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ssssmssssss economist sunsuntribune crime saturday may 31 2003 racing car to ges by kathleen griffin staff writer two men were charged under the highway traffic act after two drag racers passed patrolling police officers at more than 90 kmh police heard the revving of engines and subsequent squealing of tires about 230 am sunday in the birchmount road and royal crest court area two cars a 1987 firebird and a 1989 mustang whizzed past offi cers cruising birchmount road they were driving sidebyside on the twolane royal crest court police said at one point the firebird hit a dip in the road causing sparks to erupt from its exhaust pipe a 19yearold from scarborough and a 21yearold from newmarket have been charged with racing cyclist hit with egg a 17yearold markham boy faces charges after a cyclist on 16th avenue was hit in the back with a raw egg causing him to lose his bal- qpce and almost topple into the roadway police saidan ambulance crew was driving behind a green dodge stratus with five youths inside when they observed one passenger throw an object out the window as they passed the cyclist in the westbound lanes at mingay avenue the 48yearold cyclist wobbled before regaining control of his bike but continued his ride the ambulance driver ensured the cyclist was okbefore following the stratus and forcing it to pull over police were called and one youth faces a charge of assault he appears in court june 25 wrong way to end party a youths methods in attempting to clear unwanted guests from a large house party may 23 night has led to criminal charges police said a youth donned a black ski mask and brandished a knife in an effort to scare people away several partygoers at the house on lady fern drive decided to dis arm him instead a 17yearold boy from markham was stabbed in the hand during the melee an 18yearold youth from scarborough is charged with assault with a weapon disguise with intent to commit a crime and possession of an offensive weapon notice of the passing of a development charges bylaw by the regional municipality of york take notice that the council of the regional municipality of york enacted bylaw no dc- 00052003050 on thursday may 22 2003 under the development charges act 1997 the act v c an d take notice that any person or organization may appeal the bylaw to the ontario municipal board under section 14 of the act by filing with the clerk of the regional municipality of york no later than 430 pm on july 2 2003 a ndtice of appeal setting out the objection to the bylaw and the reasons supporting the objection acopy of the bylaw no dc00052003050 with the background study and supporting staff reports is available for examination at the office of the regional clerk during regular office hours- r dated at the town of newmarket this 31st day of may 2003 dennis kelly regional clerk regional municipality of york 17250 yonge street newmarket on l3y 6z1 overview development charges are levied against new development and are the primary source for funding growthrelated capital expenditures regional capital services include water wastewater transportation roads transit and general services police emergency medical services capital growth studies long term care health public works development charges are imposed against the new development residential and nonresidential jands at the time of development approvals in accordance with the act lands affected bylaw no dc- imposes the residential and nonresidential development charges against all lands buildings or structures within the regional municipality of york as the bylaw applies to all jands within the regional municipality of york a key map has not been included in this notice residential development charges residential development chargesimposed pursuant to bylaw no dcoo052003r05o shall be the amounts applicable at the date of payment as set out in the following schedule regional municipality of york scheduleof residential development charges single semi detached multiple- unit dwelling apartments 2bedrooms apartments 2 bedrooms step 1 june 23 2003 to june 22 2004 11981 10194 7475 4756 step 2 june 23 2004 to june 22 2005 12371 10510 7707 4903 step 3 june 23 2005 to june 22 2006 12761 10826 7939 5051 step 4 june 23 2006 to june 22 2007 13151 iii43 8171 5199 building permits issued by december 31 2063 for apartment building development shall be grandfathered and subject to the development charge rates imposed under the previous development charge bylaw nonresidential development charges nonresidential developmenteharges imposed pursuant to bylaw no dc00052003050 shall be the amounts applicable at the date of payment as set out in the following schedule regional municipality of york r schedule of nonresidential development charges per square foot gross floor area lisiiiiiii industrialoffice institutional retail water 054 666 sewer 048 659 roads 128 188 transit 031 053 general 014 oi9 total 275 385 the nonresidential rate will be increased in four steps over the term of the bylaw these steps are shown in the following table regional municipality of york schedule of residential development charges singled i semi detached multiple unit dwelling apartments 2bedrooms apartments 2 bedrooms water 3296 2825 2072 1318 sewer 3320 2846 2o87 1328 roads 3859 3308 2426 1544 subtotal 10475 8979 6585 4190 transit 775 629 461 293 general services 464 376 v 275 175 go transit 267 210 154 98 total 11981 10194 7475 4756 regional municipality of york schedule of nonresidential development charges per square foot gross floor area industrialoffice institutional retail step 1 june 23 2003 to june 22 2064 275 385 step 2 june 23 2004 to june 22 2005 305 455 step 3 june 23 2005 to june 22 2006 335 595 step 4- june 23 2006 to june 22 2007 350 805 notes 1 60 transit charge is not part of this bylaw rate has been shown for illustration purposes the development charge related totransit services shall be increased in four steps over the term of the bylaw each step shall be dependent upon the percentage completion and proportionate regional provincial and federal fundingof the transit capital plan the following outlines the residential development charge rates which includes the phasein of theregional transit charge bylaw no dc00052003050 will come into force on june 23 2603 staff will report back to council prior to the next scheduled rate increase regarding the residential and nonresidential rate structures x general development charges are payable upon building permit issuance except in the caseof residential subdivisions where the roads water and sewer components of the charge are collected upon subdivision agreement retail development has the option of securing development charge payment obligations through the provision of a letter of credit to be drawn over a threeyear period bylaw no dc00052003050 authorizes annual indexing of the development charges on theanniversary date of this bylaw and each anniversary thereafter in accordance with the statistics canada quarterly construction price index in accordance with the act and the bylaw certain forms of development are exempt from the payment of regional development charges bylaw no dc00052003050 expires june 22 2007 unless it is repealed at an earlier date gton hhbbsjbhhbhpbot mmmmzm