Researchers used a hypothetical 22-unit townhouse development on a 1.19-acre site to determine municipal cost differences throughout the region.
“There’s a huge difference in the fees and charges that municipalities impose,” said Simon Fraser University associate professor Meg Holden, the report’s lead author. “Does it really cost that much more to service development in one city compared with another?”
She said cost differences can occur for several reasons — including having to deal with land issues such as slope protection or the need to build new roads and infrastructure to accommodate the project.
“Nonetheless, it’s a lot of variation so I think this is sort of a starting point for municipalities to see if this is really fair,” Holden said. “There is no real standard and not yet a whole lot of transparency about how these rates are calculated across the region.”
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