{"id":823,"date":"2013-01-11T01:06:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T06:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/2013\/01\/11\/section-37-2\/"},"modified":"2017-04-21T14:43:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T18:43:17","slug":"dev-incentives-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/?p=823","title":{"rendered":"Development Incentives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Section 37 is a way for municipalities and developers to help fund community projects<\/h2>\n

Increasingly, in Canadian cities with strong development activity, there is a way for developers to contribute to arts projects through what is called in Ontario \u2018Section 37\u2019.\u00a0 This refers to Section 37 of the Planning Act<\/a><\/span><\/b>, a \u2018density-for-benefit\u2019 agreement introduced by the province in 1983.<\/p>\n

In exchange for being allowed to build higher or with greater density than typically permitted, developers agree to include community benefit amenities<\/b> in their projects, which can include parks, affordable housing, heritage preservation, or arts facilities<\/b> (among others). In Toronto, ward councillors can negotiate cash and in-kind benefits<\/b><\/a> from developers seeking adjustments to zoning regulations.<\/p>\n

The approval process: how it works<\/h2>\n

Section 37 agreements are negotiated on a case-by-case basis. Here is the process:<\/p>\n

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  1. The developer approaches the city planning department to increase the density on the site to greater than what is permitted by the zoning bylaw.<\/li>\n
  2. If the city planner agrees, the value of the additional density at that particular site is appraised.<\/li>\n
  3. In many cases, the city planner tries to secure 15 to 20 per cent of the value for Section 37 benefits from the developer.<\/li>\n
  4. The councillor approaches the developer with a list of benefits or amenities that they would like to secure, which they negotiate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Section 37 is a way for municipalities and developers to help fund community projects Increasingly, in Canadian cities with strong development activity, there is a way for developers to contribute to arts projects through what is called in Ontario \u2018Section 37\u2019.\u00a0 This refers to Section 37 of the Planning Act, a \u2018density-for-benefit\u2019 agreement introduced by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,86,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-additions","category-phase-2-fundraising-financing","category-project-financing-phase-2-fundraising-financing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2554,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions\/2554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}