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POLICY MANUAL
Title: Community Amenity Contribution Program
Policy No: 6.31
Supersedes: AMENDED
April 11, 2016
Authority: ® Legislative ❑ Operational
Approval: ® Council ❑ CMT
❑ General Manager
Effective Date: March 14, 2016
Review Date: March 2017
Policy Statement:
The City of Maple Ridge is committed to providing a variety of amenities throughout the
municipality, including the provision of affordable and special needs housing, in a financially
sustainable manner.
The Community Amenity Contribution Program (CAC Program) is comprised of the following
components:
1. The CAC Program will apply city-wide.
2. Each CAC will be based on a contribution rate as follows:
a) $5100 per single family lot created;
b) $4100 per townhouse dwelling unit;
c) $3100 per apartment dwelling unit.
3. Those properties within the Town Centre Area Plan boundaries are exempt from the CAC
Program, except where Council applies the provisions of Section 8 of this Policy.
4. The CAC Program applies to the development of all residential dwellings, including those
that are included in a mixed-use development (such as commercial and residential) with
the following exceptions:
a) Affordable and special needs housing that are secured through a Housing
Agreement as established in Section 483 of the Local Government Act;
b) Rental housing units that are secured through a Housing Agreement established
under Section 483 of the Local Government Act will also be subject to a covenant
enacted under Section 219 of the Land Titles Act;
c) Single family residential subdivisions proposing fewer than 3 lots;
d) Accessory dwelling units such as a secondary suite or detached garden suite;
e) Duplex dwelling units where only one building is being constructed; and
f) Triplex dwelling units where only one building is being constructed.
5. The Density Bonus Framework established in the Albion Area Plan will continue to apply, in
addition to the city-wide CAC Program.
a) For developments that take advantage of the density bonus provisions included in
the Maple Ridge Zoning Bylaw for the Albion Area Plan, the amenity contribution
rate will be:
i) $5100 per single family lot created;
ii) $4100 per townhouse dwelling unit;
iii) $3100 per apartment dwelling unit;
in addition to the $3100 density bonus rate.
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b) For developments that do not take advantage of the density bonus provisions
included in the Maple Ridge Zoning Bylaw, the CAC rate will be the rate established
in Section 2 of this policy.
6. The Official Community Plan may also establish additional or alternative community
amenity contribution policies, guidelines and density bonus provisions for each Area Plan.
7. Development applications that are in process (in -stream) at the time of enactment of the
CAC Program Council Policy, will:
a) be subject to the provisions of this Policy unless the applicable Official Community
Plan or Zoning Bylaw amending bylaw has received Third Reading; OR
b) be subject to the provisions of this Policy if a condition for the Policy to apply was
included in the first or second reading report of the applicable Official Community
Plan or Zoning Bylaw amending bylaw.
8. All development applications that are seeking an extension under Development
Procedures Bylaw No. 5879-1999 (as amended), may be subject to the city-wide
community amenity contribution program at the discretion of Council.
9. Council will establish one or more Reserve Funds and identify those amenities that may
benefit from the community amenity contributions.
10. Community Amenity Contribution funds received will contribute to any of the following
eligible amenities:
a) Civic facility;
b) Public art;
c) Acquisition of land for the provision of:
o Affordable or special needs housing;
o Parks
o Trails
o Significant ecological features
d) Park or trail construction and/or maintenance;
e) Affordable or special needs housing units;
f) Heritage conservation; or
g) Conservation of significant ecological features.
11. The provision of a specific amenity, rather than a cash -in -lieu contribution may also be
considered by Maple Ridge Council. If Council determines that the provision of an amenity
is more desirable, the following list is to be used as a general guide for determining the
type of community amenity:
a) Public art;
b) Heritage conservation;
c) Land for the provision of:
o Affordable or special needs housing;
o Parks
o Trails
o Significant ecological features
d) Affordable or special needs housing units; or
e) Park or trail construction or improvements.
Purpose:
To provide direction on the implementation of a city-wide community amenity contribution (CAC)
program, including the process to determine the contribution amount.
Definitions:
• "Community Amenity" means any public amenity that provides a benefit to the residents of
the city or a specific neighbourhood as the result of increased residential density.
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