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Development Charges
Under the Development Charges Act and its associated regulations, the Region of Waterloo collects Development Charges to recover growth-related capital costs from new development.
The Development Charges Act requires the Region to complete a Background Study every year in order to determine what the charges should be set at in the Regional Development Charges By-Law.
Regional Services that are currently eligible to receive funding from Development Charges are:
- Region of Waterloo Library
- Waterloo Regional Police
- Emergency Medical Services
- Airport
- Transit
- General Government
- Operations Facilities
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- Water
- Wastewater
