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Back to SearchTAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Township of Russell passed Development Charge By-law No. 2021-114 on the 15th day of November 2021, under Section 2 of the Development Charges Act, 1997.
AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or organization may appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal under Section 14 of the Act, in respect of the Development Charges By-laws, by filing with the Clerk of the Township of Russell on or before Monday, December 27, 2021, a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the By-laws and the reasons supporting the objection. Appeals filed with the Office of the Clerk at 717 Notre Dame Street, Embrun ON K0A 1W1, will be accepted on or before Monday, December 27, 2021. A processing fee will be payable to the Township of Russell Clerk’s Office with the appeal application. The appellant is advised to contact the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) to access required forms and applicable provincial fees.
The charges in the aforementioned by-law will apply to all new residential and non-residential development, subject to certain terms, conditions and limited exemptions as identified therein.
Township-wide development charges are levied against new development to pay for the increased capital costs related to the provision of such municipal services as Library Services, Parks & Recreation, Day Care, Fire Protection, Police, By-law Enforcement, Development Related Studies, Services Related to a Highway (Public Works and Roads and Related), Water and Wastewater. The table on the Development Charges By-Law page sets out the development charge rates applicable throughout the Township of Russell. Development charges are imposed on the development of all lands located within the geographic boundary of the Township of Russell and therefore no map has been provided as part of this notice.
The development charges imposed under By-law 2021-114 came into effect on the 15th day of November 2021. Copies of the complete Development Charge By-law are available for examination during regular business hours (weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) in the offices of the municipality located at 717 Notre Dame Street, Embrun ON K0A 1W1, and on the Development Charges By-Law webpage.
For further information, please contact the Clerk’s Office by email or 613-443-3066, extension 2310.
Dated at the Township of Russell, 1 December 2021.
Joanne Camiré Laflamme, Clerk
Township of Russell
717 Notre Dame Street, Embrun ON K0A 1W1