Notice of Public Meeting: Development Charges

NOTICE OF STATUTORY PUBLIC MEETING

REGARDING DEVELOPMENT CHARGES

TAKE NOTICE that Town of Huntsville Council is holding a public meeting on October 28, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in the Huntsville Civic Centre, Municipal Council Chambers to discuss proposed Development Charge (DC) rates as well as the policies that will be applied throughout the Town. Council will be considering the approval of the updated development charges by-law on a date following this public meeting.

Development Charges are fees on new developments that fund growth-related costs to a municipality which are governed by the Development Charges Act, 1997. The Development Charges Background Study relates to the provision of eligible DC Services which includes Fire Services, Library Services, Parks and Recreation, Development-Related Studies, and Services Related to a Highway.

The public meeting is an opportunity for the public to review and provide comments on the Development Charges Background Study and the proposed Development Charges By-law (to be posted on October 11, 2024), as required under The Development Charges Act, 1997.

The proposed Development Charges By-law will not be considered by Council at this meeting. The by-law will be considered by Council at a future meeting, after considering comments received as part of the public meeting and the consultation process.

The Development Charges Background Study was made available on the Town’s website at huntsville.ca/publicmeetings on September 26, 2024. The proposed Development Charges By-law will be made available on the Town’s website at least two weeks before the public meeting.

Any person may attend the public meeting and make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the study and by-law.

All interested parties are invited to provide written comments, make an oral submission in person, or make an oral submission virtually. For instruction details and/or for copies of documentation under consideration, please visit huntsville.ca/publicmeetings.

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