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City of Burnaby Processing of Development Fees and Charges for New R District Rezonings

UDI Lower Mainland submission to City of Burnaby.

On October 8, the City of Burnaby brought forward a report outlining the Recommended Approach to the Processing of Development Fees and Charges for New R District Rezonings under the new Height-Based Framework. UDI illustrates that the proposed approach creates inequitable treatment when projects that were adopted under the previous framework are amended to proceed under the new system.

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Requiring ongoing interest payments during these delays penalizes adopted projects, many of which are already struggling with feasibility.

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