bylaw, 300, as may be amended or replaced from time to time: 
"Apartment"; 
"Building"; 
"Dwelling unit"; 
"Gross floor area"; 
"One-family dwelling"; 
"Residential"; 
"Structure"; 
"Townhouse"; and 
"Two-family dwelling". 
2.
In this bylaw, the following terms are defined as: 
"City" means the City of Langford or the geographical area within the boundaries of the City of 
Langford, as the context requires. 
"Commercial" means any commercial use as permitted under the City's Zoning Bylaw, 300. 
"Industrial" means a use permitted in an industrial zone under the City's Zoning Bylaw, 300. 
"Institutional" means any use that is not commercial, industrial, public utility, or residential. 
"Public Utility" means a private business organization that is subject to governmental regulation 
because it provides an essential service or commodity such as water, electricity, sewage 
collection, transportation, or communication to the consuming public or a public or private 
recreational building located on City land providing space to the general public for the purposes of 
recreation. 
"Site area" in relation to storm drainage charges means that portion of a lot from which storm 
water drains directly or indirectly to drainage works of the City following the completion of 
industrial or institutional development of the lot. 

North Langford Storm 
Drainage DCC Bylaw No. 2023 
Page 3 of 6 
Charges: 
3. 
a) 
Every person who obtains approval of a subdivision, including a subdivision for the 
purpose of leasing land for a term exceeding 3 years, in a zoning district which permits 
the use of land for purposes of One-family or Two-family dwellings shall pay to the City the 
development cost charges set out in Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of this 
bylaw, and the approving officer shall not approve such a subdivision until such 
development cost charges have been paid. 
b)
Every person who obtains a building permit for a building or structure for a Townhouse, 
Apartment, Commercial, Institutional, Industrial, or Public Utility development, shall pay 
to the City the development cost charges set out in Schedule "A" and the building 
inspector shall not issue such a building permit until such development cost charges have 
been paid. 
c)
Development cost charges for storm drainage are imposed only on DCC Contributing Lands 
indicated by shading on Schedule "B". 
4. 
The charges imposed under Section 3(a) shall be paid in respect of the number of lots 
created in addition to the number of lots existing at the time of subdivision, and on the 
basis of two Dwelling units for each additional lot on which the zoning bylaw permits the 
construction of Two-family dwellings. 
b) 
The charges imposed under Section 3(b) shall be paid based on the information contained 
in the building permit application, and may, in the sole discretion of the City, be 
adjusted as necessary with reference to the building actually constructed, and any 
additional amount shall be paid prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit. 
5. 
A development cost charge is payable in respect of every event under Tables 1 of Schedule "A", 
provided that: 
a)
a charge is not payable under this Section where a charge under this bylaw has been paid 
previously for the same event in respect of the same development; 
b)
a credit shall be deducted from the amount that would otherwise have been imposed 
under this Section in respect of a parcel for the amount of development cost charges 
previously paid to the City for the same development on the same parcel under this 
bylaw. 
6. 
Under no circumstances shall any charges collected under this bylaw be refunded. When an 
approved subdivision plan is not deposited or no construction is commenced pursuant to an 
approved building permit, charges collected shall be credited toward charges payable in respect 
of a future charging event under Table 1. 

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North Langford Storm 
Drainage DCC Bylaw No. 2023 
Page 4 of 6 
Exemptions: 
7. 
No charge is payable under this bylaw where: 
a)
the building permit authorizes the construction, alteration or extension of a building or 
part of a building that is, or will be, after the construction, alteration or extension, exempt 
from taxation under s. 220(1)(h) or s. 224(2)(f) of the Community Charter; 
b)
the value of the work authorized by the permit does not exceed $50,000 or any other 
amount prescribed by regulation under s. 561(9) of the Local Government Act. 
Severance: 
8. 
In the event a portion of this bylaw is set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction, the portion 
is deemed to be severed from the bylaw such that the remaining portions of the bylaw continue 
in force and effect. 
Citation: 
9. 
This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "City of Langford Storm Drainage Development 
Cost Charge Bylaw No. 2023, 2023." 
READ a first time this 6th day of March, 2023. 
READ a second time this 6th day of March, 2023. 
READ a third time this 6th day of March, 2023. 
APPROVED BY The Inspector of Municipalities, pursuant to s. 560 of the Local Government Act on this 
15th day of August, 2023. 
PRESIDING COUNCIL MEMBER 
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*gfa = gross floor area 
** = there is no Industrially zoned 
inside this catchment area 
SCHEDULE "A" DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES 
1. The charges to be levied and paid are the amounts specified in Columns B and C of Tables 1 in respect of the 
class of development specified in Column "A". 
Table 1— Storm Drainage 
Column "A" Class 
of Development 
Column "B" 
Subdivision 
Column "C" 
Building Permit 
One-family dwelling (>300 sq m lot) 
$1593 
Small (<300sq m lot) lot or Two-family dwelling per 
Dwelling unit 
$919 
Townhouse per Dwelling unit 
$919 
Apartment per Dwelling unit 
$211 
Commercial or Institutional per sq m gfa 
$6.62 
Industrial or Public Utility per Hectare of site area 
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Public Utility with less than 5% impervious 
surface per sq m gfa* 
$6.62 

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