WHEREAS the Town of Georgina recognizes that the economic climate and housing supply demand further inventory of accessory units and affordable housing;
AND WHEREAS the Town of Georgina currently allows three units as of right on properties in municipally serviced areas free of Official Plan amendments and Zoning Bylaw amendments but does not allow the same for non-municipally serviced lots;
AND WHEREAS this has put an undue financial burden on property owners who live on well and septic properties in all five wards of Georgina;
AND WHEREAS the Town of Georgina recognizes that residents within rural unserviced areas and non-serviced residential areas face a financial barrier and costing burden that can preclude them from adding an accessory unit by way of current applications fees not applied to serviced lots;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Georgina waives the planning application fees for the addition of accessory dwelling units that currently apply to unserviced lots within the Pefferlaw Secondary Plan area until the applicable zoning bylaw is updated to rectify this disparity, the number of such application fee waivers to be limited to five applications, provided that staff are to return to Council to seek further direction if more than five such applications are received before the applicable zoning bylaw is so updated; and further, that such application fee waivers be funded through the tax rate stabilization reserve.