Municipal governments are responsible for providing public services such as adequate supply of safe, clean water, effective wastewater treatment, an efficient system of roads and public transportation, reliable emergency response services such as fire and ambulance, cultural amenities such as libraries and recreation facilities and sustainable land use planning, growth and development to ensure the health and safety of the citizens through a comprehensive growth management strategy.
The planning of a sustainable community is the responsibility of local governments and therefore must be open to public scrutiny. Good land use planning is achieved when everyone affected by development, which would be municipal officials, private sector developers and the public, is involved and work cooperatively to determine the best solutions for growth within community within the regulated environment legislated by the province.
Growth pays for growth, which means that developers pay the proportionate share of capital costs associated with new growth and development while taxpayers fund the portion of the costs of capital infrastructure that benefit the existing population. Estimating future costs of growth, and determining how these costs are calculated and allocated to produce development charge rates, are the fundamental issues to be addressed in North Dumfries 2009 Development Charge Background Study which will be presented at a public meeting on August 24, 2009.
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Township of North Dumfries Development Charges Update:
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Development Charges By-law 2010 The Council of the Township of North Dumfries will consider adoption of the development charges by-law on Monday, January 18, 2010. The regular meeting of Council is scheduled for 9:00 am
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Notice of Passing re: Development Charges by-law.
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