School boards raise development charges By Tim Whitneîl SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION Susarng land vafues have prosiptetf hth of t lafttsus schsus hboardfs te, raîse their etfucatsunal develtîpset charges (LDC) patd hy devefuspers. Both btoards passed aissendisents tts iheir LDC lsvlaws at recens public mteetîings. F DCs are whai landt tfeveluspers pay tus bosards whus in surn use tise instsny tts isurchase land for future schtsol cton- struction. They're on top of the local and regional municipal land charges developers arc requîred so pay. The Halson public board ts noss chargiug developers $1.260 per resi- densial dwelfing - a 34 per cent increase over the $94! in the 2005 bylaw. The non-residential EDC, whîch covers uew commercial- iidustrial- issitusional faculities, is uow 35 cents per square foot, a 42 per cens bîsost over the previous rase of 26 cents. The public board based iss lasest EDC updase ou the coss estimats osf purchasîug land for building projeets fouud su îss 2003 Capital Ssrategîc Plais. J usi two years ago the bosartd estimatcd is ueeded $58 million tiver 15 years sus bus' land for 17 elemeusary antI fise secoudary school sites. That ftgure lias jumped ts $)2.5 iion. Tise I laltuit ( ,tlstt boardl alsus atseisted is EDC by'law receuty. lIs îsew figures are ais flC tif $808 per îsew resideutial uitîtwell up frusu the $59)2 ofC lwo years agis - while the uew raie ftor isusuresiential dlevelusp- meus is 23 cents pcr square f oot, up frtsm 17 îuss tws >,cars ago. i he public bosard bas heets dtsîîg au anistal revîew os! is EDC hylaw% sînce 2004 anîd has huusped up ihe rates fusr bssh resîtfeutial antI uoî-resîdeusîal untîts in csu.secutive years. The public btoards facîlisies superin- tensdeut said prime laud scarcisy iu this area, due in part tus greenheis legisiasion coupled wîîh hîgh demand for housing here and a good ecouomy, is driviug ris- iug land cosss. Gerry Cullen saîd developers have kuown about the boards EDC inten- sions fosr abous a mousb. He said they have au appeal period of about 40 days if they disuagree wish the figures. a! shough he doesu't thiuk shas will happen. He guessed shas most or ail of the EDC increase wsll be passed ou so homebuyers by developers. i supposse in a luot o! cases shaîs whaî they dus f fas wusuld bc part of sheir (pnice) negosîaîîug protess, said C ulleis. 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