Complaint Procedure  A complaint may be made to the Municipal Council of the municipality to which an EDC is payable for the following reasons: (a) the amount of the EDC was incorrectly determined; (b) issues related to land for EDC credit agreements; or (c) there was an error in the application of the EDC By-law. A complaint must be filed within 90 days after the day the EDC is payable. A complaint must be in writing, and is to include the name of complainant, address where notice can be given and the reasons for the complaint. The Board is an automatic Party to the complaint. Upon receipt of a complaint, the Municipal Clerk must provide notice of the hearing at least 14 days before the hearing date. After hearing the evidence, Municipal Council may dismiss the complaint or rectify an incorrect determination or error that was the subject of the complaint. The Municipal Clerk must mail a notice of the Council’s decision to all parties within 20 days after the day the decision was made. There is a 40-day appeal period in which individuals may file appeals with the clerk of the municipality. All appeals are filed with the Ontario Municipal Board. A party may also appeal to the OMB if Municipal Council does not deal with the complaint within 60 days after the complaint is filed.

Board of Trustees  Ted J. Hurley, Chairperson Zone 2 (Kanata North-Kanata South) Alison Baizana, Vice-Chairperson Zone 4 (Barrhaven | Gloucester-South Nepean) John Curry Zone 1 (West Carleton-March | Stittsville-Kanata West | Rideau-Goulbourn | Osgoode) Brian Coburn Zone 3 (Orléans | Cumberland) Joanne MacEwan Zone 5 (Beacon Hill-Cyrville | Innes) Gordon Butler Zone 6 (Knoxdale-Merivale | College) Betty-Ann Kealey Zone 7 (Kitchissippi | Bay) Mark D. Mullan Zone 8 (Alta Vista | Gloucester-Southgate) Kathy Ablett, R.N. Zone 9 (River | Capital) Thérèse Maloney Cousineau Zone 10 (Rideau-Vanier | Rideau-Rockcliffe | Somerset)

Education   Development   Charges  2014‐2019 

For further information, please contact the Manager of Planning and Construction at the address below.

Amendment of By‐law  Notice of any proposed amendments to the EDC By-law or the passage of such an amending by-law is not required to be given to any person or organization other than to certain clerks of municipalities or secretaries of school boards, unless the person or organization gives the Secretary of the Ottawa Catholic School Board a written request for notice of any amendments to the EDC By-law and has provided a return address.

Ottawa Catholic School Board Planning & Facilities Department 570 West Hunt Club Road Nepean, ON K2G 3R4 Tel.: 613-224-2222 | Fax: 613-225-0698 Website: www.ocsb.ca Twitter: @OttCatholicSB Facebook.com/OttawaCatholicSchools April 2014

Ted J. Hurley Chairperson

Julian Hanlon Director of Education

 Education Development Charges  Introduction 

2014‐2019 EDC BY‐LAW 

The Education Act empowers a school board to enact a by-law implementing education development charges (EDCs) on residential and commercial development in its jurisdiction where such development would result in an increase in education land costs.

Pursuant to the Education Act, the Ottawa Catholic School Board passed a new EDC By-law on March 25, 2014 for the period April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2019.

EDCs represent a school board levy on new residential and non-residential development that is collected by the local municipality on behalf of the board when a building permit is issued. The money collected is used to purchase and provide municipal services to future school sites to accommodate students generated from new development who cannot be accommodated in existing facilities. The relevant legislation and regulations governing the imposition of Education Development Charges are Division E of Part IX of the Education Act (Bill 160) and Ontario Regulation 20/98. This pamphlet summarizes the Education Development Charges imposed by the Ottawa Catholic School Board. The information contained herein is intended only as a guide. Interested parties should review the approved By-law (02-2014) in its entirety.

The new rates approved by the Board are as follows: $ 466 per residential dwelling unit $0.34 per gross square foot on new nonresidential development The EDC will be applied uniformly throughout the jurisdiction of the City of Ottawa. Upon the issuance of a building permit the EDC is payable to the municipality in which the development occurs. Despite any other act, a municipality shall not issue a building permit for development to which an EDC applies unless the charge has been paid. The Board may accept land, under certain conditions, in place of an EDC.

Exemptions  (under prescribed conditions)   The enlargement of an existing dwelling unit.  The creation of one or two additional dwelling units in prescribed classes of existing residential buildings.  Land owned by and used for the purposes of a school board or a municipality.  Enlargement of an existing industrial development if the gross floor area is enlarged by 50% or less. The EDC applies to any increase in the gross floor area that is over 50%.  Replacement, on the same site, of a dwelling unit that was destroyed if the building permit for the replacement dwelling unit is issued within two years.  Replacement, on the same site, of a nonresidential building that was destroyed if the building permit for the replacement building is issued within five years.  Places of worship, churchyards, cemeteries and burying grounds.  Farm Retirement Lots (as defined by the City of Ottawa) and non-residential use buildings used for bona fide agricultural purposes.